Chyasal Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:	Chyasal Stadium
Location:	Lalitpur, Nepal
Built:	2002^[1]
Renovated:	2017–2021
Owner:	Government of Nepal
Capacity:	10,000
Surface:	Grass
Former Names:	Chyasal ANFA Technical Football Center
Tenants:	Chyasal Youth Club Lalitpur City F.C. Three Star Club Church Boys United

Chyasal Stadium (previously known as Chyasal ANFA Technical Football Center) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Chyasal neighborhood of Lalitpur city in Nepal's Bagmati Province. It is mainly used for football matches and has a grass playing surface.^[2]

History

The stadium was built in 2002 with the support of FIFA's football development project in South Asia.^[3] In 2017, the National Sports Council decided to upgrade the training grounds into a functional football stadium,^[4] with construction finishing in 2021.^[5]

The stadium was supposed to host regular matches of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League^[6] for the 2021–22 season, but only saw its first league game after renovation during the 2023 season, where it hosted regular matches after its re-inauguration by the Prime Minister of Nepal in February 2023.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chyasal Football Stadium inundated by floods . Neplays . 1 January 2022.
2. Web site: CHYASAL ANFA TECHNICAL FOOTBALL CENTER . Soccerway . 1 January 2022.
3. Web site: Blatter's corroded legacy on South Asian soccer fields . Reuters . 1 January 2022.
4. Web site: NSC to upgrade Chyasal grounds . The Kathmandu Post . 1 January 2022.
5. Web site: Chyasal Stadium Is Almost Ready to Play . Goal Nepal . 1 January 2022.
6. Web site: Ticket price fixed, matches to be played on weekends . The All Nepal Football Association . 13 November 2021 . 12 November 2021.
7. Web site: PM Dahal stresses development of sports sector . Nepalnews . 6 May 2023.