Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. ( he, מכבי עירוני טמרה) is an Israeli football club based in

Tamra Tamra ( ar, طمرة, he, טַמְרָה or ) is an Arab city in the North District of Israel located in the Lower Galilee north of the city of Shefa-Amr and approximately east of Acre. In it had a population of . History Tamra is an ancien ...

. The club currently plays in

Liga Alef Liga Alef ( he, ליגה א', , League A) 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 Decla ...

North division.

History

The club was founded in 1965 and played in the lower divisions 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 ...

until the 1980s, when the club enjoyed a period of success, after they won

Liga Bet Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') 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 ...

North A division in the 1983–84 season,Congratulations, Maccabi Tamra (Page 8)
Hadshot HaSport, 17.6.1984, archive.football.co.il and were promoted to

, and later, won Liga Alef North in the 1987–88 season, and made historic promotion 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 ...

, the second tier of Israeli football at the time. In 1988–89, their debut season in Liga Artzit, the club finished in the 10th place out of 14. However, in the following season, they finished third bottom (14th out of 16), and dropped back to Liga Alef, after losing 0–1 after

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...

to Ironi Ashdod in the Promotion-relegation play-off match. During their spell in Liga Artzit, the club was managed by

Eli Guttman Israel "Eli" Guttman (or Gutman, he, אלי גוטמן; born 24 February 1958) is an Israeli former football player and manager who most recently managed Maccabi Haifa, before officially announcing his retirement from the football world, stating ...

,Crawling for championship
Sharon Burnstein, Globes, 20.4.2009 who would later become manager of

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

and the Israel national team. The club was last relegated from Liga Alef at the end of the 2011–12 season, after second finish at last place in Liga Alef North. at the end of the 2013–14 season, they were relegated to

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel ( he, ליגה ג', lit. ''League C'') is the fifth and bottom division of Israeli Football League, a position it has held since 2009. From Liga Alef and downwards to this, each league is separated by region as well. History Liga Gime ...

, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football, after losing the Liga Bet North A relegation play-offs against Hapoel Bnei Maghar and Hapoel Sakhnin.Liga Bet North A 2013/2014
The Israel Football Association

Honours

North: ** 1987–88 *

North A: ** 1983–84, 1992–93, 2018–19 *

Bay Area: ** 1980–81, 2017–18

References

External links

Maccabi Ironi Tamra
The Israel Football Association {{Liga Bet 1965 establishments in Israel Association football clubs established in 1965 Arab-Israeli football clubs