# Paykan F.C.

Paykan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيکان, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Peykân) is a football team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is sponsored by Iran's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of its older products; the Paykan car. Paykan F.C. is the football club of the multisport Paykan Sport Club which also includes basketball and volleyball teams.

## History
### Establishment

The club was established in 1967 by Mahmoud Khayami with financial help from the Iran Khodro factory. The main objective was to promote their factory's products, and improve their reputation. In 1969 the team became the Tehran City League's champions. The team was dissolved in 1970 after a series of difficulties between the players and management.

### Rebirth of Paykan

Paykan still operated without a football team specifically in the 1980. Paykan did not have a football team until the year 2000, when they were able to buy Bahman's shares and participate in the top level of Iranian football after 30 years. The team participated in the 2000–01 Azadegan League with Bahman's squad but with a different coach.
The team had little success and were relegated from the Iran Pro League in the 2004–05 season. They were back in the IPL for the 06–07 season where they finished 7th.

#### Relocation to Qazvin

In 2008 Paykan was moved to Qazvin because the city of Tehran had many football teams with low attendance figures. They started the season well but toward the end their results got worse. The team changed their coach in the last weeks of the 2008–09 season and finished mid-table. Although they finished in the top half of the table in 2009–10 season the club chairman decided to replace Hamid Derakhshan with Mohammad Ahmadzadeh as the head coach. Paykan were relegated in 2010–2011, but the following year they earned their promotion back to the Iran Pro League for the 2012–2013 season.

#### Tehran and Qods

Paykan moved back to Tehran and started playing in the newly renovated Takhti Stadium. Paykan was relegated to Azadegan League again in April 2013. Before the start of the 2013–14 season Paykan once again relocate and this time to the city of Qods. In the 2013–2014 season Paykan finished 2nd in the Azadegan League, thus giving them a shot at Iran Pro League promotion. Paykan defeated Siah Jamegan 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to play Iran Pro League club Fajr Sepasi in a promotion play-off. The first game in Shiraz ended 0–0 with neither team getting the upper hand. But, in the return leg in Qods, Paykan achieved promotion with a lone goal in the 65th minute. Paykan announced they will be playing in that city for the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Paykan finished 15th and was relegated.
In the 2015–16 Azadegan League season, Paykan finished first and were directly promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

## Seasons

| Year | Division | Pos. | Hazfi Cup | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Pro League | 7th | Semifinal | |
| 2002–03 | Pro League | 5th | Quarterfinal | |
| 2003–04 | Pro League | 7th | | |
| 2004–05 | Pro League | 15th | Quarterfinal | Relegated |
| 2005–06 | Azadegan League | 2nd | | Promoted |
| 2006–07 | Pro League | 7th | Quarterfinal | |
| 2007–08 | Pro League | 7th | 1/8 Final | |
| 2008–09 | Pro League | 8th | 1/16 Final | |
| 2009–10 | Pro League | 11th | 1/16 Final | |
| 2010–11 | Pro League | 17th | Round of 32 | Relegated |
| 2011–12 | Azadegan League | 1st | Third Round | Promoted |
| 2012–13 | Pro League | 17th | Round of 32 | Relegated |
| 2013–14 | Azadegan League | 2nd | Third Round | Promoted |
| 2014–15 | Pro League | 15th | Round of 16 | Relegated |
| 2015–16 | Azadegan League | 1st | Third Round | Promoted |
| 2016–17 | Pro League | 6th | Round of 32 | |
| 2017–18 | Pro League | 6th | Round of 32 | |
| 2018–19 | Pro League | 11th | Round of 32 | |
| 2019–20 | Pro League | 13th | Round of 16 | |
| 2020–21 | Pro League | 7th | Round of 32 | |

## Individual Records
### All Top Appearances

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Apps |
| 1 | Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi | Iran | 240 |
| 2 | Mohammad Hossein Memar | Iran | 170 |
| 3 | Amir Mirbozorgi | Iran | 163 |
| 4 | Arman Ghasemi | Iran | 160 |
| 5 | Mohammad Sadegh Barani | Iran | 132 |
| 6 | Mehdi Tajik | Iran | 126 |
| 7 | Ebrahim Salehi | Iran | 122 |
| 8 | Meysam Rezapour | Iran | 118 |
| 9 | Faraz Emamali | Iran | 95 |
| 10 | Hojjat Haghverdi | Iran | 94 |

