Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.
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Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. (Template:Langx, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba) is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadium.
History
The club was established in 1928. In 1951–52 they won the South Division of Liga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef (then the top division). Three years later they finished third from bottom and had to take part in promotion/relegation play-offs with the two top clubs from the second tier. They were unbeatnd during the play-offs and retained their place in Liga Leumit (which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division). However, in 1955–56, they finished bottom and were relegated.
Hapoel made an immediate return to Liga Leumit. They finished bottom in 1957–58, but avoided the drop as no clubs were relegated. However, they finished bottom again the following season and were relegated. The club returned to Liga Leumit in 1968. In 1975, they reached the State Cup final for the first time, beating Beitar Jerusalem 1–0. After several mid-table finishes, they were relegated at the end of the 1976–77 season. They made an immediate return to the top division, finishing third in Liga Artzit (the new second tier). In 1980, they reached the State Cup final again, beating Maccabi Ramat Amidar 4–1.
In 1980–81 they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing two points and one place above the relegation zone. The following season the club won the title for the first (and only) time under the management of Dror Kashtan. However, they finished bottom the season after, and returned to Liga Artzit.
They finished as runners-up to Hapoel Haifa in 1983–84 to make another immediate return to Liga Leumit. In 1990, the club reached the State Cup final for a third time, beating Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–0 after extra time. The following season they were relegated again after finishing bottom of the table. In 1992, under the management of Avram Marchinsky, the club signed its first American player, Michael Winograd, out of Lafayette College. The club returned to the top division the following season.
In 1999–2000 they were relegated to Liga Leumit (now the second tier). They won the league in 2001–02 to return to the top division, but were relegated at the end of the following season. The club won Liga Leumit again in 2004–05, and avoided relegation on goal difference the following season. However, two seasons later they were relegated on goal difference.
For the 2010–11 season, a new owner, Harel Raihman, came on after almost 15 years of Eli Tabib's era. At the end of the regular season, the club finished on top of the league, with an advantage of thirteen points over the third place. However, in the Top playoff, where all the points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up), the club failed to record a win, and finished the league in the third place, behind Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon and Hapoel Rishon LeZion which were promoted. As the third placed club, Kfar Saba went to play in the Promotion play-off against the 14th-placed club in the Israeli Premier League, Hapoel Petah Tikva, and lost both games, 1-4 and 0–1. Thus, the club remained in Liga Leumit.
In the 2012–13 season the club have entered administration, and as a result, were deducted nine points. The club finished bottom and relegated to Liga Alef, the third tier of Israeli football. With a new owner, Stav Shaham, together with former club captain, Eli Yani, and the supporters trust, "The Green Heart", the club recovered in the following season, and made an immediate return to Liga Leumit, after finishing on top of Liga Alef North division. In the following season, the club made their second successive promotion, following runners-up finish in Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the Israeli Premier League after seven years.
In 2015–16 season, the team finished at 10th, but one season after (2016–17), the team finished 13th and relegated to the Liga Leumit.
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 August 2024
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Out on loan
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Foreigners 2023–24
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Former players
- Template:Flagicon Jerzy Wijas
- Shmuel Kozokin (born 1987), Israeli footballer
Staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Owner | Template:Flagicon Itzhak Shum
Template:Flagicon The supporters trust "Halev Hayarok" ("The green heart") |
| CEO | Template:Flagicon Idan Shum |
| Board Member | Template:Flagicon Sharon Shum |
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Ravid Gazal |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Tvrtko Kale |
| Technical manager | Template:Flagicon Reuven Avital |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Ran Goldig |
| Physio | Template:Flagicon Dafna Cohen |
| Club doctor | Template:Flagicon Dr. Jonathan Koch |
| Logistics | Template:Flagicon Jacob Serolovich |
| Manager Youth Department | Template:Flagicon Amnon raz |
Honours
League
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Israeli Championships | 1 | 1981–82 |
| Second tier | 5 | 1951–52, 1956–57, 1966–68, 2001–02, 2004–05 |
| Third tier | 1 | 2013–14 |
Cup competitions
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| State Cup | 3 | 1974–75, 1979–80, 1989–90 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 1982 |
Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Haim Reich (1951–54)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Schmilovich (1954–55)
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Scheffer (1955)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Poliakov (1955–56)
- Template:Flagicon Israel Weiss (1956–57)
- Template:Flagicon Zvi Erlich (1957–58)
- Template:Flagicon Yair Levita (1958–59)
- Template:Flagicon Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Yair Levita (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Scheffer (1959)
- Template:Flagicon Yair Levita (1959–60)
- Template:Flagicon Harry Gibbons (1960)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Varon (1960–61)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Schmilovich (1961–62)
- Template:Flagicon Yair Levita (1962)
- Template:Flagicon Arie Koch (1962–63)
- Template:Flagicon Lonia Dvorin (1963)
- Template:Flagicon Gershon Meller (1963–64)
- Template:Flagicon Arie Koch (1964–65)
- Template:Flagicon Arie Radler (1965–68)
- Template:Flagicon Ya'akov Grundman (1968–70)
- Template:Flagicon Rehavia Rosenbaum (1970–72)
- Template:Flagicon Nahum Stelmach (1972–73)
- Template:Flagicon Shlomo Scharf (1973–76)
- Template:Flagicon Arie Radler (1976)
- Template:Flagicon Dror Kashtan (1976–77)
- Template:Flagicon Amnon Raz (1977–78)
- Template:Flagicon Shlomo Scharf (1978–80)
- Template:Flagicon Avraham Marchinski (1980–81)
- Template:Flagicon Dror Kashtan (1981–83)
- Template:Flagicon Itzhak Shum (1983–85)
- Template:Flagicon Nissim Bachar (1985–87)
- Template:Flagicon Shimon Shenhar(1987–88)
- Template:Flagicon Avraham Marchinski (1988–89)
- Template:Flagicon Wojciech Łazarek (1989–90)
- Template:Flagicon Asher Messing (1990–91)
- Template:Flagicon Avraham Marchinski (1991–93)
- Template:Flagicon Adir Shamir (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Nissim Bachar (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Eli Yani (1994–95)
- Template:Flagicon Avi Cohen (1996–98)
- Template:Flagicon Shimon Shenhar (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Sinai (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Eyal Lahman (1999)
- Template:Flagicon Avi Cohen (1999–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Elisha Levy (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Motti Ivanir (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon Uri Elkabetz (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Miro Ben Shimon (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Itzhak Shum (2001–02)
- Template:Flagicon Tamir Ben Haim (2002–03)
- Template:Flagicon Michael Kadosh (2003–04)
- Template:Flagicon Elisha Levy (2004–06)
- Template:Flagicon Eli Ohana (2006–08)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Slobodan Drapić (2008–09)
- Template:Flagicon Tomer Kashtan (2009–11)
- Template:Flagicon Guy Azouri (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Hershko (2011–12)
- Template:Flagicon Asi Domb (2012)
- Template:Flagicon Alon Mizrahi (2012)
- Template:Flagicon Ran Goldig (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Idan Shum & Tamir Ben Haim (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Yehoshua Feigenbaum (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Felix Naim (2013–15)
- Template:Flagicon Sharon Mimer (2016–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Eli Cohen (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Felix Naim (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Messay Dego (2017–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Raimondas Žutautas (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Haim Shabo (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Erez Benodis (2018–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Ofir Haim (2019–2020)
- Template:Flagicon Amir Turgeman (2020–)
See also
References
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External links
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- Hapoel Kfar Saba. Template:Webarchive. The Israel Football Association Template:In lang.
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