Hapoel Herzliya F.C.

Hapoel Herzliya
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
2020–21	Liga Alef North (Group A), 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 2021


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Shaked Nahmani
3	DF	ISR	Assaf Ben Shabat
5	DF	ISR	Ofir Grosman
7	FW	ISR	Morsi Ardah
8	MF	ISR	Dor Hemo
9	FW	ISR	Sahar Azulay
10	MF	ISR	Or Vaknin
11	FW	ISR	Dor Nachmani
12	DF	ISR	Sahar Ben Menashe
13	MF	ISR	Amir Abeles
15	DF	ISR	Naor Avliav
16	MF	ISR	Ran Kaduri
17	DF	ISR	Steven Shaulsky
18	MF	ISR	Bashar Bashir
19	MF	ISR	Raz Feldberg


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ISR	Shimon Hayun
21	GK	ISR	Lior Paztal
22	GK	ISR	Yahav Adam
23	MF	ISR	Guy Refaeli
26	MF	ISR	Eyal Danin
28	DF	ISR	Nitay Bitan
77	MF	ISR	David Hillel
99	FW	ISR	Tomer Shriki
—	DF	ISR	Idan Weintraub
—	MF	ISR	Yossef Taka
—	MF	ISR	Adir Rotstein
—	FW	ISR	Idan Gamliel
—	FW	ISR	Yuval Oren
—	FW	ISR	Eliran Milestein

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 Hapoel Herzliya Football Club
Honours Players Managers Records Seasons
History	History of Hapoel Herzliya
Home stadium	Herzliya Municipal Stadium

v t Liga Alef
North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
South	Bnei Eilat F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Hapoel Kfar Shalem Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1950–51 1952–53 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 2020–21
See also: Liga Artzit