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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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“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)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)