Ironi Tiberias F.C.

Ironi Tiberias
Full name Ironi Tiberias Football Club
Founded 2006
Ground Tiberias Stadium, Tiberias
Ground Capacity 4,500
Owner Municipality of Tiberias
Chairman Zoar Izhak
Manager Ilan Swisa
League Liga Alef North
2015–16 3rd

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 19 September 2016[4]
No. Position Player
2 Israel DF Jeffery Nissenbaum
5 Israel DF Shimon Mamram
6 Israel MF Gateon Triko
7 Israel MF Shlomi Berzik
8 Israel MF Gal Malka
9 Israel FW Avi Amar
10 Israel FW Hen Yad'an
11 Israel MF Ahmed Saba
13 Israel GK Gabriel Cohen
14 Israel MF Ehud Ma'arbi
15 Israel DF Niran Rotstein
17 Israel FW Muamer Krakra
No. Position Player
18 Israel MF Oshri Tawil
19 Israel DF Nitzan Daniel
20 Israel DF Idan Weitzman
22 Israel MF Afif Nazal
23 Israel MF Shmuel Haimas
24 Israel FW Sharon Inbar
25 Israel GK Adi Tadmor
26 Israel DF Meir Gabay
27 Israel DF Amit Ben Simhon
30 Israel MF Matan Barami
99 Israel MF Tom Dan

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 (Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Opening of the Maccabi Ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 23.10.27, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Hapoel Tiberias Nana.co.il, 28.08.02 (Hebrew)
  4. ↑ Ironi Tiberias Israel Football Association
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