Paykan Tehran VC

Paykan Tehran

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Full name	Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club
Short name	Paykan
Founded	1967
Ground	Khaneh Volleyball, Tehran
Chairman	Mahmoud Shiei
Manager	Peiman Akbari
Captain	Valerio Vermiglio
League	Iranian Super League
2014–15	1st
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.

Current Squad

• Setters:
  • Valerio Vermiglio (C)
  • Farhad Salafzoon
• Outside hitters:
  • Farhad Ghaemi
  • Mojtaba Mirzajanpour
  • Mohammad Javad Manavinejad
  • Mohammadreza Hosseini Pouya
  • Salim Cheperli
• Middle blockers:
  • Saman Faezi
  • Nikolay Nikolov
  • Masoud Gholami
  • Mehrdad Sheibani
  • Tayeb Eini
• Opposite hitters:
  • Amir Ghafour
  • Reza Safaei
• Liberos:
  • Mehdi Marandi
  • Reza Aslani
• Head coach:
  • Peiman Akbari

2014/2015 Squad

• 1. Saman Faezi
• 3. Amir Hosseini
• 4. Mohammad Javad Manavinejad
• 5. Farhad Ghaemi
• 6. Mohammad Mousavi
• 7. Ali Hossein
• 8. Mehrdad Sheibanimehr
• 10. Sajjad Dehnavi
• 11. Mojtaba Mirzajanpour
• 12. Mojtaba Gholizadeh
• 14. Reza Safaei
• 16. Ali Asghar Mirhosseini
• 17. Reza Ghara
• 18. Nico Freriks

• Heach coach: Peiman Akbari
• Assistant coach: Saeid Rezaei
• Assistant coach: Reza Ebrahimi
• Conditioning coach: Mohammad Hadi Ghasemi
• Team manager: Morteza Ahdi

Notable former players

• Philippe Barca-Cysique
• Behnam Mahmoudi
• Mohammad Mousavi
• Alireza Nadi
• Mohammad Torkashvand
• Francesco Biribanti
• Jordi Gens
• Nico Freriks

Honors

• Iranian Super League

Winners (12): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015

Runners-up (3): 2001, 2002, 2004

Third place (3): 2005, 2012, 2013

• Asian Club Championships / Peace Cup

Winners (7): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Runners-up (4): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004

Third place (3): 1997, 1999, 2015

• World Club Championships

Third place (1): 2010

Fourth place (2): 2015 2009

External links

• FIVB
• Roster