Paykan Tehran VC

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'''Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club''' ({{langx|fa|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''': {{flagicon|IRI}} Amir Mehdi Nafar *'''Heach coach''': {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Torkashvand {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=3 | Team roster - season 2015/2016 |- !No. !style="width:17em"|Name !style="width:9em"|Position |- | {{sort|01|1}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Salim Cheperli ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|02|2}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Reza Abedini ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|03|3}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Vali Alipour ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|04|4}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Javad Karimi '''(C)'''||Setter |- | {{sort|05|5}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Esmaeil Mosafer ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|06|6}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mehrdad Sheibanimehr ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|07|7}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Ali Nodouzpour ||Setter |- | {{sort|08|8}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Shayan Shahsavan ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|09|9}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammadreza Mashhadi ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|10|10}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Alireza Shahali ||Opposite hitter |- | {{sort|12|12}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Rahman Taghizadeh ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|14|14}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Pourya Yali||Opposite hitter |- | {{sort|19|19}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammadreza Moazen||Libero |}

===2014/2015=== *'''Team manager''': {{flagicon|IRI}} Amir Mehdi Nafar *'''Heach coach''': {{flagicon|IRI}} Peyman Akbari {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" ! colspan=3 | Team roster - season 2014/2015 |- !No. !style="width:17em"|Name !style="width:9em"|Position |- | {{sort|01|1}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Saman Faezi ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|02|2}}||align=left| {{flagicon|NED}} Nico Freriks ||Setter |- | {{sort|03|3}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Amir Hosseini '''(C)''' ||Setter |- | {{sort|04|4}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Javad Manavinejad ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|05|5}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Farhad Ghaemi ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|06|6}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Mousavi ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|07|7}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Ali Hossein ||Libero |- | {{sort|08|8}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mehrdad Sheibanimehr ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|10|10}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Sajjad Dehnavi ||Middle blocker |- | {{sort|11|11}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mojtaba Mirzajanpour ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|12|12}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Mojtaba Gholizadeh ||Outside hitter |- | {{sort|14|14}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Reza Safaei ||Opposite hitter |- | {{sort|16|16}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Ali Asghar Mirhosseini||Libero |- | {{sort|17|17}}||align=left| {{flagicon|IRI}} Reza Ghara ||Opposite hitter |}

==Notable former players== * {{flagicon|IRI}} Farhad Ghaemi * {{flagicon|IRI}} Behnam Mahmoudi * {{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Mousavi * {{flagicon|IRI}} Alireza Nadi * {{flagicon|IRI}} Saeid Marouf * {{Flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Barca-Cysique * {{Flagicon|NED}} Nico Freriks * {{Flagicon|BEL}} Simon Van De Voorde * {{Flagicon|ITA}} Valerio Vermiglio * {{Flagicon|BUL}} Nikolay Nikolov * {{Flagicon|FRA}} Earvin N'Gapeth * {{flagicon|NED}} Nimir Abdel-Aziz

==Honours== thumb|The 2010 Men's Club World Championship bronze medallists *'''20px 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

*'''20px Asian Club Championship''' :'''Winners (8):''' 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022 :Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004 :Third place (2): 1999, 2015

*'''20px World Club Championship''' :Third place (1): 2010 :Fourth place (2): 2009, 2015

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/Competitions/WorldClubChampionships/2009/Team_Roster.asp?Team=PAY&Tourn=MCLUB09 FIVB] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141128183635/http://iranvolleyball.com/public/1393/namelistmensleague93.pdf Roster]

Category:Volleyball clubs in Iran Category:Sports clubs and teams in Tehran