Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.
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| Full name | Hapoel Kfar Saba Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Greens from the Sharon | |||
| Founded | 1928 | |||
| Ground | Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba, Israel | |||
| Capacity | 5,800 | |||
| Owner | Itzhak Shum | |||
| Manager | Itzik Baruch | |||
| League | Liga Leumit | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga Leumit, 7th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר סבא, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba) is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadium.
History
The club was established in
1955–56
, they finished bottom and were relegated.
Hapoel made an immediate return to Liga Leumit. They finished bottom in
Liga Artzit (the new second tier). In 1980, they reached the State Cup final again, beating Maccabi Ramat Amidar
4–1.
In
the season after
, and returned to Liga Artzit.
They finished as runners-up to
following season
they were relegated again after finishing bottom of the table. In 1992, under the management of Avram Marchinsky, the club signed its first American player, Michael Winograd, out of Lafayette College. The club returned to the top division the following season.
In
two seasons later
they were relegated on goal difference.
For the
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon and Hapoel Rishon LeZion which were promoted. As the third placed club, Kfar Saba went to play in the Promotion play-off against the 14th-placed club in the Israeli Premier League, Hapoel Petah Tikva
, and lost both games, 1-4 and 0-1. Thus, the club remained in Liga Leumit.
In the
supporters trust, "The Green Heart", the club recovered in the following season, and made an immediate return to Liga Leumit, after finishing on top of Liga Alef North division. In the following season
, the club made their second successive promotion, following runners-up finish in Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the Israeli Premier League after seven years.
In 2015-16 season, the team finished at 10th, but one season after (2016–17), the team finished 13th and relegated to the Liga Leumit.
Players
Current squad
- As of 29 January 2024
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Out on loan
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Foreigners 2023–24
Only up to six non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad (only five can play at the same time). Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.[citation needed]
Former players
Jerzy Wijas- Shmuel Kozokin (born 1987), Israeli footballer
Staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Owner |  Itzhak Shum
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| CEO | Idan Shum
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| Board Member | Sharon Shum
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| Head coach | Ravid Gazal
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| Goalkeeping coach | Tvrtko Kale
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| Technical manager | Reuven Avital
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| Fitness coach | Ran Goldig
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| Physio | Dafna Cohen
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| Club doctor | Dr. Jonathan Koch
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| Logistics | Jacob Serolovich
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| Manager Youth Department | Amnon raz
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Honours
League
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Israeli Championships | 1 | 1981–82 |
| Second tier | 5 | 1951–52, 1956–57, 1966–68, 2001–02, 2004–05 |
| Third tier | 1 | 2013–14 |
Cup competitions
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| State Cup | 3 | 1974–75, 1979–80, 1989–90 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 1982 |
Managers
Haim Reich (1951–54)- Edmond Schmilovich (1954–55)
- Emmanuel Scheffer (1955)
- Moshe Poliakov (1955–56)
- Israel Weiss (1956–57)
- Zvi Erlich (1957–58)
- Yair Levita (1958–59)
- Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Yair Levita (1959)
- Eliezer Spiegel (1959)
- Emmanuel Scheffer (1959)
- Yair Levita (1959–60)
Harry Gibbons (1960)- Moshe Varon (1960–61)
- Edmond Schmilovich (1961–62)
- Yair Levita (1962)
- Arie Koch (1962–63)
- Lonia Dvorin (1963)
- Gershon Meller (1963–64)
- Arie Koch (1964–65)
- Arie Radler (1965–68)
- Ya'akov Grundman (1968–70)
- Rehavia Rosenbaum (1970–72)
- Nahum Stelmach (1972–73)
- Shlomo Scharf (1973–76)
- Arie Radler (1976)
- Dror Kashtan (1976–77)
- Amnon Raz (1977–78)
- Shlomo Scharf (1978–80)
- Avraham Marchinski (1980–81)
- Dror Kashtan (1981–83)
- Itzhak Shum (1983–85)
- Nissim Bachar (1985–87)
- Shimon Shenhar(1987–88)
- Avraham Marchinski (1988–89)
- Wojciech Łazarek (1989–90)
- Asher Messing (1990–91)
- Avraham Marchinski (1991–93)
- Adir Shamir (1994)
- Nissim Bachar (1994)
- Eli Yani (1994–95)
- Avi Cohen (1996–98)
- Shimon Shenhar (1998)
- Moshe Sinai (1998–99)
- Eyal Lahman (1999)
- Avi Cohen (1999–2000)
- Elisha Levy (2000)
- Motti Ivanir (2000–01)
- Uri Elkabetz (2001)
- Miro Ben Shimon (2001)
- Itzhak Shum (2001–02)
- Tamir Ben Haim (2002–03)
- Michael Kadosh (2003–04)
- Elisha Levy (2004–06)
- Eli Ohana (2006–08)
Slobodan Drapić (2008–09)- Tomer Kashtan (2009–11)
- Guy Azouri (2011)
- Moshe Hershko (2011–12)
- Asi Domb (2012)
- Alon Mizrahi (2012)
- Ran Goldig (2013)
- Idan Shum & Tamir Ben Haim (2013)
- Yehoshua Feigenbaum (2013)
- Felix Naim (2013–15)
- Sharon Mimer (2016–2017)
- Eli Cohen (2017)
- Felix Naim (2017)
- Messay Dego (2017–2018)
Raimondas Žutautas (2018)- Haim Shabo (2018)
- Erez Benodis (2018–2019)
- Ofir Haim (2019–2020)
- Amir Turgeman (2020–)
See also
- Sports in Israel
References
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Hapoel Kfar Saba. Archived 2015-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew).