EMS Stadium
EMS Stadium is a stadium in Kozhikode, India that opened in 1977. Its recorded capacity is 50,000.
Key facts
EMS Stadium is a stadium in Kozhikode, India that opened in 1977. Its recorded capacity is 50,000. It is owned by Kozhikode Corporation and Kozhikode Municipal Corporation. It is operated by Kerala Football Association and Kerala Cricket Association and Kerala Football Association. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are India national football team Kerala football team Gokulam Kerala FC Gokulam Kerala FC Calicut FC, Kerala football team, India men's national football team, Quartz S.C., Gokulam Kerala FC.
- Location
- Kozhikode, India
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 50,000
- Opened
- 1977
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Kozhikode Corporation, Kozhikode Municipal Corporation
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
EMS Stadium is at latitude 11.256405, longitude 75.785708, in Kozhikode, India. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 11.256405 |
| Longitude | 75.785708 |
| City | Kozhikode |
| Region | Kozhikode |
| Country | India |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Kozhikode Municipal Corporation | 1977 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Kozhikode Corporation | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Kerala Cricket Association | 1977 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Kerala Football Association | 1977 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Kerala Football Association | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India national football team Kerala football team Gokulam Kerala FC Gokulam Kerala FC Calicut FC | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Kerala football team | Not mapped | 1977 to present | Current | Source |
| India men's national football team | Not mapped | 1977 to present | Current | Source |
| Quartz S.C. | Not mapped | 1977 to present | Current | Source |
| Gokulam Kerala FC | Not mapped | 1977 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
14 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1231 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 53000 | 50000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375261614 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Kozhikode_Corporation_EMS_Stadium | Kozhikode Corporation EMS Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18920 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18919 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18918 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6778 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6777 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6776 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6775 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6774 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6773 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 6772 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: