Shahrdari Varamin Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال شهرداری ورامین, ''Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Shahrdâri-ye Varâmin'') formerly known as Matin Varamin for sponsorship reasons is a professional volleyball team based in

Varamin Varamin (; fa, ورامين, also Romanized as Varāmīn and Verāmin) is a city and capital of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 218,991, and at the 2006 census, its population was 208,569, in 53,639 ...

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. They compete in the

Iranian Volleyball Super League The Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargad Cup, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the first Div ...

History

Establishment

Shahrdari Varamin Volleyball Club was founded in 2012 in

, by the Matin Engineering Company. Matin was placed in the Iranian Super League for the 2012-13 season.

2012–13

In their first season Matin finished 2nd in the league with 42 points thus securing a play-off spot. In the semi-final round Matin defeated Saipa Alborz two games to one and advanced to the final, in which they faced Kalleh. Matin won the first game, but Kalleh bounced back winning the remaining two games and winning the Super League.

2013–14

In their second season, Matin again finished second in the league. This time the play-offs included a quarter-final phase, and Matin were paired up with Novin Keshavarz in which they comfortably won. In the semi-final Matin faced Mizan Khorasan, Matin again easily defeated their opposition and advanced to the final and for the second straight year they faced Kalleh Mazandaran. The finals was only a one match game in which Matin won three sets to two, thus winning their first title and clinching a spot in the Asian Club Championships. Matin easily won their group and advanced to the quarter-finals in which they defeated Chinese Taipei three sets to one. Matin then faced Beijing Motors in the semi-final, they easily beat Beijing three sets to none. In the final they were paired up with Persian Gulf rivals

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. Matin proved to be no match for Al Rayyan as they defeated the Qatari team three sets to one. By winning the Asian Club Championships they secured a spot in the World Club Championships. In their first group match, Matin were defeated three sets to none by Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro. However, in their second match they bounced back defeating Mets of Cuba three sets to none. In their final group match, Matin faced Belogorie of

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. A match they had to win to advance out of the group, unfortunately they were defeated three set to one, and finished fifth overall.

2018-19

After winning the 2018-19 Iranian Volleyball Super League, Shahrdari Varamin qualified for the 2019 Asian men's Club Volleyball Championship. Competing in Pool B, the team won all 3 of their matches defeating Indonesian Polri Samator, and Turkeminstan's representative Galkan. They finished their pool matches defeating

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3-0. In the classification round, Shahrdari Varamin was placed in Pool F along with

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, TP.HCM. Their only loss throughout the tournament came against

when they lost 2-3. They moved on to the quarterfinals as the second team from Pool F. They defeated

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3-0 in the quarterfinals, Chennai Spartans 3-1 in the semifinals, and took revenge against

in the final match defeating them 3-2 to win their second Asian Club Volleyball Championship. As a result of winning the Asian Club Championship, Shahrdari Varamin would represent the AVC in the 2019 Club World Championship, but they were banned by the FIVB for this tournament and replaced by Al-Rayyan.

Squad

*1. Alireza Jalali *2. Mehrad Ragani Babaei *3. Mohammad Kashkami Zarchoub Fallah *4. Behnam Ebrahimi *5. Arash Seyed Taghavi *6. Mohammad Razipoor *7. Purya Samnani Fayazi *8. Ahsanollah Shirkavand *11. Rasoul Najafi *12. Ehsan Daneshdoust *13. Amin Razavi *14. Parviz Pezeshki *17. Majid Torabadi *18. Javad Hosseinabadi

Club Names

This Club has Several Names for sponsorship reasons: 2012–2016:Matin Varamin 2016–2017:Matin Salehin Varamin 2017–Present:Shahrdari Varamin

Current squad

*1. Alireza Nasr Esfahani *2.

Mostafa Sharifat Mostafa Sharifat ( fa, مصطفی شریفات, born 16 September 1987 in Ahvaz) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Iran national team. He competed at the 2015 Asian Championship and the 2016 Summer Olympics. ...

*5. Mehdi Bazargard *6. Hesan Bakhsheshi *7.

Hamzeh Zarini Hamzeh Zarini ( fa, حمزه زرینی, born October 18, 1985 in Eslamshahr) is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an outside spiker for the national team and Haraz Amol club. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Zarini two nam ...

*8. Ahsanollah Shirkavand *9. Ali Asghar Razmfar *10.

Amir Ghafour Amir Ghafour ( fa, امیر غفور; born 6 June 1991) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Iranian club Shahdab Yazd. He is a former member of the Iranian national team. Career National team He was invited to ...

*12. Mehdi Faraji *14.

Arash Keshavarzi Arash Keshavarzi ( fa, آرش کشاورزی, born 1987 in Tehran) is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an outside hitter for the Men's National Team and Shahrdari Tabriz in Iranian Volleyball Super League. He is of Iranian Azerbaijani ...

*15. Andreas Fragkos *16. Shahin Mofidi *17. Mohammad Taher Vadi *18. Saber Narimannejad *20. Behnam Ebrahimi *Heach coach: Behrouz Ataei *Assistant coach: Slobodan Prakljačić

Honors

* Iranian Super League :Winners (2):

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:Runners-up (1):

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:Winners (2):

* Club World Championship :Fifth place (1):

References

Rosters

External links

Matin Varamin Volleyball Team Staff 2013
{{Varamin Iranian volleyball clubs Sport in Varamin