Beitar Haifa F.C.

Beitar Haifa

Full name

Beitar Haifa Football Club

Founded

1939

Ground

Mitham Beitar, Haifa

Owner

Shabtay Waire

Manager

Eli Zahavi

League

Liga Bet North A

2014–15

5th

Home colours

Away colours

Beitar Haifa F.C. (Hebrew: מ.כ. בית"ר חיפה‎‎) is an Israeli football club based in Haifa. The club currently plays in the North A division of Liga Bet. Their main rivals are Hapoel Ahva Haifa.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1939 and played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football.

During its early days, Beitar played mostly against other Haifa region teams and military teams.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

After the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Beitar joined Liga Gimel of the Israel Football Association In 1953. The club reached Liga Bet following a merger with another club from Haifa, Beitar Tel Amal, in the 1960–61 season. In the 1963–64 season they finished runners-up in Liga Bet North A division and were promoted for the first time in their history to Liga Alef (then the second division). In 1965–66, they finished bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Bet. At the end of the 1966–68 season they dropped further tier, to Liga Gimel, and eventually folded, while its players were released for Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on, following an order from Beitar sports association.^[6]

In the early 1970s, the club was re-established.^[7] In the early 1980s, The club started a progress after they won Liga Gimel Haifa division in the 1979–80 season and were promoted to Liga Bet.^[8] In the following season won Liga Bet North B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. In 1982–83, they won Liga Alef North division, after being undefeated throughout the entire season, and were promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second division). Thus, they achieved three promotions within four years.^[7] After finished 9th in 1983–84 and 13th in 1984–85, In 1985–86 they finished bottom of Liga Artzit, winning only two league matches all season, and were relegated back to Liga Alef. In 1989–90 Beitar finished bottom of Liga Alef North division and were relegated to Liga Bet. In 1992–93 they dropped into Liga Gimel.

In 2001–02 the club finished second in the Haifa division of Liga Gimel, and were promoted back to Liga Bet. In 2005–06 they finished second in Liga Bet North A division and were promoted to Liga Alef after play-off victory over Maccabi Tamra. They were relegated back to Liga Bet at the end of the 2007–08 season, this time after they lost to Maccabi Tamra in the relegation play-offs.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	1	1982–83
Fourth tier	1	1980–81
Fifth tier	1	1979–80

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet divisional State Cup	1	2011–12

References

↑ Derby of the suburbs walla.co.il, 9.4.2010 (Hebrew)
↑ Sport Hamashkif, 30.4.1939, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Sport Hamashkif, 3.7.1939, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet Football competition Hamashkif, 5.4.1940, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Sport Hamashkif, 12.4.1942, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on (Page 2) Hadshot HaSport, 4.6.1969, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
1 2 Promise in Beitar Haifa: Soon in Liga Leumit (Page 4) Hadshot HaSport, 31.5.1983, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
↑ Beitar Haifa promoted to Liga Bet in a salvo of 10 goals Maariv, 4.5.1980, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

External links

Beitar Haifa Ya'akov Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Liga Bet

North A	Ahi Acre Ahba Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Haifa Beitar Nahariya F.C. Julis Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Shefa-'Amr

North B	F.C. al-Nahda Nazareth F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Tirat HaCrmel Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Hapoel Holon Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaff Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Shimshon Tel Aviv

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Ironi Sderot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Nordia Jerusalem Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

Football in Israel

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (2016–17) Liga Leumit (2016–17) Liga Alef (2016–17) Liga Bet (2016–17) Liga Gimel (2016–17) Noar Premier League (2016–17)

Women	Women's League (2016–17)

Other	Beach Soccer League ('16) ('17) Futsal League

Domestic cups

Men	State Cup (2016–17) Super Cup Toto Cup (2016–17 Al, 2016–17 Leumit) Youth State Cup (2016–17)

Women	Israeli Women's Cup (2016–17)

Defunct competitions

National teams

Men	National team (History Players Records) U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 Mandatory Palestine

Women	National team U-19 U-17

Other	National beach team National futsal team

Related to national team

International tournaments