Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Full name Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club
Founded 1938 (1938) as Hapoel Ra'anana F.C.
1972 (1972) as Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Ground Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Ground Capacity 13,800
Owner Asher Alon
Chairman Israel Ilan Katz
Manager Haim Silvas
League Israeli Premier League
2014–15 10th

Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club (Hebrew: עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel) is an Israeli football club, and based in Ra'anana. They are currently in the Israeli Premier League and play at the Netanya Stadium in Netanya

History

A Hapoel Ra'anana was established in 1938. They were placed in the South Division of Liga Bet (then the second division) in 1951-52.

The modern club was established in 1972, and in the mid-1990s was playing in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football. In 1995 they started a remarkable period of success after they won their division of Liga Gimel and were promoted to Liga Bet. In 1997–98, they won Liga Bet South A division and were promoted to Liga Alef. In 1998–99 they won the North Division of Liga Alef to earn promotion to Liga Artzit. After finishing third in 1999–2000, they won the league the following season and were promoted to Liga Leumit.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in their history. However, they had to play its home matches at Hapoel Kfar Saba's Levita Stadium, as its home ground, the Karnei Oren Memorial Field, did not meet Premier League requirements. In January 2010, the city council published plans for a 7,500-capacity new stadium in Lev HaPark neighborhood.

After a single season in the top division, in which the club finished at the second bottom place, Ra'anana were relegated to Liga Leumit.

After three seasons in Liga Leumit, in 2012-13, Ra'anana finished runners-up and were promoted again to the Israeli Premier League.

Current squad

As of 29 August 2015
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Matan Zalmanovic
3 Israel DF Ahmed Shaban
4 Israel DF David Tiram
5 Israel DF Adi Nimni
6 Israel MF Yuval Shabtay
7 Israel MF Eli Babayev
8 Israel MF Snir Shuker (captain)
9 Israel MF Or Eiloz
10 Israel FW Barak Badash
11 Zambia FW Evans Kangwa
14 Israel FW Sagi Dror
15 Croatia FW Dejan Radonjić
17 Israel MF Eran Rosenbaum
No. Position Player
18 Senegal FW Mamadou Touré Thiam
19 Israel MF Ben Binyamin
20 Israel FW Tal Shiner
21 Israel DF Ido Levy
22 Israel GK Arik Yanko
23 Zambia DF Emmanuel Mbola
24 Israel DF Guy Lipka
26 Israel DF Lior Levi
28 Israel FW Karem Arshid
32 Israel DF Ben Vehava
55 Israel GK Omri Glazer
82 Slovenia MF Rene Mihelič

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Israel GK Daniel Lifshitz (at Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Israel MF Sa'ar Benbenishti (at Israel Maccabi Netanya)
No. Position Player
Israel FW Yosef Abu Laben (at Israel Hapoel Rishon LeZion)

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Third Tier 2 1998–99, 2000–01
Fourth tier 2 1965–66, 1997–98
Fifth tier 1 1995–96

Club officials

Boardroom

Management

Academy Coaching Staff

Former Players

Managers

References

    External links

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