The Shohada Shahr-e Qods Stadium ( fa, ورزشگاه شهدای شهرقدس, ''Vârzeshgah-e Sheheday-e Shiherqâds'') is a

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in Shahr-e Qods, Tehran, Iran with a 18,000 seating capacity. It is currently the home stadium of

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and

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Leagu ...

Location

The stadium is located in Shahr-e Qods, near Karaj. Shahr-e Qods is the capital of

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, Tehran Province.

History

Shohada Shahr-e Qods Stadium was constructed by

Municipality of Tehran A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in 2005. In mid-2006 Persepolis considered buying Shahr-e Ghods Stadium, but the deal fell through due to Persepolis' poor financial situation and the long distance between the city center and the stadium. In addition to a lack of interest from other teams playing their home games in this city, the stadium was not used many times. In 2013

moved from Tehran to Shahr-e Qods. They played all their home games in the

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season in this Stadium. Paykan achieved promotion to Persian Gulf Pro League after 1–0 victory over Fajr Sepasi in Shahr-e Qods. Following the good support from the people of Shahr-e Qods, Paykan announced they will be playing in that city for the

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season. Because of a bad state of the stadium, it was renovated in 2014. Consequently, Paykan played their home games in the first half of the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season in Tehran's

Takhti Stadium Takhti Stadium ( fa, استاديوم تختی, link=no) is the name of several facilities named in honour of Iranian wrestler Gholamreza Takhti: *Takhti Stadium (Abadan) *Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz) *, home ground of Malavan F.C. * Takhti Stadium (Ard ...

and

Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium The Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium (also known as PAS Tehran Stadium) ( fa, ورزشگاه شهيد دستگردی, ''Vârzeshgah-e Shihid Dâstgârdi'') is a football stadium located in the Ekbatan area of Tehran, Iran. It was named after a casualty of ...

. Since January 2015 Paykan and

play their games in Shahr-e Qods.

References

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