Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata:
I wanted to make a list of the number of Association football stadiums by the order of the FIFA rankings to show the importance of sports infrastructure for the countries' standing in the world rankings.
Top 25 FIFA teams:
I wanted to make a list of the number of Association football stadiums by the order of the FIFA rankings to show the importance of sports infrastructure for the countries' standing in the world rankings.
Top 25 FIFA teams:
- Spain - 50 stadiums
- Germany - 33 stadiums
- Argentina - 29 stadiums
- Croatia - 8 stadiums
- Netherlands - 42 stadiums
- Portugal - 17 stadiums
- Colombia - 21 stadiums
- Italy - 53 stadiums
- England - 10 stadiums
- Ecuador - 38 stadiums *
- Russia - 36 stadiums
- Belgium - 10 stadiums
- Ivory Coast - 18 stadiums *
- Switzerland - 7 stadiums
- Bosnia-Herzegovina - 8 stadiums
- Greece - 24 stadiums
- Mexico - 33 stadiums
- France - 9 stadiums
- Uruguay - 20 stadiums
- Denmark - 13 stadiums
- Ghana - 8 stadiums
- Brazil - 45 stadiums
- Mali - 17 stadiums *
- Czech Republic - 27 stadiums
- Chile - 11 stadiums
- Montenegro - 3 stadiums
- Sweden - 26 stadiums
- USA - 32 stadiums
- Norway - 26 stadiums
- Peru - 6 stadiums
FIFA Top 25 Asian Teams:
- Japan - 36 stadiums
- Australia - 12 stadiums
- Korean Republic - 61 stadiums
- Iran - 25 stadiums
- Uzbekistan - 16 stadiums *
- Jordan - 7 stadiums *
- UAE - 15 stadiums *
- Oman - 9 stadiums *
- China - 15 stadiums
- Iraq - 20 stadiums
- Saudi Arabia - 16 stadiums *
- Tajikistan - 4 stadiums *
- Kuwait - 9 stadiums *
- Korea DPR - 25 stadiums *
- Qatar - 11 stadiums *
- Bahrain - 1 stadium
- Lebanon - 14 stadiums *
- Turkmenistan - 5 stadiums *
- Kyrgyzstan - 6 stadiums *
- Thailand - 60 stadiums *
- Afghanistan - 4 stadiums *
- Syria - 9 stadiums *
- Philippines - 4 stadiums *
- Vietnam - 37 stadiums *
- India - 5 stadiums <--------------------------------------------------------------
* If there is an asterix next to the stat it means I couldn't determine how many of the stadiums are the country's association football stadiums.
To have enough football infrastructure in India, my educated guess would be at the minimum to have 50 association stadiums around the country by 2050. As per the country's population the number should be much higher, may be close to a hundred, but let's be realistic about the goals. I specify association stadiums because it is important that the AIFF has the convenience to field a practice when ever it deems necessary. If the AIFF thinks a group of state players need a stadium to prepare for an event they can't go to a privately owned stadium to use it as a practice ground. So it is important to have Association football stadiums where Indian football has the highest priority.
To have enough football infrastructure in India, my educated guess would be at the minimum to have 50 association stadiums around the country by 2050. As per the country's population the number should be much higher, may be close to a hundred, but let's be realistic about the goals. I specify association stadiums because it is important that the AIFF has the convenience to field a practice when ever it deems necessary. If the AIFF thinks a group of state players need a stadium to prepare for an event they can't go to a privately owned stadium to use it as a practice ground. So it is important to have Association football stadiums where Indian football has the highest priority.
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