### All Top Scorers

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Goals |
| 1 | Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi | Iran | 32 |
| 2 | Morteza Aghakhan | Iran | 23 |
| 2 | Iman Heydari | Iran | 23 |
| 4 | Morteza Aziz-Mohammadi | Iran | 17 |
| 5 | Shahriyar Moghanlou | Iran | 16 |
| 5 | Ali Asghar Modir Roosta | Iran | 16 |
| 7 | Godwin Mensha | Nigeria | 15 |
| 7 | Faraz Emamali | Iran | 15 |
| 7 | Amir Mirbozorgi | Iran | 15 |
| 10 | Jahangir Asgari | Iran | 14 |

## Sponsorship
### Official sponsors

For the 2007/08 season it has been announced that Paykan's official kit sponsor will be ISACO.

### Kit providers

* 2008/09: Majid
* 2009/10: Daei
* 2011/12: Umbro

## Club chairmen

* Nader Shahsavari (1970–05)
* Hossein Kafami (2005–06)
* Ibrahim Sanaei (2006–07)
* Mostafa Karkhaneh (2007–08)
* Mohammad-Reza Davarzani (2008)
* Kamran Sahebpanah (2008–10)
* Mahmoud Shiyi (2010–2021)
* Hamidreza Garshasbi (2021- 2022)

## Club managers
### Managerial history

* Alan Rogers (1969–70)
* Stuart Williams (1970)
* Klaus Schlappner (2000–01)
* Hamid Alidoosti (2001–02)
* Bijan Zolfagharnasab (2002–03)
* Homayoun Shahrokhi (2003–04)
* Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2004–05)
* Farhad Kazemi (2005–06)
* Samvel Darbinyan (2006–08)
* Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (2008–09)
* Hamid Derakhshan (2009–10)
* Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
* Hamid Alidousti (2010–11)
* Mohammad Hossein Ziaei (2011)
* Farhad Kazemi (2011–12)
* Abdollah Veisi (2012–13)
* Firouz Karimi (2013)
* Farhad Kazemi (2013–14)
* Mansour Ebrahimzadeh (2014)
* Samad Marfavi (2014–15)
* Alireza Marzban (2015–16)
* Majid Jalali (2016–18)
* Hossein Faraki (2018–20)
* Mehdi Tartar (2020–21)
* Mojtaba Hosseini (2021–)

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Erfan Esfandiari |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Danial Jahanbakhsh |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Hassan Moradifard |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Saeid Irankhah |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Arshla Vosoughifard |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Ali Asghar Sadeghi |
| 7 | DF | IRN | Amirhossein Gholami |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Aliasghar Houshmand |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Reza Rezaei |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Abdol Karim Eslami |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Afshin Sadeghi |
| 13 | MF | IRN | Mojtaba Haghdoost |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mohammadreza Ghobeishavi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Alireza Arjmandian |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Aslani |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Alireza Homaeifard |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Gholamreza Sabet Imani |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Behzad Salami |
| 22 | DF | IRN | Behzad Norouzi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Aliakbar Ranjbar |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Abbas Kahrizi |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Nima Ahmadi |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Seyed Fakher Tahami |
| 31 | GK | IRN | Alireza Gholi |
| 33 | DF | IRN | Saeed Ghaedifar |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Hossein Shahriyari |
| 47 | DF | IRN | Amirmohammad Rostamnejad |
| 48 | FW | IRN | Amir Shahim |
| 55 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Amin Omidifar |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Alireza Afkham |
| 70 | FW | IRN | Saman Nariman Jahan |
| 72 | FW | IRN | Arash Hashemi |
| 73 | DF | IRN | Saeid Gholamalibeigi |
| 77 | FW | IRN | Erfan Jamshidi |
| 81 | DF | IRN | Reza Gordan |
| 84 | GK | IRN | Kasra Hemati |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Amirhossein Azizi |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Milad Pakparvar |
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2023.

### Former players

For notable former players, see Category:Paykan F.C. players.

## Honours

* Iran Championship Cup
** Winners (1): 1968
* Azadegan League
** Winners (2): 2011–12, 2015–16
** Runners–up (1): 2005–06