Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.

Hapoel Beit She'an

Full name

Hapoel Beit She'an Mesilot Football Club

Founded

1953
2009 as Hapoel Beit She'an Mesilot

Ground

Municipal Stadium, Beit She'an

Capacity

7,000

Owner

Municipality of Beit She'an

Chairman

Babar Alkasalsi

Manager

Moris Uzan

League

Liga Alef North

2015–16

10th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Beit She'an (Hebrew: הפועל בית שאן‎‎) is an Israeli football club based in Beit She'an. The club spent several seasons in the top division in the 1990s, but after several relegations, folded in 2006, and refounded in 2009.

History

The club was founded in 1953, and was renamed Hapoel Beit She'an/Sde Nahum in 1969, as it merged with Hapoel Sde Nahum, which played in Liga Bet, but reverted to their old name two years later. They remained in Liga Bet until 1976 when they were promoted to Liga Alef, and in 1978, to Liga Artzit, then the second tier. The club was relegated back to Liga Alef at the end of the 1983–84 season, but returned to Liga Artzit in 1986. Although they were relegated again, they returned to the second tier in 1993 under the management of Elisha Levy. In 1993–94 they finished second, and were promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time.

Following promotion, the club played its first four home matches in Tiberias whilst their stadium was upgraded. In their first season in Liga Leumit the club survived on the final day of the season, coming from 2–0 down to Maccabi Haifa (who were playing to win the title) to win 3–2. A film was made about the campaign, entitled Underdogs: A War Story.

Levy left the club in 1995 but returned in 1997. On 2 May 1998 the club played Beitar Jerusalem (a match held at Kiryat Eliezer in Haifa on police advice) in a game that became known as the "Shoelaces Match", as Beit She'an were accused of allowing Beitar to win the match (and the title).

After several lower mid-table finishes, Hapoel were relegated at the end of the 1998–99 season. In 2001–02 they finished bottom of the second tier, and were relegated again. A third relegation occurred in 2003–04, this time to Liga Alef. At the end of the 2005–06 season they were relegated from Liga Alef, and folded, although the club's youth teams were still active.

In 2009 the club merged with Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot to form Hapoel Beit She'an Mesilot, which took Mesilot's place in Liga Bet.^[1] A year later the team absorbed the local rival Maccabi Beit Shean, which gave up its place in Liga Bet.^[2] The club was promoted to Liga Alef after winning Liga Bet North B division.

Current squad

As of 18 October 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Haim Ziskind
4	DF	Bassal Taha
5	DF	Emri Zaid
6	DF	Daniel Itzhak
7	FW	Liron Elimelech
8	MF	Kfir Ben David
9	FW	Rajeb Khalil
10	MF	Almog Ohayon
11	FW	Idan Shafsha
12	DF	Sahy Kanfi
15	MF	Yossi Ohana

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Adi Elisha
17	DF	Snir Shitrit
18	FW	Ziv Swisa
22	GK	Yakir Ben Harush
23	DF	Hilel Gindes
25	MF	Dan Cohen
38	MF	Gal Elkanati
44	FW	Eldar Shafsha
77	FW	Mohammed Kanuati
92	DF	Ofek Brazani
	FW	Shalom Shimon

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	3	1973–74, 1975–76, 1985–86
Fourth tier	3	1963–64, 1965–66, 2012–13

Cup competitions

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet North B Division Cup	1	2012–13

References

↑ Hapoel Beit She'an Mesilot Opens the Season Tomer Rona, mynet.co.il, 21 October 2009 (Hebrew)
↑ Shaken 'Arara Amos Keles, Doublepass, 4 September 2010 (Hebrew)

External links

Hapoel Beit She'an Mesilot Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Karmiel Safed F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	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

See also: Liga Artzit

Football in Israel

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (2016–17) Liga Leumit (2016–17) Liga Alef (2016–17) Liga Bet (2016–17) Liga Gimel (2016–17) Noar Premier League (2016–17)

Women	Women's League (2016–17)

Other	Beach Soccer League ('16) ('17) Futsal League

Domestic cups

Men	State Cup (2016–17) Super Cup Toto Cup (2016–17 Al, 2016–17 Leumit) Youth State Cup (2016–17)

Women	Israeli Women's Cup (2016–17)

Defunct competitions

National teams

Men	National team (History Players Records) U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 Mandatory Palestine

Women	National team U-19 U-17

Other	National beach team National futsal team

Related to national team

International tournaments