Hapoel Herzliya F.C.

Hapoel Herzliya
	File:Hapoel crest.svg
Full name	Hapoel Herzliya Football Club
Founded	1932
Ground	Herzliya Municipal Stadium, Herzliya
Capacity	8,300
Owner	Eli Hayo Hamo
Chairman	Eli Hayo Hamo
Manager	Erez Benodis
League	Liga Alef North
2021–22	Liga Alef North, 4th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Herzliya (Hebrew: הפועל הרצליה) is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in Liga Alef North division and play their home matches at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium.

History

The Hapoel sport club in Herzliya was established in 1928,^[1] and a football section was opened in 1936. Prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the club played six seasons at the top flight, and appeared for the last time in the 1946–47 Palestine League season, where the club relegated.

Following Israeli independence in 1948, the club was placed in Liga Bet, the second division. In 1953–54 they were relegated. the club returned to Liga Alef in the 1960–61 season, and relegated after one season to Liga Bet. However, in the Israel State Cup, the club made history, after they eliminated Maccabi Jaffa, Beitar Jerusalem and Beitar Tel Aviv, and reached the Semi-finals, where they lost to the Israeli champions at the time, Hapoel Petah Tikva, in a result of 0–4.^[2] in the 1962–63 season, they returned to Liga Alef after winning promotion play-off against Beitar Haifa. Hapoel remained in the second tier for the next 13 seasons, and their best placing came in the 1969–70 season, in which they finished as runners-up after Hapoel Hadera, which were promoted to the Liga Leumit.

In 1975–76, which was the last season of Liga Alef prior to the creation of Liga Artzit, Hapoel finished only in the fourteenth place, which was not enough to secure a place in the newly formed second tier, thus, the club relegated to the new Liga Alef (now as third tier).

After three seasons in the third tier, the club promoted to Liga Artzit in the 1978–79 season after finishing second in Liga Alef North, and then by winning promotion play-off against Maccabi Kiryat Gat. however, in the following season, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season. as they finished bottom and relegated back to Liga Alef. two seasons later, they finished bottom in Liga Alef South, and relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Bet, where they remained for the next 18 seasons.

In 1999–2000 the club won the South A Division of Liga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef. In 2002–03 Hapoel won the North Division of Liga Alef and were promoted to Liga Artzit. At the end of the 2006–07 season they finished second from bottom and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

In 2009–10 the club won the South Division of Liga Alef to win promotion to Liga Leumit. in 2011–12 the club finished bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.

Current squad

As of 15 February 2022


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Tamir Stoller
2	DF	ISR	Liav Michaeli
3	DF	ISR	Yarin Mesika
5	DF	ISR	Tamir Haimovich
7	MF	ISR	Yahav Hemo
10	MF	ISR	Idan David
11	FW	ISR	Amit Yakov
13	MF	ISR	Ruslan Koznizov
14	MF	ISR	Raz Feldberg
15	MF	ISR	Eyal Danin
17	MF	ISR	Itay Katzav


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ISR	Dor Hemo
19	MF	ISR	Shalev Saban
20	MF	ISR	Itamar Ozer
21	MF	ISR	Amir Abeles
22	MF	ISR	Barak Braunstein
24	FW	ISR	Ange Andino
26	DF	ISR	Dmytro Entin
77	DF	ISR	Idan Weintraub
99	GK	ISR	Lior Paztal
—	DF	ISR	Yakir Shaul
—	MF	ISR	Niv Alfi

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	1	1937
Third tier	2	1959–60, 2009–10
Fourth tier	1	2002–03
Fifth tier	1	1999–2000

External links

Hapoel Herzliya Ironi Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

^ In the Culture Committee Davar, 7 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Hapoel Petah Tikva 4 – Hapoel Hertzliya 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)

[scest-1] In the Culture Committee Davar, 7 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Hapoel_Petah_Tikva_4_-_Hapoel_Hertzliya_0-2] Hapoel Petah Tikva 4 – Hapoel Hertzliya 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)

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v t e Hapoel Herzliya Football Club
Honours Players Managers Records Seasons Current season
History	History of Hapoel Herzliya
Home stadium	Herzliya Municipal Stadium

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Nujeidat Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
South	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam Bnei Eilat F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Qalansawe Ironi Kuseife Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
See also: Liga Artzit