Ironi Nesher F.C.

Ironi Nesher
Full nameIroni Nesher Football Club
עירוני נשר
Founded1954 (1954)
(as Hapoel Tel Hanan)
2009 (2009)
(as Ironi Nesher)
GroundNesher Stadium, Nesher
Capacity2,500
Chairman Emil Yosifov
Manager Oren Flash
LeagueLiga Alef North
2023–24Liga Alef North, 10th of 16

Ironi Nesher (Hebrew: עירוני נשר) is an Israeli football club based in Nesher. They are currently in Liga Alef and play home matches at the Nesher Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 2009 as a successor to Hapoel Tel Hanan,[1][2] which was founded in 1954 and dissolved in 2009. Hapoel Tel Hanan was based in the Tel Hanan neighborhood of Nesher, and spent three seasons in the second tier of Israeli football, first in the 1975–76 season, where they were placed 14th in Liga Alef Northern division, and later in the new second tier at the time, Liga Artzit, where they were placed 13th in the 1981–82 season, and finished bottom in the following season and relegated to Liga Alef. their last season as Hapoel Tel Hanan was 2008–09, in the Samaria division of Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football, where they finished in the eighth place.[3]

The new club, Ironi Nesher, started the following season at the same division in Liga Gimel. Although they finished in the third place,[4] they were eventually promoted to Liga Bet North B division, after one spot was vacated in this league, as Maccabi Beit She'an dissolved.[5]

In the 2013–14 season, the club won Liga Bet North B division,[6] and was promoted to Liga Alef.

In the 2014–15 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division, and qualified for the Promotion play-offs. After beating Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 4–3 on penalties (after 2–2) in the first round and Hapoel Beit She'an 2–1 in the second round, Ironi Nesher won 1–0 against the Liga Alef South play-off winner, Beitar Kfar Saba, and stood 180 minutes away from promotion to Liga Leumit, when they faced the 14th placed in 2014–15 Liga Leumit, Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Ironi Nesher lost 1–5 on aggregate (0–5, 1–0) and remained in Liga Alef.

In the 2015–16 season, the club won Liga Alef North division and promoted to Liga Leumit.

Current squad

As to 28 November 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Omer Kabilo
2 DF  ISR Daniel Dadon
3 DF  ISR Kfir Hamias
5 DF  ISR Akram Shreh
6 MF  ISR Loay Shaban
7 MF  ISR Omer Turgeman
8 FW  ISR Qasem Najar
9 FW  ISR Ezaat Khalaila
10 FW  ISR Odai Shalata
11 MF  ISR Yagel Peretz
13 MF  ISR Omer Shmuel
14 MF  ISR Inalem Abraham
15 MF  ISR Sahar Sheto
17 DF  ISR Zein Al-Din Shalata
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ISR Niran Megira
21 DF  ISR Shalev Ben Muha
24 MF  ISR Ryan Halabi
29 FW  ISR Sapir Razon
44 GK  ISR Ori Ben Shushan
55 GK  ISR Moshe Lankri
77 MF  ISR Shalev Valerstein
87 DF  ISR Ibrahim Agbaria
99 MF  ISR Yagel Dahan
DF  ISR Shay Elgrabli
DF  ISR Erez Hasson
MF  ISR Lior Dahan
FW  ISR Amit Amzaleg

Honours

Honour No. Years
Third tier 2 1974–751, 2015–16
Fourth tier 1 2013–14
Fifth tier 1 1998–991

1Achieved by Hapoel Tel Hanan.

References

  1. ^ From the flight of the Eagle Doublepass, 14.9.2010 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ The Eagle is ready to fly Goler1, 20.4.2011 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Liga Gimel Samaria 2008/2009 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Liga Gimel Samaria 2009/2010 Archived 2015-04-17 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Ironi Nesher in Liga Bet Doublepass, 10.9.2010 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Liga Bet North B 2013/2014 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)