The Takhti Stadium () formerly known by names as Zibandeh and later Saadabad Stadium, is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

Payam Mashhad Payam Toos Khorasan Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Peyam Tus Xerasan'') is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan. They compete in the 2nd Division. The club is more commonly known as Payam Mashhad when it was based ...

. The stadium holds 15,000 people. From 2013 it is also the home ground of Siah Jamegan.

Infrastructure

The complex is composed of two grass fields which hosts

matches and used for training purposes.

Important matches

On 5 February 1985, Takhti Stadium was the venue of an International Friendly between

and

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. The match finished 1–0 for Iran and

Shahin Bayani Shahin Bayani (in Persian شاهین بیانی) is an Iranian football defender who played for Iran in the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for Esteghlal. International Records Honours *Asian Cup: :Fourth Place : 1984 Events ...

scored the goal. The

2001 AK Pipe International Cup The 2001 AK Pipe International Cup was a friendly football tournament that took place in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was sponsored byAria Kavan Trading & Production Group Revenues generated from ticket sales for this tournament went towards ref ...

was played at this venue, with Abomooslem crowned as champions.

Notable matches

Iran National Football Team Other Matches

References

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