Gachibowli Stadium | |
 The interior of the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium | |
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| Full name | Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Athletic Stadium |
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| Location | Gachibowli, Telangana, India |
| Coordinates | 17°26′48.42″N 78°20′40.91″E / 17.4467833°N 78.3446972°E |
| Owner | Sports Authority of Telangana State |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2001 |
| Opened | 2003[1][2] |
| Renovated | 2024 |
| Construction cost | €50,000,000 |
| Tenants | |
| 2003 Afro-Asian Games 2007 Military World Games Fateh Hyderabad (2016–present) Hyderabad FC (2019–present) Telangana football team | |
Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Athletic Stadium, (formerly known as the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium,) or simply G.M.C.B Athletic Stadium is a multipurpose stadium situated in the Gachibowli suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located beside International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad.[3] The stadium is part of a sports complex built in 2002 by the N. Chandrababu Naidu Government to host the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.[4][5][6] It is used mostly for association football matches as is it currently the home of Indian Super League club Hyderabad FC.[7] The stadium holds 30,000 people and contains an eight-lane 400m running synthetic athletic track, a 10-lane 100m sprinting track and a four-lane synthetic warm-up track. Inside the athletic tracks lies a football field 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) in size. It was built at a cost of Rs.35.30 crores covering a built-up area of 14,850 m2 (159,800 sq ft).
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