Ironi Tiberias F.C.

Ironi Tiberias
Full name	Ironi Tiberias Football Club
Founded	2006
Ground	Municipal Stadium, Tiberias
Capacity	4,500
Owner	Municipality of Tiberias
Chairman	Zoar Izhak
Manager	Moris Uzan
League	Liga Alef North
2019–20	Liga Alef North, 13th
Home colours	Away colours

Ironi Tiberias (Hebrew: עירוני טבריה‎) is a football club from Tiberias, Israel. The club is not connected to Hapoel Tiberias, a former club which spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s and the 1980s, making its last appearance in the top flight in 1989.

History

Football was played in Tiberias before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the first club in the city, Maccabi Tiberias, was formed in 1925[1] and was playing football as early as 1927.[2] A year later, Maccabi Tiberias competed in the first ever edition of the Israel State Cup.

The best known club from Tiberias was Hapoel Tiberias, which played in the top division of the Israeli football in the 1960s, from 1961–62 to 1964–65, and later again in 1988–89.

A third club operating in Tiberias during these years was Beitar Tiberias, although it mainly played in the lower levels of the Israeli league, its best performance being reaching Liga Bet, the third tier in the late 1960s and the 1970s.

By the late 1990s both Maccabi and Hapoel has folded, and the only active club was Beitar Tiberias. In 2001 the club was merged with Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton to form Hapoel Galil Tahton/Tiberias.[3] in 2007 the club changed its name to Ironi Tiberias.

In 2006–07 the club finished 2nd in Liga Bet North B and was promoted through play-offs. After several season in Liga Alef North, the club qualified to the promotion play-off at the end of the 2010–11 season, falling in first round to Hapoel Asi Gilboa. The following season the club finished 2nd in Liga Alef, but didn't take part in the promotion play-offs, which involved only the league winner, Hapoel Asi Gilboa.

The club finished 2nd once again in 2013–14 and qualified to the promotion play-offs, and after beating Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek and Hapoel Azor, faced Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the decisive promotion/relegation play-offs. Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate (3–0, 2–1), and promoted to Liga Leumit. However, the club's spell in Liga Leumit lasted only one season, as they finished second bottom in the 2014–15 season and relegated back to Liga Alef.

Current squad

As of 12 February 2020[4]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mohammed Bash
2	DF	Essam Ayashi
4	DF	Ofek Avraham
5	DF	Luhab Kayal
6	MF	Yam Hacker
7	DF	Ayman Ali
8	MF	Kfir Ben David
9	MF	Omer Cohen
10	FW	Sekar Shaker
11	FW	Aviel Gabay

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Miki Yazo
16	DF	Idan Mikdash
17	MF	Itzhak Danan
18	MF	Matan Barami
21	FW	Yogev Azulay
22	MF	Afif Nazal
33	FW	Shalom Akiva
55	GK	Omer Tal
77	FW	Yuval Oren

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	1966–68¹
Fifth tier	1	1996–97¹

¹As Beitar Tiberias

References

News from the World of Sport in Eretz Israel and Abroad Do'ar HaYom, 16.10.1925, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Opening of the Maccabi Ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 23.10.27, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Tiberias Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Nana.co.il, 28.08.02 (in Hebrew)
Ironi Tiberias Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association

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[News_from_the_World_of_Sport_in_Eretz_Israel_and_Abroad-1] News from the World of Sport in Eretz Israel and Abroad Do'ar HaYom, 16.10.1925, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Opening_of_the_Maccabi_Ground_in_Tiberias-2] Opening of the Maccabi Ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 23.10.27, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Hapoel_Tiberias_No_More-3] Hapoel Tiberias Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Nana.co.il, 28.08.02 (in Hebrew)

[4] Ironi Tiberias Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association

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