Paykan Tehran VC

Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club (, 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.

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.

2015/2016

 * Team manager: Amir Mehdi Nafar
 * Heach coach: Mohammad Torkashvand

2014/2015

 * Team manager: Amir Mehdi Nafar
 * Heach coach: Peyman Akbari

Notable former players

 * Farhad Ghaemi
 * Behnam Mahmoudi
 * Mohammad Mousavi
 * Alireza Nadi
 * Saeid Marouf
 * 🇫🇷 Philippe Barca-Cysique
 * Nico Freriks
 * 🇧🇪 Simon Van De Voorde
 * 🇮🇹 Valerio Vermiglio
 * 🇧🇬 Nikolay Nikolov
 * 🇫🇷 Earvin N'Gapeth
 * Nimir Abdel-Aziz

Honours

 * Medals icon with cup.PNG 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


 * Gold medal asia.svg Asian Club Championship
 * Winners (8): 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022
 * Runners-up (2): 2000, 2004
 * Third place (2): 1999, 2015


 * Gold medal world centered-2.svg World Club Championship
 * Third place (1): 2010
 * Fourth place (2): 2009, 2015