Bnei Yehud () is an Israeli

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club based in

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. The club is currently 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 ...

Tel Aviv division.

History

The club was founded in 2007 as Bnei Shefi Yehud, a successor club to Maccabi Yehud, which was founded in

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and dissolved at the end of the 2006–07 season. A year later, in 2008, Hapoel Yehud was re-founded as Hapoel Ironi Yehud, and both clubs competed at the 2008–09 season in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division. In 2009, Bnei Shefi Yehud merged with Hapoel Ironi Yehud, and the merged club became known as Hapoel Bnei Yehud, officially as Bnei Yehud. In the 2011–12 season, Bnei Yehud finished runners-up in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division and were eventually 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 ...

, after a vacancy was created in Liga Bet South B division, as F.C. Kiryat Gat joined a merger with

Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. () was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. The club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after beating Hapoel Beit She'an on the f ...

.Merger in Kiryat Gat, Bnei Yehud on the way to Liga Bet
Doublepass, 16.6.2012 However. the club's spell in Liga Bet lasted only one season, as they finished at the bottom of the South B division in the 2012–13 season, winning only two games, and relegated back to

External links

Hapoel Bnei Yehud

Bnei Yehud
The Israel Football Association

References

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Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Israel