Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.

Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan

Full name

Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הכח עמידר רמת גן

Founded

1959

Ground

Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan

Capacity

8,000

Chairman

Gal Yosef & Nimrod Vered

Manager

Tzahi Tayer

League

Liga Alef South

2014–15

Liga Leumit, 16th (Relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הכח מכבי עמידר רמת גן‎) is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadium in Ramat Shikma, a neighbourhood of Ramat Gan.

History

The club was established in 1959 by a merger of Hakoah Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan. The new club was based at Maccabi's Gali Gil stadium in Ramat Gan, but largely consisted of Hakoah players.

In 1962 the club was promoted to Liga Leumit, then the top division. In their first season they finished third from bottom. In 1964-65 the club won its first championship, beating Hapoel Petah Tikva to the title on goal difference. In 1969 the club won its first State Cup, beating Maccabi Sha'arayim 1-0 in the final. Two seasons later they won the cup again, this time defeating Maccabi Haifa 2-1.

In 1972-73 the club won their second title, but missed out on the double when they lost the cup final 2-0 to Hapoel Jerusalem. However, the following season they finished second from bottom and only avoided relegation after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs. In 1974-75 they finished in the relegation zone again, but were reprieved after the Israel Football Association decided to expand the league from 16 to 18 clubs.

At the end of the 1977-78 season Hakoah were relegated. They won Liga Artzit at the first attempt and made an immediate return to the top flight. However, they were relegated at the end of their first season back in the top division. The following year they finished fourth in Liga Artzit, a place below the promotion places.

In 1982-83 the club finished second in Liga Artzit and returned to the top division again. However, they finished bottom of the league in 1984-85 and were relegated for the third time in less than a decade. In 1987-88, the club had dropped into Liga Alef, the third tier, though they returned to the second division at the end of the 1990-91 season. In 1994, the club was involved in a match fixing scandal, and were punished by a points deduction, a fine and a ban on foreign players. They won the second division's Toto Cup in 1996, 1997 and 1999.

At the end of the 2001-02 season the club finished 7th in Liga Leumit (now the second tier), but were demoted by the IFA due to financial problems. In September 2002 the club almost folded, with the money needed to survive only becoming available during the last hour, partly from supporters. Despite their problems, they won first season at the first attempt to immediately bounce back to Liga Leumit.

In 2005 Liga Artzit club Maccabi Ramat Amidar merged into Hakoah, with the club's name changed to Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan, though the "Maccabi" part has since been dropped, and yellow (Maccabi Ramat Amidar's colours) was added to the kit. At the end of their first season in their new guise, the club finished second in the league, winning promotion to the Premier League, the first time they had played in the top division since 1985. Although they finished second from bottom the following season, Hakoah won Liga Leumit in 2007-08 to make an immediate return to the Premier League.

In 2008-09, the club was relegated to Liga Leumit.

In 2014-15, the club was relegated to Liga Alef.

Colours

Despite the proximity, there were good ties between the clubs of Hakoah Vienna and Austria Vienna. When Hakoah Tel Aviv was founded, all kinds of equipment were required. Austria Vienna supplied their own shirts which were violet, which has remained the colour of the club. After the merger with Maccabi Ramat Amidar, the club incorporated yellow into their kits.

Current squad

As of 3 October 2015^[1]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Suliman Abu Janam
4	DF	Ilan Shaulsky
5	DF	Ran Kojok
6	MF	Michael Gereli
7	DF	Baha Halabi
8	MF	Orel Yosef
9	FW	Or Giro
10	MF	Assaf Madar
11	MF	Yoni Uzan
12	MF	Nadav Krupnik
13	MF	Michael Soboff
14	MF	Yogev Elkabetz

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Gal Grindrefer
16	MF	Micha Louta
17	FW	Shlomi Levy
18	DF	Zah Shamroni
19	MF	Omer Priov
20	MF	Elad Shaked
21	MF	Evyatar Yaguni
23	MF	Shahar Keller
26	DF	Omri Neve
31	GK	Daniel Machluf
	DF	Abdallah Shaban
	FW	Guy Asraf

Honours

Israeli Championships
- Champions 1964–65, 1972–73
Second Division
- Champions 1978–79, 2007–08
Third Division
- Champions 2002–03
State Cup
- Winners 1969, 1971
- Runners-up 1973
Toto Cup
- Second Division winners 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99

References

↑ Hakoach Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan

External links

Official website (Hebrew)
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. on Facebook

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 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 2015–16

See also: Liga Artzit

Israeli Premier League

Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

Stadiums	Acre Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Doha Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Ironi Stadium Levita Stadium Netanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium

Former clubs	F.C. Ashdod Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Petah Tikva 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 Players with 100+ goals 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 2015–16

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