Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C.

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata

Full name

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata

Founded

1969 as Maccabi Acre
2000 as Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata

Ground

Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium,
Kiryat Ata

Capacity

726

Chairman

Mickey Koppel

Manager

Tomer Asulin

League

Liga Alef North

2014–15

7th

Home colours

Away colours

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני קריית אתא‎) is an Israeli football club, located in Kiryat Ata. They play in Liga Alef and play at the Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium.

History

The club was originally based in Acre and named Maccabi Acre. In the 1989-90 season they won the North Division of Liga Alef (then the third division) to win promotion to Liga Artzit. At the end of the 1993-94 season they were relegated back to Liga Alef after finishing second bottom. However, they made an immediate return to the second level. In 1999-2000 they finished third.

In 2000 the club's owner Barukh Ofir decided to move the club to Kiryat Ata (whose previous club, Hapoel Kiryat Ata, had folded) and rename it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In the club's first season in its new guise, they were relegated to Liga Artzit (now the third tier). In 2004-05 they finished second from bottom, and were due to be relegated to Liga Alef. However, Maccabi Ramat Amidar left the league and the club were reprieved. The following season they finished third, a place below the promotion places, but in 2006-07 came third from bottom, one place above the relegation zone.

In 2007-08 they finished as runners-up to Hapoel Jerusalem and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. During the same season they also won the Liga Artzit's Toto Cup.

In 2008-09, the club finished bottom and was relegated to Liga Alef, the third tier.

Honours

Liga Alef
- North Division champions 1989-90, 1994-95
Toto Cup
- Liga Artzit winners 2007-08

Current Squad

As to 19 September 2015

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Imad Ghadir
5	DF	Ahmed Ali
7	MF	Shahar Simantov
8	MF	Lior Dahan
9	FW	Sagi Sabag
10	MF	Yohai Cohen
11	FW	Idan Gerad
12	MF	Amjad Nemri
13	DF	Teres Shulkowsky
14	FW	Matan Nachmani

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Muhand Kayal
16	DF	Or Shlezinger
18	MF	Ido Oren
19	DF	Shahaf Helman
22	GK	Omri Alon
23	FW	Shahar Balilti
24	DF	Geva Barkai
32	DF	Jonny Tennenbaum
33	FW	Muamer Krakra
55	MF	Yohai Cohen

External links

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

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

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