# Paykan Tehran VC

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

* 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