Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. () is an Israeli football club based in the city of

Holon Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the List of cities in Israel, tenth most populous city in Isra ...

. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.Liga Alef kicks-off in storm

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, 3 October 1985, Historical Jewish Press

History

Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The ...

were promoted to

Liga Leumit The Israeli Liga Leumit (, HaLiga HaLeumit, ) is the second division of the professional Israeli association football (soccer) league system. This second-tier league is placed directly below the Israeli Premier League. Structure There are 16 ...

, then the top division of Israeli football, in 1970. However, in the 1970–71 season the club finished bottom and was relegated back to

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 ...

. At the time of the merger with Tzafririm Holon, the club was in

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit (, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run by the Israel Football A ...

, the second tier of Israeli football at the time.

Tzafririm Holon

Tzafririm (lit. ''Zephyrs'') was established in 1971 in the Tel Giborim neighborhood of Holon. At the time of the merger with Hapoel Holon, the club was in

, the third tier.

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon succeeded Hapoel Holon's place in

, and finished its first season as a merged club, 1985–86, in the fourth place, one place short from promotion to the top division. In the following season, the club managed to win Liga Artzit and achieved promotion to the top division. The club spent 11 seasons in the top division, in the late 1980s and in most of the 1990s. Although the club was relegated to the second tier on three occasions, they managed to make an immediate return to the top flight, at the end of the 1989–90, 1997–98 and 1999–2000 seasons. The club's best placing to date came at the 1992–93 season, when they finished sixth in

, the top division at the time. The club's last season in the top division was 2000–01, when they finished bottom and were relegated to Liga Leumit, which became the new second tier of Israeli football. In 2001–02 and again in 2003–04, the club finished second bottom in Liga Leumit; However, in both occasions, they were spared from relegation to Liga Artzit (the third tier at the time), after

Hakoah Ramat Gan Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club () is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadium in Ramat Shikma, a neighbourhood of Ramat Gan. History The club was ...

and

Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. () was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. The club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after beating Hapoel Beit She'an on the f ...

were demoted respectively, for violating the budget rules. In 2004–05, the club finished bottom of Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Artzit. In the following season, the club suffered subsequent relegation, to

. The slump continued in the 2007–08 season, after the club lost 1–4 to Hapoel Arad in the

Relegation play-offs Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

and dropped further to the fifth tier at the time,

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 ...

. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Tzafririm won Liga Bet South B division and returned to Liga Alef. Due to the restructuring of the Israeli football pyramid, Tzafririm jumped by two levels, to the third tier of Israeli football for the 2009–10 season. After being badly defeated in the final match of the 2010–11 season, the club was relegated to Liga Bet, currently the fourth tier of Israeli football. Israeli football has the following structure in descending order: Premier, Leumit, Alef, Bet, Gimel. On 6 July 2016 Tzafririm merged with F.C. Holon Yaniv to

and signed to

. Even the club promoted to

, In summer 2017 Tzafririm re-founded at

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 ...

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Players

Notable former players

Honours

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¹Achieved by Tzafririm Holon F.C.

Cups

Notable former managers

* Nir Levine (born 1962)

References

External links

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