Ahva Arraba F.C. ( he, אחווה עראבה, ar, الأخوة عرابة), was an Israeli football team based in Arraba.

History

The club was founded in 2004 and succeeded the previous club of the local council, Hapoel Arraba, which last played in

Liga Bet Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions. History League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...

North A division at the 2003–04 season and finished 12th. Ahva Arraba loaned the previous club players, and started in

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel ( he, ליגה ג', lit. ''League C'') is the fifth and bottom division of Israeli Football League, a position it has held since 2009. From Liga Alef and downwards to this, each league is separated by region as well. History Liga Gime ...

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division at the 2004–05 season, where they finished runners-up,Liga Gimel – Western Galilee
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and promoted to Liga Bet. In 2006–07 the club finished runners-up in the North A division and qualified for the

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, where they lost to Ironi Tiberias. Ahva Arraba won the North A division in 2007–08 and promoted to

Liga Alef Liga Alef ( he, ליגה א', , League A) is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Decla ...

North. The following season they also finished as champions, with a margin of 20 points over the second placed club and earned promotion to the newly-restructured second tier,

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...

, jumping four levels in three seasons. The club's best placing to date came at the 2009–10 season, when they finished ninth in Liga Leumit. However, in the following season, the club finished bottom and relegated to

. In 2013–14, the club finished bottom in Liga Alef North and relegated to Liga Bet. In 2014–15, the club finished third bottom in Liga Bet North A and further relegated, to Liga Gimel, after losing in the

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0–1 to Hapoel Kaukab and 1–2 to Hapoel Bnei Maghar in the decisive match.

Honours

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References

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History

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