Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C.

Hapoel Bnei Lod
Full name	Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet Football Club
Founded	1969; 1997 (Merger)
Ground	Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Capacity	4,000
Manager	Avivi Zohar
League	Liga Alef South
2020–21	Liga Alef South (Group A), 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל בני לוד) are a football club, from the central Israeli city of Lod. The club plays in an all-red kit, and are currently in Liga Alef South, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Lod Municipal Stadium.

History[]

The club was founded in 1969 and joined Liga Dalet, then the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football league system.^[1] In 1997, Hapoel Bnei Lod merged with Hapoel Rakevet Lod (both clubs played in Liga Gimel Central division) and formed Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet, under the management of .^[2]

After the merger, the club won Liga Gimel Central division and reached Liga Bet for the first time in the 1998–99 season. In 2003–04 they won Liga Bet South B division.^[3] The following season the club won Liga Alef South division and promotion to Liga Artzit (the third tier). The winning run continued in 2005–06 as the club claimed the Liga Artzit championship to win promotion to Liga Leumit.

The club was close to achieve promotion to the Israeli Premier League at the end of the 2011–12 season, when they finished level in points with the first placed, Hapoel Ramat Gan. the two clubs faced in a decisive promotion play-off held in HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikva. Bnei Lod lost 0–2 and remained in Liga Leumit.^[4]

In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, the club finished third, one place short from promotion to the Israeli Premier League.

On 9 December 2014, the club won their first ever piece of silverware, winning the 2014–15 second division's Toto Cup after beating Bnei Yehuda 2–0.^[5]

Current squad[]

As to 12 September 2021


No.	Pos.	Nation
1	GK	ISR
2	DF	ISR
3	DF	ISR
4	DF	ISR
5	DF	ISR
6	DF	ISR
8	MF	ISR
9	MF	ISR
10	MF	ISR
11	MF	ISR


No.	Pos.	Nation
13	GK	ISR
14	MF	ISR
15	MF	ISR
17	DF	ISR
18	MF	ISR
19	MF	ISR
20	DF	ISR
21	DF	ISR
29	MF	ISR
55	DF	ISR

Honours[]

League[]

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	1	2005–06
Fourth tier	1	2004–05
Fifth tier	2	, 2003–04

Cup competitions[]

Honour	No.	Years
Toto Cup (second tier)	1	2014–15

External links[]

Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References[]

^ And again Liga... Dalet (Page 7) Hadshot HaSport, 26.9.1969, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
^ Bnei Lod's chairman: Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the level of Liga Artzit Aviad Pohoryles & Tomer Am Shalem, nrg.co.il, 20.2.2006 (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Bet South B Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
^ Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Premier League with 2:0 over Bnei Lod One, 18.5.2013 (in Hebrew)
^ Bnei Lod won the Toto Cup of Liga Leumit Walla, 9.12.2014 (in Hebrew)

[1] And again Liga... Dalet (Page 7) Hadshot HaSport, 26.9.1969, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)

[2] Bnei Lod's chairman: Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the level of Liga Artzit Aviad Pohoryles & Tomer Am Shalem, nrg.co.il, 20.2.2006 (in Hebrew)

[3] Liga Bet South B Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)

[4] Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Premier League with 2:0 over Bnei Lod One, 18.5.2013 (in Hebrew)

[5] Bnei Lod won the Toto Cup of Liga Leumit Walla, 9.12.2014 (in Hebrew)

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See also: Liga Artzit