Ironi Tiberias F.C.

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Ironi Tiberias
Full nameIroni Tiberias Football Club
Founded2006
Ground Municipal Stadium, Tiberias
Capacity4,500
OwnerDorot Group
ChairmanArie Kalmanzon & Mickey Bitan
Manager Eliran Hudeda
League Israeli Premier League
2023–24 Liga Leumit, 2nd of 16

Ironi Tiberias (Hebrew : עירוני טבריה) is an Israeli professional football club based in Tiberias. The club is not connected to Hapoel Tiberias, a former club which spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s and the 1980s, making its last appearance in the top flight in 1989.

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History

Football was played in Tiberias before the Israeli Declaration of Independence. The first club in the city, Maccabi Tiberias, was formed in 1925 [1] and was playing football as early as 1927. [2] A year later, Maccabi Tiberias competed in the first ever edition of the Israel State Cup.

The best known club from Tiberias was Hapoel Tiberias, which played in the top division of the Israeli football in the 1960s, from 1961–62 to 1964–65, and again in 1988–89.

A third club operating in Tiberias during these years was Beitar Tiberias, although it mainly played in the lower levels of the Israeli league, its best performance being reaching Liga Bet, the third tier in the late 1960s and the 1970s.

By the late 1990s both Maccabi and Hapoel has folded, and the only active club was Beitar Tiberias. In 2001 the club was merged with Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton to form Hapoel Galil Tahton/Tiberias. [3] in 2007 the club changed its name to Ironi Tiberias.

In 2006–07 the club finished 2nd in Liga Bet North B and was promoted through play-offs. After several season in Liga Alef North, the club qualified to the promotion play-off at the end of the 2010–11 season, falling in first round to Hapoel Asi Gilboa. The following season the club finished 2nd in Liga Alef, but didn't take part in the promotion play-offs, which involved only the league winner, Hapoel Asi Gilboa.

The club finished 2nd once again in 2013–14 and qualified to the promotion play-offs, and after beating Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek and Hapoel Azor, faced Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the decisive promotion/relegation play-offs. Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate (3–0, 2–1), and promoted to Liga Leumit. However, the club's spell in Liga Leumit lasted only one season, as they finished second bottom in the 2014–15 season and relegated back to Liga Alef.

Current squad

As of 24 November 2024 [4]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
4 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Roei Shahar
5 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Yonatan Teper
6 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Firas Abu Akel
8 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Matanel Tadesa
9 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Stanislav Bilenkyi
11 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Michael Ohana
13 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ron Appelbaum
14 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Waheb Habiballah
16 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Bassam Zarora
17 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Snir Talias
18 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Niv Tubul
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 GK Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Daniel Tenenbaum
21 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Bassel Shaban
23 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ben Vehava
37 DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Ondřej Bačo
51 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Eli Balilty
60 GK Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Tal Bomshtein
70 FW Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Jordan Botaka
72 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Shay Konstantini
90 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Peter Michael
99 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Haroun Shapso
— MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Eithan Velblum

Honours

League

HonourNo.Years
Fourth tier 1 1966–68 1
Fifth tier 1 1996–97 1

1As Beitar Tiberias

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References

  1. ↑ News from the World of Sport in Eretz Israel and Abroad Do'ar HaYom, 16.10.1925, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Opening of the Maccabi Ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 23.10.27, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Hapoel Tiberias Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Nana.co.il, 28.08.02 (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ Players|Ironi Tiberias Israel Football Association
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