Ironi Tiberias F.C
Full nameIroni Tiberias Football Club
Founded2006
GroundMunicipal Stadium, Tiberias
Capacity4,500
OwnerDorot Group
chairmen of associationArie Kalmanzon & Mickey Bitan
ManagerEliran Hudeda
LeagueLiga Leumit
2022–23Liga Leumit, 3rd of 16

Ironi Tiberias (Hebrew: עירוני טבריה) is a football club from Tiberias, Israel. The club is not connected to Hapoel Tiberias, a former club which spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s and the 1980s, making its last appearance in the top flight in 1989.

History

Football was played in Tiberias before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the first club in the city, Maccabi Tiberias, was formed in 1925[1] and was playing football as early as 1927.[2] A year later, Maccabi Tiberias competed in the first ever edition of the Israel State Cup.

The best known club from Tiberias was Hapoel Tiberias, which played in the top division of the Israeli football in the 1960s, from 1961–62 to 1964–65, and later again in 1988–89.

A third club operating in Tiberias during these years was Beitar Tiberias, although it mainly played in the lower levels of the Israeli league, its best performance being reaching Liga Bet, the third tier in the late 1960s and the 1970s.

By the late 1990s both Maccabi and Hapoel has folded, and the only active club was Beitar Tiberias. In 2001 the club was merged with Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton to form Hapoel Galil Tahton/Tiberias.[3] in 2007 the club changed its name to Ironi Tiberias.

In 2006–07 the club finished 2nd in Liga Bet North B and was promoted through play-offs. After several season in Liga Alef North, the club qualified to the promotion play-off at the end of the 2010–11 season, falling in first round to Hapoel Asi Gilboa. The following season the club finished 2nd in Liga Alef, but didn't take part in the promotion play-offs, which involved only the league winner, Hapoel Asi Gilboa.

The club finished 2nd once again in 2013–14 and qualified to the promotion play-offs, and after beating Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek and Hapoel Azor, faced Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the decisive promotion/relegation play-offs. Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate (3–0, 2–1), and promoted to Liga Leumit. However, the club's spell in Liga Leumit lasted only one season, as they finished second bottom in the 2014–15 season and relegated back to Liga Alef.

Current squad

As of 18 June 2023[4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Dan Drori
6 MF Israel ISR Shon Weiss
7 FW Israel ISR Timor Avitan
8 MF Israel ISR Eitan Velblum
9 FW Brazil BRA Julio César
10 MF Israel ISR Yaniv Brik
11 MF Israel ISR Bassel Shaban
13 FW Israel ISR Ron Appelbaum
14 FW Israel ISR Waheb Habiballah
15 MF Israel ISR Eilon Elimelech
16 DF Israel ISR Namir Aga
17 MF Israel ISR Snir Talias
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Israel ISR Reef Mesika
20 MF Argentina ARG Franco Mazurek
23 DF Israel ISR Ben Vehava
26 MF Israel ISR Amir Lavi
51 DF Israel ISR Eli Balilty
60 GK Israel ISR Tal Bomshtein
71 FW Israel ISR Ahmed Abed
72 DF Israel ISR Shay Konstantini
77 MF Israel ISR Itay Zada
79 DF Israel ISR Yakov Ababa
99 FW Israel ISR Haroun Shapso
— FW Israel ISR Sapir Razon

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Fourth tier 1 1966–681
Fifth tier 1 1996–971

1As Beitar Tiberias

References

  1. ↑ News from the World of Sport in Eretz Israel and Abroad Do'ar HaYom, 16.10.1925, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Opening of the Maccabi Ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 23.10.27, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Hapoel Tiberias Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Nana.co.il, 28.08.02 (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ Ironi Tiberias Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association
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