F.C. Kafr Qasim

F.C. Kafr Qasim
Full name	Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim; מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם
Founded	2002
Ground	Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Issawi Frej
Manager	Ismaeel Amer
League	Liga Alef South
2016–17	5th
Home colours	Away colours

F.C. Kafr Qasim (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם‎), Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim, lit. Kafr Qasim Sport Club (or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. כפר קאסם‎, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit. F.C. Kafr Qasim) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division, and following their promotion to Liga Alef, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. in the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef,^[1] where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs.^[2] After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.^[3]

Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs.

Current squad

As to 11 January 2018

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Omar Sarsour
2	DF	Abdallah Taha
3	DF	Ali Taha
4	DF	Omri Amer
5	DF	Omri Cohen
6	MF	Danny Preda
7	MF	Tal Erez
9	FW	Samah Mar'ab
10	MF	Ohad Edelstein
11	FW	Matan Lutati
12	DF	Kamel Abu Bilal
13	MF	Nour Abu Tza'alouk
15	MF	Ahmed Amer
16	MF	Ahmed Sarsour

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Tomer Elbaz
18	MF	Alon Sultan
22	GK	Guy Salem
30	MF	Mohammed Badir
55	FW	Fadi Ziada
70	FW	Mohammed Badir
99	MF	Braa Qasem
	DF	Dor Halevi
	DF	Atzil Sarsour
	MF	Ahmed Isa
	MF	Elias El Soso
	MF	Itay Elkaslasy
	FW	Rubel Sarsour
	FW	Shahar Balilti

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	2	1966–68¹, 1977–78¹
Fifth tier	1	2002–03

¹Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

External links

Kafr Qasim Sport Club Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

↑ Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
↑ Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12.5.2013 (in Hebrew)

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[1] Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7.9.2013 (in Hebrew)

[2] Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[3] Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12.5.2013 (in Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons
North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom
South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu F.C. Kafr Qasim Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Nes Tziona
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
See also: Liga Artzit