{{Short description|Sports stadium in Tehran, Iran}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2013}} {{Coord|35|42|37|N|51|25|39|E|type:landmark|display=title}} {{Infobox venue | name = Shahid Shiroudi Stadium | fullname = Shahid Shiroudi Stadium | nickname = | image = Amjadieh Stadium.jpg | image_caption = Amjadieh Stadium during 1960s | location = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | coordinates = | broke_ground = | built = 1939 | opened = 1939 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = 2015 | demolished = | owner = [[Ministry of Sport and Youth (Iran)]] | operator = | surface = Grass | Constructor = | construction_cost = | architect = | former_names = Amjadieh Stadium (1939–1981) | nicknames = | tenants = [[Iran national football team]] (1942–1971)<br>[[Shahin F.C.]] (1942–1966)<br>[[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj SC]] (1945–1974) | seating_capacity = 25,000 ([[Association football|Football]]) | dimensions = }}
The '''Shahid Shiroudi Stadium''' ({{Langx|fa|ورزشگاه شهید شیرودی}}), formerly known as '''Amjadieh Stadium''' ({{Langx|fa|ورزشگاه امجدیه}}), is a sports stadium in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. It is currently used for [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] and held [[Association football|football]] matches until 2009.{{fact|date=December 2023}}
The stadium is able to seat 30,000 people and was opened in 1942. It was called Amjadieh Stadium ({{Langx|fa|امجدیه}}) until the [[Iranian Revolution]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}
In September 2015 it was announced the stadium and the complex would undergo a massive renovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isna.ir/fa/news/94062213907/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C|title=ایسنا - شیرودی با هفت هزار میلیارد تومان بازسازی میشود|date=13 September 2015 |publisher=[[Iranian Students News Agency]]}}</ref>
==History== The stadium is one of the oldest sports stadiums in Iran. It was built in 1942 and was located in the northern part of Tehran at the time of opening, while it is now in the center of Tehran. In 1934, French architect [[Maxime Siroux]] began designing and constructing Amjadieh Stadium with the capacity of 15,000. [[Reza Shah]] approved and ordered similar stadiums across Iran.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Salari Sardari |first=Mohadeseh |date=2024-03-04 |title=Andre Godard and Maxime Siroux: Disentangling the Narrative of French Colonialism and Modern Architecture in Iran |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0021086224000100/type/journal_article |journal=Iranian Studies |language=en |pages=1–29 |doi=10.1017/irn.2024.10 |issn=0021-0862|doi-access=free }}</ref> Siroux later designed and constructed the [[Hafezieh Stadium]] in [[Shiraz]]. The stadium has played host to many sporting, cultural, and national events as well as political meetings. Ever since [[Iran national football team]] was formed, they played their home matches in Amjadieh Stadium before [[Azadi Stadium|Aryamehr Stadium]] was constructed. It was also home to [[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj S.C. (Esteghlal F.C.)]] and [[Persepolis F.C.]] before Azadi Stadium was built. It was also home to [[Shahin F.C.]] before and after the [[Iranian Revolution]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}
It has also hosted the [[1968 AFC Asian Cup]] finals. [[1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament|The Asian Club Championship]] was also held in Amjadieh Stadium in 1970. Additionally, Amjadieh stadium along with Aryamehr Stadium and [[Apadana Stadium]] (under the name of Persepolis stadium) was the host of preliminary round of the football matches at the [[Football at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames74.html |title=Asian Games 1974 (Iran) |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=31 October 2013}}</ref> The stadium has also been the venue for the [[AFC Youth Championship 2000]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}
