Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C.

The club was founded in 1962 as Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth and competed in Liga Gimel for several seasons, before promoting to Liga Bet at the end of the 1971–72 season. The club changed its name in 1973 after Kiryat Nazareth gained city status and was renamed Nazareth Illit.

The club won 1975–76 Liga Bet, but, due to the league system restructuring, the club remained in the league system's third tier, which became Liga Alef. In 1978–79 the club won Liga Alef North division and was promoted to Liga Artzit, then the second tier. In 1983–84 they finished second from bottom, and were relegated to Liga Alef. Two seasons later the club finished second from bottom in Liga Alef and dropped to Liga Bet.

In 1998–99 the club finished as runners-up in Liga Alef North, and was promoted back to Liga Artzit, which was now the third tier following the formation of the Israeli Premier League in 1999. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2000–01 when they finished one place above the relegation zone, the club finished as runners-up the following season, and were promoted back to the second tier. In 2003–04 they finished as runners-up (on goal difference), and were promoted to the top division for the first time in their history.

In their first season in the Premier League the club finished fifth. Home matches were initially played at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's Ilut Stadium, whilst their home ground had floodlights installed. They returned home in February 2005. However, the following season, 2005–06, they finished second from bottom (on goal difference), and returned to Liga Leumit. In 2007–08 they finished bottom of Liga Leumit, and were relegated to Liga Artzit.

Despite only finishing seventh in Liga Artzit in 2008–09, F.C. Nazareth Illit were promoted back to Liga Leumit as restructuring meant the top seven clubs were automatically promoted. Since then, Nazareth Illit hasn't been relegated for 3 consecutive seasons, finishing seventh in 2009–10, 11th in 2010–11 and twelfth in 2011–12.

In the 2012–13 season the club signed several new players, including Ibrahim Basit, Eran Malchin and Moti Malka; they finished second in the league, but lost 3–1 at home in a crucial match against Hapoel Ra'anana in the play-offs,[1] with Ra'anana eventually promoted to the Israeli Premier League, whilst Nazareth Illit finished third and remained in Liga Leumit. In 2018–19 the club finished the regular season at the top of the table, but a collapse during the playoff phase, with the club collecting just 7 points out of 21, led the club to finish in third place and miss out on promotion.

On 4 July 2019, after the name of Nazareth Illit was changed to Nof HaGalil, the club changed its name to Hapoel Nof HaGalil.[2]

Updated 1 February 2023.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISR Ido Artzi 2 DF  GAM Sidiki Jawara 4 DF  ISR Tomer Lebanon 5 DF  ISR Jenia Berkman 6 MF  ISR Mohammed Mahamid 7 DF  ISR Salah Hussein 8 FW  ISR Ofir Mizrahi 9 FW  ISR Nevo Shedo 10 MF  ISR Samir Farhud 11 FW  ISR Alon Buzorgi 15 MF  ISR Nir Lax 16 DF  ISR Yarin Serdal 17 DF  ISR Tomer Buskila 18 DF  ISR Shay Mosinenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ISR Dolev Azulay 21 MF  ISR Liav Preda 23 MF  ISR Ohad Rabinovich 26 DF  ISR Liam Bitan 27 MF  ISR Yitzhak Danan 28 DF  ISR Yonatan Levi 30 MF  ISR Idan David 33 DF  ISR Ali Kayal 70 FW  GUI Alhassane Keita 77 FW  ISR Julian Shelufe 91 MF  ISR Kevin Raisntein 93 GK  ISR Doron Michaeli 98 GK  ISR Tomer Livitanov

• Hapoel Nof Hagalil Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
• Hapoel Nof Hagalil – official website (in Hebrew)