Paykan F.C.

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.

 

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.

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.

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.

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

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

• 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)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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.

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

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

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