The Enghelab Stadium () is a

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in Karaj,

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. Currently, it is currently mostly used for

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matches and is the home of football team Saipa as of 2001. It has a capacity of 15,000 people. The stadium held the final match of the league in 2006–07 season for Saipa where they won the league. The stadium held a match between

and

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in June 2009. The stadium also held an international match, on May 1, 2012, where Iran's National Football team played

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International matches

The Iran national football team has occasionally used Enghelab Stadium as their home base.

References

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