S.C. Kafr Qasim (, ''Ālnādī Ālrīyāḍī Kafr Qāsim Ṣohayb'', , ''Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim Sohib'', ; or in short , ''Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim'', ) is an Israeli

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club based in

Kafr Qasim Kafr Qasim (, ), also spelled as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem, Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem, is an Arab city in Israel. It is located about east of Tel Aviv, on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank, in the sout ...

. The club currently plays in

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, they play home matches at the

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History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals from

, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. In the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03

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 ...

South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef, where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs. After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden,

F.C. Shikun HaMizrah F.C. Shikun HaMizrah (), ''Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah'', lit. ''Shikun HaMizrah Sport Club'' (or in short ''Mem Samekh Shikun HaMizrah'', lit. ''F.C. Shikun HaMizrah'') is an Israeli Association football, football club which representing Risho ...

and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef
Doublepass, 12 May 2013 Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs. In the two consecutive seasons 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 in Liga Alef FC. Kafr Qasim reached the Final game of the Promotion playoffs to the Liga Leumit against 14th place sides from Liga Leumit, but failed to win promotion in both cases. They were promoted to the second division

in 2019 automatically from 1st place of Liga Alef South.

Stadium

During the second decade of the twentieth century the club played in different stadiums like

and

Winter Stadium Winter Stadium ( ''Etztadion Vinter'') is a stadium in Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. History Jack A. and Muriel L. Winter built ...

. These days, Kfar Qassem Football Stadium undergoing renovations and will contain 8,000 seats.

Current squad

; As to 29 June 2025

Honours

League

¹Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

External links

Kafr Qasim Sport Club
Israel Football Association

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kafr Qasim Football clubs in Israel Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Israel Arab-Israeli football clubs