[custom_adv] More than 80 million Iranians on the night of Wednesday, June 20, 2018 / June 20, 2017, were seated at the match, but at the end of their beloved team, they are approaching the second stage of the World Cup. [custom_adv] Queiroz's disciples, with a reserve and morale from the match against Morocco, came out in hopes of gaining an impressive and impressive performance against a selection of the best players in Europe and the world. [custom_adv] The Azadi Stadium formerly known as Aryamehr Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Capital. The stadium was designed by SOM, an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. [custom_adv] It was inaugurated on 18 October 1971 under the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah ; it is currently self-owned by Esteghlal and Persepolis. It is also the home stadium of the national football team. It has a capacity of 100,000 spectators, though it has been able to hold more than that during special matches. [custom_adv] The stadium is part of the much larger Azadi Sport Complex, and is surrounded by a rowing river, football training pitches, a weightlifting complex, swimming facilities and indoor volleyball and futsal courts, among many other amenities. [custom_adv] Aryamehr (meaning "Light of the Aryans") was the title of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, it was renamed after the Azadi (meaning "freedom" ), is the 10th largest association football stadium in the world. [custom_adv] It was built to host the 1974 Asian Games and has hosted the 1976 AFC Asian Cup. The stadium also hosted AFC Champions League final on two occasions: in 1999 and 2002. [custom_adv] The stadium is located in the West of capital, near Ekbatan district, and is easily accessible for most people living in the city. The stadium has two entrances. The West entrance is located on Ferdous street and the East entrance is on Farhangian street. [custom_adv] The Azadi Stadium was constructed by Arme Construction Company and designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for the 7th Asian Games in 1974 with international criteria. Its land measurement is 450 Hectares and it is located in West capital. [custom_adv] The stadium was built as part of a much larger complex which included numerous Olympic-sized venues for various sports, laying the groundwork for ambitious plans for capital to make a bid to host the Summer Olympics. [custom_adv] In August of 1975, Shah capital's Mayor and the Iranian Olympic Committee submitted a formal letter to the IOC, notifying it of Iran's interest in hosting the 1984 Summer Games. [custom_adv] The stadium was the focal point for the bid, in which it would have only required slight modifications to become the main Olympic Stadium. But political unrest in the late-1970s saw Tehran drop its bid for Games, leaving the eventual host, Los Angeles, the only city left bidding. [custom_adv] Renovations first began on the stadium in 2002, when the lower level had seats installed and the pitch was replanted along with the installation of an underground heating system. Stadium management also planned to later install seats in the upper level of the stadium. [custom_adv] Later upgrades to the stadium brought it down to its current capacity of 78,116. Despite its reduced capacity, Azadi Stadium has been filled over capacity at times such as the World Cup 2006 qualification match in March 2005 which resulted in the deaths of seven people. In 2004 a large jumbotron television was added, replacing the original scoreboard. [custom_adv] This giant screen with a total area of about 300 square meters and screen area of 104 square meters (20 m by 7.5 m) is one of the biggest in the world. The stadium hosted two West Asian Football Federation Championship in 2004 and 2008. [custom_adv] In 2008, AFC forced Sepahan to play the home matches in AFC Champions League in this stadium after their home stadium Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium was closed for renovation. The stadium also is the regular host for U-23 for the Olympics football qualifying.
