Our grade is divided into two Israeli soccer teams: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Herzeliyah Here are the team's logos:
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| Maccabi Herzeliyah |
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| Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Let's see what you can find out about these two teams! Here are the questions to answer:
What are the team colors?
Team history?
Best season?
Name of stadium?
Information on the host city....
Hapoel Kfar Saba
ReplyDeleteBest Season: 1981-82
Team History: The club was established in 1928. In 1951–52 they won the South Division of Liga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef (then the top division). Three years later they finished third from bottom and had to take part in promotion/relegation play-offs with the two top clubs from the second tier. They were unbeatnd during the play-offs and retained their place in Liga Leumit (which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division). However, in 1955–56, they finished bottom and were relegated.
Hapoel made an immediate return to Liga Leumit. They finished bottom in 1957–58, but avoided the drop as no clubs were relegated. However, they finished bottom again the following season and were relegated. The club returned to Liga Leumit in 1968. In 1975 they reached the State Cup final for the first time, beating Beitar Jerusalem 1-0. After several mid-table finishes, they were relegated at the end of the 1976–77 season. They made an immediate return to the top division, finishing third in Liga Artzit (the new second tier). In 1980 they reached the State Cup final again, beating Maccabi Ramat Amidar 4–1.
In 1980–81 they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing two points and one place above the relegation zone. The following season the club won the title for the first (and only) time under the management of Dror Kashtan. However, they finished bottom the season after, and returned to Liga Artzit.
They finished as runners-up to Hapoel Haifa in 1983–84 to make another immediate return to Liga Leumit. In 1990 the club reached the State Cup final for a third time, beating Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–0 after extra time. The following season they were relegated again after finishing bottom of the table. They returned to the top division in 1993, but finished bottom again and were relegated.
The club made another immediate return to the top division. In 1999–2000 they were relegated to Liga Leumit (now the second tier). They won the league in 2001–02 to return to the top division, but were relegated at the end of the following season. The club won Liga Leumit again in 2004–05, and avoided relegation on goal difference the following season. However, two seasons later they were relegated on goal difference. For the new season 2010-2011 a new owner(Harel Raihman) came on after almost 15 years (years of Tabib's era). A lot has changed from the last season on the management with some people from the past of the club, like past players that went on to the management (Marchinski) and others (nosovski and co). The squad has changed too a lot for this season (2010-2011).
Colors: Green & White
Stadium: Levita Stadium
Info on host city: Kfar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2009, Kfar Saba had a total population of 83,600.
Maccabi Herzeliyah
ReplyDeleteColors: Yellow and blue
History: The club was established in 1932. In 1978 they were promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second tier). However, they finished bottom in the 1980-81 season and were relegated back to Liga Alef. In 1983 they moved to the Herzliya Municipal Stadium, which they share with city rivals Hapoel Herzliya.
At the start of the 1990s the club returned to Liga Artzit, and were promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in their history in 1992-93 as Artzit champions. They avoided relegation by a single point in 1994-95, and finished one place above the relegation zone again in 1996-97 and 1998-99. In the first season of the new Premier League in 1999-2000, they finished second bottom and were relegated.
In 2001-02 they finished third, narrowly missing out on promotion back to the Premier League. In 2004 they reached the State Cup final for the first time, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv on penalties after a 2-2 draw. In 2005-06 they won Liga Leumit (now the second tier) to return to the top division. After finishing one place above the relegation zone in the 2006-07 season, In the 2007-08 season they finished bottom and relegated back to Liga Leumit.
Best Season: 2005-06
Stadium: Herzliya Municipal Stadium
Host City: Herzliya (Hebrew: הֶרְצְלִיָּה) is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents.[1] Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km². At its western municipal boundaries is Herzliya Pituah, one of Israel's most affluent districts, home to ambassadors, foreign diplomats and businessmen.
Matthew you are awesome and super fast! Kol hakavod!
ReplyDeleteI figured it couldn't take too long so I did it last night.
ReplyDeleteMatthew - great job compiling all this info!
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