Paykan Tehran VC
| Full name | Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club | ||
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| Short name | Paykan | ||
| Founded | 1967; 49 years ago | ||
| Ground | Tehran House of Volleyball, Tehran | ||
| Chairman |
 Mahmoud Shiei | ||
| Manager |
Peiman Akbari | ||
| Captain |
 Valerio Vermiglio | ||
| League | Iranian Super League | ||
| 2015–16 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club (Persian: باشگاه والیبال پیکان تـهران ) is an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is owned by Iran Khodro, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. They compete in the Iranian Volleyball Super League. Paykan VC is the volleyball club of the multisport Paykan Sport Club.
History
Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club was founded in 1969 in Tehran, Iran, as a part of Paykan Sport Club. 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 seven times. In 2010 Paykan placed third in the World Club Championships.
Arena
Khaneh Volleyball Tehran 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
- Heach coach: Peiman Akbari
| Team roster - season 2015/2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position |
| 1 | Mohammadreza Hosseini Pouya | Outside hitter |
| 2 | Masoud Gholami | Middle blocker |
| 3 | Saman Faezi | Middle blocker |
| 4 | Farhad Salafzoon | Setter |
| 5 | Farhad Ghaemi | Outside hitter |
| 6 | Mehrdad Sheibanimehr | Middle blocker |
| 7 | Valerio Vermiglio (C) | Setter |
| 8 | Salim Cheperli | Outside hitter |
| 9 | Mohammad Javad Manavinejad | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Amir Ghafour | Opposite hitter |
| 11 | Mojtaba Mirzajanpour | Outside hitter |
| 12 | Tayeb Eini | Middle blocker |
| 14 | Reza Safaei | Opposite hitter |
| 16 | Reza Aslani | Libero |
| 18 |  Nikolay Nikolov | Middle blocker |
| 19 | Mehdi Marandi | Libero |
2014/2015
- Heach coach: Peiman 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 |
Honors
- Winners (12): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015
- Runners-up (4): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016
- Third place (3): 2005, 2012, 2013
- Winners (7): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Runners-up (4): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
- Third place (3): 1997, 1999, 2015
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