Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club (, Tim-e Beskâtbal-e Petrushimi-ye Bendâr Eman), also known as shortly Petrochimi, is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshahr, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. In 2012 they became the first club in Iran to establish a basketball youth academy.
History In 2013, under the guidance of Doctor Mehran Hatami, Petro won the Iranian Basketball Super League for the first time in their history after defeating Mahram Tehran in the final. In 2014, Petro went undefeated throughout the season and again faced Mahram Tehran in the final and again won the league. After signing former NBA player Hamed Haddadi in 2016, Petrochimi won its fourth league title after defeating Naft Abadan in the final. In the same year, Petro finished in third place in the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
In 2018, Petrochimi won the FIBA Asia Champions Cup and was crowned champions of Asia. The team beat Alvark Tokyo 68–64 in the final, behind 28 points by Meisam Mirzaei.
Honours
Domestic competitions Iranian Super League Champions (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
International competitions FIBA Asia Champions Cup Champions (1): 2018 Third place (1): 2016 WABA Champions Cup Winners (2): 2016, 2018 Runners-up (3): 2014, 2017, 2019
Roster
Number Player Position Height (m)8 Behnam YakhchaliSG1.9288 Ashkan KhalilinejadSF1.9330 Navid RezaeifarSG1.947 Farid AslaniPG1.835 Pouya YakhchaliSG1.857 Sajjad MashayekhiPG1.8014 Arsalan KazemiPF2.0112 Asghar KardoustC2.1211 Mehdi HelichiSF1.9323 Sajjad PaziroftehPF2.0121 Rouzbeh ArghavanC2.1404 Meisam MirzaeiC2.0820 Mohammad Hossein ZakeriSG1.8541 Joseph mikulicSG1.9301 Adnan ShaverdiSF1.88
Position NameHead coach Mehran HatamiAssistant coach Khezeyer ShaverdiAssistant coach Gholam Hossein MahmoodianStrength & Conditioning Coach Mehrad GhadirzadehDirector Amin Moavi
Notable former players Amir Amini Hamed Hosseinzadeh Saeid Davarpanah Ali Doraghi Hamed Haddadi Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Saman Veisi Rouben Vesmadian Ekene Ibekwe Ejike Ugboaja Jaime Lloreda Jimmy Baxter Torraye Braggs Jason Crowe Ed Elisma Joseph Forte Jonathan Gibson C. J. Giles Julius Hodge Mark Karcher Art Long Tony Madison Smush Parker Alvin Sims K'zell Wesson Robert Whaley
References
External links Fan website page on Asia-Basket