Paykan F.C.

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Paykan
پيکان
Full name Paykan Tehran Football Club
Founded 1967
Ground Iran Khodro Stadium
Karaj
Iran
(Capacity 10,000)
Chairman Flag of Iran Mohammad-Reza Davarzani
Head Coach Flag of Iran Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
League Persian Gulf Cup
2007-08 Persian Gulf Cup, 9th
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For the automobile , see Paykan.
For the missile boat, see Iranian missile boat Paykan.

Paykan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيکان), is a football team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is sponsored by Iran's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of its older products, the Paykan car. Paykan F.C. is the football club of the multisport Paykan Sport Club, the club boasts successful basketball and volleyball teams.

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[edit] History

[edit] Establishment

The club was established in 1967 by Mahmoud Khayami with financial help from the Iran Khodro factory. The main objective was to promote their factory's products, and improve their reputation. They were able to lure great players such as Ali Parvin, Majid Halvaei and Amir Abedini, and several of the Persepolis players of the time. In 1969 the team became the Tehran City League's champions and the team appeared to have a bright future. The team was dissolved in 1970 after a series of difficulties between the players and management. Most of the players went back to Persepolis.

[edit] Rebirth of Paykan

Paykan still operated without a football team and in specific in the 80's with a basketball, handball, and volleyball team. Paykan did not have a football team until the year 2000, when they were able to buy Bahman's shares and participate in the top level of Iranian football after 30 years. The team participated in the Azadegan League 2000–2001 with Bahman's squad but with a different coach.

Even though the team is called Paykan Tehran, its stadium is in Karaj. Among Iranian football clubs, the team is known to have one of the better organizations in terms of facilities and management. The team had little success and were relegated from the IPL in the IPL 2004/05 season. They were back in the IPL for the 06/07 season where they finished a respectable 7th and showed their ability to compete at the highest standard.

[edit] Sponsorship

[edit] Official sponsors

For the 2007/08 season it has been announced that Paykan's official kit sponsor will be ISACO.

[edit] Kit providers

  • 2007/2008: Shekari

[edit] Club chairmen

  • Nader Shahsavari
  • Hossein Kafami(2005-2006)
  • Ibrahim Sanaei (2006 - Oct 2007)
  • Mostafa Karkhaneh (Oct 2007 - Feb 2008)
  • Mohammad-Reza Davarzani (Feb 2008 - Present)

[edit] Club managers

[edit] Managerial history

Name Period
Flag of England Alan Rogers 1969-1970
Flag of Iran Hamid Alidoosti 2000-2002
Flag of Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab 2002-2003
Flag of Iran Homayoun Shahrokhi 2003-2004
Flag of Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan 2004-2005
Flag of Iran Farhad Kazemi 2005-2006
Flag of ArmeniaFlag of Russia Samvel Darbinyan 2006-2008
Flag of Iran Ali Asghar Modir Roosta 2008–

[edit] Current management team

Position Name Nation
Manager Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Flag of Iran
First Team Coach Nasser Pourmehdi Flag of Iran
Technical Manager Samvel Darbinyan Flag of Armenia Flag of Russia
Supervisor Shahrzad Kiani Flag of Iran

[edit] Players

As of August 16, 2007.

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Iran GK Koroush Moradi
2 Flag of Iran DF Mehdi Mohammadi
3 Flag of Iran DF Mohammad Hossein Memar
4 Flag of Iran DF Mehdi Tajik
5 Flag of Iran DF Mojtaba Sarasiabi
6 Flag of Iran MF Maysam Khosravi
7 Flag of Iran MF Meysam Rezapour
8 Flag of Iran MF Farhad Khangoli
9 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi (Captain)
10 Flag of Iran DF Morteza Azizmohammadi
11 Flag of Iran MF Dariush Yazdani
12 Flag of Germany GK Ronny Kockel
No. Position Player
14 Flag of Iran DF Ali Bagheri
16 Flag of Iran MF Majid Khodabandi
17 Flag of Iran DF Ali Ghorbani
18 Flag of Iran FW Robert Markosi
19 Flag of Iran FW Iman Heydari
20 Flag of Iran FW Mehdi Farzaneh
21 Flag of Senegal FW Ibrahima Touré
22 Flag of Iran MF Mohammad Ettehad
23 Flag of Senegal FW Kendoe
24 Flag of Iran MF Meysam Khosravi
26 Flag of Iran MF Reza Azizi
30 Flag of Iran GK Hossein Ashena

[edit] Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Paykan players.

[edit] Famous players

[edit] External link