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| Full name | Football Club Rayka Babol | |||
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| Nicknames | Rikahay Babol (Boys of Babol) Shirhaye Babol (Lions of Babol) | |||
| Founded | 1 January 2013 asKhooneh be Khooneh Babol | |||
| Dissolved | 2022 | |||
| Ground | Shohada-ye Hafom-e Tir Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| Owner(s) | Peyman Moniri Ali Akbar Jafarnezhad | |||
| Chairman | Saman Hashemi | |||
| Manager | Pirouz Ghorbani | |||
| League | Azadegan League | |||
| 2022-23 | Azadegan League, 10th | |||
| Website | http://fckhoonehbekhooneh.com/ | |||
Football Club Rayka Babol (Persian:باشگاه فوتبال رایکا بابل,Bashgah-e Futbal-e Raika Babol) is an Iranianfootball club based inBabol,Mazandaran.[1][2]
In 2013,Mazanichain store company fromBabol, Khooneh Be Khooneh boughtBahman's certificate to take part in 3rd Division Football League. Previously, Khooneh Be Khooneh had successful experiences with their team inwrestling. WithFarshad Pious as their manager they got their first promotion in their first season.[3]
After appointingHamid Derakhshan midway through the season as manager in their first season atsecond 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 ofAzadegan League championsPaykan announced he had taken over as manager.[4] In2016–17 season following high hopes with Marzban as the coach, after suffering from some weak results, specially their 3–0 defeat against their rivalBaadraan, club and manager decided to take separate ways from about middle of the season. ThenLevon Stepanyan andAlireza Emamifar took over and co-managed the team againstPars Jonoubi Jam andSepidrood as caretakers.[5] After a little whileNader Dastneshan managed the team for the rest of the season and failed to promote to upper division.[6]
In 2017–18, they chose formernational team captain and assistant managerJavad Nekounam as their manager. Being underCarlos 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 theHazfi 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 otherMazani clubNassaji and later led them into thePersian Gulf Pro League after 24 years out of it.[9][10] Later the club replaced Nekounam withCroatian coachDragan 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 theHazfi Cup final, he failed to promote the team in the last week because of goal difference and with Nassaji in the table after.[11][12]
The table below shows the achievements of the club in various competitions.
| Season | League | Position | Hazfi Cup | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Pirouz Ghorbani |
| Assistant coach | Ali Ashourizad |
| Assistant coach | Mehran Barzegar |
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| Goalkeeper coach | Hamid Sajjadi |
| Team manager | Ebrahim Mahmoudi |
As of 2 May 2018.
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