Hapoel Azor F.C.

Hapoel Azor

Full name

Hapoel Azor Football Club
הפועל אזור

Nickname(s)

Azuria

Founded

1954

Ground

Azor Stadium, Azor

Chairman

Shimon Sinwani

Manager

Yossi Hakim

League

Liga Alef South

2014–15

13th

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Azor (Hebrew: הפועל אזור‎) is an Israeli football club based in Azor. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division.

History

The club was founded in 1954, and in 1959 was promoted to Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time,^[1] where they played up until relegation in the 1965–66 season. fifteen years later, the club returned to the third tier (now Liga Alef), in the 1981–82 season, and reached the third place in the 1986–87 season. however, they were relegated to Liga Bet in the following season, and it took the club twenty four years^[2] to make a return to Liga Alef, following a successful promotion play-off victory over Maccabi Ironi Netivot.^[3]

In their comeback season to Liga Alef, the club finished in the fourth place, and qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 1-0 against Ironi Bat Yam, and were eliminated in the second round, after losing 0-1 to Beitar Kfar Saba. the following season was even more successful, as the club equaled their record placing from 1987, by finishing in the third place, and once again qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 4-1 after extra time against Hapoel Marmorek, and 2-0 against Beitar Kfar Saba. However, Azor were eliminated in the third round, after losing on penalties 2-4 to the Liga Alef North play-offs winner, Ironi Tiberias, after the match ended in 1-1 draw.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	2	1980–81, 2011–12
Fifth tier	1	1977–78

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet divisional State Cup	3	2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12

External links

Hapoel Azor Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

References

↑ Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Team in a day: Hapoel Azor Doublepass (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Azor 1-0 Maccabi Ironi Netivot The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 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

See also: Liga Artzit

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