Paykan Tehran VC

Paykan Tehran
Full name	Paykan Tehran Volleyball Club
Short name	Paykan
Founded	1967
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
Uniforms
Home	Away

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