Sport
Soccer is a major part of the city's culture. The most popular sport in the city is soccer. The huge number of fans made Tabriz home to four Iranian major Football teams: Tractor Sazi F.C., Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C., Shahrdari Tabriz F.C., and Gostaresh Foolad. Tractor Sazi F.C. is playing in the Iran Pro League and is very popular in north western of Iran. The home stadium for these soccer teams are city's major stadium Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium which has the capacity of 71,000. Some of the games are also held in the older stadium of Bagh Shomal Stadium which is located almost in downtown of Tabriz.
Tractor Sazi F.C. or Tirakhtor, as it called in the city, is an Iranian soccer club, based in Tabriz. They currently play in Iran's Pro League which is the highest domestic league in Iran.They also provided Iran with some of the most talented players during the nineties. In 2009, Tiraxtor, the most well-known team of the East Azerbaijan province, was promoted to the first football division of Iran (the Iran Pro League.) And according to surverys, the team has got the highst number of fans in the Iran Pro League. The team is sponsored by Iran Tractor Manufacturing Co. (ITMCO).
Behind soccer they are couple of other major sport events holds in Tabriz. One of these events is Azerbaijan Cycling Tour. Azerbaijan Cyclibng Tour is a professional cycling tour held annually. This cycling tour is the most prestigious cycling tour held for more than 25 years starting in the city. Tabriz also has an UCI Continental cycling team that is competing in UCI-sanctioned competitions through Asian continents. The team is: Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
The major sport complex in the city is Bagh Shomal complex which include a soccer stadium, swimming pool, an arena for basketball and volleyball. There is also a bigger sport complex under construction as Olympic village. Parts of it is already constructed. Behind these they are several other smaller complexes for martial arts, swimming pools and gymnasiums.
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