Shahid

Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Qu ...

Stadium (

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: ورزشگاه شهید قاسم سلیمانی, ''Vârzeshgah-e Shihid-e Qasim Silimani'') is a

soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi- ...

belongs to Tractor S.C. (Training Stadium), located in west

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. The capacity of the stadium is 12,000. The stadium was founded in 2011 as Bonyan Diesel Stadium, and it was renamed Shahid Qasem Soleimani in 2020.

History

The building process of the stadium began on 1 June 2010 and the first phase operated with 2,000 seats, especially the audience, competitions, and other facilities needed for the lawn. Iran - India

The second phase of standardization of stadium optimized lawn irrigation and drainage system started on 22 July 2011. Also, the seating capacity was upgraded from 2,000 to 7,000 seats and then to 12,000 seats in the third phase. The stadium was officially opened on 27 November 2011 by

Mayor of Tabriz Tabriz is a city authority lies with the mayor, who is elected by a municipal board. The municipal board (City Council) is periodically elected by the city residents. Saat Hall is used as the municipal central office or city hall and municipality ...

Alireza Navin Alireza Novin ( fa, علیرضا نوین, born 27 February 1961) is the former mayor of Tabriz, Iran. He was elected as 54th Mayor of Tabriz on 15 December 2005 by City Council and was inaugurated as mayor on 1 January 2006 in Saat City Hall.His ...

and Gostaresh began playing at this stadium from

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season that helped them to promotion to the

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

for the first time in their history.

International Matches

References

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