Paykan Tehran

Full name	Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club
Short name	Paykan
Founded	1966; 56 years ago
Ground	Tehran House of Volleyball, Tehran
President	Amir Atabakhsh
League	Iranian Super League
2021–22	Play off
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club (Persian: باشگاه والیبال پیکان تـهران, Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Peykân-e Tehrân) is an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by Iran Khodro, an Iranian automobile manufacturer, and it competes in the Iranian Volleyball Super League. Paykan VC is the volleyball club of the multisport Paykan Sport Club.

History

Establishment

Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club was founded in 1967 in Tehran, Iran, as a part of Paykan Sports Club. They started playing matches in 1969 when they played a series of exhibition games against European opponents.

Success

They are the most successful volleyball club in Iran with 12 league titles. Paykan is also the most decorated club in Asian volleyball, as they have won the Asian Club Championships a record eight times. In 2010 Paykan placed third in the World Club Championships.

Arena

Sapco is the home arena for Paykan and hosts all competitive and official matches. The club uses Number 1 Mix-Use Complex as its training location and also hosts friendly matches for the club.

Team rosters

2015/2016

• Team manager: Amir Mehdi Nafar
• Heach coach: Mohammad Torkashvand

Team roster - season 2015/2016
No.	Name	Position
1	Salim Cheperli	Outside hitter
2	Reza Abedini	Middle blocker
3	Vali Alipour	Middle blocker
4	Javad Karimi (C)	Setter
5	Esmaeil Mosafer	Outside hitter
6	Mehrdad Sheibanimehr	Middle blocker
7	Ali Nodouzpour	Setter
8	Shayan Shahsavan	Outside hitter
9	Mohammadreza Mashhadi	Outside hitter
10	Alireza Shahali	Opposite hitter
12	Rahman Taghizadeh	Middle blocker
14	Pourya Yali	Opposite hitter
19	Mohammadreza Moazen	Libero

2014/2015

• Team manager: Amir Mehdi Nafar
• Heach coach: Peyman Akbari

Team roster - season 2014/2015
No.	Name	Position
1	Saman Faezi	Middle blocker
2	Nico Freriks	Setter
3	Amir Hosseini (C)	Setter
4	Mohammad Javad Manavinejad	Outside hitter
5	Farhad Ghaemi	Outside hitter
6	Mohammad Mousavi	Middle blocker
7	Ali Hossein	Libero
8	Mehrdad Sheibanimehr	Middle blocker
10	Sajjad Dehnavi	Middle blocker
11	Mojtaba Mirzajanpour	Outside hitter
12	Mojtaba Gholizadeh	Outside hitter
14	Reza Safaei	Opposite hitter
16	Ali Asghar Mirhosseini	Libero
17	Reza Ghara	Opposite hitter

Notable former players

• Behnam Mahmoudi
• Mohammad Mousavi
• Alireza Nadi
• Saeid Marouf
• Philippe Barca-Cysique
• Nico Freriks
• Simon Van De Voorde
• Valerio Vermiglio
• Nikolay Nikolov
• Earvin N'Gapeth
• Nimir Abdel-Aziz

Honours

• Iranian Super League

Winners (12): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015

Runners-up (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2022

Third place (4): 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018

• Asian Club Championship

Winners (8): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022

Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004

Third place (2): 1999, 2015

• World Club Championship

Third place (1): 2010

Fourth place (2): 2009, 2015