Sektzia Nes Tziona F.C.

Sektzia Nes Tziona

Full name

Football Section Nes Tziona

Founded

1955
2005 (Refounded)

Ground

Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona

Capacity

3,500

Chairman

Kobi Kaduri

Manager

Ohad Buzaglo

League

Liga Alef South

2014–15

3rd

Home colours

Away colours

Sektzia Nes Tziona. (Hebrew: סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה‎, Sektziyat Kaduregel Nes Tziona, lit. Football Section Nes Tziona) are a football club from the southern Israeli city of Ness Ziona. They are currently in Liga Alef, the third level of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Ness Ziona Stadium.

History

The club was founded as F.S. Nes Tziona in 1955, following a merger of the local football clubs in Ness Ziona.^[1] In their second season of existence they were promoted from Liga Gimel to Liga Bet.^[1]^[2] In the 1962–63 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Three season later, in the 1965–66 season, they won Liga Alef South division and were promoted to Liga Leumit, then the top division. The 1966-68 season was played over two years and involved a 4-round (60 match) competition. However, the club managed only eight wins and were relegated. This was to be their only appearance in the top division to date.

During the mid-1990s the club played in Liga Artzit, then the second tier. In the 1998-99 season the club finished second from bottom and had four points deducted for breaking budget rules.^[3] They were due to be relegated to the third tier, but were demoted to the fourth tier, Liga Alef, as their budget for the 1999-2000 season was not approved by the Israel Football Association.^[4] After finishing bottom of Liga Alef in 2000-01, they folded.

In the 2004-05 season, Liga Bet club from Ness Ziona, Maccabi Ben Zvi, became Ironi Nes Tziona^[5] or Maccabi Ben Zvi\Ironi, as recognized by the Israel Football Association.^[6] Ironi finished as runners-up to Hapoel Arad, and promoted to Liga Alef after successful promotion play-offs against Hapoel Azor and Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev.^[6] Ironi Nes Tziona was renamed in the summer of 2005, becoming Sektzia Nes Tziona (from the Russian word for "Section"), and the club was reborn. at the end of the 2005-06 season, the club won Liga Alef South and promotion to Liga Artzit.

The club won Liga Artzit in 2008-09, the last season of Liga Artzit as the third tier of Israeli football, and was promoted to Liga Leumit. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished second bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.

Current squad

As of 4 February 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Amit Shemesh
2	DF	Omri Atia
5	DF	Omer Hazom
6	MF	Yotam Penso
7	MF	Tal Ben Shitrit
8	MF	Maor Asor
9	FW	Nissim Asayag
10	MF	Sahar Levy
11	FW	Ben Strikel
12	MF	Ofek Ifrah
14	DF	Roei Ben Basat

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Ido Sharom
16	MF	Nir Sharon
17	MF	Daniel Tru'a
18	MF	Or Hershkovitz
19	DF	Ofek Bantalula
20	MF	Maor Zohar
23	DF	Maor Jarasi
33	GK	Gal Elishayeev
77	GK	Aviv Shetz
99	FW	Itay Ben Harush
	MF	Lidor Lazar

Honours

Second tier (1):
- 1965–66 Liga Alef
Third tier (5):
Fourth tier (3):
- 1956–57 Liga Gimel
- 1989–90 Liga Bet
- 2005–06 Liga Alef

References

1 2 Room at the top Maariv, 27.7.66, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ S.K. Nes Tziona and Hapoel Holon promoted to Liga Bet Heruth, 2.7.57, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Israel Second Level 1998/99 RSSSF
↑ Israel Third Level 1999/2000 RSSSF
↑ Liga Bet South B One (Hebrew)
1 2 Maccabi Ben Zvi\"Ironi" The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

External links

Sektzia Nes Tziona 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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