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Paykan
پيکان
Full name Paykan Football Club
Nickname(s) Khodro Sazan (Carmakers)
Founded 1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Ground Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Ground Capacity 25,000
Head Coach Sirous Dinmohammadi
League Persian Gulf Pro League
2024–25 Azadegan League, 2nd of 18 (promoted)

Paykan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيکان, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Peykân) is a professional football team from Tehran, Iran. The club is supported by Iran Khodro, a major car maker in Iran. The team is even named after one of their famous old cars, the Paykan car. Paykan F.C. is part of a bigger sports club called Paykan Sport Club, which also has basketball and volleyball teams.

About Paykan Football Club

How the Club Started

Paykan Football Club began in 1967. It was started by Mahmoud Khayami with money from the Iran Khodro car factory. The main goal was to help promote the factory's cars and make their name more well-known. In 1969, the team became champions of the Tehran City League. However, the team stopped playing in 1970 because of problems between the players and the people managing the club.

The Club's Comeback

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Paykan playing against Persepolis in 2005.

For many years, Paykan Sport Club did not have a football team. This changed in the year 2000. They were able to buy parts of another team, Bahman, and join the top football league in Iran. This was 30 years after their first team stopped playing. They played in the 2000–01 Azadegan League with Bahman's players but had a new coach.

The team did not have much success at first. They were moved down from the Iran Pro League in the 2004–05 season. But they came back to the IPL for the 2006–07 season and finished in 7th place.

Moving Around Iran

In 2008, Paykan moved to Qazvin. This was because the city of Tehran already had many football teams, and not many people were coming to Paykan's games. They started the season well, but their results got worse later on. The team changed their coach near the end of the 2008–09 season. They finished in the middle of the league table. Even though they finished in the top half in the 2009–10 season, the club chairman decided to get a new head coach.

Paykan was moved down from the league again in 2010–2011. But the next year, they played well and earned their way back to the Iran Pro League for the 2012–2013 season.

Paykan then moved back to Tehran and started playing in the newly fixed Takhti Stadium. But in April 2013, Paykan was moved down to the Azadegan League once more. Before the 2013–14 season, Paykan moved again, this time to the city of Qods. In the 2013–2014 season, Paykan finished 2nd in the Azadegan League. This gave them a chance to get back into the Iran Pro League.

Paykan won against Siah Jamegan with a total score of 3–1 over two games. This meant they would play against Fajr Sepasi, a team from the Iran Pro League, to see who would get promoted. The first game ended 0–0. But in the second game in Qods, Paykan scored one goal in the 65th minute and won, earning their promotion. Paykan announced they would play in Qods for the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season. At the end of that season, Paykan finished 15th and was moved down again.

In the 2015–16 Azadegan League season, Paykan finished first. This meant they were directly promoted back to the Persian Gulf Pro League. As of the 2024-25 season, Paykan is playing in the Azadegan League after being relegated in the 2023-24 season.

Paykan's Season Journey

This table shows how Paykan Football Club has performed in different leagues and cups over the years.

Year Division Pos. Hazfi Cup Notes
2001–02 Pro League 7th Semifinal
2002–03 5th Quarterfinal
2003–04 7th
2004–05 15th Quarterfinal Relegated
2005–06 Azadegan League 2nd Promoted
2006–07 Pro League 7th Quarterfinal
2007–08 7th 1/8 Final
2008–09 8th 1/16 Final
2009–10 11th 1/16 Final
2010–11 17th Round of 32 Relegated
2011–12 Azadegan League 1st Third Round Promoted
2012–13 Pro League 17th Round of 32 Relegated
2013–14 Azadegan League 2nd Third Round Promoted
2014–15 Pro League 15th Round of 16 Relegated
2015–16 Azadegan League 1st Third Round Promoted
2016–17 Pro League 6th Round of 32
2017–18 6th Round of 32
2018–19 11th Round of 32
2019–20 13th Round of 16
2020–21 7th Round of 32
2021–22 9th Round of 16
2022–23 11th Quarterfinal
2023–24 15th Round of 16 Relegated
2024–25 Azadegan League 2nd Quarterfinal Promoted

Top Players and Scorers

Most Games Played

This table shows the players who have played the most games for Paykan FC.

Rank Name Nationality Apps
1 Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi Iran Iran 240
2 Mohammad Hossein Memar Iran Iran 170
3 Amir Mirbozorgi Iran Iran 163
4 Arman Ghasemi Iran Iran 160
5 Mohammad Sadegh Barani Iran Iran 132
6 Mehdi Tajik Iran Iran 126
7 Ebrahim Salehi Iran Iran 122
8 Meysam Rezapour Iran Iran 118
9 Faraz Emamali Iran Iran 95
10 Hojjat Haghverdi Iran Iran 94

Top Goal Scorers

This table lists the players who have scored the most goals for Paykan FC.

