Beitar Nes Tubruk Netanya (), formerly Beitar Netanya, is a

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club in

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, Israel.

History

Beitar Netanya

The original Beitar Netanya team spent several years in the lower divisions, mainly in the second division there the club played from 1961 to 1977, 1981–82 and in 1986 the club was promoted to the top division (then

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) as

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champions. However, the club won only three games in its first and only season in the top flight, and were relegated with just 10 points, the lowest ever total during a 16-team season. At the end of the

1991–92 Liga Artzit The 1991–92 Liga Artzit season saw Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa promoted to Liga Leumit. At the other end of the table, Beitar Netanya and Hapoel Tiberias relegated to Liga Alef. Final table Promotion-relegation play-offs 14th placed Hap ...

season the club was relegated to the third tier and then disbanded in 1993. A consortium of Israeli investors purchased the club rights.

Beitar Nes Tubruk

Arik Izikovich, with the help of National team manager

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had re-founded the club as a feeder team in the hope of transferring young Israeli players to European clubs and improving the national team.

Sponsorship

The club relies heavily on transfer fees and loan arrangements. The annual budget is generally around 3 million

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, with about a third of that budget coming from

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Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

($130,000 for the first option on two under-21 players) and

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($100,000).

Honours

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Cups

¹As Beitar Netanya

Notable former players

* Gad Machnes (born 1956) *

Vicky Peretz Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (; 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli association football, football player and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C., Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv, RC Stras ...

(1953–2021)

Notable former managers

From Beitar Netanya

Yehoshua Feigenbaum Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum (; born 5 December 1947) is a former Israeli football player. As a striker, he holds many records with Israel national football team. Honours As a Player *Israeli Premier League (2): **1965–66, 1968–69 *Israel ...

Shmulik Perlman Shmulik Perlman (; 23 May 1926 – 24 September 2003) was an Israeli football player and manager. Career Perlman was born in Tel Aviv in 1926, he began his career in the youth ranks of Maccabi Ramat Gan. At the age of 14 he moved to Maccabi Net ...

From Beitar Nes Tubruk (Youth)

* Beni Lam * Gad Machnes (born 1956)

Notes

External links

*
Official page
on IFA (archived 21 March 2012) {{Liga Gimel Sport in Netanya

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