Hapoel Netanya F.C. Explained

Clubname:Hapoel Netanya
Fullname:Hapoel Netanya Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הפועל נתניה
Founded:1937
Dissolved:1982
Ground:Hapoel Stadium, Netanya
Season:1981–82
Position:Liga Bet North B, 4th

Hapoel Netanya Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל נתניה) was a football club based in Netanya, Israel.

History

The club played their first match at 6 February 1937, in a friendly against Hapoel Kfar Yona, which ended in 1–1 draw.[1]

The club played in the second tier from 1949 to 1955, 1959–1960, 1964–1972 and 1973–1979. The biggest accomplishment of the club came at the end of the 1974–75 season when they finished 4th in the second division. They got relegated at the end of the 1978–79 season. At the end of the 1980–81 season, they got relegated to Liga Bet, the fourth tier of Israeli football.

After major financial problems, the club players were released, and the club dissolved at 15 October 1982.[2]

Honours

League

scope=colHonourscope=colNo.scope=colYears
scope=rowPremier Division21932–1933, 1938–1939
scope=rowThird Division21963–1964, 1972–1973

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&Source=MyColl&ViewMode=GIF&AppName=2&BaseHref=DAV/1937/02/15&EntityId=Ar00908&PageLabelPrint= In Football
  2. http://www.jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&Source=MyColl&ViewMode=GIF&AppName=2&BaseHref=MAR/1982/10/17&EntityId=Ar03302&PageLabelPrint=33 Hapoel Netanya footballers received the release forms