Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Full name

Hapoel Petah Tikva Football Club

Founded

1934

Ground

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Capacity

11,500

Chairman

Doron Ben Dakon

Manager

Guy Tzarfati

League

Liga Leumit

2014–15

Premier League, 13th (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. (Hebrew: הַפּוֹעֵל פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. Their most successful period was the late 1950s and early 1960s, in which the club won six championships, five of them in consecutive seasons. Although they have not won the title since 1963, Hapoel still hold the record for the number of back-to-back titles.^[1] The club's last piece of major silverware came in 2005 when they won the Toto Cup, and of all the clubs to have won the State Cup, Hapoel have the worst record in the finals, having won on only two of their nine appearances in the final.

History

The club was established in 1934. In 1945 they reached the cup final, but lost 1-0 to Hapoel Tel Aviv in a final that was abandoned after 89 minutes due to a Petah Tikva player refusing to leave the field after being sent off for insulting the referee. That year's tournament, known as the "War Cup" and boycotted by Beitar-affiliated clubs, is not recognised by the Israel Football Association.^[2]

The club was included in the new Israeli League in 1949 and finished fourth in the first post-independence championship, with their 3-2 home defeat to Beitar Tel Aviv annulled.^[3]

In the 1954-55 season the club won their first championship, but missed out on doing the double when they lost the cup final 3-1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. They finished second for the next three seasons, winning the cup for the first time in 1957 (beating Maccabi Jaffa 2-1), before winning the title again in 1958-59. They retained the title in 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63, setting a record for the number of consecutive championships (the next best is three, achieved by Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa). In both 1959 and 1960 the club also reached the cup final, but lost on both occasions, 4-3 to Maccabi Tel Aviv and 2-1 to Hapoel Tel Aviv respectively.

Hapoel finished second in 1964-65 and 1966-68 and reached the cup final again in 1968, but lost 1-0 to Bnei Yehuda. In the 1974 final they lost 1-0 to Hapoel Haifa after extra time.

At the end of the 1975-76 season the club were relegated for the first time in their history, and dropped into Liga Artzit. They returned to the top flight in 1978, but were relegated again at the end of the 1981-82 season, in which they finished bottom of the table with only three wins from 30 matches. The club returned to Liga Leumit in 1984. In 1986 they won the Toto Cup for the first time.

Despite a two point deduction for breaking budget rules,^[3] Hapoel finished second in 1988-89 and qualified for the Intertoto Cup. They also finished as runners-up in 1989-90 and 1990-91, winning the Toto Cup in both seasons. In the latter they also reached the State Cup final, but lost 3-1 to Maccabi Haifa. The following year the club also reached the final, this time winning, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 after extra time, qualifying for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

In their first season in Europe, Hapoel beat Strømsgodset 4-0 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, before losing on away goals to Feyenoord. Domestically, Hapoel struggled during the 1992-93 season, finishing second from bottom, only avoiding relegation after beating Maccabi Jaffa in a play-off.

In 1996-97 Hapoel finished second, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. After beating Flora Tallinn and Vejle in the qualifying rounds they were knocked out by Rapid Vienna. In 2005 they won the Toto Cup for a record fourth time (the record has since been equalled by Maccabi Haifa).

In 2006-07 the club finished bottom of the Israeli Premier League (which had replaced Liga Leumit as the top division), and were relegated after 23 successive seasons at the top flight. However, they made an immediate return to the top division after finishing as runners-up in the 2007–08 Liga Leumit,^[4] also winning the Liga Leumit Toto Cup.

The club have developed a yo-yo pattern. Relegated in 2011–12, the club were promoted in 2013–14, before being relegated immediately.

Stadium

The home ground of Hapoel Petah Tikva is HaMoshava Stadium which opened at the end of 2011, and replaced Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium as the home ground of the team.

Current squad

As of 12 January 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Snir Dori
2	DF	Viki Kahlon
3	DF	Amiran Shkalim
4	DF	Asael Ben Shabat
5	DF	Uri Peso
7	FW	Lior Asulin
8	FW	Efraim Taka
10	MF	Adi Konstantinos
11	FW	Ben Azubel
13	MF	Florin Achim

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Ben Malka
17	DF	Gal Barel
18	MF	Mindaugas Panka
19	MF	Matan Baltaxa
21	FW	Branko Mihajlović
22	GK	Orel Cohen Ne'eman
24	MF	Raul Gorshumov
29	DF	Gal Mayo
77	FW	Ido Exbard
87	DF	Sagiv Cohen

Honours

Israeli Championships
- Winners (6): 1955, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63
- Runners-up (9): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1964–65, 1966–68, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1996–97
State Cup
- Winners (2): 1957, 1992
- Runners-up (6): 1955, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1991
Israeli Supercup
- Winners (1): 1962
- Runners-up (1): 1957
Toto Cup
- Winners (4): 1986, 1990, 1991, 2005
Toto Cup Leumit
- Winners (1): 2007
Second Division
- Runners-up (2): 2007–08, 2013–14

Managers

Moshe Varon (1953–56)
Jackie Gibbons (1956–57)
Eliezer Spiegel (1957–58)
Jackie Gibbons (1958–59)
Edmond Schmilovich (1964–65)
Milovan Beljin (1969–72)
Michael Sheinfeld (1978–79)
Amazzia Levkovic (1980–81)
Itzhak Schneor (1981–82)
Giora Spiegel (1983–86)
Avram Grant (July 1, 1986–June 30, 1991)
Ze'ev Seltzer (1991–92)
Ján Pivarník (1992–93)

David Schweitzer (1993)
Moshe Meiri (1993–94)
Dov Bremler (1994)
Guy Levy (July 1, 1994–June 30, 1996)
Nir Levine (1996–98)
Giora Spiegel (1998–99)
Nir Levine (1999–00)
Eli Cohen (July 1, 2000–June 30, 2001)
Eli Guttman (2001–02)
Nir Levine (2002)
Freddy David (2003–05)
Dror Kashtan (July 1, 2004–June 30, 2005)
Rafi Cohen (2005)

Nir Levine (2005–06)
Eyal Lahman (2006–07)
Uri Malmilian (2007–08)
Eli Mahpud (Feb 20, 2008–April 9, 2009)
Danny Nir'on (July 1, 2009–Nov 23, 2009)
Shavit Elimelech (Nov 22, 2009–Dec 16, 2009)
Eli Mahpud (Dec 16, 2009–Oct 16, 2010)
Yuval Naim (Oct 16, 2010–April 13, 2011)
Gili Landau (Aug 17, 2011–May 13, 2012)
Eli Mahpud (Aug 14, 2012–13)
Alon Mizrahi (2013)
Nissan Yehezkel (2013–)

References

↑ Trivia on the Israeli League 1949/50-2004/05 RSSSF
↑ Israel - List of Cup Finals RSSSF
1 2 Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Israel 2007/08 RSSSF

External links

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 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 2015–16

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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