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.

Club managers

• Hamid Alidoosti (2000-2002)
• Bijan Zolfagharnasab (2002-2003)
• Homayoun Shahrokhi (2003-2004)
• Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2004-2005)
• Farhad Kazemi (2005-2006)
• Samvel Darbinyan (2006-Present)

Current management team

2007/2008 Squad

Famous players

• Mohsen Bayatinia
• Ali Parvin
• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
• Afshin Peyrovani
• Dariush Yazdani
• Taribo West