Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

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Hapoel Ra'anana

Full name	Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club
Founded	1938; 84 years ago (1938) as Hapoel Ra'anana F.C. 1972; 50 years ago (1972) as Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Ground	Karnei Oren Memorial Field, Ra'anana
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Asher Alon
Chairman	Ilan Katz
Manager	Eldad Shavit
League	Liga Leumit
2020–21	Liga Leumit, 10th
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 Ra'anana. They currently play in the Liga Leumit, the second 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 , 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 Barak Levi 5 DF  ISR 6 MF  ISR 7 FW  ISR Ben Azubel 8 MF  ISR Snir Shoker (captain) 9 FW  ISR 10 FW  ISR 12 FW  ISR 13 FW  ISR 14 MF  ISR 17 DF  ISR 18 MF  ISR Eran Biton 19 FW  ISR

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ISR 22 GK  ISR 23 DF  ISR Amir Ben-Shimon 25 FW  NGA Peter Olawale 26 DF  ISR 28 MF  ISR 29 MF  ISR 31 MF  ISR 71 MF  CMR 77 MF  ISR 84 MF  ISR 98 MF  ISR 99 MF  ISR

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)
• (May 2017- September 2017)
• Guy Levy (September 2017- October 2017)
• Meni Koretski (October 2017-December 2019)
• (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 Israel Football Association