Sirous Ghayeghran Stadium (

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: ورزشگاه سیروس قایقران, ''Vârzeshgah-e Sirous Ghayeghran'') is a

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stadium in

Bandar-e Anzali Bandar-e Anzali ( fa, بندرانزلی, also Romanized as Bandar-e Anzalī; renamed as Bandar-e Pahlavi during the Pahlavi dynasty) is a city of Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 144,664. Anzali is one of the mos ...

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. It is the home stadium of

Malavan Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ملوان بندر انزلى, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Milâvan Bendâr Anzeli'') is an Iranian football club based in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. It currently won Iran's second footb ...

Founded in 1953 as Diba Stadium, this stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Iran and has been renamed twice. It was first named Takhti in 1981 in honor of the prominent Iranian wrestler (

Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti ( fa, غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani (''Persian Traditional Sport'') practitioner.Houchang E. Chehabi, �TAḴTI, Ḡolām-Re ...

), and for the second time, at the request of the team's fans in 2022, the name of the stadium was changed to honor club legend

Sirous Ghayeghran Sirous Ghayeghran ( fa, سيروس قايقران) (22 January 1962 – 7 April 1998) was an Iranian footballer and former captain of Iran national football team. Playing career Club career He played most of his club career for Malavan FC. I ...

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