Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.

Full name

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים

Founded

1926, as Hapoel Jerusalem

Ground

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Capacity

34,000

Manager

Salman Amar

League

Liga Leumit

2013–14

12th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים, Moadon Kadouregel Hapoel Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club in Liga Leumit. Hapoel plays at Teddy Stadium in Malha, Jerusalem.

History

Hapoel Jerusalem Club was established in 1926. Home matches were held at football field in Katamon. In the 1980s, games were moved to the YMCA Stadium.

By far the greatest moment in the club's history was their win over Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan in the 1973 State Cup final. That same year the club reached its highest finish in the top division, 3rd. In the following decades the club's popularity among Jerusalem residents diminished in favor of the rival team, Beitar Jerusalem. With less support in the stands the club was unable to remain in the top division and dropped to the lower rungs of Israeli football.

With the introduction of Yossi Sassi to the ownership, new faces were brought in to run the club. Success has still not come, but there was one bright spot in 1998 when Hapoel reached the final of the Israel State Cup. They lost 2–0 to a powerful Maccabi Haifa side in front of 10,000 red supporters at Ramat Gan Stadium. In 2007, club supporters have had enough of the management of the club and successive relegations. Some of Hapoel Jerusalem fans decided to leave the old team and founded Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, named after the home grounds in the great 1970s. While the original Hapoel Jerusalem plays in the 2nd division in front of a few hundred spectators, Katamon gathers thousands in every home match.

Support

During the early years, support of the club came mostly from the labour organizations in Israel. City rivals Beitar were identified with the right-wing nationalist organizations. All this played out to create the Jerusalem derby. To this day the rivalry exists, though it is not nearly as heated as when both clubs played in the top division of Israeli football.

Current squad

As to 6 March 2015

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Aviram Ziat
2	DF	Sagi Yosef
3	DF	Guy Mishpati
4	DF	Or Elkabatz
5	DF	Osher Abu
6	MF	Efraim Itzhak
7	MF	Ruslan Berski
8	MF	Musa Salman (captain)
9	FW	Bar Mizrahi
11	MF	Guy Cohen
12	MF	Asaf Levi
14	MF	Yonatan Uzan
15	MF	Itamar Cohen

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Shay Nissim
17	MF	Eliran Shemesh
19	MF	Barak Moshe
20	MF	Ofir Amram
21	DF	Orel Horev
23	MF	Eli Deri
26	DF	Omri Kende
27	FW	Serge Ayeli
28	MF	Adi Soffer
70	MF	Yousef Salman
77	MF	Or Giro
84	GK	Amal Ha'ir

Honours

State Cup:
- Winners (1): 1973
- Runners-up (2): 1972, 1998

Israeli Premier League:
- Best finish: 3rd – 1972–73

Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1979–80, 1987–88
- Runners-up (3): 1956–57, 1986–87, 1995–96

Third Division:
- Winners (3): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2010–11

External links

Club website (Hebrew)
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Bloomfield Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Levita Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 1953–54 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

Israeli Premier League

Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

Stadiums	Acre Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Doha Stadium Ironi Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Netanya Stadium Teddy Stadium Vasermil Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Former clubs	Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Competition	Champions Foreign players Records All-time table

Seasons	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