F.C. Ashdod
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Moadon Sport Ashdod (Template:Langx, Template:Lit Sport Club Ashdod), commonly referred to as F.C Ashdod (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit Mem Samekh Ashdod), is an Israeli professional football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unusual name of the team (unlike most Israeli football teams, this one only indicates the club's home city without any specific Jewish sporting association, such as Hapoel, Maccabi, or Beitar) is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod in 1999. The club currently plays in the Israeli Premier League (Ligat Ha'Al).
History
During the club's first years, its kit colors were completely blue. However, when Israeli footballer Haim Revivo took a more prominent role in the club, the colors were changed to red and yellow. The decision was made that the kit should incorporate the previous two clubs' colors, Hapoel having been red and Maccabi yellow.[1]
The club was not immediately successful after the merger, and fan support was lacking. During the 2004–05 season, they reached their greatest achievement, a third-place finish in the Israeli Premier League and a berth in the UEFA Cup. The club also reached the final of the Israeli Toto Cup, only to go out on penalty kicks. Their first time in a continental competition was not a memorable one, as they went out to the Slovenian PrvaLiga runners-up, NK Domžale.Template:Fact
Prior to the 2014–15 season, the club added Ironi to its name. However, following a dispute with fans of the previous club, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod, during the 2–3 defeat against Maccabi Netanya in the last match of the regular season, the club's chairman, Jacky Ben-Zaken, decided to rename the club to Hapoel Ashdod and to play in red shirts.[2] Despite warnings from the Israel Football Association, which informed the club that such changes during season are illegal,[3] Ashdod did show up for their next match, which opened the Bottom playoff, against Hapoel Ra'anana in red shirts, with the caption "F.C. Hapoel Ashdod",[4] and was eventually disciplined.[5] Furthermore, the club was punished by FIFA with six points deduction for failing to pay an arbitration award to Nigerian club, Kaduna United, for the transfer of Efe Ambrose in 2010. As a result, the club has been dropped to the bottom place in the Israeli Premier League.[6] However, in an exceptional decision, FIFA reversed its decision after it was found out that the club did pay the arbitration award.[7] At the end of the season, the club finished at the bottom of the league, after failing to register a win during their last 15 matches, and for the first time in their history, were relegated to the second tier, Liga Leumit, following a defeat of 0–1 against Hapoel Tel Aviv.[8][9]
In the 2015–16 season, the club won Liga Leumit and made an immediate return to the Israeli Premier League.
Players
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Other players under contract
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Notable former players
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Foreigners 2023–24
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- Template:Flagicon Martin Atemengue
- Template:Flagicon Ebenezer Mamatah
- Template:Flagicon Clark Robertson
- Template:Flagicon Timothy Awany
Managers
- Template:Flagicon Yossi Mizrahi (2004, 21 April 2008 – 20 May 2010)
- Template:Flagicon John Gregory (1 July 2010 – 18 April 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Yossi Mizrahi (18 April 2011 – 30 June 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Nir Klinger (1 July 2013 – 7 June 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Eyal Lahman (7 June 2015 – 18 December 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Ronny Awat (18 December 2015 – 14 February 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Ran Ben Shimon (14 February 2017 – 5 July 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Yossi Mizrahi (16 July 2017 – 3 August 2017) (caretaker)
- Template:Flagicon Reuven Atar (3 August 2017 – 3 October 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Amir Turgeman (10 October 2017 – 24 April 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Yossi Mizrahi (24 April 2018 – 11 May 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Blagoja Milevski (11 May 2018 – November 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Yuval Naim (November 2018 – January 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Ohayon (January 2019 – February 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Avi Buchbut (February 2019 – June 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Ronny Awat (June 2019 – January 2020)
- Template:Flagicon Ran Ben Shimon (January 2020 – June 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Eli Levi (July 2023 – January 2025)
European cup history
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| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | Domžale | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Q2 | File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan | Qarabağ | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Club personnel
| Position | Person |
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| Head Coach | Template:Flagicon Klemi Saban |
| Assistant Coach | Template:Flagicon Yitzhak Kenzel |
| Assistant Coach | Template:Flagicon Ilay Goldberg |
| Assistant Coach | Template:Flagicon Gal Edstein |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Template:Flagicon Shlomo Bauman |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Idan Schmitz |
| Fitness Coach | Template:Flagicon Ze'ev Gazinsky |
| Fitness Coach | Template:Flagicon Ilan Oppenhaum |
| Doctor | Template:Flagicon Moshe Helm |
| Academy Director | Template:Flagicon Yehuda Zakaria |
Kit makers
| Years | Kit manufacturers |
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| 2000–2007 | Diadora |
| 2007–2009 | Sektor Sport |
| 2009–2013 | Nike |
| 2013–2014 | Legea |
| 2014–2016 | Nike |
| 2016–2017 | Jartazi |
| 2017– | Nike |
References
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- ↑ Ben Zaken decided: The team will be called Hapoel Ashdod Shirley Bar Dayan, Sport 5, 14 March 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ Ashdod can't change name Sport 2, 18 March 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ Red of shame: 4:0 for Ra'anana over Ashdod. Watch David Nathan, Ynet, 21 March 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ Not a bargain: Ashdod to be disciplined for the red shirts Sport 5, 30 March 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ In FIFA order: 6 points deducted for Ashdod Ynet, 8 April 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ Back to life: FIFA returned F.C. Ashdod the six points Motti Pshehatzki, Sport 5, 17 April 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ No remaining in the league like this: All the numbers of F.C. Ashdod Sport 1, 16 May 2015 Template:In lang
- ↑ Watch: F.C. Ashdod relegated to Leumit after 18 years Erez Na'aman & Igal Berman, One, 16 May 2015 Template:In lang
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External links
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- Moadon Sport Ironi Ashdod – Israel Football Association (archived 28 August 2017)
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