Football
The athletics stadium also hosts the I-League matches for Pune F.C.. It has also hosted matches for the India national football team. India played against Vietnam in a friendly match over here. India played their first match in the 2012 London Olympic Qualifiers (first round) against Myanmar. India won it by a score 2-1. India drew with Qatar in the 2012 London Olympic Qualifier (Second round) at the stadium by a score 1-1. Then during the 2011 Indian Federation Cup the Balewadi Sports Complex co-hosted with the Salt Lake Stadium the Federation Cup group-stages. The Federation Cup is the second most important football competition in India.
- International football matches
| 8 October 2010 | India | 3 – 1 | Vietnam | Pune | ||
| Chhetri 25', 48', 72' | Report | Thanh 62' | Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: Dinesh Nair (India) |
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| 23 February 2011 | India u23 | 2 – 1 | Myanmar u23 | Pune | ||
| Lalpekhlua Malsawmfela |
Mai Aih Naing | Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex |
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| 23 June 2011 | India u23 | 1 – 1 | Qatar u23 | Pune | ||
| Khalid Muftah o.g. | Mohammed Elneel | Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex |
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“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty’s torch. In football you run over somebody’s face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
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—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)