Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C.

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
Full name	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon Football Club
Founded	1957
Ground	Grundman Stadium, Ramat HaSharon
Capacity	4,300
Chairman	Ramat HaSharon Municipality
Manager	Oren Rotem
League	Liga Leumit
2016–17	Liga Leumit, 9th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל ניר רמת השרון‎) is an Israeli football based in Ramat HaSharon. They are currently members of Liga Leumit and play their home matches at the Grundman Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1957 as Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, the club was promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second division) in 1984. In the 1984–85 season they narrowly missed out on promotion to Liga Leumit (then the top division), after losing 1–0 to Hapoel Jerusalem on the final day of the season; had they won, they would have been promoted in Jerusalem's place. The following season they were relegated to Liga Alef, and two seasons later to Liga Bet.

In 1996 the club returned to Liga Alef and in summer 1997 merged with Maccabi Nir Ramat HaSharon, a club which was named after Nir Itzhaki, by his brother and the club's chairmen, Meir Itzhaki, after Maccabi was refused funding by the local council.^[1] The merged club took the name Hapoel Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon.

In 1999–2000 they finished second in their division. Due to Beitar Tel Aviv and Shimshon Tel Aviv merging, the club was promoted to Liga Artzit (now the third tier) to fill the vacancy. In 2002–03 they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the relegation zone. The following season they won the league to earn promotion back to the second division. In the same season they also won the Liga Artzit Toto Cup.

The club escaped relegation in 2004–05 after Maccabi Ahi Nazareth had two points deducted. The following season they finished third from bottom again, but avoided the drop.

In the 2009–10 season the club made one of its biggest achievements in the club's history when the team reached the semi final of the Israel State Cup.

In the 2010–11 season the club won the Toto Cup Leumit and got promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in the history of the club after they finished as champions of Liga Leumit. In June 2013, the club changed its name from Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon to Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and changed it logo.

In the 2012–13 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished sixth in the Israeli Premier League. However, in the following season, the club finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Leumit.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2018

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Idan Rette
4	MF	Bar Avitan
5	DF	Gal Mayo
6	DF	Yonatan Rodionov
7	MF	Ben Ben Yair
8	MF	Amit Magoz
9	FW	Omri Mantzur
10	MF	Sharon Ziso
11	MF	Ryan Gerchad
12	DF	Yuval Sade
13	MF	Daniel Gretz
14	DF	Avraham Chekol
16	DF	Yam Sasson

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Sunday Ayumi
20	DF	Sagiv Solomon
21	MF	Abd Al-Salem Salama
22	MF	Aviel Ben Hemo
23	MF	Ben Levy
24	MF	Moti Malka
26	DF	Lee Agami
29	MF	Thomas Prince
41	GK	Sahar Hasson
44	DF	Paz Ben Ari
55	DF	Moshe Mishaelof
69	GK	Liron Gilad
	FW	Stav Ben Aharon

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	1	2010–11
Third tier	1	2003–04
Fourth tier	2	1966–68, 1978–79

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Toto Cup (second division)	1	2010–11
Toto Cup (third division)	1	2003–04

Managers

Tzvika Tzemah (July 1, 2004 – July 30, 2008)
Eran Kulik (2010)
Guy Levy (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
Meni Koretski (interim) (2011)
Yehoshua Feigenbaum (Dec 5, 2011 – May 13, 2012)
Nissan Yehezkel (May 14, 2012 – Sept 4, 2012)
Benny Tabak (Sept 4, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
Rephael Cohen (July 1, 2013 – Oct 7, 2013)
Haim Shabo (Oct 8, 2013 – Jun 8,2015)
Lior Zada (Jun 8, 2015–2016)
Meni Koretski (2016)
Haim Shabo (2016-2018)
Oren Rotem (2018-)

References

↑ HCJ: A Local Council Can Choose to Fund Only One Football Team Amat Shmiel Daklo, 25 November 1996, Globes (in Hebrew)

External links

Official website (in Hebrew)

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[1] HCJ: A Local Council Can Choose to Fund Only One Football Team Amat Shmiel Daklo, 25 November 1996, Globes (in Hebrew)

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
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Israeli Premier League
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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
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