Hapoel Kiryat Ono F.C.

Hapoel Kiryat Ono

Full name

Hapoel Kiryat Ono Football Club
הפועל קרית אונו

Founded

1952

Ground

Kiryat Ono Stadium, Kiryat Ono

Chairman

Eliyahu Horesh

Manager

Udi Cabudi

League

Liga Bet South A

2014–15

4th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Kiryat Ono (Hebrew: הפועל קרית אונו‎) is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Ono. They are currently in Liga Bet South A division.

History

The club was founded in 1952 as Hapoel Kfar Ono.^[1] In 1954, as Regional council Kfar Ono became Local council Kiryat Ono, and as also in the same year, the club merged with Hapoel Bnei Brak,^[2] they were known as Hapoel Bnei Brak\Kiryat Ono. The club played under that name up until the 1955–56 season, when they were promoted to Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time. Since the 1956–57 season, the club is playing under its current name.

In the 1962–63 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet North B division, and were promoted for the first time to Liga Alef, the second tier of Israeli football at the time, where they played for nine seasons in the South division, until they were relegated to Liga Bet at the end of the 1972–73 season. During their spell in Liga Alef, Hapoel achieved their best placing to date, which was the fourth place in the 1970–71 season.

In the 1977–78 season the club returned to Liga Alef. However, as Liga Artzit came into existence in the previous season, Liga Alef became the third tier of Israeli football. Hapoel played in the South division of Liga Alef up until they were relegated at the end of the 1997–98 season.

In 1991, the club reached the semi-final of the Israel State Cup, where they lost 2-4 to Hapoel Petah Tikva.^[3]

Hapoel returned to Liga Alef after they won Liga Bet South A division in the 1998–99 season.^[4] However, they were relegated back to Liga Bet, after they finished third bottom in the 2001–02 season.^[5] In the 2006–07 season the club finished second bottom in Liga Bet South A division, and dropped to Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football. At the end of the 2008–09 season, the club bounced back to Liga Bet, where they play now, after they finished runners-up in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division.^[6]

The club was close to make a return to Liga Alef at the end of the 2014–15 season, when they finished fourth in Liga Bet Sout A division and qualified for the Promotion play-offs. After beating Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa, Beitar Ramat Gan and Ironi Modi'in, they faced the 14th-placed club in Liga Alef South division, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, in the decisive promotion/relegation play-offs. Kiryat Ono lost 0-2 and remained in Liga Bet.^[7]

Honours

Liga Bet:
- 1976–77, 1998–99

Notable former players

Notable former managers

External links

Hapoel Kiryat Ono Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

References

↑ Office on wheels Nissan Karniel, published in Looking Back: Israel Football 1948–1958, Israel Football Association, 2002, p. 48 (via Ramat Gan Libraries Archive) (Hebrew)
↑ FA Operated Maariv, 29.8.1954, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Petah Tikva - Hapoel Kiryat Ono 4:2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (Hebrew)
↑ Israel Fourth Level 1998/99 RSSSF
↑ Liga Alef South One (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Gimel Tel Aviv 2008/2009 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
↑ Woke up in time: Jaffa defeated Kiryat Ono and survived in Liga Alef Liran Dorf, Doublepass, 13.5.2015 (Hebrew)

Fourth Level Israeli football league seasons

North A	Ahi Acre Ahi Bir al-Maksur Ahva Kafr Manda Al-Nahda Nazareth Beitar Haifa Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Nahariya F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Bnei Maghar Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre

North B	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeiri Tayibe Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yaniv Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

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