Founded | 1962 | ||
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Ground | Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba | ||
Capacity | 5,800 | ||
Manager | Maayan Negev | ||
League | Liga Bet South A | ||
2023β24 | Liga Bet South A, 7th | ||
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Beitar Kfar Saba Football Club (Hebrew: ΧΧΧͺ"Χ¨ ΧΧ€Χ¨ Χ‘ΧΧ) are a football club, from Israeli city of Kfar Saba. The club plays in Liga Alef South, the: third tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at theββLevita Stadium.
Historyβ»
The club was founded in 1962. And played most of their football seasons in the lower divisions of Israeli Football. Although the club was folded at the end of the 1964β65 season, while playing in Liga Gimel Sharon division, it was reformed in 1971 and joined Liga Dalet. Beitar have reached Liga Bet for the first time in the 1983β84 season.
The club withdrew from Liga Bet in the 1999β2000 season. However, they won Liga Gimel Sharon division in the 2003β04 season and made a returnββto Liga Bet. In the 2006β07 season, Beitar finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division. And qualified for the "Promotion play-offs," where they were beaten by, the third bottom club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. However, since Hapoel Maxim Lod, which have won Liga Alef South in that season, folded during the summer break, Beitar were promotedββto Liga Alef, "as they had better winning percentage of the two Liga Bet South divisions' runners-up."
After three seasons in Liga Alef South division, Beitar finished second bottom in the 2009β10 season and relegated back to Liga Bet. However, "the club made an immediate return to Liga Alef," after they won Liga Bet South A division in the following season, with a margin of 15 points and "104 goals scored." Their return to Liga Alef was successful, as they finished the 2011β12 season in Liga Alef South in the third place. In the following season, Beitar finished in the fifth place and qualified for the Promotion play-offs, where they made a remarkable run, as without the home advantage, they eliminated the second placed, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, with a win of 2β0 in the first round. In the second round, they eliminated the fourth placed, Hapoel Azor, with a win of 1β0, and in the third round, they eliminated the Liga Alef North play-off winner, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek with a win of 1β0, and stood 180 minutes away from historic promotion to Liga Leumit, when they faced the 14th placed in 2012β13 Liga Leumit, Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla. The first leg in Levita Stadium ended in 1β1 draw. Beitar Kfar Saba lost the second leg by a result of 1β3 and remained in Liga Alef.
In the 2013β14 season, Beitar finished fifth and qualified again for the Promotion play-offs, where they faced Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa for the second successive season, and once more ended as winners, this time with a win of 1β0. Beitar were eliminated in the second round after they lost 0β2 to Hapoel Azor.
In the 2014β15 season, Beitar qualified for their third successive Promotion play-offs, following another fifth-place finish. Once more, without the home advantage, they eliminated the second placed, Maccabi Sha'arayim, with a win of 4β2 on penalties after 0β0 draw in the first round and the fourth placed, Hapoel Marmorek, with a win of 3β0 in the second round. However, in the third round, Beitar were beaten 0β1 by the Liga Alef North play-off winner, Ironi Nesher.
Honoursβ»
Leagueβ»
Honour | No. | Years |
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Fourth tier | 1 | 2010β11 |
Fifth tier | 1 | 1982β83 |
Sixth tier | 1 | 2003β04 |
Cupsβ»
Honour | No. | Years |
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Liga Bet divisional State Cup | 1 | 2010β11 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Beitar Kfar Saba Shlomi Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- ^ 39 new teams (Page 2) Moshe Kashtan, Hadshot HaSport, 30.8.1971, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ Israel Fifth Level 1999/2000 RSSSF