Rank Name Nationality Goals
1 Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi Iran Iran 32
2 Morteza Aghakhan Iran Iran 23
Iman Heydari Iran Iran 23
4 Morteza Aziz-Mohammadi Iran Iran 17
5 Shahriyar Moghanlou Iran Iran 16
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Iran Iran 16
7 Godwin Mensha Nigeria Nigeria 15
Faraz Emamali Iran Iran 15
Amir Mirbozorgi Iran Iran 15
10 Jahangir Asgari Iran Iran 14

Club Support and Gear

Who Sponsors Paykan?

For the 2007/08 season, the official sponsor for Paykan's team uniforms was ISACO. Sponsors help provide money and support for the team.

Team Uniforms

These companies have provided the uniforms (kits) for Paykan FC over the years:

  • 2008/09: Majid
  • 2009/10: Daei
  • 2011/12: Umbro

Club Leaders

Club Presidents

Here are the people who have served as the chairman (president) of Paykan Football Club:

  • Nader Shahsavari (1970–05)
  • Hossein Kafami (2005–06)
  • Ibrahim Sanaei (2006–07)
  • Mostafa Karkhaneh (2007–08)
  • Mohammad-Reza Davarzani (2008)
  • Kamran Sahebpanah (2008–10)
  • Mahmoud Shiyi (2010–2021)
  • Hamidreza Garshasbi (2021- 2022)

Head Coaches Over Time

These are the coaches who have led the Paykan FC team:

  • England Alan Rogers (1969–70)
  • Wales Stuart Williams (1970)
  • Germany Klaus Schlappner (2000–01)
  • Iran Hamid Alidoosti (2001–02)
  • Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab (2002–03)
  • Iran Homayoun Shahrokhi (2003–04)
  • Iran Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2004–05)
  • Iran Farhad Kazemi (2005–06)
  • Armenia Samvel Darbinyan (2006–08)
  • Iran Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (2008–09)
  • Iran Hamid Derakhshan (2009–10)
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
  • Iran Hamid Alidousti (2010–11)
  • Iran Mohammad Hossein Ziaei (2011)
  • Iran Farhad Kazemi (2011–12)
  • Iran Abdollah Veisi (2012–13)
  • Iran Firouz Karimi (2013)
  • Iran Farhad Kazemi (2013–14)
  • Iran Mansour Ebrahimzadeh (2014)
  • Iran Samad Marfavi (2014–15)
  • Iran Alireza Marzban (2015–16)
  • Iran Majid Jalali (2016–18)
  • Iran Hossein Faraki (2018–20)
  • Iran Mehdi Tartar (2020–21)
  • Iran Mojtaba Hosseini (2021–)

Meet the Players

Current Team Squad

This is the list of players currently on Paykan's main team.

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Erfan Esfandiari
2 Iran DF Danial Jahanbakhsh
3 Iran DF Hassan Moradifard
4 Iran DF Saeed Irankhah
5 Iran DF Arshla Vosoughifard
6 Iran MF Ali Asghar Sadeghi
7 Iran DF Amirhossein Gholami
9 Iran FW Reza Rezaei
14 Iran MF Mohammad Reza Ghobeishavi
16 Iran FW Alireza Arjmandian
17 Iran FW Mohammad Aslani
18 Iran MF Ali Fathi
20 Iran FW Mehdi Sharafi
21 Iran MF Behzad Salami
22 Iran DF Behzad Norouzi
23 Iran DF Aliakbar Ranjbar
24 Iran FW Mohammadhossein Aghamohammadi
No. Position Player
25 Iran DF Mohammad Ghanbari
26 Iran DF Mohammad Ali Faramarzi
27 Iran FW Mehrdad Bayrami
28 Iran DF Amir Hossein Sedghi
30 Iran FW Fakher Tahami
40 Iran GK Hossein Shahriyari
48 Iran FW Amir Shahim
66 Iran MF Alireza Afkham
70 Iran FW Saman Nariman Jahan
71 Iran MF Alireza Naghizadeh
77 Iran FW Erfan Jamshidi
78 Iran FW Mehdi Sharifi
80 Iran MF Afshin Sadeghi
84 Iran GK Kasra Hemati
88 Iran MF Amirhossein Azizi
96 Iran MF Mohammadreza Kooshki
99 Iran FW Milad Pakparvar

Players on Loan

These players are still part of Paykan FC but are currently playing for other teams for a set period.

No. Position Player
Iran FW Reza Ghandipour (at Malavan until 30 June 2025)

Former Players

To find out about other important players who used to play for Paykan F.C., you can check out Category:Paykan F.C. players.

Club Achievements

National Titles

  • Iran Championship Cup
    • Winners (1): 1968
  • Azadegan League (as 2nd tier)
    • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2015–16
    • Runners–up (2): 2005–06, 2024–25

Provincial Titles

  • Tehran Province League
    • Winners (1): 1969–70

See also

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