Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona F.C.

Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona
Full name Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Football Club
מכבי עירוני כפר יונה
Founded 1964
Ground Kfar Yona Stadium, Kfar Yona
Chairman Ronen Ben Gigi
Manager Yaron Timor
League Liga Bet South A
2014–15 6th

Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני כפר יונה) is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Yona. The club is currently in Liga Bet South A division.

History

The club was founded in 1964 as Maccabi Kfar Yona and played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 2006–07 season the club won Liga Bet South A division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona played six seasons in Liga Alef South division, until they were relegated back to Liga Bet after the last match of the 2012–13 season, following a defeat of 2-3 to Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.[1]

The club have attempted to return to Liga Alef in the following season and after third-place finish in Liga Bet South A division, they qualified for the Promotion play-offs, where they beat Hapoel Kiryat Ono by a result of 4-2 in the first round;[2] However, in the second round, they lost 0-3 after extra time to Hapoel Hod HaSharon,[3] and remained in Liga Bet.

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