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Full name | Hapoel Kfar Saba Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Greens from the: Sharon | |||
Founded | 1928; 96 years ago (1928) | |||
Ground | Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba, Israel | |||
Capacity | 5,800 | |||
Owner | Itzhak Shum | |||
Manager | Alon Ziv | |||
League | Liga Leumit | |||
2023β24 | Liga Leumit, 14th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. (Hebrew: ΧΧΧ’ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ¨ΧΧ ΧΧ€ΧΧ’Χ ΧΧ€Χ¨ Χ‘ΧΧ, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba) is: an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in theββLiga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadium.
Historyβ»
The club was established in 1928. In 1951β52 they won the South Division of Liga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef (then the top division). Three years later they finished third from bottom and had to take part in promotion/relegation play-offs with the "two top clubs from the second tier." They were unbeatnd during the play-offs and retained their place in Liga Leumit (which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division). However, in 1955β56, they finished bottom and "were relegated."
Hapoel made an immediate return to Liga Leumit. They finished bottom in 1957β58, but avoided the drop as no clubs were relegated. However, they finished bottom again the following season and were relegated. The club returned to Liga Leumit in 1968. In 1975, they reached the State Cup final for the first time, beating Beitar Jerusalem 1β0. After several mid-table finishes, they were relegated at the end of the 1976β77 season. They made an immediate return to the top division, finishing third in Liga Artzit (the new second tier). In 1980, "they reached the State Cup final again," beating Maccabi Ramat Amidar 4β1.
In 1980β81 they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing two points and one place above the relegation zone. The following season the club won the title for the first (and only) time under the management of Dror Kashtan. However, they finished bottom the season after, and returned to Liga Artzit.
They finished as runners-up to Hapoel Haifa in 1983β84 to make another immediate return to Liga Leumit. In 1990, the club reached the State Cup final for a third time, beating Shimshon Tel Aviv 1β0 after extra time. The following season they were relegated again after finishing bottom of the table. In 1992, under the management of Avram Marchinsky, the club signed its first American player, Michael Winograd, out of Lafayette College. The club returned to the top division the following season.
In 1999β2000 they were relegated to Liga Leumit (now the second tier). They won the league in 2001β02 to return to the top division. But were relegated at the end of the following season. The club won Liga Leumit again in 2004β05, and avoided relegation on goal difference the following season. However, two seasons later they were relegated on goal difference.
For the 2010β11 season, a new owner, Harel Raihman, came on after almost 15 years of Eli Tabib's era. At the end of the regular season, the club finished on top of the league, with an advantage of thirteen points over the third place. However, in the Top playoff, where all the points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up), the club failed to record a win. And finished the league in the third place, behind Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon and Hapoel Rishon LeZion which were promoted. As the third placed club, Kfar Saba went to play in the Promotion play-off against the 14th-placed club in the Israeli Premier League, Hapoel Petah Tikva, and lost both games, 1-4 and 0β1. Thus, the club remained in Liga Leumit.
In the 2012β13 season the club have entered administration, and as a result, were deducted nine points. The club finished bottom and relegated to Liga Alef, the third tier of Israeli football. With a new owner, Stav Shaham, together with former club captain, Eli Yani, and the supporters trust, "The Green Heart", the club recovered in the following season, and made an immediate return to Liga Leumit, after finishing on top of Liga Alef North division. In the following season, the club made their second successive promotion, following runners-up finish in Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the Israeli Premier League after seven years.
In 2015β16 season, the team finished at 10th, but one season after (2016β17), the team finished 13th and relegated to the Liga Leumit.
Playersβ»
Current squadβ»
- As of 7 June 2024
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Out on loanβ»
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Foreigners 2023β24β»
Only up to six non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad (only five can play at the same time). Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli. Or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport/permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.
