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Paykan Tehran (Persian: پيکان تهران ), 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.
Even though the team is called Paykan Tehran, its stadium is in Karaj. Among Iranian football clubs, the team is known to have one of the better organizations in terms of facilities and management. The team had little success and were relegated from the IPL in the IPL 2004/05 season. They will be back in the IPL for the 06/07 season.
[edit] Club history
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. They were able to lure great players such as Ali Parvin, Majid Halvaei and Amir Abedini, and several of the Persepolis players of the time. In 1969 the team became the Tehran City League's champions and the team appeared to have a bright future. The team was dissolved in 1970 after a series of difficulties between the players and management. Most of the players went back to Persepolis.
Paykan started its activities in sports again during the 80's with a basketball, handball, and volleyball team, but did not have a football team until the year 2000. That year they were able to buy Bahman's shares and participate in the top level of Iranian football after 30 years.
[edit] 2006-2007 squad
As of September 15 2006
[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season
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