The
Ali Daei Stadium ( ) is a 20,000 seater stadium in
Ardabil
, Iran
. The
seated capacity may in due course be increased to 30,000. The
stadium is part of a much larger sports complex that expands over
40,000 square meters. It was fully funded by legendary Iranian
footballer
Ali Daei. The stadium's car park
has a capacity of 7,000.
It was opened on
23 May 2008 in memory of the
Liberation of Khorramshahr, a
friendly match was played between the
Iran national football team and
Saipa F.C. in front of 20,000 fans who
were admitted for free in a 6-0 win for
Team
Melli.
The stadium was designed by architect Mohammad Ali Rooni.