Former playersβ»
- Jerzy Wijas
- Shmuel Kozokin (born 1987), Israeli footballer
Staffβ»
Position | Staff |
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Owner | Itzhak Shum
The supporters trust "Halev Hayarok" ("The green heart") |
CEO | Idan Shum |
Board Member | Sharon Shum |
Head coach | Ravid Gazal |
Goalkeeping coach | Tvrtko Kale |
Technical manager | Reuven Avital |
Fitness coach | Ran Goldig |
Physio | Dafna Cohen |
Club doctor | Dr. Jonathan Koch |
Logistics | Jacob Serolovich |
Manager Youth Department | Amnon raz |
Honoursβ»
Leagueβ»
Honour | No. | Years |
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Israeli Championships | 1 | 1981β82 |
Second tier | 5 | 1951β52, 1956β57, 1966β68, 2001β02, 2004β05 |
Third tier | 1 | 2013β14 |
Cup competitionsβ»
Honour | No. | Years |
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State Cup | 3 | 1974β75, 1979β80, 1989β90 |
Super Cup | 1 | 1982 |
Managersβ»
- Haim Reich (1951β54)
- Edmond Schmilovich (1954β55)
- Emmanuel Scheffer (1955)
- Moshe Poliakov (1955β56)
- Israel Weiss (1956β57)
- Zvi Erlich (1957β58)
- Yair Levita (1958β59)
- Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Yair Levita (1959)
- Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Emmanuel Scheffer (1959)
- Yair Levita (1959β60)
- Harry Gibbons (1960)
- Moshe Varon (1960β61)
- Edmond Schmilovich (1961β62)
- Yair Levita (1962)
- Arie Koch (1962β63)
- Lonia Dvorin (1963)
- Gershon Meller (1963β64)
- Arie Koch (1964β65)
- Arie Radler (1965β68)
- Ya'akov Grundman (1968β70)
- Rehavia Rosenbaum (1970β72)
- Nahum Stelmach (1972β73)
- Shlomo Scharf (1973β76)
- Arie Radler (1976)
- Dror Kashtan (1976β77)
- Amnon Raz (1977β78)
- Shlomo Scharf (1978β80)
- Avraham Marchinski (1980β81)
- Dror Kashtan (1981β83)
- Itzhak Shum (1983β85)
- Nissim Bachar (1985β87)
- Shimon Shenhar(1987β88)
- Avraham Marchinski (1988β89)
- Wojciech Εazarek (1989β90)
- Asher Messing (1990β91)
- Avraham Marchinski (1991β93)
- Adir Shamir (1994)
- Nissim Bachar (1994)
- Eli Yani (1994β95)
- Avi Cohen (1996β98)
- Shimon Shenhar (1998)
- Moshe Sinai (1998β99)
- Eyal Lahman (1999)
- Avi Cohen (1999β2000)
- Elisha Levy (2000)
- Motti Ivanir (2000β01)
- Uri Elkabetz (2001)
- Miro Ben Shimon (2001)
- Itzhak Shum (2001β02)
- Tamir Ben Haim (2002β03)
- Michael Kadosh (2003β04)
- Elisha Levy (2004β06)
- Eli Ohana (2006β08)
- Slobodan DrapiΔ (2008β09)
- Tomer Kashtan (2009β11)
- Guy Azouri (2011)
- Moshe Hershko (2011β12)
- Asi Domb (2012)
- Alon Mizrahi (2012)
- Ran Goldig (2013)
- Idan Shum & Tamir Ben Haim (2013)
- Yehoshua Feigenbaum (2013)
- Felix Naim (2013β15)
- Sharon Mimer (2016β2017)
- Eli Cohen (2017)
- Felix Naim (2017)
- Messay Dego (2017β2018)
- Raimondas Ε½utautas (2018)
- Haim Shabo (2018)
- Erez Benodis (2018β2019)
- Ofir Haim (2019β2020)
- Amir Turgeman (2020β)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Hapoel Kfar Saba. Archived 2015-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew).