F.C. Rayka Babol

Rayka Babol Football Club (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال رایکا بابل) is an Iranian football club based in Babol, Iran.[1][2]

Rayka Babol
رایکا بابل
Full nameFootball Club Rayka Babol
Nickname(s)Rikahay Babol (Boys of Babol)
Founded2 January 2011
as Khoneh Be Khoneh
GroundHaft-e Tir Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerPeyman Moniri
Ali Akbar Jafarnezhad
ChairmanAkbar Parhizkar
ManagerNader Dastneshan
LeagueAzadegan League
2019–20Azadegan League, 13th
WebsiteClub website

History

In 2012, 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've chosen former Team Melli's captain and assistant manager Javad Nekounam as their manager. Being under Carlos Queiroz for 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 through Hazfi Cup's 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 by other Mazani club Nassaji and later led them into Persian Gulf Pro League after 24 years.[9][10] Later club replaced Nekounam with Croatian coach Dragan Skočić. Although Skočić got great results with the team and even went on unbeaten streak for 11 games and also led the team through Hazfi Cup's final, he failed to promote the team in the last week because of goal difference head to head 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRN Saeed Ebrahimpoor
4 DF  IRN Javad Shafiei
3 DF  IRN Shahin Abbasian
13 FW  IRN Mehrdad Ghaseminezhad
7 MF  IRN Saeed Heydari
9 MF  IRN Hossein Rasuli
6 MF  IRN Amin Rezaei
22 GK  IRN Abolfazl Darbishvand
78 FW  IRN Hoomaan Asadi
No. Pos. Nation Player
77 DF  IRN Reza Nabizadeh
17 FW  IRN Mohammad Shadkam
11 FW  IRN Ali Khosronezhad
8 DF  IRN Hadi Kheyri
12 GK  IRN Sohrab Polgardani
67 MF  IRN Sayad Kokabi
70 DF  IRN Amir Hossein Nadem
10 MF  IRN Mohammad Razipoor
97 FW  IRN Meysam Karimi

Current managerial staff

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

Managerial history

As of 2 May 2018.

 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2012–2013 Mohammad Ghorbanian
2013–2014 Farshad Pious
2014 Morteza Kermani Moghaddam *
2014–2015 Farhad Kazemi
2015–2016 Akbar Misaghian
2016 Hamid Derakhshan
2016 Hossein Rahmani *
2016–2017 Alireza Marzban
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2017 Levon Stepanyan *
Alireza Emamifar *

2017 Nader Dastneshan
2017 Hossein Rahmani *
2017–2018 Javad Nekounam
2018 Dragan Skočić
2018 Ali Nazarmohammadi
2018–2019 Akbar Misaghian
2019 Mehran Najafi
2019 Hossein Mesgar Saravi
2019 Hadi Shakouri
2019 Ali Nazarmohammadi
2019–2020 Rahman Rezaei
2020 Ali Nazarmohammadi
2020–present Nader Dastneshan
* Served as caretaker coach.

References

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