# Iranian Volleyball Super League

The Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargad Cup, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the first Division. In 1997 the league system was revamped, and the Iranian Super League was established.

## History

The first season of a national Iranian volleyball league was held in 1975 with 12 teams competing. In 1979 due to the Iranian Revolution the league was canceled.
In 1989, the first Hazfi Cup for Iranian volleyball teams was held. During this period there was no national league and teams competed in the provincial and local leagues instead.
Shortly after the Hazfi Cup, in 1990 the national volleyball league of Iran was restarted by the Iranian Volleyball Federation with 10 teams competing and was called the Fajr Cup. In 2010 the format of the league was changed and 12 teams competed in the league, which was later increased to 14 shortly after and the name was also changed to the Iranian Volleyball Super League or the Iranian Volleyball Premier League.

## Current teams

* Azar Battery Urmia
* Foolad Sirjan
* Hoorsun Ramsar
* Khatam Ardakan
* Labanyat Haraz Amol
* Paykan Tehran
* Rahyab Melal Marivan
* Saipa Tehran
* Sepahan Isfahan
* Shahdab Yazd
* Shahrdari Gonbad
* Shahrdari Qazvin
* Shahrdari Urmia
* Shahrdari Varamin

## League champions
### Pasargad Cup

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1975–1976 | Dokhaniat Tehran | Persepolis Tehran | Taj Tehran |
| 1976–1977 | Taj Tehran | Persepolis Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 1977–1978 | Taj Tehran | Irana Tehran | Liftraksazi Tabriz |
| 1978–1990 | No national league competition only provincial leagues. (because of revolution and war) | No national league competition only provincial leagues. (because of revolution and war) | No national league competition only provincial leagues. (because of revolution and war) |

### First Division

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1990–1991 | Bonyad Shahid Tehran | Bank Melli Tehran | Bank Mazandaran Sari |
| 1991–1992 | Bonyad Shahid Tehran | Bank Melli Tehran | Bank Tejarat Tehran |
| 1992–1993 | Bank Melli Tehran | Bank Tejarat Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 1993–1994 | Abgineh Qazvin | Bank Melli Tehran | Bank Tejarat Tehran |
| 1994–1995 | Fajr Sepah Tehran | Foolad Khuzestan | Rikhtehgari Tabriz |
| 1995–1996 | Fajr Sepah Tehran | Persepolis Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 1996–1997 | Paykan Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Fajr Sepah Tehran |

### Super League

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1997–1998 | Paykan Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Abgineh Qazvin |
| 1998–1999 | Paykan Tehran | Sanam Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 1999–2000 | Paykan Tehran | Motojen Tabriz | Sanam Tehran |
| 2000–2001 | Sanam Tehran | Paykan Tehran | Aboumoslem Khorasan |
| 2001–2002 | Sanam Tehran | Paykan Tehran | PAS Tehran |
| 2002–2003 | Paykan Tehran | Sanam Tehran | PAS Tehran |
| 2003–2004 | Sanam Tehran | Paykan Tehran | Pegah Urmia |
| 2004–2005 | Sanam Tehran | Pegah Urmia | Paykan Tehran |
| 2005–2006 | Paykan Tehran | Saipa Tehran | Azarpayam Ertebatat Urmia |
| 2006–2007 | Paykan Tehran | Gol Gohar Sirjan | Saipa Tehran |
| 2007–2008 | Paykan Tehran | Saipa Tehran | Pegah Urmia |
| 2008–2009 | Paykan Tehran | Saipa Tehran | Foolad Urmia BEEM Mazandaran |
| 2009–2010 | Paykan Tehran | Saipa Karaj | Kalleh Mazandaran |
| 2010–2011 | Paykan Tehran | Saipa Alborz | Kalleh Mazandaran |
| 2011–2012 | Kalleh Mazandaran | Saipa Alborz | Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Urmia |
| 2012–2013 | Kalleh Mazandaran | Matin Varamin | Paykan Tehran |
| 2013–2014 | Matin Varamin | Kalleh Mazandaran | Shahrdari Urmia |
| 2014–2015 | Paykan Tehran | Shahrdari Urmia | Shahrdari Tabriz |
| 2015–2016 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | Paykan Tehran | Samen Al-Hojaj Khorasan Shahrdari Urmia |
| 2016–2017 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | Paykan Tehran | Shahrdari Urmia |
| 2017–2018 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | Khatam Ardakan | Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Tabriz |
| 2018–2019 | Shahrdari Varamin | Saipa Tehran | Kalleh Mazandaran Payam Khorasan |
| 2019–2020 | The season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | The season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | The season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–2021 | Foolad Sirjan | Shahrdari Urmia | Sepahan Isfahan Labanyat Haraz Amol |
| 2021–2022 | Shahdab Yazd | Paykan Tehran | Sepahan Isfahan Foolad Sirjan |
| 2022–2023 | Shahdab Yazd | Labanyat Haraz Amol | PAS Gorgan Paykan Tehran |
| 2023–2024 | Foolad Sirjan | Shahdab Yazd | Paykan Tehran Shahrdari Urmia |

