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Maccabi Ramat Amidar () was an Israeli football club based in

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exch ...

. The club spent several seasons in the top division in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but in 2005 merged into

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 ...

, which became Hakoah Amidar Maccabi Ramat Gan.Hakoah Ramat Gan and Ramat Amidar merged into one club: Hakoah Amidar
NRG, 2.6.2005

History

The club was founded in 1957 and started in

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 ...

. After two seasons at the bottom tier, the club was promoted to

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 ...

, as the third tier was expanded to 64 teams.Love in Amidar, Love (Page 3)
Hadshot HaSport, 18.6.1963, archive.football.co.il Who and who in Liga Bet?
Heruth, 20.9.1959, Historical Jewish Press In the 1962–63 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and was promoted 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 ...

. After eleven seasons playing in the second tier, including four successive runners-up finishes in 1965–66, 1966–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70, the club won Liga Alef South division in the 1974–75 season and was 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) for the first time in their history. However, in their first season in the league, they finished bottom and were relegated back to the second tier. In 1978–79 they finished as runners-up to Hakoah Ramat Gan and were promoted again. After an 11th-placed finish in 1979–80 (a season in which they reached the cup final for the first (and only) time, losing 4–1 to Hapoel Kfar Saba), they finished second from bottom in 1980–81 and were relegated back to

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 ...

. At the end of the 1982–83 season they finished third in Liga Artzit and were promoted back to the top division. However, they were relegated again at the end of the following season. At the 1990–91 season the club had been relegated into the third tier, and due to league restructuring, dropped into the fourth tier in 1999. In the 2001–02 season, they won the South Division of

to return to the third division. The following season they finished third, a place below the promotion positions. At the end of the 2004–05 season the club left the league and merged into Hakoah Ramat Gan.

Notable players

Eli Cohen Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (‎; ‎; 26 December 1924 – 18 May 1965) was an Egyptian-born Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in Syria between 1961 and 1965, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian poli ...

(born 1951) *

Vicky Peretz Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (; 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli association football, football player and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C., Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv, RC Stras ...

(1953–2021), international footballer

Notable managers

(born 1951)

References

{{Football in Israel Ramat Amidar F.C. Ramat Amidar F.C. Sport in Ramat Gan Association football clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in Israel Association football clubs disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in Israel Hakoah Ramat Gan