Paykan Tehran VC
| Full name | Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | Paykan | ||
| Founded | 1966; 56 years ago | ||
| Ground | Tehran House of Volleyball, Tehran | ||
| President | Rasoul khatibi | ||
| League | Iranian Super League | ||
| 2021–22 | Play off | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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
[edit | edit source]Establishment
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]2015/2016
[edit | edit source]- Team manager: Iran Amir Mehdi Nafar
- Heach coach: Iran Mohammad Torkashvand
| Team roster - season 2015/2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position |
| 1 | Iran Salim Cheperli | Outside hitter |
| 2 | Iran Reza Abedini | Middle blocker |
| 3 | Iran Vali Alipour | Middle blocker |
| 4 | Iran Javad Karimi (C) | Setter |
| 5 | Iran Esmaeil Mosafer | Outside hitter |
| 6 | Iran Mehrdad Sheibanimehr | Middle blocker |
| 7 | Iran Ali Nodouzpour | Setter |
| 8 | Iran Shayan Shahsavan | Outside hitter |
| 9 | Iran Mohammadreza Mashhadi | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Iran Alireza Shahali | Opposite hitter |
| 12 | Iran Rahman Taghizadeh | Middle blocker |
| 14 | Iran Pourya Yali | Opposite hitter |
| 19 | Iran Mohammadreza Moazen | Libero |
2014/2015
[edit | edit source]- Team manager: Iran Amir Mehdi Nafar
- Heach coach: Iran Peyman Akbari
| Team roster - season 2014/2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position |
| 1 | Iran Saman Faezi | Middle blocker |
| 2 | Netherlands Nico Freriks | Setter |
| 3 | Iran Amir Hosseini (C) | Setter |
| 4 | Iran Mohammad Javad Manavinejad | Outside hitter |
| 5 | Iran Farhad Ghaemi | Outside hitter |
| 6 | Iran Mohammad Mousavi | Middle blocker |
| 7 | Iran Ali Hossein | Libero |
| 8 | Iran Mehrdad Sheibanimehr | Middle blocker |
| 10 | Iran Sajjad Dehnavi | Middle blocker |
| 11 | Iran Mojtaba Mirzajanpour | Outside hitter |
| 12 | Iran Mojtaba Gholizadeh | Outside hitter |
| 14 | Iran Reza Safaei | Opposite hitter |
| 16 | Iran Ali Asghar Mirhosseini | Libero |
| 17 | Iran Reza Ghara | Opposite hitter |
Notable former players
[edit | edit source]- Iran Farhad Ghaemi
- Iran Behnam Mahmoudi
- Iran Mohammad Mousavi
- Iran Alireza Nadi
- Iran Saeid Marouf
- France Philippe Barca-Cysique
- Netherlands Nico Freriks
- Belgium Simon Van De Voorde
- Italy Valerio Vermiglio
- Bulgaria Nikolay Nikolov
- France Earvin N'Gapeth
- Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz
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Honours
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- 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
- Winners (8): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022
- Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004
- Third place (2): 1999, 2015
