Azadi Stadium
Azadi Stadium is a multi purpose in District 22, Iran that opened in 1971. Its recorded capacity is 78,116.
Key facts
Azadi Stadium is a multi purpose in District 22, Iran that opened in 1971. Its recorded capacity is 78,116. It is owned by Ministry of Sport and Youth. It is operated by Ministry of Sport and Youth and Tehran Municipality. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Esteghlal F.C., Persepolis F.C., Iran men's national football team, football at the 1974 Asian Games, Fath Tehran F.C..
- Location
- District 22, Iran
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 78,116
- Opened
- 1971
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Ministry of Sport and Youth
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass
Azadi Stadium is at latitude 35.724417, longitude 51.275528, in District 22, Iran. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.724417 |
| Longitude | 51.275528 |
| City | District 22 |
| Region | District 22 |
| Country | Iran |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Ministry of Sport and Youth | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Ministry of Sport and Youth | Present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Tehran Municipality | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Persepolis F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Iran men's national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| football at the 1974 Asian Games | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Fath Tehran F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
18 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1297 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Azadi Sport Complex | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33519 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33519 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33518 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1942 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1941 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | not set | 1971 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 84412 | 78116 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375206890 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Azadi_Stadium | Azadi Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19091 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7080 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7079 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7078 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7077 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7076 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7075 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: