Beitar Nahariya F.C.

Beitar Nahariya

Full name

Beitar Nahariya Football Club
בית"ר נהריה

Founded

1962
2007 (Refouned)

Ground

Municipal Stadium, Nahariya

Chairman

Yosef Lankri

Manager

Amitai Barak

League

Liga Bet North A

2015–16

Liga Bet North A, 7th (Relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Beitar Nahariya (Hebrew: בית"ר נהריה‎) is an Israeli football club based in Nahariya. The club currently plays in Liga Bet North A division.

History

The club was founded in 1962. In their first season of existence, they won their regional division of Liga Gimel and were promoted to Liga Bet.^[1] Up until the mid-1980s, Beitar, which have played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football, was in the shadow of their local rivals, Hapoel Nahariya, which have played mostly in the second and third tiers of Israeli football. Things were changed in Nahariya as Hapoel were relegated from Liga Alef in the 1981–82 season, and did not return to this league ever since, whilst Beitar made history, by finally reaching Liga Alef in the 1985–86 season, where they finished runners-up in the North division, and qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they beat Hapoel Rishon LeZion 4-3 on aggregate (2-2, 2-1). Thus, the club made their second successive promotion within two seasons, from Liga Bet to Liga Artzit,^[2] which was the second tier of Israeli football at the time.

The club's spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season, as they finished second bottom in the 1986–87 season, winning only four games, and relegated back to Liga Alef. After another relegation, to Liga Bet, the club folded in 1995.^[3]

The club had reformed in 2007 and joined Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football, where they finished runners-up in the Upper Galilee division, and promoted to Liga Bet.^[4] In the 2012–13 season, the club won the Liga Bet North A division with a margin of 13 points over the second placed club,^[5] and promoted to Liga Alef.

In 2014–15, the club finished 15th in Liga Alef North, and relegated to Liga Bet.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	5	1962–63, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1984–85, 2012–13
Fifth tier	2	1980–81, 1982–83

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet divisional State Cup	2	2008–09, 2012–13
Liga Gimel divisional State Cup	1	2007–08

External links

Beitar Nahariya The Israel Football Association

References

↑ From no - To yes and from Gimel - To Bet (Page 2) Hadshot HaSport, 12.7.1963, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
↑ Beitar balance in Artzit kept Maariv, 11.5.1986, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Verdict 51/93, Regional Court, Haifa takdin.co.il (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Gimel Upper Galilee 2007/2008 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet North A 2012/2013 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Fourth Level Israeli football league seasons

North A	Ahi Acre Ahi Bir al-Maksur Ahva Kafr Manda Al-Nahda Nazareth Beitar Haifa Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Nahariya F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Bnei Maghar Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre

North B	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Sandala Gilboa 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 Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeiri Tayibe Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yaniv Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom 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

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