Saipa Tehran Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال سایپا تهران, ''Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Sâipâ-ye Tehrân'') (formerly known as Saipa Alborz) is an Iranian professional

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team based in

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. They compete in the

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. The team is owned by

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club of the multisport

Saipa Cultural and Athletic Corporation Saipa Tehran Athletic and Cultural Club is an Iranian multisport club based in Tehran and Karaj, Iran. The club was founded in 1989. Teams * Saipa Football Club, competing in the Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برت� ...

Names

*Saipa Tehran (1989–2009) *Saipa Karaj (2009–2010) *Saipa Alborz (2010–2015) *Saipa Tehran (2015–)

Current squad

* 1. Konstantin Mitev * 2. Moein Moeinifar * 3. Hamid Amini * 4. Rashid Yousefi * 5. Mohammad Fallah * 6. Asghar Najafi * 8.

Alireza Safaei Ali Reza (also spelled Alireza or Ali-Reza) is a given name popular among Iranians referring to the imams of Shia Islam Ali and Ali al-Ridha. People Ali Reza * Ali-Reza Asgari, Iranian general * Ali Reza Eftekhari, Iranian pop singer * Ali Reza N ...

* 9. Mohammad Razipour * 10. Mohammad Daliri * 11. Rasoul Najafi * 12. Saeid Javaheri * 13. Hamed Tariverdi * 14. Jaber Esmaeilpour * 16. Mostafa Heydari * 17. Armin Ranjbar * 18. Amir Ali Fathali * 19. Aleksandar Gorbatkov *Heach coach: Farhad Nafarzadeh *Assistant coach: Farshad Saeidi

Notable former players

* Evgeni Ivanov * Aleksandar Simeonov * Ángel Dennis *

Mehdi Mahdavi Mehdi Mahdavi ( fa, مهدی مهدوی, born 13 February 1984) is an Iranian volleyball player, who former played as a setter for the Iran national team of the year 2007–2016.Saeid Marouf Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani ( fa, میرسعید معروف لاكرانی, born 20 October 1985) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He was the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 a ...

* Farhad Nazari Afshar *

Mohammad Torkashvand Mohammad Torkashvand ( fa, محمد ترکاشوند born 25 January 1979, in Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from ...

Honors

* Iranian Super League :Runners-up (7):

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

:Third place (1):

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

* Asian Club Championships :Runners-up (1):

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

External links

*
Official club website
*
Roster
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