District Stadium, Mymensingh

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District Stadium, Mymensingh (Bengali: জেলা স্টেডিয়াম, ময়মনসিংহ), also known as Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium or simply Mymensingh Stadium, is located by the side of Police Lines Road in the district of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. It is a multipurpose stadium, where cricket, football and cultural programs take place.[1][2]

Former namesRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
AddressPolice Lines Road
Mymensingh
Bangladesh
OwnerBangladesh Sports Ministry
Mymensingh Sports Council
Capacity25,000
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District Stadium, Mymensingh
জেলা স্টেডিয়াম, ময়মনসিংহ
Mymensingh Stadium
The stadium during a 2022–23 BPL encounter between Police and AFC Uttara
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Former namesRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
AddressPolice Lines Road
Mymensingh
Bangladesh
OwnerBangladesh Sports Ministry
Mymensingh Sports Council
Capacity25,000
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1961
Tenants
Chittagong Abahani (2024–present)
Bangladesh Police FC (2023–present)
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History

East Pakistan Youth Football Team at the Mymensingh Stadium in 1968

The stadium was built in 1961, and the first major tournament it hosted was the Pakistan National Youth Football Championship (East Zone) in 1968. The tournament was won by East Pakistan Combined University, defeating the East Pakistan Youth Football Team 1–0 in extra time.[3]

In 1996, the stadium was named after late politician Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan.

It was also used for zonal games during the 2004 National Football League. The stadium first hosted a Bangladesh Premier League game during the 2016 edition, and during the first match it hosted on 5 August 2016, an attendance of 15,000 spectators was recorded in the game between Chittagong Abahani and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.[4]

In 2025, the interim government of Bangladesh renamed the stadium as District Stadium, Mymensingh.[5][6]

Bangladesh Premier Football League

List of first-class cricket

  • 27 November 2000: Biman Bangladesh Airlines v Dhaka Division (Green Delta National Cricket League 2000/01)
  • 9 January 2002: Dhaka Division v Sylhet Division (Green Delta National Cricket League 2000/01)
  • 23 January 2002: Dhaka Division v Chittagong Division (Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League 2001/02)
  • 7 February 2002: Dhaka Division v Rajshahi Division (Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League 2001/02)

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