Hapoel Kafr Kanna F.C.

Hapoel Kafr Kanna
Full name	Hapoel Kafr Kanna Football Club; הפועל כפר כנא
Ground	Azmi Nassar Stadium, Kafr Kanna
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Youssef Taha
League	Liga Alef North
2020–21	Liga Alef North (Group A), 7th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Kafr Kanna (Hebrew: הפועל כפר כנא) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Kanna. The club is currently in the Liga Alef North division.

History[]

The club played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 1994–95 season, Hapoel Kafr Kanna reached Liga Alef, where they played for 19 successive seasons,^[1] until the 2012–13 season, in which they finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Bet. The club's best placing to date came at the 1995–96 season, when they finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division, 5 points behind their local rivals, Maccabi Kafr Kanna, which were promoted to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time.

In the 2013–14 season, the club came close to make a return to Liga Alef, when they finished level on points with Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum, on top of Liga Bet South A division. A decisive match for promotion was held, in which Hapoel Kafr Kanna lost 3–4 in penalties, after 1–1 draw in 120 minutes.^[2] Following the defeat, Hapoel Kafr Kanna went to compete in the Promotion play-offs, where they lost in the first round 1–4 to and remained in Liga Bet.

In the 2014–15 season, the club won Liga Bet North A division and made a return to Liga Alef.

Honours[]

League[]

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	2014–15

Cups[]

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet North A Division Cup	1	2014–15

External links[]

Hapoel Kafr Kanna The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References[]

^ After 19 years Mohammed Khader Anis, Doublepass, 6.5.2013 (in Hebrew)
^ At the end of a great drama: Majd al-Krum promoted to Liga Alef Guy Goldfarb and Michael Wassermann, Doublepass, 30.4.2014 (in Hebrew)

[1] After 19 years Mohammed Khader Anis, Doublepass, 6.5.2013 (in Hebrew)

[decmatch-2] At the end of a great drama: Majd al-Krum promoted to Liga Alef Guy Goldfarb and Michael Wassermann, Doublepass, 30.4.2014 (in Hebrew)

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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