Hapoel Herzliya F.C.

Hapoel Herzliya
Full name	Hapoel Herzliya Football Club
Founded	1932
Ground	Herzliya Municipal Stadium, Herzliya
Capacity	8,300
Owner	Eli Hayo Hamo
Chairman	Eli Hayo Hamo
Manager	Yigal Antebi
League	Liga Alef North
2019–20	Liga Alef North, 9th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Herzliya (Hebrew: הפועל הרצליה‎) is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in Liga Alef North division and play their home matches at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium.

History

The Hapoel sport club in Herzliya was established in 1928,[1] and a football section was opened in 1936. Prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the club played six seasons at the top flight, and appeared for the last time in the 1946–47 Palestine League season, where the club relegated.

Following Israeli independence in 1948, the club was placed in Liga Bet, the second division. In 1953–54 they were relegated. the club returned to Liga Alef in the 1960–61 season, and relegated after one season to Liga Bet. However, in the Israel State Cup, the club made history, after they eliminated Maccabi Jaffa, Beitar Jerusalem and Beitar Tel Aviv, and reached the Semi-finals, where they lost to the Israeli champions at the time, Hapoel Petah Tikva, in a result of 0–4.[2] in the 1962–63 season, they returned to Liga Alef after winning promotion play-off against Beitar Haifa. Hapoel remained in the second tier for the next 13 seasons, and their best placing came in the 1969–70 season, in which they finished as runners-up after Hapoel Hadera, which were promoted to the Liga Leumit.

In 1975–76, which was the last season of Liga Alef prior to the creation of Liga Artzit, Hapoel finished only in the fourteenth place, which was not enough to secure a place in the newly formed second tier, thus, the club relegated to the new Liga Alef (now as third tier).

After three seasons in the third tier, the club promoted to Liga Artzit in the 1978–79 season after finishing second in Liga Alef North, and then by winning promotion play-off against Maccabi Kiryat Gat. however, in the following season, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season. as they finished bottom and relegated back to Liga Alef. two seasons later, they finished bottom in Liga Alef South, and relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Bet, where they remained for the next 18 seasons.

In 1999–2000 the club won the South A Division of Liga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef. In 2002–03 Hapoel won the North Division of Liga Alef and were promoted to Liga Artzit. At the end of the 2006–07 season they finished second from bottom and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

In 2009–10 the club won the South Division of Liga Alef to win promotion to Liga Leumit. in 2011–12 the club finished bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shaked Nahmani
2	DF	Or Strenberg
3	DF	Ido Vaier
4	DF	Nadav Amran
7	FW	Daniel Agami
8	MF	Dor Hemo
9	MF	Braa Qasem
10	FW	Stav Ben Aharon
11	MF	Dor Nahmani
12	MF	Osher Amos
14	MF	Ori Eshel
15	DF	Lahav Haviv

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Eliran Milestein
17	DF	Eden Agami
18	MF	Aviel Asres
19	FW	Hebetmo Gazhain
21	DF	Omer Cohen
22	GK	Yahav Adam
23	DF	Lotem Ben Dov
25	MF	Ziv Albach
28	DF	Nitan Bitan
77	MF	David Hillel
	GK	Phillip Zmalnikov
	DF	Naor Avliav

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	1	1937
Third tier	2	1959–60, 2009–10
Fourth tier	1	2002–03
Fifth tier	1	1999–2000

External links

Hapoel Herzliya Ironi Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

In the Culture Committee Davar, 7 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Petah Tikva 4 – Hapoel Hertzliya 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)

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[scest-1] In the Culture Committee Davar, 7 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Hapoel_Petah_Tikva_4_-_Hapoel_Hertzliya_0-2] Hapoel Petah Tikva 4 – Hapoel Hertzliya 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)

Liga Alef
North	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra
South	A.S. Ashdod F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim
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 2018–19 2019–20
See also: Liga Artzit