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Azadi Stadium

football stadium in Tehran, Iran

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Full name: Azadi Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Owner: Ministry of Sport and Youth of Iran
Operator: Azadi Sport Complex , Tehran Municipality
Capacity: 78,116 (2016–present) , 84,412 (2012–2016) , 95,225 (2003–2012), 100,000 (1971–2003)
Surface: Desso GrassMaster
Scoreboard: 104 m jumbotron
Record attendance: 128,000, Iran vs. Australia
Field size: 110 m × 75 m (361 ft × 246 ft)
Groundbreaking: 1 October 1970
Built: 1970–1971 (1 year)
Opened: 17 October 1971 ( 1971-10-17 )
Renovated: 2002–2003, 2023– ongoing
Construction cost: 2,578,183,966 tomans ( €400,163,944 )
Architect: Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Project manager: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Structural engineer: James Raymond Whittle

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The Azadi Stadium (Persian: ورزشگاه آزادی, romanized: Varzeshgâh-e Âzâdi, pronounced [væɹzeʃˈɡɒːhe ɒːzɒːˈdiː]), opened and also well known as the Aryamehr Stadium (Persian: ورزشگاه آریامهر, romanized: Varzeshgâh-e Âryâmehr), is an all-seater football stadium in Tehran, Iran. The stadium was designed by Abdol Aziz Mirza Farman-Farmaian Architects and Associates (AFFA), with other parts of the sports complex based on plans by American architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It currently has a capacity of 78,116 spectators, as a result of conversion to an all-seater stadium.

Originally named Aryamehr (lit. 'Light of the Aryans') after the title of the Shah, the stadium was inaugurated on 17 of October 1971 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran, as part of the greater Aryamehr Sport Complex. Both stadium and complex were renamed after the 1979 Iranian Revolution to Azadi (meaning "freedom" in Persian).