Paykan Football Club (, 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 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 League7th Semifinal 2002–035th Quarterfinal 2003–047th 2004–0515th QuarterfinalRelegated 2005–06 Azadegan League2nd Promoted2006–07 Pro League7th Quarterfinal2007–087th 1/8 Final 2008–098th 1/16 Final2009–1011th 1/16 Final 2010–1117th Round of 32Relegated 2011–12 Azadegan League1st Third RoundPromoted 2012–13 Pro League 17th Round of 32Relegated 2013–14 Azadegan League 2nd Third RoundPromoted 2014–15 Pro League 15th Round of 16Relegated 2015–16 Azadegan League 1st Third RoundPromoted 2016–17 Pro League6th Round of 322017–186th Round of 322018–1911thRound of 322019–2013thRound of 162020–217thRound of 322021–229th Round of 162022–2311th Quarterfinal2023–24 15th Round of 16Relegated 2024–25 Azadegan League 2nd QuarterfinalPromoted
Individual Records All Top Appearances Rank Name Nationality Apps1Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi Iran2402Mohammad Hossein Memar Iran1703Amir Mirbozorgi Iran1634Arman Ghasemi Iran1605Mohammad Sadegh Barani Iran1326Mehdi Tajik Iran1267Ebrahim Salehi Iran1228Meysam Rezapour Iran1189Faraz Emamali Iran9510Hojjat Haghverdi Iran94
All Top Scorers Rank Name Nationality Goals 1Mohammad Reza Tahmasebi Iran322Morteza Aghakhan Iran23Iman Heydari Iran234Morteza Aziz-Mohammadi Iran175Shahriyar Moghanlou Iran16Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Iran167Godwin Mensha Nigeria 15Faraz Emamali Iran15Amir Mirbozorgi Iran1510Jahangir Asgari Iran14
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
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) 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 (2021–2023)
Players
First-team squad
Former players For notable former players, see :Category:Paykan F.C. players.
Honours National 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 Tehran Province League Winners (1): 1969–70
References
External links
Peykan's History in IPL (archived) (archived) Club profile at Iran Pro League official website