Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

Hapoel Ra'anana

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Full name	Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club
Founded	1938 (1938) as Hapoel Ra'anana F.C. 1972 (1972) as Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Ground	Karnei Oren Memorial Field, Ra'anana, Israel
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Asher Alon
Chairman	Ilan Katz
Manager	Idan Bar-On
League	Liga Alef North
2021–22	Liga Leumit, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club (Hebrew: עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Alef North, the third division of the Israeli Football League.

History

A Hapoel Ra'anana was established in 1938. They were placed in the South Division of Liga Bet (then the second division) in 1951–52.

The modern club was established in 1972, and in the mid-1990s was playing in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football. In 1995 they started a remarkable period of success after they won their division of Liga Gimel and were promoted to Liga Bet. In 1997–98, they won Liga Bet South A division and were promoted to Liga Alef. In 1998–99 they won the North Division of Liga Alef to earn promotion to Liga Artzit. After finishing third in 1999–2000, they won the league the following season and were promoted to Liga Leumit.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in their history. However, they had to play its home matches at Hapoel Kfar Saba's Levita Stadium, as its home ground, the Karnei Oren Memorial Field, did not meet Premier League requirements. In January 2010, the city council published plans for a 7,500-capacity new stadium in Lev HaPark neighborhood.

After a single season in the top division, in which the club finished at the second bottom place, Ra'anana were relegated to Liga Leumit.

After three seasons in Liga Leumit, in 2012–13, Ra'anana finished runners-up and were promoted again to the Israeli Premier League. In the 2015–16 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished sixth in the Israeli Premier League.

In the 2019–20 season, Hapoel Ra'anana were relegated after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, after 7 seasons in the top flight.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK ISR Ofek Melika-Aharon 3 DF ISR Roey Ashkenazi 4 DF ISR Israel Rosh 6 DF ISR Ohad Elbilia 7 MF ISR Amir Lavi 8 MF ISR Snir Shoker (captain) 9 FW ISR Omer Buaron 10 FW ISR Elior Seiderre 11 FW ISR Mohammed Awadah 12 DF ISR Dan Sirkis 13 FW ISR Tal Turgeman 14 MF ISR Alon Bar On 15 MF ISR Yonatan Ferber

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF ISR Ron Arie 18 MF ISR Tomer Barzilay 20 DF ISR Ido Solomon 22 GK ISR Shalev Sharabi 23 MF ISR Ido Schwarz 24 MF ISR Itay Levisman 25 DF ISR Yarin Avraham 26 DF ISR Eyal Malul 27 GK ISR Daniel Benesh 29 MF ISR Yuvel Titelman 55 DF ISR Ilay Bachar 77 MF ISR Tomer Sasonker 99 MF ISR Eran Levi

Club officials

Boardroom

• Owner: Municipality of Ra'anana
• President: Asher Alon, Damian Rotman
• Chairman: Ilan Katz

Management

• Manager (interim): Gal Cohen
• Assistant Manager: Dani Bondar

Academy Coaching Staff

• Youth Academy Director: Ami Vazana
• Under 23 Coach: Ronny Keidar

Managers

• Eli Cohen (2006 – Feb 28, 2010)
• Tzvika Tzemah (April 1, 2010 – July 19, 2010)
• Eyal Lachman (May 1, 2010 – Oct 18, 2011)
• Meni Koretski (July 1, 2013– May 10, 2014)
• Haim Silvas (May 10, 2014– May 2017)
• Dudu Avraham (May 2017- September 2017)
• Guy Levy (September 2017- October 2017)
• Meni Koretski (October 2017-December 2019)
• Nisso Avitan (December 2019-February 2020)
• Eyal Lachman (February 2020-July 2020)
• Gal Cohen (July 2020-)

References

• About Hapoel Ra'anana (in Hebrew)

External links

• Club website (in Hebrew)
• Hapoel Ra'anana Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association