==Cultural, political and military operations== * During the Coronation of the [[Mohammad Reza Shah]] and the [[Shahbanou]] of Iran in 1967, many events took place in Amjadieh Stadium, including the Coronation Parade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/empire/imperialiran/celebrations.html |title=Celebrating the Coronation |publisher=[[Angelfire]] |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> * The stadium was to be the final departing site for [[Operation Eagle Claw]] and, after its failure, [[Operation Credible Sport]], the aborted missions to rescue 52 American hostages being held in Tehran during the [[Iran Hostage Crisis]]. The proposed extraction would have involved a rescue force being transported to the embassy, releasing the hostages, and then escorting the hostages across the main road in front of the embassy to the stadium, where helicopters (Eagle Claw) or a modified [[C-130]] (Credible Sport) would have retrieved the entire contingent.<ref name="britannica">{{cite web|last1=Lambert|first1=Laura|title=Operation Eagle Claw|url=http://www.britannica.com/event/Operation-Eagle-Claw|website=britannica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Thigpen|first1=Jerry L.|last2=Hobson|first2=James L. |title=The Praetorian STARShip: The Untold Story of the Combat Talon|date=2011|publisher= Air University Press |isbn=978-1780391977|page=210|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJPUqEmN1ukC&q=Finalized+plan+of+%22Operation+Eagle+Claw%22&pg=PA212}}</ref> * On February 24, 1981, the [[People's Mujahedin of Iran|Mojahedin-e-Khalq]] party held its public meeting in Tehran at the Amjadieh Stadium, around 40,000 people attended.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJEIQbUnGyYC&q=amjadieh+meeting |title=Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism |publisher=I.B.Tauris |author=Houchang E. Chehabi |date=1990 |isbn=9781850431985 |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref>
==Naming==
The stadium was named after Shahid {{ill|Ali Akbar Shiroodi|fa|علیاکبر شیرودی|ar|علي أكبر شيرودي|fr|Ali Akbar Shiroudi}} ({{Langx|fa|علیاکبر شیرودی}}),<ref>{{cite news |title=Shahid Shiroudi Stadium - Soccerway |url=https://au.soccerway.com/venues/iran/shahid-shiroudi-stadium/ |work=au.soccerway.com |language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason= this is possibly a circular citation |date=March 2025}} a [[Bell AH-1 Cobra |Cobra]] helicopter pilot who was killed in the [[Iran–Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web |author=خبرگزاری دفاع مقدس |title=شهید «علیاکبر قربان شیرودی» |url=https://defapress.ir/fa/news/617522/%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Martyr Ali Akbar Shiroodi (درباره شهید علیاکبر شیرودی) |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/84050774/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C |website=www.irna.ir |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=شهید علیاکبر قربان شیرودی |url=https://mazandaran.bmn.ir/%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C |website=mazandaran.bmn.ir |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=شهید شیرودی چه گفته بود که امام ناراحت شد؟/مرحوم هاشمی پاسخ می دهد |url=http://www.imam-khomeini.ir/fa/c13_164556/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%A7/%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%86%D9%87_%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%9F_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE_%D9%85%DB%8C_ |website=www.imam-khomeini.ir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی |title=سرلشکر خلبان شهید علیاکبر شیرودی |url=https://irdc.ir/fa/news/2682/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref>{{additional source needed| reason = these show there is a military martyr with that name, but they don't directly mention the stadium |date=March 2025}}
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Amjadie Stadium.jpg|<sub>Amjadieh Stadium in 1940s</sub> File:Tajgozari at Amjadieh Stadium.jpg|<sub>Parts of the Coronation ceremony of [[Mohammad Reza Shah]] and [[Farah Pahlavi]] held in Amjadieh Stadium</sub> File:Persepolis Taj Amjadieh.jpg|<sub>[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] - [[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj]] [[Sorkhabi derby|derby]] in Amjadieh</sub> File:Amjadieh Staduim-October 1948.jpg|<sub>High school students in a Ceremony in Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, 1948</sub> File:Sedarati and Ghiasi.jpg|<sub>[[Maryam Sedarati]] and [[Teymour Ghiasi]] in 1973 during a practice in the Amjadieh Stadium</sub> File:Shaboon Jafari.jpg|<sub>[[Shaban Jafari]] during the performance of [[Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals]] in Amjadieh Stadium </sub> </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{S-start}} {{Succession box | title=[[AFC Asian Cup]]<br>Host Venue | before=[[Ramat Gan Stadium]]<br/> {{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Ramat Gan]] | after=[[Suphachalasai Stadium|National Stadium]]<br/> {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]] | years='''[[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]''' }}
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