Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C.

Hapoel Bnei Lod
Full name Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet Football Club
Founded 1969
1997 (Merger)
Ground Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Ground Capacity 4,000
Chairman Israel Abu Subhi
Manager Israel Slimane Azbarga
League Liga Leumit
2014–15 3rd

Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל בני לוד) are a football club, from the central Israeli city of Lod. The club plays in an all-red strip, and are currently in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Lod Municipal Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1969 and joined Liga Dalet, then the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football league system.[1] In 1997, Hapoel Bnei Lod merged with Hapoel Rakevet Lod (both clubs played in Liga Gimel Central division) and formed Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet, under the management of Abu Subhi.[2]

After the merger, the club won Liga Gimel Central division and reached Liga Bet for the first time in the 1998–99 season. In 2003-04 they won Liga Bet South B division.[3] The following season the club won Liga Alef South division and promotion to Liga Artzit (the third tier). The winning run continued in 2005-06 as the club claimed the Liga Artzit championship to win promotion to Liga Leumit.

The club was close to achieve promotion to the Israeli Premier League at the end of the 2011–12 season, when they finished level in points with the first placed, Hapoel Ramat Gan. the two clubs faced in a decisive promotion play-off held in HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikva. Bnei Lod lost 0-2 and remained in Liga Leumit.[4]

In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, the club finished third, one place short from promotion to the Israeli Premier League.

On 9 December 2014, the club won their first ever piece of silverware, winning the 2014–15 second division's Toto Cup after beating Bnei Yehuda 2-0.[5]

Current Squad

As to 3 February 2016
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Raz Karmi
2 Israel MF Itzik Abushdid
3 Israel DF Matan Peleg
4 Ghana DF Imoro Lukman
5 Israel DF Yakir Shina
6 Israel DF Tomer Elbaz
7 Israel MF Phillip Manneh
8 Israel MF Mohammed Azberga
9 Israel FW Hisham Azberga
10 Israel MF Mahmoud Abbas
11 Israel FW Moshe Ben Lulu
12 Israel MF Halil Farig
13 Israel GK Yosef Azbarga
14 Israel FW Matan Lutati
No. Position Player
15 Israel FW Murad Abu Anza
16 Israel MF Danny Preda
17 Israel DF Salem Abu Siam
18 Israel DF Hana Nasser
19 Israel FW Musa Islam
20 Argentina FW Diego Celis
21 Israel DF Aviv Haddad
22 Israel GK Stav Flezental
23 Israel MF Yahya Isa
25 Romania MF Adrien Hurdubei
27 Brazil FW Leonardo Ramos
28 Israel FW Yinon Barda
77 Israel FW Raz Shavit

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Third tier 1 2005–06
Fourth tier 1 2004–05
Fifth tier 2 1997–98, 2003–04

Cup competitions

Honour No. Years
Toto Cup (second tier) 1 2014–15

External links

References

  1. And again Liga... Dalet (Page 7) Hadshot HaSport, 26.9.1969, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
  2. Bnei Lod's chairman: Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the level of Liga Artzit Aviad Pohoryles & Tomer Am Shalem, nrg.co.il, 20.2.2006 (Hebrew)
  3. Liga Bet South B One (Hebrew)
  4. Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Premier League with 2:0 over Bnei Lod One, 18.5.2013 (Hebrew)
  5. Bnei Lod won the Toto Cup of Liga Leumit Walla, 9.12.2014 (Hebrew)
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