Hapoel Ashkelon F.C.

Hapoel Ashkelon
Full name	Hapoel Ashkelon Football Club; מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון
Founded	1955
Ground	Sala Stadium, Ashkelon
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Eitan Ksantini
Manager	Messay Dego
League	Liga Leumit
2017–18	Israeli Premier League, 13th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון‎, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon) is an Israeli football club based in Ashkelon. The club is currently in the Israeli Premier League and plays at the 10,000-capacity Sala Stadium.

History

After being founded in 1955, Hapoel Ashkelon spent their first few decades in the lower leagues of Israeli football. 1995–96 they won Liga Alef South division and promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second tier) and in 1996–97, they achieved second successive promotion, to Liga Leumit (then the top tier) as Liga Artzit champions. However, the club finished bottom of the division, with a points deduction. In 1999–2000, they were relegated to the third tier (which became Liga Artzit following the formation of the Israeli Premier League as the top tier in 1999), before returning to the second tier (now Liga Leumit), after winning Liga Artzit in the 2004–05 season. The club reached the State Cup final for the first time in 2007, but despite taking the lead, lost 5–4 on penalties to Hapoel Tel Aviv after a 1–1 draw. At the end of the season, the club finished 11th and relegated to Liga Artzit.

In 2008–09, the club finished as runners-up in Liga Artzit and promoted back to Liga Leumit.

In 2009–10, the club finished as runners-up in Liga Leumit and promoted back to the Israeli Premier League. Just a season later, the club finished 15th, and relegated back to Liga Leumit.

In 2013–14, the club finished 15th in Liga Leumit, and relegated to Liga Alef. The club made an immediate return to Liga Leumit, after winning Liga Alef South division in the following season. In 2015–16, the club won the Leumit Toto Cup following a victory of 1–0 against F.C. Ashdod. At the end of the season, they finished as runners-up and made a return to the Israeli Premier League, their second successive promotion under the guidance of Yuval Naim.^[1]

Little Argentina

Over the years, Hapoel Ashkelon has developed a tradition of signing Argentine footballers, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Many times, there were two Argentine players who played together and developed an attacking partnership together.^[2] Among those who have represented Argentina within the squad have been Bryan Man, Carlos Chacana, Naón Isidro, Jonny Tennenbaum, Fernando Fligman and Gastón Sangoy.

Current squad

As to 8 January 2018

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Lior Hidrian
2	DF	Tadas Kijanskas
3	DF	Ohad Atia
4	DF	Tal Adler
5	DF	Tal Makhlouf
6	MF	Eli Yosef
7	DF	May Mazal
8	MF	Or Hasidim
10	MF	Nisan Danon
11	FW	Elior Mishali
12	DF	Gal Azulay
14	FW	Gal Tzruya
16	MF	Rudy Haddad

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Dolev Abergel
18	FW	Oshri Tawil
19	MF	Dekel Moshe
20	MF	Bernardo Frizoni
22	DF	Tomer Levy
23	DF	Orel Piniya
26	MF	Shai Haddad
27	DF	Eyal Meshumar
30	GK	Yair Hadar
71	DF	Guy Gomberg
98	FW	Yossi Ben Abu
99	MF	Lidot Nakshari
	MF	Eran Biton

References

↑ Very nice: Hapoel Ashkelon is officially in the Premier League Gil Michaeli, Doublepass, 6 May 2016 (in Hebrew)
↑ Levy, Eli (2008-10-30). אשקלון ג'וניורס [Ashkelon Juniors] (in Hebrew). MyNet. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

External links

Fansite (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Ashkelon The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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[1] Very nice: Hapoel Ashkelon is officially in the Premier League Gil Michaeli, Doublepass, 6 May 2016 (in Hebrew)

[2] Levy, Eli (2008-10-30). אשקלון ג'וניורס [Ashkelon Juniors] (in Hebrew). MyNet. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

Liga Leumit
Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya
Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Levita Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Nesher Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium
Seasons (second level)	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1947–48 1949–50 1951–52 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

Israeli Premier League
Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Stadiums	Doha Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium Netanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Former clubs	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Competition	Champions Foreign players Players with 100+ goals Records All-time table
Seasons	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 2018–19