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 by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, 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. It serves as the capital of R ...

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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 ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پيام توس خراسان, ''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 ...

. The stadium holds 15,000 people. Prior to 2004, it was also the home ground of

Aboomoslem Football Club Aboomoslem Khorasan ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ابومسلم خراسان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Abumislâm-e Xerasan''), commonly known as Aboomoslem, is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, that compet ...

.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. There are also other sporting facilities such as Swimming Pool which is used by the local swimming team Mojhaye Abi.

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

Notable matches

Iran National Football Team Other Matches

References

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