Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.

Coordinates: 31°45′3.8″N 35°11′26.2″E / 31.751056°N 35.190611°E / 31.751056; 35.190611

Full name

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים

Founded

1926

Ground

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Capacity

34,000

Chairman

Dudu Sasi

Manager

David Martin

League

Liga Leumit

2015–16

Liga Leumit, 14th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים‎‎, Mo'adon Kadouregel Hapoel Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club in Liga Leumit. Hapoel plays at Teddy Stadium in Malha, Jerusalem.

History

Hapoel Jerusalem Club was established in 1926 and played in the inaugural season of the EIFA league, playing the league's first match against local rivals Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem.^[1]^[2] The club played in the league for its first three seasons, however, the club was restricted to playing mainly in the Jerusalem area due to travelling difficulties. The club participated occasionally in the Palestine Cup, reaching the cup final in 1943, losing to a team from the Royal Artillery 1–7.^[3]

After the establishment of Israel, the club registered to play in the makeshift second tier league, Liga Meuhedet, in the Jerusalem-Central division, which the club won. The club continued to play in the second division (Liga Bet until 1956 and Liga Alef afterwards), until it was promoted to the top division at the end of the 1956–57 season, after finishing second in promotion play-offs. Following the promotion, the club stayed in the top division for 21 seasons, achieving its best position, 3rd, in 1972–73. In 1971–72 the club reached the State Cup final, losing to Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1. A season later, the club reached the cup final again, this time winning the cup.^[4]

The club was relegated to the second division in 1979, but bounced back the following season. The club continued to yo-yo between the two top divisions in the following seasons, playing his last season at the top division in 1999–2000. In 1998, the club reached its fourth cup final, but lost to Maccabi Haifa in extra time.

In the early 1990s, the club was transferred to businessmen Yossi Sassi and Victor Yona. The two ran the team together until falling out, leading to a long business and legal dispute^[5] which lasted until 2009, when Yona left the club.^[6] During the dispute, a group of supporters, tired of the feuding between the two businessmen, decided to establish a group, first in an attempt to purchase control of the club, and then in a bid to establish a fan-owned club, Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem. The fan-based club was established in 2009 (after a short period of existence as a merged club with Hapoel Mevaseret Zion) and progressed to the Liga Leumit in 2013–14, where the two clubs met for the first time.

The club currently plays in second tier Liga Leumit, to which it promoted from Liga Alef in 2010–11.

Stadiums

Since the establishment of Israel, the club played in three stadiums, YMCA stadium, in which the club played between 1949 and 1955, when the club moved to its own Katamon Stadium, in the neighborhood of Katamon. Katamon Stadium was razed in 1982, with the intention to build a bigger modern stadium in its place, and in the meantime the club returned to play in YMCA stadium. The new stadium in Katamon was never built, and instead Teddy Stadium was built in the Malha neighborhood, to which the club moved in 1992.

Support

During the early years, support of the club came mostly from the labour organizations in Israel. City rivals Beitar were identified with the right-wing nationalist organizations. All this played out to create the Jerusalem derby. To this day the rivalry exists, though it is not nearly as heated as when both clubs played in the top division of Israeli football. In 2007 a large majority of fans, unhappy with the management of the club, defected and founded Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C., the first fully fan-owned club in the country.

Current squad

As to 30 July 2017

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Itau Duani
3	MF	Matan Toledano
6	MF	Or Zahavi
8	FW	Haithem Halabi
9	MF	Assaf Levy
10	MF	Offir Azo
16	DF	Or Lagrisi
17	FW	Liel Saportas
18	DF	Sagi Yosef
20	DF	Gal Amsalem

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Eli Deri
25	MF	Yossi Bitton
26	DF	Or Hershkovitz
31	FW	Bar Shalom
36	MF	Yaniv Segev
55	GK	Idan Stein
99	FW	Tomer Ohana
	MF	Guy Asraf
	MF	Itamar Cohen

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	3	1949–50, 1979–80, 1987–88
Third tier	3	2001–02, 2007–08, 2010–11

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
State Cup	1	1973

Other titles

Honour	No.	Years
Raghib al-Nashashibi Cup	1	1929^[7]

External links

Club website (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

↑ Maccabi Hashmonai Hapoel Jerusalem 8 – 0 (2–0) Do'ar HaYom, 13 November 1931, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
↑ 80 Years to the Israeli League Asher Goldberg, 17 November 2011, IFA (in Hebrew)
↑ Gunners Team Won the War Cup 1943 HaBoker, 17 October 1943 (in Hebrew)
↑ Jerusalem's First Cup! Pinhas Zahavi, 21 June 1973, Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
↑ So What If Constructor Victor Yona Owes 6 Million NIS to Hapoel Jerusalem and Its Creditors? No'am Sharvit, 17 August 2008, Globes (in Hebrew)
↑ Victor Yona: I Hope My Resignation Will Help the Team Lee Nof, 8 October 2009, One (in Hebrew)
↑ Palestine from Day to Day – Hapoel Wins Nashashibi Cup The Palestine Bulletin, 26 April 1929, Historical Jewish Press

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club
Honours Players Managers Records Seasons Current season
History	History of Hapoel Jerusalem
Home stadium	Jerusalem International YMCA (1949–1955, 1982–1992) Katamon Stadium (1955–1982) Teddy Stadium (1992–)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons
North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom
South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yaniv F.C. Kafr Qasim Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Nes Tziona
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 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 2016–17 2017–18
See also: Liga Artzit

Israeli Premier League
Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Acre Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Stadiums	Doha Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium Acre Stadium Netanya Stadium Sala Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Former clubs	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Tel Aviv 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 2016–17 2017–18

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