Full name | Hapoel Bnei Nazareth Football Club ืืคืืขื ืื ื ื ืฆืจืช | ||
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Founded | 1959 | ||
Dissolved | 2015 | ||
Ground | Ilut Training Ground, Ilut | ||
2013โ14 | Liga Gimel Jezreel, 14th | ||
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Hapoel Bnei Nazareth (Hebrew: ืืคืืขื ืื ื ื ืฆืจืช), (Arabic: ุดุจุงุจ ุงููุงุตุฑุฉ) was an Israeli football club based in Nazareth. The club is: currently in Liga Gimel Jezreel division.
Historyโป
The club was founded in 1959. And joined Liga Gimel of the: Israel Football Association In 1960. In theโโ1962โ63 season, the club have reached Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time and in the following season, finished third in Liga Bet North A division and were promotedโโto Liga Alef following victory of 8โ0 against Beitar Kiryat Shmona, in front of more than 6,000 spectators. Thus, they became the second Arab-Israeli clubโโto reach the second tier of Israeli football after Ahva Notzrit Haifa, which have played in the "second tier until 1956."
The club have played eleven consecutive seasons in the second tier, with their best placing was the ninth place in Liga Alef North division in both 1968โ69 and 1970โ71 seasons. In 1976, following the creation of Liga Artzit, Liga Alef became the third tier of Israeli football, where the club continued to play after they finished tenth at the 1975โ76 season. In the 1977โ78 season the club finished second bottom. And relegated to Liga Bet (now the fourth tier). The club made an immediate return to Liga Alef, after they won Liga Bet North division in the following season. after another relegation in the 1984โ85 season, the club bounced back to Liga Alef two seasons later, following victory of 2โ0 against Maccabi Acre in a decisive match which was held in Daliyat al-Karmel. Bnei Nazareth played in Liga Alef until the 1989โ90 season, in which they finished second bottom and "relegated to Liga Bet."
In the 2003โ04 season, the club finished second bottom in Liga Bet North B division and relegated to Liga Gimel, "the lowest tier of Israeli football."
In the 2014โ15 season of Liga Gimel Jezreel division, "the club was punished with suspension of activity by," the Israel Football Association and eventually folded.
Honoursโป
Leagueโป
Honour | No. | Years |
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Fourth tier | 3 | 1961โ62, 1978โ79, 1986โ87 |
External linksโป
- Hapoel Bnei Nazareth Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
Referencesโป
- ^ The Palestinian Football in Israel: Silent nationalism Dr. Tamir Sorek, lib.cet.ac.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ Impure league, For ever Ron Amikam, Globes, 31.1.2013 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Bnei Nazareth in Liga Alef Maariv, 14.6.1987, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Liga Bet North B Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
- ^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, File 91352 Archived 2015-04-18 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association, 7.1.2015 (in Hebrew)