Hapoel Kafr Kanna () is an Israeli football club based in

Kafr Kanna Kafr Kanna (, ''Kafr Kanā''; ) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel. It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine. In its population was . It ...

. The club is currently in the

Liga Alef Liga Alef () 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 Declaration of Independence. Howe ...

North division.

History

The club played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 1994–95 season, Hapoel Kafr Kanna reached

, where they played for 19 successive seasons,After 19 years
Mohammed Khader Anis, Doublepass, 6.5.2013 until the 2012–13 season, in which they finished second bottom and relegated to

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. The club's best placing to date came at the 1995–96 season, when they finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division, 5 points behind their local rivals, Maccabi Kafr Kanna, which were promoted to

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, the second tier of Israeli football at the time. In the 2013–14 season, the club came close to make a return to Liga Alef, when they finished level on points with Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum, on top of Liga Bet South A division. A decisive match for promotion was held, in which Hapoel Kafr Kanna lost 3–4 in penalties, after 1–1 draw in 120 minutes.At the end of a great drama: Majd al-Krum promoted to Liga Alef
Guy Goldfarb and Michael Wassermann, Doublepass, 30.4.2014 Following the defeat, Hapoel Kafr Kanna went to compete in the

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, where they lost in the first round 1–4 to Hapoel Shefa-'Amr and remained in Liga Bet. In the 2014–15 season, the club won Liga Bet North A division and made a return to Liga Alef.

Honours

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Cups

External links

Hapoel Kafr Kanna
The Israel Football Association

References

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