Maccabi Ironi Acre () is an Israeli

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club based in

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. The club is currently in

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North A division and play at the

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History

The club was founded in 2008 and is distinct from the club formerly known as Maccabi Acre, which relocated to

Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata () also spelled Qiryat Ata, is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens. History The Early Bronze Age site at Kiryat Ata has been extensively excavated since 1990, reveal ...

eight years earlier and renamed to

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata () is an Israeli football club, located in Kiryat Ata. They play in Liga Alef and play at the Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium. History The club was originally based in Acre and named Maccabi Acre. In the 1989–90 season ...

. In their first season of existence, the club finished runners-up in

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division,Liga Gimel Upper Galilee 2008/2009
The Israel Football Association and were promoted to

, where they play since. The club's best placing to date came at the 2014–15 season, when they finished third in Liga Bet North A division and qualified for the

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, where they beat Ahi Acre in a

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by a result of 2–1 and Ironi Bnei Kabul by a result of 2–0, and advanced to the regional final, where they lost 2–4 to Hapoel Iksal.

External links

Maccabi Ironi Acre
Israel Football Association

References

{{Liga Bet Ironi Acre Ironi Acre Association football clubs established in 2008 Sport in Acre, Israel