Hapoel Beit Dagan F.C.

Hapoel Beit Dagan F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל בית דגן), also called Hapoel Beit Dagon, after the name of the biblical Beit Dagon,[1] was a football club from Beit Dagan, Israel.

Hapoel Beit Dagan F.C.
Full nameHapoel Beit Dagan Football Club
הפועל בית דגן
Founded1949
Dissolved1964
LeagueLiga Gimel
1963–649th (Central division)

History

The club was established in 1949, and entered the second division,[2] finishing ninth in the Jerusalem-South division. For the 1953–54 season, the club played in a regional Hapoel league, rather in Liga Gimel[3] and rejoined the IFA league system for the 1954–55 season.[4] The club remained in Liga Gimel, which became fourth division in 1956, until the end of the 1963–64 season, after which the club folded.

References
  1. Singer, Itamar (1992). "Towards the image of Dagon, the god of the Philistines". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 69 (3): 431–450. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. Additional Matches in Liga Meuhedet Al HaMishmar, 7 December 1949, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Leagues for Hapoel in Negev and South Al HaMishmar, 23 October 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. Fierce and Dramatic Struggles in Gimel Leagues Eliyahu Goldschmidt, Hadshot HaSport, 17 July 1955, pp. 7–8, archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
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