F.C. Khooneh Be Khooneh

Rayka Babol
رایکا بابل
Full nameFootball Club Rayka Babol
Nickname(s)Rikahay Babol (Boys of Babol)
Shirhaye Babol (Lions of Babol)
Founded1 January 2013 as Khooneh be Khooneh Babol
Dissolved2022
GroundHaft-e Tir Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerPeyman Moniri
Ali Akbar Jafarnezhad
Chairmansaman hashemi
ManagerPirouz Ghorbani
LeagueAzadegan League
2020–21Azadegan League, 12th
WebsiteClub website

Rayka Babol Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال رایکا بابل, Bashgah-e Futbal-e Raika Babol) is an Iranian football based in Babol, Mazandaran.[1][2]

History

In 2013, Mazani chain store company from Babol, Khooneh Be Khooneh bought Bahman's certificate to take part in 3rd Division Football League. Previously, Khooneh Be Khooneh had successful experiences with their team in wrestling. With Farshad Pious as their manager they got their first promotion in their first season.[3]

After appointing Hamid Derakhshan midway through the season as manager in their first season at second tier of Iranian football, the team went on a disastrous run and missed out on promotion. However at the end of the season, Alireza Marzban the coach of Azadegan League champions Paykan announced he had taken over as manager.[4] In 2016–17 season following high hopes with Marzban as the coach, after suffering from some weak results, specially their 3-0 defeat against their rival Baadraan, club and manager decided to take separate ways from about middle of the season. Then Levon Stepanyan and Alireza Emamifar took over and co-managed the team against Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood as caretakers.[5] After a little while Nader Dastneshan managed the team for the rest of the season and failed to promote to upper division.[6]

In 2017-18, they chose former national team captain and assistant manager Javad Nekounam as their manager. Being under Carlos Queiroz for a few months, Nekounam started his first season as manager with brilliant vision and strong ideas. He got great results with the team in the league and led them to the Hazfi Cup semi-final.[7][8] Just after losing the first game of his season with Khooneh Be Khooneh, he resigned from his position and soon after losing his second game of the season he left the club. He later signed for the other Mazani club Nassaji and later led them into the Persian Gulf Pro League after 24 years out of it.[9][10] Later the club replaced Nekounam with Croatian coach Dragan Skočić. Although Skočić got great results with the team and even went on an unbeaten streak for 11 games and also led the team to the Hazfi Cup final, he failed to promote the team in the last week because of goal difference and with Nassaji in the table after Nassaji crushed Rah Ahan 6-0 in Tehran.[11][12]

Honours

Domestic

Runners-up (1): 2017–18

Season-by-season

The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
2013–14 3rd Division 2nd Fourth Round Promote
2014–15 2nd Division 4th Fourth Round
2015–16 Azadegan League 6th Didn't enter
2016–17 Azadegan League 6th Third Round
2017–18 Azadegan League 3rd Runners-up
2018–19 Azadegan League 12th Third Round
2019–20 Azadegan League 13th Didn't enter
2020–21 Azadegan League
Notes

First-team squad

As of December 17, 2020[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Current managerial staff

Position Staff
Head coach Iran Pirouz Ghorbani
Assistant coach Iran Ali Ashourizad
Assistant coach Iran Mehran Barzegar
Fitness coach
Goalkeeper coach Iran Hamid Sajjadi
Team manager Iran Ebrahim Mahmoudi

Managerial history

As of 2 May 2018.

 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2012–2013 Mohammad Ghorbanian Iran
2013–2014 Farshad Pious Iran
2014 Morteza Kermani Moghaddam * Iran
2014–2015 Farhad Kazemi Iran
2015–2016 Akbar Misaghian Iran
2016 Hamid Derakhshan Iran
2016 Hossein Rahmani * Iran
2016–2017 Alireza Marzban IranGermany
2017 Levon Stepanyan *
Alireza Emamifar *
Armenia
Iran
2017 Nader Dastneshan Iran
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2017 Hossein Rahmani * Iran
2017–2018 Javad Nekounam Iran
2018 Dragan Skočić Croatia
2018 Ali Nazarmohammadi Iran
2018–2019 Akbar Misaghian Iran
2019 Mehran Najafi Iran
2019 Hossein Mesgar Saravi Iran
2019 Hadi Shakouri Iran
2019 Ali Nazarmohammadi Iran
2019–2020 Rahman Rezaei Iran
2020 Ali Nazarmohammadi Iran
2020–2021 Nader Dastneshan Iran
2021– Pirouz Ghorbani Iran

References