Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Football Club (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
: ) is an Israeli football club based in
Netanya
Netanya () () or Natanya (), is a city in the "Planet Bekasi" Central District (Israel), Setanyahu of Israel, Israel BAB ih, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the Poleg stre ...
.
History
The club was founded as Maccabi Beit Lid in 1951 by Victor Atiyah, and in 1962 was renamed Maccabi HaSharon Netanya.
The club reached
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 ...
, the third tier of
Israeli football at the time (the fourth since 1976), in the
1970–71 season and spent the decade playing at the North B division, until relegation to
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 ...
in the
1979–80 season. Although the club made an immediate return to Liga Bet, they were relegated again in
1981–82 and did not return to Liga Bet until
2008–09, after winning
Liga Gimel Sharon division in the
previous season.
Liga Gimel Sharon 2007/2006
The Israel Football Association
The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Sharon division, after being relegated from Liga Bet South A in the 2013–14 season.
Honours
* Liga Gimel Sharon (1):
**1969–70
**1980–81
**2007–08
External links
Maccabi HaSharon Netanya
The Israel Football Association
References
Maccabi football clubs
Football clubs in Israel
Sport in Netanya
Association football clubs established in 1951
1951 establishments in Israel
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