Beitar Jaffa F.C.

Beitar Jaffa

Full name

Beitar Jaffa Zion Football Club
בית"ר יפו ציון

Founded

1949

Ground

Neve Golan, Jaffa

Chairman

Michael Damo

Manager

Ya'akov Yarhi

League

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

2015–16

6th

Home colours

Away colours

Beitar Jaffa (Hebrew: בית"ר יפו‎) is an Israeli football club based in Jaffa. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division.

History

The club was founded in 1949, and played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. However, they spent four seasons in the second tier of Israeli football. Beitar have played their first season in Liga Meuhedet, the temporary second tier in the 1949–50 season, where they finished eighth out of nine in the Tel Aviv division, and relegated to Liga Gimel. In the 1954–55 season, the club returned to the second tier, however, they finished second bottom in Liga Bet South division, and relegated to Liga Gimel, the third division at the time, where they played, until the 1961–62 season, in which the club finished bottom in Liga Bet South B division, and relegated to Liga Gimel.

The club returned to Liga Bet in the 1971–72 season. In the 1973–74 season the club topped Liga Bet South A division, and qualified to the promotion play-offs against the South B division winner, Hapoel Ashkelon, the two South divisional runners-up, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi Yavne, and the bottom ranked clubs from Liga Alef South, Hapoel Ramla and Maccabi Holon. The club has won the play-offs with three wins and two draws, and was promoted to Liga Alef. The club finished the following season in Liga Alef South at the bottom place, with only 8 points, however, they were reprieved from relegation, after the Israel Football Association decided to expand Liga Leumit to 18 clubs, and Liga Alef to 17 clubs in each division for the following season, where they finished second bottom, and dropped by two levels to Liga Bet, which became the fourth tier of Israeli football, following the creation of Liga Artzit in 1976.

In the 1979–80 season, the club finished bottom in Liga Bet South A division,^[1] and relegated to Liga Gimel, (the fifth tier from 1976 to 1999, and the sixth tier from 1999 to 2009). The club returned to Liga Bet in the 2001–02 season,^[2] where they played until the 2005–06 season,^[3] in which the club finished second bottom in Liga Bet South A division, and relegated to Liga Gimel (now as the fifth and lowest tier), where they play today.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	1	1973–74

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Gimel divisional State Cup	1	2012–13

External links

Beitar Jaffa Zion The Israel Football Association

References

↑ Liga Bet Ma'ariv, 27.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet South A One (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet South A One (Hebrew)

Liga Gimel

Upper Galilee	Bnei Ma'alot Tarshiha F.C. Aramshe Danun F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Hatzor HaGlilit F.C. Julis Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Bnei Hurfeish Hapoel Bnei Peki'in Hapoel Bnei Rameh Hapoel Jat Yanuh HaGlilit Hapoel Merom HaGalil Hapoel Nahariya Hapoel Tarshiha Maccabi Ahva Yarka

Lower Galilee	Ahva Arraba Bnei Arraba F.C. Halat al-Sharif F.C. Tzeirei Ibtin Khawaled F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Deir al-Asad Hapoel Bnei Nujidat Hapoel Ironi Bni I'billin Ironi Bnei Sha'ab Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Bnei Deir Hanna Maccabi Kafr Manda Maccabi Ironi Tamra Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr

Jezreel	Beitar Afula Beitar al-Amal Nazareth Beitar Ein Mahil Beitar Umm al-Fahm Bnei Musheirifa Baiada F.C. Kfar Kama F.C. Nazareth Illit Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara F.C. Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Isfiya Maccabi Ahi Ar'ara 'Ara

Samaria	Beitar Hadera Beitar Pardes Hanna F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Yam Hapoel Ahva Haifa Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Hapoel Halissa Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Ironi Barta'a Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Isfiya

Sharon	Beitar Tubruk Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt Hapoel Jaljulia Hapoel Kafr Bara Hapoel Oranit F.C. Bnei Qalansawe F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Ironi Ariel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Netanya Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Shimshon Bnei Tayibe Shimshon Kafr Qasim

Tel Aviv	Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Zion Bnei Yehud Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel Hapoel Kiryat Shalom Hapoel Neve Golan Maccabi Hashikma Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Otzma F.C. Holon Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan Shimshon Tel Aviv

Central	A.S. Nordia Jerusalem F.C. Rishon LeZion F.C. Tzeirei Lod Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in Hapoel Ironi Gedera Hapoel Matzliah Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Ramla Hapoel Tirat Shalom Ironi Lod Maccabi Kiryat Ekron

South	A.S. Ashdod A.S. Ashkelon Bnei al-Salam Rahat Elitzur Ironi Yehuda F.C. Arad F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Hapoel Bnei Ashdod F.C. Hapoel Yeruham F.C. Ironi Kuseife F.C. Maccabi Ashdod F.C. Tzeirei al-Hoshla Hapoel Tzeirei al-Mahdi Maccabi Dimona Maccabi Ironi Hura Maccabi Ironi Sderot

Seasons (fifth level)	1958–59 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

Seasons (sixth level)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

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