The Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargad Cup, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the first Division. In 1997 the league system was revamped, and the Iranian Super League was established.
History The first season of a national Iranian volleyball league was held in 1975 with 12 teams competing. In 1979 due to the Iranian Revolution the league was canceled.
In 1989, the first Hazfi Cup for Iranian volleyball teams was held. During this period there was no national league and teams competed in the provincial and local leagues instead.
Shortly after the Hazfi Cup, in 1990 the national volleyball league of Iran was restarted by the Iranian Volleyball Federation with 10 teams competing and was called the Fajr Cup. In 2010 the format of the league was changed and 12 teams competed in the league, which was later increased to 14 shortly after and the name was also changed to the Iranian Volleyball Super League or the Iranian Volleyball Premier League.
Current teams Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Urmia Saipa Tehran Foolad Sirjan Shahdab Yazd Sepahan Isfahan Mes Rafsanjan Pas Gorgan Tabiat Chadormalu Ardakan Mehregan Noor Sanatgaran Omid Esteghlal Gonbad Razin Polymer
League champions
Pasargad Cup SeasonChampionRunner-up Third place1975–1976Dokhaniat Tehran Persepolis Tehran Taj Tehran1976–1977Taj Tehran Persepolis Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan1977–1978Taj Tehran Irana Tehran Liftraksazi Tabriz1978–1990No national league competition only provincial leagues. (because of revolution and war)
First Division SeasonChampionRunner-up Third place1990–1991Bonyad Shahid Tehran Bank Melli Tehran Bank Mazandaran Sari1991–1992Bonyad Shahid Tehran Bank Melli Tehran Bank Tejarat Tehran1992–1993Bank Melli Tehran Bank Tejarat Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan1993–1994Abgineh Qazvin Bank Melli Tehran Bank Tejarat Tehran1994–1995Fajr Sepah Tehran Foolad Khuzestan Rikhtehgari Tabriz1995–1996Fajr Sepah Tehran Persepolis Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan1996–1997Paykan Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Fajr Sepah Tehran
Super League SeasonChampionRunner-up Third place1997–1998Paykan Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Abgineh Qazvin1998–1999Paykan Tehran Sanam Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan1999–2000Paykan Tehran Motojen Tabriz Sanam Tehran2000–2001Sanam Tehran Paykan Tehran Aboumoslem Khorasan2001–2002Sanam Tehran Paykan Tehran PAS Tehran2002–2003Paykan Tehran Sanam Tehran PAS Tehran2003–2004Sanam Tehran Paykan Tehran Pegah Urmia2004–2005Sanam Tehran Pegah Urmia Paykan Tehran2005–2006Paykan Tehran Saipa Tehran Azarpayam Ertebatat Urmia2006–2007Paykan Tehran Gol Gohar Sirjan Saipa Tehran2007–2008Paykan Tehran Saipa Tehran Pegah Urmia2008–2009Paykan Tehran Saipa Tehran Foolad UrmiaBEEM Mazandaran2009–2010Paykan Tehran Saipa Karaj Kalleh Mazandaran2010–2011Paykan Tehran Saipa Alborz Kalleh Mazandaran2011–2012 Kalleh Mazandaran Saipa Alborz Paykan TehranShahrdari Urmia2012–2013 Kalleh Mazandaran Matin Varamin Paykan Tehran2013–2014 Matin Varamin Kalleh Mazandaran Shahrdari Urmia2014–2015 Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Tabriz2015–2016 Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Paykan Tehran Samen Al-Hojaj KhorasanShahrdari Urmia2016–2017 Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Urmia2017–2018 Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Khatam Ardakan Paykan TehranShahrdari Tabriz2018–2019 Shahrdari Varamin Saipa Tehran Kalleh MazandaranPayam Khorasan2019–2020The season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.2020–2021 Foolad Sirjan Shahrdari Urmia Sepahan IsfahanLabanyat Haraz Amol2021–2022 Shahdab Yazd Paykan Tehran Sepahan IsfahanFoolad Sirjan2022–2023 Shahdab Yazd Labanyat Haraz Amol PAS GorganPaykan Tehran2023–2024 Foolad Sirjan Shahdab Yazd Paykan TehranShahrdari Urmia2024–2025 Foolad Sirjan Shahdab Yazd Chadormalu ArdakanShahrdari Urmia
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Titles by club TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-upPaykan Tehran1261997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20152001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2022Sanam Tehran422001, 2002, 2004, 20051999, 2003Sarmayeh Bank Tehran302016, 2017, 2018–Kalleh Mazandaran212012, 20132014Shahrdari Varamin212014, 20192013Shahdab Yazd212022, 20232024Esteghlal Tehran201977, 1978–Bonyad Shahid Tehran201991, 1992–Fajr Sepah Tehran201995, 1996–Foolad Sirjan202021, 2024–Bank Melli Tehran1319931991, 1992, 1994Dokhaniat Tehran101976–Abgineh Qazvin101994–Saipa Tehran07–2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019Persepolis Tehran03–1976, 1977, 1996Shahrdari Urmia03–2005, 2015, 2021Zob Ahan Isfahan02–1997, 1998Irana Tehran01–1978Bank Tejarat Tehran01–1993Foolad Khuzestan01–1995Motojen Tabriz01–2000Gol Gohar Sirjan01–2007Khatam Ardakan01–2018Labanyat Haraz Amol01–2023
Titles by city City (Province)WinnersRunners-upTehran (Tehran)2720Amol (Mazandaran)22Varamin (Tehran)21Yazd (Yazd)20Sirjan (Kerman)21Qazvin (Qazvin)10Karaj (Alborz)03Urmia (West Azerbaijan)03Isfahan (Isfahan)02Ahvaz (Khuzestan)01Tabriz (East Azerbaijan)01Ardakan (Yazd)01
Notable foreign players Rodrigo Quiroga Rodrigão Metodi Ananiev Evgeni Ivanov Danail Milushev Smilen Mlyakov Nikolay Nikolov Ángel Dennis Yasser Portuondo Philippe Barca-Cysique Valerio Vermiglio Nico Freriks Slobodan Kovač Vlado Petković Juan Carlos Blanco Łukasz Żygadło
See also AVC Club Championships Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League
References
External links I.R. Iran Volleyball Federation League champions