Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.

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Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona badge.png
Full name Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club
Founded 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Ground Municipal Stadium, Kiryat Shmona[1]
Ground Capacity 5,300
Chairman Izzy Sheratzky
Manager Salah Hasarma
League Israeli Premier League[1]
2014–15 2nd
File:Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona.png
The team old badge, 2000-2012

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל עירוני קרית שמונה‎) is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona.[2] The club are currently members of the Israeli Premier League and play at the Ironi Stadium.[1] They won their first league title in 2011–12.

History

The club was founded in 2000 by a merger of Hapoel Kiryat Shmona of Liga Alef and Maccabi Kiryat Shmona of Liga Bet, and took Hapoel Kiryat Shmona's place in Liga Alef, as well as playing at Hapoel's stadium. The merger was initiated by businessman Izzy Sheratzky owner of Ituran Location and Control, who are the official sponsors of the team.[3]

In the new club's first season they won the North Division of Liga Alef and were promoted to Liga Artzit. In 2002–03 they finished as runners-up to Hakoah Ramat Gan and were promoted to Liga Leumit. In their first season at the second level they narrowly missed out on promotion, only finishing below runners-up Hapoel Nazareth Illit on goal difference. They finished third again in 2005–06, but won the league in 2006–07 to earn promotion to the Israeli Premier League, the first time a club from the town had played in the top division. In the same season they also won the Liga Leumit Toto Cup.

The club's first season in the Premier League saw them finish third and qualify for the UEFA Cup. In their first season in Europe, home matches had to be played at the Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in Haifa. After knocking out FK Mogren, they lost to Litex Lovech in the second qualifying round.

In 2008–09, the club finished bottom of the Premier League and were relegated to Liga Leumit. However, the following season they won the division and were promoted back to the Premier League.

On 15 December 2009, Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the 2009–10 Toto Cup Leumit.

On 19 January 2011, Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the 2010–11 Toto Cup Al, a year after winning the Leumit version of the cup, it was their first major title. In addition, Ironi Kiryat Shmona became the first team to win both first and second Toto Cup trophy in a back-to-back year.

On 24 January 2012, Ironi Kiryat Shmona defended their Toto Cup Al by beating Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 2011–12 Toto Cup Al finals.

On 2 April 2012, Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the Israeli Premier League and became the 14th Israeli champions. They won the league after finishing their match against runner-up Hapoel Tel Aviv in a goaless draw with five rounds left in the league. Their championship was the first to be won by a team outside the three major cities (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa) for almost 30 years.

On 20 May 2012, The club changed its badge due to UEFA sponsorship rules which forbids the use of a sponsor name in both the kit and team badge. The new badge includes a number of footballs including a big one which used in the former badge, the Lion of Judah statue from the Battle of Tel Hai and a gold star to mark the only team championship.[4]

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Montenegro Mogren 1–1 3–0 4–1
Second qualifying round Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–0 1–2 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Slovakia MŠK Žilina 0–1 2–0 2–1
Third qualifying round Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 4–0 2–2 6–2
Play-off Belarus BATE Borisov 0–2 1–1 1–3
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Group I France Lyon 3–4 0–2 4th
Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–1 0–2
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–3 1–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Russia Dynamo Moscow 1–1 1–2 2–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–2 0–3 1–5

Current squad

As of 4 January 2016.
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Ofek Antman
2 Israel DF Daniel Borchal
3 Brazil DF Kassio
4 Israel DF Tamer Sheikh Ahmed
5 Bolivia DF Luis Gutiérrez
6 Israel DF Hen Dilmoni
7 Israel MF Ahmed Abed
8 Israel FW Ofir Mizrahi
10 Israel MF Or Ostvind
14 Israel DF Oded Elkayam
15 Israel MF Vladimir Brown
No. Position Player
18 Israel MF Eden Shamir
19 Israel DF Eran Azrad
20 Israel MF Naor Abudi
22 Brazil FW Mauricio
26 Israel DF Dean Maimoni
27 Israel DF Oz Raly
28 Israel MF Roei Shukrani
29 Nigeria FW Austin Amutu
37 Brazil FW Bruno
45 Israel GK Mahadi Zuabi
55 Israel GK Guy Haimov (Captain)

Foreigners 2015–16

Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli, or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.

Managers

Honours

References

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External links

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