Hapoel Acre F.C.

Hapoel Acre

Full name

Hapoel Acre Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו‎

Founded

1946

Ground

Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre, Israel

Capacity

5,000

Owner

Municipality of Acre

Chairman

Dudi Rozenfeld

Manager

Shlomi Dora

League

Liga Leumit

2015–16

Israeli Premier League, 13th (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Acre Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו‎, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Akko) is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club is currently in Liga Leumit.

History

Founded in 1946, the club dwelt in the lower leagues until they won Liga Bet North A in the 1962–63 season and promoted for the first time to Liga Alef, the second division by then. In 1973–74, they won Liga Alef North division. However, the Israel Football Association decided that season on promotion play-off, involving the top 2 clubs in each Liga Alef division, and the bottom two clubs in Liga Leumit. after finishing in 5th position (out of 6), they were not promoted.

After second-place finish in the 1974–75 season, Hapoel won Liga Alef North division in the 1975–76 and were promoted to the top division for the first time. After finishing 11th (out of 16) in their first season, they won only two matches the next season, and were relegated to Liga Artzit, which was the new second division at the time. This proved to be their last appearance in the top division for the next 31 years.

In 1982–83 the club had dropped into Liga Alef, the third tier at the time. They promoted back to Liga Artzit at the end of the 1984–85 season, after winning the Promotion play-offs against Lazarus Holon,^[1] and remained there seasons at the second tier, until the 1987–88 season, where they finished bottom, and relegated to Liga Alef for the second time.

In 1998–99 they were promoted to Liga Artzit (the new third tier, due to the creation of the Israeli Premier League that summer). However, in 2003–04, the club finished as runners-up, and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. In 2005–06, the club won their first ever piece of silverware, picking up the second division's Toto Cup after beating Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.^[2] In 2008–09, the club finished as runners-up, and promoted to the Premier League.

In the 2010–11 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished eighth in the Israeli Premier League.

On 3 June 2013, an agreement was signed between Hapoel Acre association and the municipality of Acre, and as a result, a new association was appointed by the municipality.^[3]

In the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, the club finished at the bottom of the league at the end of the regular season. However, they avoided relegation in both occasions, following a strong finish of the bottom play-offs. In the 2015–16 season, the club finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Leumit, after seven successive seasons in the top division.

Stadium

The club's traditional ground was the 5,000-seat Napoleon Stadium in Acre.^[4] Whilst the ground was being refurbished, the club played in Nazareth Illit at Green Stadium shared with Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the 2009–10 and the 2010–11 seasons. In the 2011–12 season the club played in the first month at Ilut Stadium in Ilut, located near Nazareth in northern Israel, before moving to their new Acre Municipal Stadium.

Current squad

As of 21 June 2016^[5]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Yarden Krishtul
2	DF	Daniel Borchal
3	DF	Dmytro Ryzhuk
5	DF	Moshe Mishaelof
6	MF	Bar Amar
7	FW	Ahmed Kasoum
8	MF	Zion Tzemah
9	FW	Ezaat Khlayli
10	MF	Kevin Rainstein
11	FW	Sekar Shaker
12	MF	Bar Avitan

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Elior Seiderre
15	FW	Murad Abu Anza
17	DF	Dia Lababidi
18	MF	Mindaugas Panka
21	FW	Branko Mihajlović
22	MF	Mahmoud Abbas
23	MF	Adrian Rochet
24	MF	Lidor Baba
26	DF	Or Elkabetz
51	GK	Rom Iluz
77	FW	Ido Exbard

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	2	1973–74, 1975–76
Third tier	1	1962–63

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Toto Cup (second tier)	1	2005–06
Super Cup (second tier)	1	1976^[6]

Managers

Momi Zafran (2006)
Yaron Hochenboim (2007 – May 27, 2010)
Eli Cohen (July 1, 2010 – May 13, 2012)
Shimon Hadari (July 1, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013)
Yuval Naim (Jan 27, 2013 – Jan 27, 2014)
Alon Harazi (Jan 27, 2014 – Jan 5, 2015)
Shlomi Dora (Jan 8, 2015 – May 2015)
Yaron Hochenboim (June 28, 2015 – May 2016)
Momi Zafran (2016)
Shlomi Dora (May 31, 2016–present)

References

↑ Hapoel Acre Maariv, 30.6.1985, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Acre won the Leumit Toto Cup nrg.co.il, 31.1.2006 (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Acre: Agreement was signed between the municipality and the association walla.co.il, 3.6.2013, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Life down under: Expect the unexpected Haaretz
↑ "Hapoel Acre" (in Hebrew). Football.org.il (Israel Football Association). Retrieved 14 February 2011.
↑ Hapoel Acre – Hapoel Yehud 1:0 Davar, 12 September 1976, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

External links

Club website (Hebrew)

Israeli Premier League

Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

Stadiums	Doha Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Ironi Stadium Levita Stadium Netanya Stadium Sala Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Former clubs	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Jerusalem 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 Maccabi Netanya

Competition	Champions Foreign players Players with 100+ goals Records All-time table

Seasons	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

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Acre Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Sha'arayim

Stadia	Acre Municipal Stadium Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Nesher Stadium Netanya Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 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

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