Maccabi Hadera Football Club (

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: מועדון כדורגל מכבי חדרה) was an Israeli football club based at

Hadera Hadera ( he, חֲדֵרָה ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5&nb ...

. The club was merged in 2006 with the rest of

football club to form Ironi Sport Hadera F.C.

History

The sports club was initially founded in 1914. During the

British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to: * Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan. * Mandatory P ...

the team played both friendly matches against local teams and army units' teams and matches in EIFA competitions. The team played in the

1929 Palestine Cup The 1929 Palestine Cup ( he, הגביע הא"י, ''HaGavi'a HaEretz-Israeli'') was the second season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition. The joint-winners of the previous competition were Hapoel Tel Aviv and Ma ...

, falling in the first round to Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem in the first round. In

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the team reached the semi-final, a phase the team reached again only in

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when they became the first club to reach the semi-final of the

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

while playing in the third tier of

Israeli football Football ( he, כַּדוּרֶגֶל, ''Kaduregel'') is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport, first developed in the United Kingdom, who controlled Mandatory Palestine during the days of the British Mandate. The ...

. The team joined the 1946–47 Liga Bet, and finished the season 9th in the league. After the establishment of the state of Israel the club competed in the second and third tiers, achieving its best position in 1975–76. A season later the team was relegated to the third tier, and never returned to the second tier, although they came close after losing the promotion play-offs in 1982–83 and in 1986–87. In the 2003–04 season, the club won Liga Alef North division (then the fourth tier) and were promoted to

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, 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 ...

. However, their budget was not approved by the IFA and as a result, demoted back to Liga Alef and eventually folded. However, in 2006, Maccabi Hadera joined forces with four other clubs,

Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Hadera–Giv'at Olga "Shulem Schwarz" F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל חדרה–גבעת אולגה שולם שוורץ) is an Israeli football club from Hadera. They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, and have ...

, Hapoel Givat Olga, Hapoel Beit Eliezer and Hapoel Nahliel, as all the football clubs from Hadera merged into one club called Hapoel Ironi Eran Hadera.About
Hapoel Eran Hadera

Honours

*Third tier (3): **

1955–56 Liga Bet The 1955–56 Liga Bet season was the first in which Liga Bet was the third tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Leumit. Maccabi Hadera (North Division champions) and Maccabi Sha'arayim (South Division champions) qualified for the ...

North **

1973–74 Liga Bet The 1973–74 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Beit She'an, Maccabi Hadera, Beitar Jaffa and Hapoel Ashkelon win their regional divisions and qualify with the second-placed clubs, Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi ...

North B **

1986–87 Liga Alef The 1986–87 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Bat Yam (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions, and qualify for promotion play-offs against the 11th and 12th placed clubs in L ...

North *Fourth tier (2): ** 1998–99 Liga Bet North B **

2003–04 Liga Alef The 2003–2004 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Be'er Sheva (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to 2004–05. However as Maccabi Hadera folded during the following ...

North

References

*100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
50 Years of Sports and More in Hadera, Efraim Frank (Israel), 2004, pp. 144–158
{{reflist Association football clubs established in 1914 1914 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Association football clubs disestablished in 2004

2004 disestablishments in Israel