## Titles by club

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years Won | Years Runner-up |
| Paykan Tehran | 12 | 6 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015 | 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2022 |
| Sanam Tehran | 4 | 2 | 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 | 1999, 2003 |
| Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | 0 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | – |
| Kalleh Mazandaran | 2 | 1 | 2012, 2013 | 2014 |
| Shahrdari Varamin | 2 | 1 | 2014, 2019 | 2013 |
| Shahdab Yazd | 2 | 1 | 2022, 2023 | 2024 |
| Esteghlal Tehran | 2 | 0 | 1977, 1978 | – |
| Bonyad Shahid Tehran | 2 | 0 | 1991, 1992 | – |
| Fajr Sepah Tehran | 2 | 0 | 1995, 1996 | – |
| Foolad Sirjan | 2 | 0 | 2021, 2024 | – |
| Bank Melli Tehran | 1 | 3 | 1993 | 1991, 1992, 1994 |
| Dokhaniat Tehran | 1 | 0 | 1976 | – |
| Abgineh Qazvin | 1 | 0 | 1994 | – |
| Saipa Tehran | 0 | 7 | – | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019 |
| Persepolis Tehran | 0 | 3 | – | 1976, 1977, 1996 |
| Shahrdari Urmia | 0 | 3 | – | 2005, 2015, 2021 |
| Zob Ahan Isfahan | 0 | 2 | – | 1997, 1998 |
| Irana Tehran | 0 | 1 | – | 1978 |
| Bank Tejarat Tehran | 0 | 1 | – | 1993 |
| Foolad Khuzestan | 0 | 1 | – | 1995 |
| Motojen Tabriz | 0 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| Gol Gohar Sirjan | 0 | 1 | – | 2007 |
| Khatam Ardakan | 0 | 1 | – | 2018 |
| Labanyat Haraz Amol | 0 | 1 | – | 2023 |

## Titles by city

| City (Province) | Winners | Runners-up |
| Tehran (Tehran) | 27 | 20 |
| Amol (Mazandaran) | 2 | 2 |
| Varamin (Tehran) | 2 | 1 |
| Yazd (Yazd) | 2 | 0 |
| Sirjan (Kerman) | 2 | 1 |
| Qazvin (Qazvin) | 1 | 0 |
| Karaj (Alborz) | 0 | 3 |
| Urmia (West Azerbaijan) | 0 | 3 |
| Isfahan (Isfahan) | 0 | 2 |
| Ahvaz (Khuzestan) | 0 | 1 |
| Tabriz (East Azerbaijan) | 0 | 1 |
| Ardakan (Yazd) | 0 | 1 |

## Notable foreign players

| Rodrigo Quiroga Rodrigão Metodi Ananiev Evgeni Ivanov Danail Milushev Smilen Mlyakov Nikolay Nikolov Ángel Dennis | Yasser Portuondo Philippe Barca-Cysique Valerio Vermiglio Nico Freriks Slobodan Kovač Vlado Petković Juan Carlos Blanco Łukasz Żygadło |