Żygadło and the famous middle block trio Adel Gholami, Mohammad "Seyed" Mousavi and Ali Shafiei. With Milad Ebadipour and Farhad Zarif being the only two major players who left the club and were replaced respectively by Mojtaba Mirzajanpour and Mehdi Marandi. Sarmaye's dominance over the league peaked in this season and the club reached a record 57 points with 19 wins and 3 losses, finishing the regular season with a significant 10 point gap with the second place Saipa VC. In the quarterfinals of the play-off round Sarmaye defeated Havash Gonbad VC with back to back 3-0 results and reached the semifinals against Paykan. A repetition of the last two finals and a modern day rivalry, Shafiei aided Sarmaye defeat their arch rivals 3-0 and 3-1 to reach the finals for the third straight season. There the team faced playoff wonders Khatam Ardakan VC. The 7th place team during the regular season whom overcame odds by defeating the 2nd place Saipa and 3rd place Shahrdari Tabriz. The underdog put on a fight, however it was not enough and after a 3-2 and a 3-1 victories Sarmaye successfully defended their title for another year with another impressive 6-0 playoffs run. With 3 championships, Sarmaye surpassed Kalleh Mazandaran VC as the 2nd most successful club in the IVSL. Despite qualifying for the AVC Club Championships, it was announced that Sarmaye Bank would no longer sponsor a team in the IVSL. Shafiei's efforts during this legendary Sarmaye IVSL run and his performance in the Club World Championships brought much attention to him and once again he was invited to national team. Honors National team Asian Championship Gold medal (1) : 2019 Silver medal (1) : 2015 Asian Games Gold medal (1) : 2018 Asian Cup Gold medal (1) : 2016 Club Iranian Volleyball Super league (IVSL) Champion (2) : 2017 - 2018 Runner-up (2) : 2014 - 2019 Asian Club Volleyball Championships (AVC) Champion (1) : 2017 - 2022 References 1991 births Living people People from Amol Iranian men's volleyball players Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Iranian expatriate sportspeople in France Sportspeople from Mazandaran province