Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C.

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
Full name Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon Football Club
Founded 1957 (1957)
Ground Grundman Stadium, Ramat HaSharon
Ground Capacity 4,300
Chairman Boaz Moldavsky
Manager Haim Shabo
League Liga Leumit
2015–16 Liga Leumit, 10th

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל ניר רמת השרון) is an Israeli football based in Ramat HaSharon. They are currently members of Liga Leumit and play their home matches at the Grundman Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1957 as Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, the club was promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second division) in 1984. In the 1984–85 season they narrowly missed out on promotion to Liga Leumit (then the top division), after losing 1–0 to Hapoel Jerusalem on the final day of the season; had they won, they would have been promoted in Jerusalem's place. The following season they were relegated to Liga Alef, and two seasons later to Liga Bet. During the 1990s the club was renamed after former player Nir Itzhaki.

In 1996 the club returned to Liga Alef. In 1999–2000 they finished second in their division. Due to Beitar Tel Aviv and Shimshon Tel Aviv merging, the club was promoted to Liga Artzit (now the third tier) to fill the vacancy. In 2002–03 they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the relegation zone. The following season they won the league to earn promotion back to the second division. In the same season they also won the Liga Artzit Toto Cup.

The club escaped relegation in 2004–05 after Maccabi Ahi Nazareth had two points deducted. The following season they finished third from bottom again, but avoided the drop.

In the 2009–10 season the club made one of its biggest achievements in the club's history when the team reached the semi final of the Israel State Cup.

In the 2010–11 season the club won the Toto Cup Leumit and got promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in the history of the club after they finished as champions of Liga Leumit. In June 2013, the club changed its name from Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon to Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and resulted in a new logo.

In the 2012–13 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished sixth in the Israeli Premier League. However, in the following season, the club finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Leumit.

Current squad

As of 10 August 2017
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Assaf Raz
2 Israel DF David Schwarzman
3 Israel DF Elad Avni
5 Israel DF Gal Mayo
6 Israel DF Or Zuzut
7 Israel MF Ben Ben Yair
8 Israel MF Rubi Dvora
10 Israel FW Fadi Zidan
11 Israel MF Ryan Gerchad
12 Israel DF Kais Ganem
14 Israel MF Liran Cohen
15 Israel MF Dor Kochav
No. Position Player
16 Israel FW Adir Rahamim
17 The Gambia MF Mamut Saine
18 Israel DF Gal Barel
19 Israel DF Guy Aviv
21 Israel MF Dan Friedrich
23 Israel MF Amit Rozenboim
27 Israel DF Maxim Grechkin
28 Israel MF Amit Magoz
29 Israel MF Ron Ashkenazi
55 Israel GK Idan Tuef
99 Israel FW Yoel Abuhatzira

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Second tier 1 2010–11
Third tier 1 2003–04
Fourth tier 2 1966–68, 1978–79

Cups

Honour No. Years
Toto Cup (second division) 1 2010–11
Toto Cup (third division) 1 2003–04

Managers

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