Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club (, 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 2015/2016No.NamePosition Salim Cheperli Outside hitter Reza Abedini Middle blocker Vali Alipour Middle blocker Javad Karimi (C)Setter Esmaeil Mosafer Outside hitter Mehrdad Sheibanimehr Middle blocker Ali Nodouzpour Setter Shayan Shahsavan Outside hitter Mohammadreza Mashhadi Outside hitter Alireza Shahali Opposite hitter Rahman Taghizadeh Middle blocker Pourya YaliOpposite hitter Mohammadreza MoazenLibero
2014/2015 Team manager: Amir Mehdi Nafar Heach coach: Peyman Akbari Team roster - season 2014/2015No.NamePosition Saman Faezi Middle blocker Nico Freriks Setter Amir Hosseini (C) Setter Mohammad Javad Manavinejad Outside hitter Farhad Ghaemi Outside hitter Mohammad Mousavi Middle blocker Ali Hossein Libero Mehrdad Sheibanimehr Middle blocker Sajjad Dehnavi Middle blocker Mojtaba Mirzajanpour Outside hitter Mojtaba Gholizadeh Outside hitter Reza Safaei Opposite hitter Ali Asghar MirhosseiniLibero Reza Ghara Opposite hitter
Notable former players Farhad Ghaemi 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
See also Shahrdari Varamin VC Shahrdari Urmia VC
References
External links FIVB Roster