Hapoel Mevaseret Zion(Hebrew:הפועל מבשרת ציון) is an Israeli football club based inMevaseret Zion.The club is currently inLiga GimelCentral division.
| Full name | HapoelMevaseret Zion Football Club הפועל מבשרת ציון | ||
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| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Ground | HaMigrash HaYarok,Mevaseret Zion | ||
| Capacity | 200 | ||
| Chairman | Doron Ben Shimon | ||
| Manager | Andrey Andonov | ||
| League | Liga GimelCentral | ||
| 2015–16 | 8th | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in 1966 and played mostly in the lower divisions ofIsraeli football.Mevaseret reachedLiga Betfor the first time in the1981–82 season,in which they were punished with suspension of activity and demoted back toLiga Gimel.[1]After several years between Liga Gimel and Liga Bet, the club reachedLiga Aleffor the first time in their history in1998–99,the first out of two seasons in which the club played in the third tier of Israeli football, as following the creation of theIsraeli Premier Leaguein thefollowing season,Liga Alef became the fourth tier, up until 2009, whenLiga Artzit(then the third tier) was closed, and Liga Alef regained its status as the third tier.
Prior to the2004–05 season,the club becameHapoel Mevaseret Zion/Abu Ghosh,following a merger with Ironi Abu Ghosh, and became the first Israeli team mixed from anArabvillage and aJewishtown.[2][3][4]
Prior to the2007–08 season,disenchanted fans ofHapoel Jerusalem,extremely dissatisfied with the management, resolved to create a company with the aim of purchasing Hapoel Jerusalem. When it became evident that reaching such a deal was impossible, they joined forces with Hapoel Mevaseret Zion/Abu Ghosh and became known asHapoel Katamon/Mevaseret Zion.[5]The merged club failed to achieve promotion to Liga Artzit, after they finished runners-up in Liga Alef South division, one point behind champions,Ironi Bat Yam.Thefollowing seasonwas less successful, as the club finished in the seventh place. The merger between Mevaseret and Katamon came apart at the end of the season. Hapoel Mevaseret Zion continued in Liga Alef, whilstHapoel Katamon Jerusalemwere registered in Liga Gimel as a new club.[5]
In2009–10,the season in which Liga Alef regained its status as the third tier of Israeli football, Hapoel Mevaseret Zion, now as a separate entity, finished in the bottom place and relegated to Liga Bet. In thefollowing season,the club narrowly avoided relegation to Liga Gimel, after they finished bottom in Liga Bet South B division and earned a place in the Relegation play-offs due to the dismissal ofIroni Ramlafrom the league. Mevaseret beatF.C. Dimona1–0 in the first round ofLiga Bet South B Relegation play-offsand remained in Liga Bet. However, in thefollowing season,they finished once more in the bottom place and were relegated to Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football, where they play today.
Honours
edit| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Fifth tier | 1 | 1985–86[6] |
External links
edit- Hapoel Mevaseret ZionArchived2014-10-09 at theWayback MachineThe Israel Football Association(in Hebrew)
References
edit- ^Who will be relegated from North B? (Page 7)Hadshot HaSport, 16.5.1982, archive.football.co.il(in Hebrew)
- ^Abu Ghosh-Mevaseret unionHaAretz, 3.3.2005(in Hebrew)
- ^Fighting for equality – On the football pitch and outside of itArchived2014-10-24 at theWayback MachineDaniel Ben Tal, Common Ground News, 13.6.2005(in Hebrew)
- ^Ginzburg, Yonatan (3 September 2021)."הפועל אבו גוש מבשרת ציון: יהודים ומוסלמים כאחד"[Abu Ghosh Mevaseret Zion: Jews and Muslim as One].One(in Hebrew). Tel Aviv.Retrieved3 September2021.
- ^abGeneral informationArchived2014-10-20 at theWayback MachineHapoel Katamon Jerusalem(in Hebrew)
- ^Promotion to Liga Bet Playoffs: Givat HaRakafot and Bat Yam WonDavid Lavie and Amir Eisenberg, 18 May 1986, History Jewish Press(in Hebrew)