Saipa Alborz Volleyball Club (formerly known as Saipa Tehran) is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian professional volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 team based in Karaj

Karaj

Karaj is a city in and the capital of Karaj County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,377,450, in 385,955 families, , making it the fifth-largest city in Iran after Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Tabriz.) It is situated west of Tehran, at the foothills of the Alborz...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. They compete in the Iranian Volleyball Super League

Iranian Volleyball Super League

The Iranian Super League is a professional volleyball league in Iran.- 2011/12 teams :* Aluminium Almahdi Bandar Abbas* Barij Esans Kashan* Havosh Gonbad* Giti Pasand Isfahan* Gostaresh Novin Keshavarzi Tehran* Heyat Volleyball Kerman...

. The team is owned by SAIPA

SAIPA

Saipa is the second largest Iranian auto manufacturer.Saipa was established in 1966, with 75% Iranian ownership, to assemble Citroëns under license for the Iranian market...

, an Iranian automobile manufacturer. Saipa VC is the volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 club of the multisport Saipa Cultural and Athletic Corporation.

Current squad

• 1.  Iran Saman Faezi
• 4.  Iran Vahid Vali
• 5.  Iran Mohammad Fallah
• 6.  Iran Armin Tashakkori
• 7.  Iran Pouria Fayyazi
• 8.  Bulgaria Aleksandar Simeonov
• 9.  Bulgaria Ivan Stanev
• 10.  Iran Arash Kamalvand
  Arash Kamalvand
  Arash Kamalvand is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an outside hitter for the Men's National Team.-National team:*Asian Championship**Gold medal : 2011*Asian Games**Silver medal : 2010*Asian Cup...
  
  
• 11.  Iran Rasoul Najafi
• 12.  Iran Mojtaba Gholizadeh
• 13.  Iran Mehdi Mahdavi
• 14.  Iran Alireza Jalali
• 15.  Iran Saber Javaheri
• 16.  Iran Mojtaba Yousefi
• 17.  Bulgaria Teodor Bogdanov
• 18.  Iran Mohammad Reza Fattahi

• Heach coach:   Farhad Nafarzadeh
• Assistant coach:   Farshad Saeidi

Honors

• Iranian Super League
  Iranian Volleyball Super League
  The Iranian Super League is a professional volleyball league in Iran.- 2011/12 teams :* Aluminium Almahdi Bandar Abbas* Barij Esans Kashan* Havosh Gonbad* Giti Pasand Isfahan* Gostaresh Novin Keshavarzi Tehran* Heyat Volleyball Kerman...
  
  

Runners-Up (5): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Third Place (1): 2007

• Asian Club Championships
  AVC Club Championships
  The AVC Club Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for club volleyball teams, currently held annually and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, the Asia volleyball federation. From the year of 2004, the names of AVC Club Tournaments changed from "AVC Cup Men's/Women's Club...
  
  

Runners-Up (1): 2005

Notable former players

Evgeni Ivanov Martin Penev Ángel Dennis

Ángel Dennis

Ángel Dennis is an Italian-Cuban volleyball player.-Biography:He played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000. With Cuba national team, he won a World League in 1998 and an America's Cup in 2001, before abandoning his country to move to establish himself in Italy in the latter year.After a period...

 Farhad Nazari Afshar Saeid Marouf

Saeid Marouf

Mir-Saeid Marouf Lakrani is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as a setter for the Men's National Team. He was named Best Setter at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament.-National team:*Asian Championship**Silver medal : 2009...

 Mohammad Torkashvand

External links

Official club website Roster