Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C.

Hapoel Kfar Shalem
Full name	Hapoel Kfar Shalem Football Club; הפועל כפר שלם
Founded	1958
Ground	Southern Sportech Ground, Tel Aviv
Chairman	Avihai Yehiye
Manager	Noam Shoham
League	Liga Alef South
2022–23	Liga Alef South, 2nd
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Kfar Shalem (Hebrew: הפועל כפר שלם) is an Israeli football club based in the Kfar Shalem neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. They are currently in Liga Alef South division, and play home matches at Southern Sportech.

History

The club was founded in 1958, and started at Liga Dalet, the lowest tier of Israeli football at the time.[1] However, they were quickly promoted to Liga Gimel, and prior to the 1963–64 season, they were promoted to Liga Bet by the Israeli Football Association, after winning a special draw, in order to make an even number of clubs in Liga Bet North B division.[2]

In the following season, the club was transferred to Liga Bet South A division, and made history by winning the division, and promotion to Liga Alef, the second tier of Israeli football at the time. the club finished their first season in Liga Alef South in the 11th place. however, in the following season, which was actually the "double season" of 1966–68, the club finished bottom with 10 wins out of 60 matches, and relegated back to Liga Bet.

By the late 1980s, the club returned to Liga Alef (now as third tier), and in 1995 were promoted to Liga Artzit, and made a return to the second tier of Israeli football after 27 years. however, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted one season, as they finished bottom at the 1995–96 season with 4 wins out of 30 matches, and relegated back to Liga Alef.

In the 2006–07 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Alef South behind champions, Hapoel Maxim Lod. however, as the latter folded, Kfar Shalem was promoted instead to Liga Artzit (now as third tier). in the following season in Liga Artzit, the club finished bottom once more, with 4 wins out of 33 matches, and relegated back to Liga Alef (now as third tier, following the closure of Liga Artzit in 2009), where they played until their promotion to the second division in 2020.

Current squad

As to 7 July 2022


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Lee Yam Hanan
4	DF	ISR	Niv Vahaba
5	DF	ISR	Eitan Aharon
6	DF	ISR	Tom Yehezkel
8	MF	ISR	Tomer Benbenishti
9	FW	ISR	Sahar Barami
10	FW	ISR	Ohad Kadousi
11	MF	ISR	Adis Checkol
14	MF	ISR	Phillip Zakak
15	DF	ISR	Yuval Spungin
18	DF	ISR	Idan Adhaneny
19	MF	ISR	Omer Shirazi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ISR	Omer Zimro
21	MF	ISR	Ben Hayun
24	DF	ISR	Roy Benbenishti
55	GK	ISR	Ido Sharon
—	GK	ISR	Lior Hidriyan
—	GK	ISR	Adi Tabachnik
—	DF	ISR	Paz Ben Ari
—	DF	ISR	Tom Ahi Mordechai
—	MF	ISR	Omri Shekel
—	MF	ISR	Sabastian Hernandez
—	MF	ISR	Diego Nicolaievsky
—	FW	ISR	Elior Mishali

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	2	1964–65, 1994–95

External links

Hapoel Kfar Shalem Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

From Saturday results Heruth, 14.4.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
FA approved: 16 in Leumit in the next season Maariv, 13.10.63, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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[From_Saturday_results-1] From Saturday results Heruth, 14.4.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[FA_approved:_16_in_Leumit_in_the_next_season-2] FA approved: 16 in Leumit in the next season Maariv, 13.10.63, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

Liga Alef
North	F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Kiryat Yam Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also: Liga Artzit