Paykan F.C.

For the automobile, see Paykan. For the missile boat, see Iranian missile boat Paykan.

Paykan
پيکان

Full name	Paykan Football Club
Nickname(s)	Khodro Sazan (Carmakers)
Founded	1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Ground	Shahr-e Qods Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Rasoul Khatibi
President	Rasoul Khatibi
Head Coach	Omid Ravankhah
League	Azadegan League
2023–24	Persian Gulf Pro League, 15th (relegated)
Website	ikcosport.com
Home colours Away colours

Paykan Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال پيکان, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Peykân) 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 which also includes basketball and volleyball teams.

History

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. In 1969 the team became the Tehran City League's champions. The team was dissolved in 1970 after a series of difficulties between the players and management.

Rebirth of Paykan

Paykan against Persepolis, 21 January 2005

Paykan still operated without a football team specifically in the 1980. 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 2000–01 Azadegan League with Bahman's squad but with a different coach.

The team had little success and were relegated from the Iran Pro League in the 2004–05 season. They were back in the IPL for the 06–07 season where they finished 7th.

Relocation to Qazvin

In 2008 Paykan was moved to Qazvin because the city of Tehran had many football teams with low attendance figures. They started the season well but toward the end their results got worse. The team changed their coach in the last weeks of the 2008–09 season and finished mid-table. Although they finished in the top half of the table in 2009–10 season the club chairman decided to replace Hamid Derakhshan with Mohammad Ahmadzadeh as the head coach. Paykan were relegated in 2010–2011, but the following year they earned their promotion back to the Iran Pro League for the 2012–2013 season.

Tehran and Qods

Paykan moved back to Tehran and started playing in the newly renovated Takhti Stadium. Paykan was relegated to Azadegan League again in April 2013. Before the start of the 2013–14 season Paykan once again relocate and this time to the city of Qods. In the 2013–2014 season Paykan finished 2nd in the Azadegan League, thus giving them a shot at Iran Pro League promotion. Paykan defeated Siah Jamegan 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to play Iran Pro League club Fajr Sepasi in a promotion play-off. The first game in Shiraz ended 0–0 with neither team getting the upper hand. But, in the return leg in Qods, Paykan achieved promotion with a lone goal in the 65th minute. Paykan announced they will be playing in that city for the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League season. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Paykan finished 15th and was relegated.

In the 2015–16 Azadegan League season, Paykan finished first and were directly promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Seasons

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

Individual Records

All Top Appearances

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

All Top Scorers

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

Sponsorship

Official sponsors

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

Kit providers

• 2008/09: Majid
• 2009/10: Daei
• 2011/12: Umbro^[1]

Club chairmen

• 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)

Club managers

Managerial history

• Alan Rogers (1969–70)
• Stuart Williams (1970)
• Klaus Schlappner (2000–01)
• Hamid Alidoosti (2001–02)
• Bijan Zolfagharnasab (2002–03)
• Homayoun Shahrokhi (2003–04)
• Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2004–05)
• Farhad Kazemi (2005–06)
• Samvel Darbinyan (2006–08)
• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (2008–09)
• Hamid Derakhshan (2009–10)
• Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (2010)
• Hamid Alidousti (2010–11)
• Mohammad Hossein Ziaei (2011)
• Farhad Kazemi (2011–12)^[2]
• Abdollah Veisi (2012–13)
• Firouz Karimi (2013)
• Farhad Kazemi (2013–14)
• Mansour Ebrahimzadeh (2014)
• Samad Marfavi (2014–15)
• Alireza Marzban (2015–16)
• Majid Jalali (2016–18)
• Hossein Faraki (2018–20)
• Mehdi Tartar (2020–21)
• Mojtaba Hosseini (2021–)

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Erfan Esfandiari 2 DF  IRN Danial Jahanbakhsh 3 DF  IRN Hassan Moradifard 4 DF  IRN Saeid Irankhah 5 DF  IRN Arshla Vosoughifard 6 MF  IRN Ali Asghar Sadeghi 7 DF  IRN Amirhossein Gholami 8 MF  IRN Aliasghar Houshmand 9 FW  IRN Reza Rezaei 10 MF  IRN Abdol Karim Eslami 11 MF  IRN Afshin Sadeghi 13 MF  IRN Mojtaba Haghdoost 14 MF  IRN Mohammadreza Ghobeishavi 16 FW  IRN Alireza Arjmandian 17 FW  IRN Mohammad Aslani 18 DF  IRN Alireza Homaeifard 20 MF  IRN Gholamreza Sabet Imani 21 MF  IRN Behzad Salami 22 DF  IRN Behzad Norouzi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  IRN Aliakbar Ranjbar 27 MF  IRN Abbas Kahrizi 28 DF  IRN Nima Ahmadi 30 FW  IRN Seyed Fakher Tahami 31 GK  IRN Alireza Gholi 33 DF  IRN Saeed Ghaedifar 40 GK  IRN Hossein Shahriyari 47 DF  IRN Amirmohammad Rostamnejad 48 FW  IRN Amir Shahim 55 DF  IRN Mohammad Amin Omidifar 66 MF  IRN Alireza Afkham 70 FW  IRN Saman Nariman Jahan 72 FW  IRN Arash Hashemi 73 DF  IRN Saeid Gholamalibeigi 77 FW  IRN Erfan Jamshidi 81 DF  IRN Reza Gordan 84 GK  IRN Kasra Hemati 88 MF  IRN Amirhossein Azizi 99 FW  IRN Milad Pakparvar

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2023.

Former players

For notable former players, see Category:Paykan F.C. players.

Honours

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

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
2. "Paykan F.C. Has appointed Farhad Kazemi as head coach | Farhad Kazemi". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-06-27.

External links

• Official website
• Peykan's History in IPL (archived)
• Farhad Kazemi's official website (archived)
• Club profile at Iran Pro League official website