Iranian Volleyball Super League

The Iranian Super League (ISL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargard Cup, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the first Division. In 1997 the league system was revamped and the Iranian Super League was established. Paykan Tehran has won the most titles in the new Super League with 12 titles.

Iranian Super League
Current season, competition or edition:
2019–20 Iranian Volleyball Super League
SportVolleyball
Founded1975 officially
1997 with current format
No. of teams12
Country Iran
Most recent
champion(s)		Shahrdari Varamin (2nd title)
Most titlesPaykan Tehran (12 titles)
TV partner(s)IRIB 3
IRIB Varzesh
Official websiteVolleyball.ir

History

The first season of a national Iranian volleyball league was held in 1975 with 12 teams competing. In 1976 Esteghlal became the champions for the first time, and they repeated this feat in the following season. In 1979 due to the Iranian Revolution the league was cancelled.

In 1989, the first Hazfi Cup for Iranian volleyball teams was held, in which Esteghlal became the first champions. During this period there was no national league and teams competed in the provincial and local leagues instead.

Shortly after the Hazfi Cup, in 1990 the national volleyball league of Iran was restarted by the Iranian Volleyball Federation with 10 teams competing and was called the Fajr Cup. In 2010 the format of the league was changed and 12 teams competed in the league, which was later increased to 14 shortly after and the name was also changed to the Iranian Volleyball Super League or the Iranian Volleyball Premier League.

Current teams

League champions

Pasargad Cup
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1975–1976Dokhaniat TehranPersepolis TehranTaj Tehran
1976–1977Taj TehranPersepolis TehranZob Ahan Isfahan
1977–1978Taj TehranIrana TehranLiftraksazi Tabriz
1978–1990No national league competition only provincial leagues. (because of revolution and war)

First Division
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1990–1991Bonyad Shahid TehranBank Melli TehranBank Mazandaran Sari
1991–1992Bonyad Shahid TehranBank Melli TehranBank Tejarat Tehran
1992–1993Bank Melli TehranBank Tejarat TehranZob Ahan Isfahan
1993–1994Abgineh QazvinBank Melli TehranBank Tejarat Tehran
1994–1995Fajr Sepah TehranFoolad KhuzestanRikhtehgari Tabriz
1995–1996Fajr Sepah TehranPersepolis TehranZob Ahan Isfahan
1996–1997Paykan TehranZob Ahan IsfahanFajr Sepah Tehran

Super League
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird place
1997–1998Paykan TehranZob Ahan IsfahanAbgineh Qazvin
1998–1999Paykan TehranSanam TehranZob Ahan Isfahan
1999–2000Paykan TehranMotojen TabrizSanam Tehran
2000–2001Sanam TehranPaykan TehranAboumoslem Khorasan
2001–2002Sanam TehranPaykan TehranPAS Tehran
2002–2003Paykan TehranSanam TehranPAS Tehran
2003–2004Sanam TehranPaykan TehranPegah Urmia
2004–2005Sanam TehranPegah UrmiaPaykan Tehran
2005–2006Paykan TehranSaipa TehranAzarpayam Ertebatat Urmia
2006–2007Paykan TehranGol Gohar SirjanSaipa Tehran
2007–2008Paykan TehranSaipa TehranPegah Urmia
2008–2009Paykan TehranSaipa TehranFoolad Urmia
BEEM Mazandaran
2009–2010Paykan TehranSaipa KarajKalleh Mazandaran
2010–2011Paykan TehranSaipa AlborzKalleh Mazandaran
2011–2012Kalleh MazandaranSaipa AlborzPaykan Tehran
Shahrdari Urmia
2012–2013Kalleh MazandaranMatin VaraminPaykan Tehran
2013–2014Matin VaraminKalleh MazandaranShahrdari Urmia
2014–2015Paykan TehranShahrdari UrmiaShahrdari Tabriz
2015–2016Sarmayeh Bank TehranPaykan TehranSamen Al-Hojaj Khorasan
Shahrdari Urmia
2016–2017Sarmayeh Bank TehranPaykan TehranShahrdari Urmia
2017–2018Sarmayeh Bank TehranKhatam ArdakanPaykan Tehran
Shahrdari Tabriz
2018–2019Shahrdari VaraminSaipa TehranKalleh Mazandaran
Payam Mashhad
2019–2020The league has been canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Titles by club
Team Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runner-up
Paykan Tehran1251997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20152001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017
Sanam Tehran422001, 2002, 2004, 20051999, 2003
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran302016, 2017, 2018–
Kalleh Mazandaran212012, 20132014
Shahrdari Varamin212014, 20192013
Esteghlal Tehran201977, 1978–
Bonyad Shahid Tehran201991, 1992–
Fajr Sepah Tehran201995, 1996–
Bank Melli Tehran1319931991, 1992, 1994
Dokhaniat Tehran101976–
Abgineh Qazvin101994–
Saipa Tehran07–2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019
Persepolis Tehran03–1976, 1977, 1996
Zob Ahan Isfahan02–1997, 1998
Shahrdari Urmia02–2005, 2015
Irana Tehran01–1978
Bank Tejarat Tehran01–1993
Foolad Khuzestan01–1995
Motojen Tabriz01–2000
Gol Gohar Sirjan01–2007
Khatam Ardakan01–2018

Titles by city
City (Province) Winners Runners-up
Tehran (Tehran)2719
Amol (Mazandaran)21
Varamin (Tehran)21
Qazvin (Qazvin)10
Karaj (Alborz)03
Isfahan (Isfahan)02
Urmia (West Azerbaijan)02
Ahvaz (Khuzestan)01
Tabriz (East Azerbaijan)01
Sirjan (Kerman)01
Ardakan (Yazd)01

Notable foreign players

See also
  • AVC Club Championships

References
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