The Enghelab Stadium (Persian: ورزشگاه انقلاب کرج) is a multi-purpose stadium in Karaj, Iran. Currently, it is currently mostly used for football matches and is the home of football team Saipa as of 2001. It has a capacity of 15,000 people.

Enghelab Stadium
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Full nameEnghelab Stadium
LocationKaraj, Iran
OwnerSaipa
Capacity15,000[1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built2001
Opened2006
Tenants
Gol Reyhan (2015–present)
Saipa (2001–2015)

The stadium held the final match of the league in 2006–07 season for Saipa where they won the league.

International matches

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

26 May 2009 Unofficial Friendly Iran   5–0   Indonesia U23
--:-- IRST Own Goal   20'
Zandi   54', 88'
Borhani   63'
Khalatbari   72'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
1 May 2012 Friendly Iran   3–0   Mozambique
12:00 IRST Gholami   10'
Dehnavi   40'
Nouri   58'
Attendance: 7,165
Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
3 March 2014 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification Iran   3–2   Kuwait
17:30 IRST Karimi   2'
Sadeghian   61'
Ansarifard   90+1'
Ali   18'
Al-Rashidi   89'
Attendance: 14,332
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev

35°51′02″N 50°57′30″E / 35.85056°N 50.95833°E / 35.85056; 50.95833

Other facilities

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Enghelab Indoor Stadium

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Enghelab Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena in Karaj. The stadium has a seating capacity of 2,500. It is mainly used for volleyball and futsal. The arena hosted the 2003 AFC Futsal Championship.

References

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  1. ^ "Enghelab Stadium". soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2017.