F.C. Kafr Qasim

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F.C. Kafr Qasim
Fc-kafr-qasim.svg
Full nameMoadon Sport Kafr Qasim
Founded2002
Ground HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
Capacity11,500
Chairman Tareq Sarsour
Manager Adham Hadiya
League Liga Leumit
2023–24 Liga Leumit, 10th of 16

F.C. Kafr Qasim (Arabic : النادي الرياضي كفر قاسم صهيب, Ālnādī Ālrīyāḍī Kafr Qāsim Ṣohayb, Hebrew : מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם סוהיב, Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim Sohib, lit.'Kafr Qasim Sohaib Sport Club'; or in short Hebrew : מ.ס. כפר קאסם, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit.'S.C. Kafr Qasim') is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

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History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals from Kafr Qasim, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. In the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef, [1] where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs. [2] After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time. [3]

Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs.

In the two consecutive seasons 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 in Liga Alef FC. Kafr Qasim reached the Final game of the Promotion playoffs to the Liga Leumit against 14th place sides from Liga Leumit, but failed to win promotion in both cases.

They were promoted to the second division Liga Leumit in 2019 automatically from 1st place of Liga Alef South.

Stadium

During the second decade of the twentieth century the club played in different stadiums like Lod Municipal Stadium and Winter Stadium.

These days, Kfar Qassem Football Stadium undergoing renovations and will contain 8,000 seats.

Current squad

As to 30 September 2024
No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Esmaeel Bahash
2 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Alaa Jafar
3 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Omri Amer
4 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Hadar Fuchs
5 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Fadi Najar
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Pedro Sass
7 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Anas Dabour
8 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Fadi Zidan
9 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ihab Abu Alsheikh
10 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Samah Mar'ab
11 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Mohamed Khatib
14 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Liran Rigan
18 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Roy Dayan
19 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Paz Shifman
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ahmad Taha
24 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Shay Golan
26 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Aviv Negbi
40 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Tzlil Nehemia
42 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Muhammed Sarsour
70 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ryan Ashmuz
77 GK Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Matan Galanti
78 GK Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Maor Erlich
88 MF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Alfa Mamadou Diané
99 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Adham Swaed
92 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Abd al-Salam Hamouda
96 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Khalil Farij
97 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Godfred Atuahene
99 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ibrahim Badir

Honours

League

HonourNo.Years
Third tier 1 2018–19
Fourth tier 2 1966–68 1, 1977–78 1
Fifth tier 1 2002–03

1Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

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References

  1. Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7 September 2013 (in Hebrew)
  2. Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 Archived 10 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  3. Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12 May 2013 (in Hebrew)