Hapoel Hapoel (, ) is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi World Union, Maccab ...

Beit Shemesh Football Club (

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: מועדון כדורגל הפועל בית שמש) was an Israeli

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club based at

Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh () is a city council (Israel), city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District. A center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Beit Shemesh has a population of 170,683 as of 2024. The city is named afte ...

. In its prime the club played in the second tier of the

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. The club was dissolved in 1994 due to financial difficulties.Verdict 1521/00, Regional Labor Court, Jerusalem
The Hon. Sarah Sade'or, 6 November 2006 A successor club, Ironi Beit Shemesh, plays in

Liga Bet Liga Bet () 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 Independence. However, the financial ...

History

The club was founded in 1958 and started its way in

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel (, lit. ''League C'') is, since 2009, the fifth and bottom division of Israeli football league system, Israeli Football League. From Liga Alef and downwards, including Liga Gimel, each league is separated by region. History Liga Gimel ...

, then the fourth tier of the league system.The sun rises in Beit Shemesh (Page 3)
Hadshot HaSport, 18 August 1965, archive.football.co.il The club was disbanded briefly in 1960,Hapoel Beit Shemesh Branch Disbands
Herut, 29 August 1960, Historical Jewish Press but was re-established shortly afterwards and played the next season in

. At the end of the 1964–65 season the club was promoted to

after reaching second place in the promotion play-offs,Sha'ariya, Beit Shemesh and Elite Also Promoted to Liga Bet
Davar, 28 July 1965 Historical Jewish Press where it played for the next five years. At the end of the 1969–70 season the club was ranked third in the South B division of

, but was promoted after first and second ranked clubs, Hapoel Ramla and Hapoel Ashdod were disqualified from promotion due to suspicions of bribery and match fixing. In 1976–77 the club topped the South division of

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and was promoted to second tier

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. The club suffered immediate relegation the following season, but bounced back and promoted from

after once again topping the division. The club remained in Liga Artzit, with its best final position being the 10th, until relegating at the end of the 1983–84 season. The club bounced back to Liga Artizt once more, but ended in the relegation zone after only one season. The club relegated even further to

and played in the lower divisions until it had to fold due to financial difficulties in 1994.

Honours

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References

*100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006 {{reflist Association football clubs established in 1958 1958 establishments in Israel Association football clubs disestablished in 1994

1994 disestablishments in Israel