Beitar al-Amal Nazareth () () is an

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i football club based in Nazareth. The club currently plays 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 ...

Jezreel division.

History

The club was founded on 25 March 1964 Nazareth by George kharmaBeitar Is in His Blood
Yediot HaGalil, p. 36, 9 April 2015 as a vehicle for

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

action. Under the guidance of Kharma, who also served as team manager and coach throughout the club's existence, the team joined the Israel football association in 1965–66 and played in

under the name "The Catholic Action Club". At the end of the season the club joined the

Beitar The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After t ...

organization and took the name Beitar al-Amal Nazareth. The team played mainly in the bottom divisions, and was promoted twice to

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 ...

, in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

, only managing a single season in Liga Bet in each season.I Love You Beitar
Offside Stories, 9 February 2013

Honours

League

External links

Beitar al-Amal Nazareth
The Israel Football Association

References

{{Liga Gimel Arab Israeli culture Nazareth Nazareth Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in Israel