Hapoel Acre F.C.
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| Full name | Hapoel Acre Football Club מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו | ||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre, Israel | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Dan Lobalski | ||
| Chairman | Haim Parboznik | ||
| Manager | Alon Ziv | ||
| League | Liga Leumit | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga Leumit, 5th of 16 | ||
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Hapoel Acre Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Akko) is an Israeli professional football club based in Acre. Incorporated in 1946 the club competes in Liga Leumit.
History
Founded in 1946, the club dwelt in the lower leagues until they won Liga Bet North A in the 1962–63 season and promoted for the first time to Liga Alef, the second division by then. In 1973–74, they won Liga Alef North division. However, the Israel Football Association decided that season on promotion play-off, involving the top 2 clubs in each Liga Alef division, and the bottom two clubs in Liga Leumit. after finishing in 5th position (out of 6), they were not promoted.
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In the 2010–11 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished eighth in the Israeli Premier League.
On 3 June 2013, an agreement was signed between Hapoel Acre association and the municipality of Acre, and as a result, a new association was appointed by the municipality.[3]
In the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, the club finished at the bottom of the league at the end of the regular season. However, they avoided relegation in both occasions, following a strong finish of the bottom play-offs. In the 2015–16 season, the club finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Leumit, after seven successive seasons in the top division.
Stadium
The club's traditional ground was the 5,000-seat
The club's traditional ground was the 5,000-seat
Current squad
- As of 1 March 2023[6]
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Managers
Momi Zafran (2006)- Yaron Hochenboim (2007 – May 27, 2010)
- Eli Cohen(July 1, 2010 – May 13, 2012)
- Shimon Hadari (July 1, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013)
- Yuval Naim (Jan 27, 2013 – Jan 27, 2014)
- Alon Harazi (Jan 27, 2014 – Jan 5, 2015)
- Shlomi Dora (Jan 8, 2015 – May 2015)
- Yaron Hochenboim (June 28, 2015 – May 2016)
- Momi Zafran (2016)
- Shlomi Dora (May 31, 2016 – October 23, 2017)
- Eldad Shavit (October 25, 2017 – January 16, 2018)
- Alon Ziv (17 January 2018 – March 10, 2018)
- Haim Levy (March 11, 2019 – June 10, 2019)
- Eli Cohen (June 10, 2019 – present)
References
- ^ Hapoel Acre Maariv, 30.6.1985, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Acre won the Leumit Toto Cup nrg.co.il, 31.1.2006 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Acre: Agreement was signed between the municipality and the association walla.co.il, 3.6.2013, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Life down under: Expect the unexpected Haaretz
- ^ Life down under: Expect the unexpected Haaretz
- ^ "Hapoel Acre" (in Hebrew). Football.org.il (Israel Football Association). Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
External links
- Club website (in Hebrew)