Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.

Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club (Hebrew: עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Leumit, the second division of the Israeli Football League.

Hapoel Ra'anana

Full name	Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club
Founded	1938 (1938) as Hapoel Ra'anana F.C. 1972 (1972) as Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Ground	Karnei Oren Memorial Field, Ra'anana, Israel
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Asher Alon
Chairman	Ilan Katz
Manager	Asi Elimelech
League	Liga Leumit
2023–24	Liga Alef North, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

A Hapoel Ra'anana was established in 1938. They were placed in the South Division of Liga Bet (then the second division) in 1951–52.

The modern club was established in 1972, and in the mid-1990s was playing in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football. In 1995 they started a remarkable period of success after they won their division of Liga Gimel and were promoted to Liga Bet. In 1997–98, they won Liga Bet South A division and were promoted to Liga Alef. In 1998–99 they won the North Division of Liga Alef to earn promotion to Liga Artzit. After finishing third in 1999–2000, they won the league the following season and were promoted to Liga Leumit.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in their history. However, they had to play its home matches at Hapoel Kfar Saba's Levita Stadium, as its home ground, the Karnei Oren Memorial Field, did not meet Premier League requirements. In January 2010, the city council published plans for a 7,500-capacity new stadium in Lev HaPark neighborhood.

After a single season in the top division, in which the club finished at the second bottom place, Ra'anana were relegated to Liga Leumit.

After three seasons in Liga Leumit, in 2012–13, Ra'anana finished runners-up and were promoted again to the Israeli Premier League. In the 2015–16 season, the club achieved its best placing to date, when they finished sixth in the Israeli Premier League.

In the 2019–20 season, Hapoel Ra'anana were relegated after suffering a 1–0 defeat to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, after 7 seasons in the top flight.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2024

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Dor Hebron
2	DF	HON	Wesly Decas
3	DF	ISR	Ilay Krispil
4	DF	ISR	Abadi Farhat
5	DF	ISR	Maor Gad
6	DF	ISR	Paz Belander
7	MF	ISR	Yuvel Titelman
8	MF	ISR	Snir Shoker (captain)
9	FW	ISR	Nir Azaria
11	FW	ISR	Avraham Reda
12	DF	ISR	Itamar Gueta
15	MF	ISR	Ofir Mizrahi
16	DF	ISR	Aviv Lin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ISR	Haim Mekonen
19	MF	ISR	Roee Satularo
20	DF	ISR	Osher Abu
21	MF	ISR	Majd Agbaria
22	GK	ISR	Yahli Nimni
24	FW	ISR	Roy Fadida
30	GK	ISR	Benjamin Machini
70	FW	PAN	Newton Williams
77	FW	ISR	Hayford Adjei
80	MF	ISR	Shlomi Azulay
90	FW	PLE	Reebal Dahamshi
—	DF	ISR	Tarek Boshanek

Club officials

Boardroom

• Owner: Municipality of Ra'anana
• President: Asher Alon, Damian Rotman
• Chairman: Ilan Katz

Management

• Manager (interim): Gal Cohen
• Assistant Manager: Dani Bondar

Academy Coaching Staff

• Youth Academy Director: Ami Vazana
• Under 23 Coach: Ronny Keidar

Managers

• Eli Cohen (2006 – Feb 28, 2010)
• Tzvika Tzemah (April 1, 2010 – July 19, 2010)
• Eyal Lachman (May 1, 2010 – Oct 18, 2011)
• Meni Koretski (July 1, 2013– May 10, 2014)
• Haim Silvas (May 10, 2014– May 2017)
• Dudu Avraham (May 2017- September 2017)
• Guy Levy (September 2017- October 2017)
• Meni Koretski (October 2017-December 2019)
• Nisso Avitan (December 2019-February 2020)
• Eyal Lachman (February 2020-July 2020)
• Gal Cohen (July 2020-)

References

• About Hapoel Ra'anana (in Hebrew)

External links

• Official website. Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew).
• Hapoel Ra'anana. Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Israel Football Association.