Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

Full name	Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club
Founded	1938 (1938) as Hapoel Ra'anana F.C. 1972 (1972) as Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Ground	Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Ground Capacity	13,800
Owner	Asher Alon
Chairman	Ilan Katz
Manager	Haim Silvas
League	Israeli Premier League
2014–15	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, and based in Ra'anana. They are currently in the Israeli Premier League and play at the Netanya Stadium in Netanya

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 1997–98, 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.

Current squad

As of 29 August 2015

No. Position Player 1 GK Matan Zalmanovic 3 DF Ahmed Shaban 4 DF David Tiram 5 DF Adi Nimni 6 MF Yuval Shabtay 7 MF Eli Babayev 8 MF Snir Shuker (captain) 9 MF Or Eiloz 10 FW Barak Badash 11 FW Evans Kangwa 14 FW Sagi Dror 15 FW Dejan Radonjić 17 MF Eran Rosenbaum

No. Position Player 18 FW Mamadou Touré Thiam 19 MF Ben Binyamin 20 FW Tal Shiner 21 DF Ido Levy 22 GK Arik Yanko 23 DF Emmanuel Mbola 24 DF Guy Lipka 26 DF Lior Levi 28 FW Karem Arshid 32 DF Ben Vehava 55 GK Omri Glazer 82 MF Rene Mihelič FW Roi Atar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Daniel Lifshitz (at Maccabi Tel Aviv) MF Sa'ar Benbenishti (at Maccabi Netanya)

No. Position Player FW Yosef Abu Laben (at Hapoel Rishon LeZion)

Honours

• Liga Artzit
  • Champions 2000-01
• Liga Alef (North)
  • Champions 1998–99
• Liga Bet (North B)
  • Champions 1965–66
• Liga Bet (South A)
  • Champions 1997-98
• Liga Gimel (Sharon)
  • Champions 1995-96

Club officials

Boardroom

• Owner: Municipality of Ra'anana
• President: Asher Alon,Damian Rotman
• Chairman: Ilan Katz

Management

• Manager: TBD
• Assistant Manager: Haim Silvas

Academy Coaching Staff

• Youth Academy Director: Ami Vazana
• Under 23 Coach: Ronny Keidar

Former Players

• Massimiliano Cavicchioli

Managers

• Eli Cohen (2006–Feb 28, 2010)
• Tzvika Tzemah (April 1, 2010–July 19, 2010)
• Eyal Lahman (May 1, 2010–Oct 18, 2011)
• Meni Koretski (July 1, 2013– May 10, 2014)

References

• About Hapoel Ra'anana (Hebrew)

External links

• Club website (Hebrew)
• Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Football Association