ANFA Complex

As of 2015, there has been 4 FIFA Goal Programmes in aid of football development in Nepal.[3]

The ANFA Academy is responsible for the development of youth players and tries to promote football in Nepal. The Academy scouts new talents from all over the country and trains them in three age groups: U-12, U-15 and U-17. There are currently 58 youngsters living in the academy's hostel.[4]

ANFA also has technical centres in Chyasal, Butwal and Dharan. Due to the success of the scheme, ANFA began to build technical centers in Chyasal of Lalitpur, Butwal, Rupandehi, Sunsari and Dharan under the FIFA Goal project. Similarly, ANFA has planned to open technical centers in Mid-Western and Far-Western development regions of Nepal in Future.[5]

On 13 February 2001, the Goal Bureau approved the construction of three technical centres in Bharatpur, Baghkhor and Mechinagar. The project was financed by Goal and the FIFA Financial Assistance Program, while the respective regional governments donated the necessary plots of land. Construction work was due to be completed by the start of 2004.

During construction, young players were intended be the primary beneficiaries of the new facilities. At the time, the national association had already set up seven academies (for U-19, U-14, U-12 and U-10 players) with their activities thus far having centered on the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. The new regional centers allowed the project to be extended across the nation. The national association's headquarters in Kathmandu, with its technical centre, playing field and player accommodation, was opened early in 2000 by the President of the Asian Football Confederation, Mohammed Bin Hammam. The facilities have since made it possible for the national association to embark on its long-coveted objective of an ongoing youth development scheme. The complex also offered national association employees an optimal infrastructure which allowed them to carry out their day-to-day tasks and coordinate football activities across Nepal.[6] In total, the 3 regional technical centres in Bharatpur, Baghkhor, and Mechinagar were built for USD $450,647.[6]

With a further USD $500,000[5] of financial assistance from FIFA Goal Project IV, artificial turf was laid out due to Nepal's weather conditions hampering grass-pitch quality. The newly laid out turf was inaugurated in 2014 with a friendly match between the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum and the FA.[10]

In 2015, the All Nepal Football Association constructed parapets to expand the capacity of the ground to 4,000 as a national stadium due to the condition of the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium caused from the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.[11]

The ground was initially opened as a grass-pitch which housed a capacity of 1,000 spectators.[12] However, in 2014, with of FIFA-funding, the ground became the first pitch in Nepal to have artificial turf.[1] Minister for Youth and Sports Purusottam Paudel laid the foundation stone for the parapet of the turf after inaugurating the first ever artificial turf in the country.