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The MA
Aziz
Stadium (Bengali: এম
এ
আজিজ
স্টেডিয়াম;
also
known
as
Chittagong
Stadium)
is
a
multi-purpose
stadium
in Chittagong,
Bangladesh.
The
local
cricket
and
football
teams
play
there
and
it
is
sometimes
used
by
the
national
football
team
of
Bangladesh.[1] Its
total
capacity
is
40,000.[2] On
a
historical
note,
this
stadium
was
used
as
headquarters
during
the
war
for
independence
in
1971.
The
main
cricket
venue
of
the
port
city
has
been
shifted
to
the Zohur
Ahmed
Chowdhury
Stadium.
On
1
January
1955
Indian
team
led
by Vinoo
Mankad came
to
play
in
the
newly
built
stadium.
Their
opponents
were
East
Pakistan
Sports
Federation.
Then
the
stadium
was
called
Niaz
Stadium,
after
the
name
of
District
Administrator
of
that
time
who
helped
to
build
it.
Then
the
name
of
the
mountain
covered
aria
was
Jongli
Polton.
Later
it
was
changed.
After
the
Mankad's
team
the
stadium
welcomed Donald
Carr of
MCC.
MCC
also
came
once
more
after
the war
of
liberation.
In
1976–77
the
name
of
the
stadium
was
changed
to Chattagram
Jilla
Krira
Porishod (Chittagong
District
Sports
Organization)
stadium.
It
was
under
the
PG
of
that
district.
The
stadium
became
the
centre
of
Chittagong's
sports
over
the
years.
In
1957–58
Chittagong
Commerce
College
met
Jogonnath
College
at
the
final
of
the
Inter
College
Cricket.
Chittagong
team
was
runners
up.
At
the
outer
part
of
the
stadium
Star
Jubo
and
Star
Summer
tournaments
were
also
held. East
Bengal also
came
to
play.
In
the
1980s
cricket
started
to
be
influenced
by
Asgar,
Abedin
and
Ispahani
family.
Many
of
the National
Team cricketers
like Minhajul
Abedin, Akram
Khan and
Nurul
Abedin
started
their
careers
here.
Later
tournaments
like
Star
Jubo
and
Star
Summer
had
stopped.
The
first One
Day
International (ODI)
took
place
back
on
27
October
1988
during
the 1988
Asia
Cup.
Bangladesh's
opponent
was India and Pakistan in
those
two
matches.
Bangladesh
lost
the
matches
by
9
wickets
and
173
runs
respectively.
Bangladesh
played
7 Tests and
8
ODIs
so
far
at
this
ground.
The
stadium
made
a
debut
as
the
82nd
test
venue
on
15
November
2001
with
the
Test
match
between
Bangladesh
and Zimbabwe.
The
venue
has
also
hosted
group
stage
matches
of 2004 and 2016 Under-19
Cricket
World
Cup matches.
The
stadium
is
the
main football venue
of
the port
city.
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