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

Owner

Doron Glant

Chairman

Yoram Enav

Manager

Oren Krispin

League

Liga Leumit

2015–16

Liga Leumit, 6th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל פתח תקווה‎‎) 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, which was known as the "War Cup" and was boycotted by Beitar-affiliated clubs, was not recognised by the Israel Football Association until recently.^[2] Nowadays, the IFA recognize this cup edition (along with the 1943 Palestine Cup) as part of the competition's history.^[3]

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.^[4]

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,^[4] 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,^[5] 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 1 June 2017

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Robi Levkovich
2	DF	Daniel Kohen
7	MF	Tengiz Tsikaridze
10	MF	Ness Zamir
12	FW	Branko Mihajlović
15	DF	Ram Levy
17	FW	Mohammed Mahmid
21	DF	Omer Vered
23	MF	Adrian Rochet
26	DF	Yarin Hassan
28	DF	Netanel Binyamin

No.	Position	Player
30	DF	Haim Izrin
77	FW	Gal Tzruya
98	GK	Omer Hanin
99	FW	Orr Barouch
	DF	Yoni Ohayon
	DF	Amiran Shkalim
	DF	Itzik Cohen
	MF	Shlomi Hanuka
	MF	Dan Azaria
	MF	Ben Levy
	FW	Shoval Kubani

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Israeli Championships	6	1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63

Cup competitions

Honour	No.	Years
State Cup	2	1956–57, 1991–92
Toto Cup (top division)	4	1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2004–05
Toto Cup (second division)	1	2007–08
Lilian Cup	1	1989
20th Anniversary Cup	1	1968

Managers

David Wagner (1934–36)
Shimon Ratner (1937–39)
Morris Elazar (1939–41)
Shlomo Poliakov (1942–46)
Moshe Poliakov (1947–52)
Moshe Varon (1952–53)
Moshe Poliakov (1953)
Moshe Varon (1953–54)
Moshe Poliakov (1954)
Moshe Varon (1954–56)
Jackie Gibbons (1956–57)
Eliezer Spiegel (1957–58)
Jackie Gibbons (1958–60)
Ignác Molnár (1960–61)
Miodrag Jovanović (1961–63)
Slavko Milošević (1963–64)
Edmond Schmilovich (1964–66)
Béla Pálfi (1966–67)
Nahum Stelmach (1967–69)
Milovan Beljin (1969–72)
Rehavia Rosenbaum (1972–73)
Boaz Kofman (1973–75)
Arie Redler (1975–76)

Boaz Kofman (1976–77)
Aharon Kapitolnik (1977–78)
Amnon Raz (1978)
Michael Sheinfeld (1978–79)
Zvi Singel (1979–80)
Shimon Shenhar (1980)
Amatzia Levkovic (1980–81)
Itzhak Schneor (1981–82)
Boaz Kofman (1982)
Aharon Kapitolnik (1982–83)
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 Remler (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 (2013–14)
Idan Bar-On (2014–15)
Meni Koretski (2015–16)
Guy Tzarfati (2016)
Felix Naim (2016)
Asaf Nimni (2016)
Yaron Hochenboim (2016-2017)
Oren Krispin (2017-)

References

↑ Trivia on the Israeli League 1949/50-2004/05 RSSSF
↑ Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF
↑ "List of Cup winners" (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
1 2 Israel – List of Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Israel 2007/08 RSSSF

External links

Hapoel Petah Tikva Football Club
Honours Players Managers Records Seasons Current season
History	History of Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. in European football
Home stadium	Old Hapoel Ground (1935–1940) Hapoel Ground (1940–1967) Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium (1967–2010) HaMoshava Stadium

Liga Leumit
Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya
Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Levita Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Nesher Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium
Seasons (second level)	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1947–48 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 2016–17 2017–18

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
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