Beitar The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After ...

Tel Aviv Football Club (

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: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר תל אביב) was an Israeli football club based from

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

. The club merged in 2000 with

Shimshon Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv,Israel Third Level 2000/01
RSSSF and later, after the merge came apart, merged with Ironi Ramla to create Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.Ironi Ramla to Merge (Again) with Beitar Tel Aviv
Shachar Baruch, mynet.co.il, 23 June 2010 On 22 May 2019, Ramla withdrew the merged and the club merged with Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam, due to it, the club changed his name to Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam.

History

The club were founded as a youth team, but soon began to compete in adult leagues, advancing within three years to the top division. Their first success came in 1940, when they won the

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, beating

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

3–1 in

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. Two years later, they won the cup again, setting a record for the highest score in the final, when they beat

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

12–1. The club was billed by the football association after the Egyptian Football Association informed them that Al Ahly SC which played against Beitar Tel Aviv visit to Mandatory Palestine was against the EFA decision. In 1945 the club won its division in the War League, but the deciding championship match against Hapoel Tel Aviv, winner of the other division was never played and no one champion was set. Nowadays the

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recognize both clubs as champions for this season.List of Champions
Israeli Football Association On 6 May 1945 the club played visiting team Hajduk Split and recorded a 4–2 victory.The Beitars Have Beaten The Partizans (4:2)
HaMashkif, 7 May 1945, Historical Jewish Press The Yugoslav team have beaten

7–2,A Decisive Victory to Tito's Army Team
Al HaMishmar 6 May 1945, Historical Jewish Press and Beitar's victory was held as a great feat. The club reached the cup final again in 1947, playing

. The tempestuous match was abandoned with Maccabi leading 3–2 after Beitar seemed to have scored a goal, which wasn't given, and the crowd stormed the pitch.Crowd Invades Ground at PFA Final
The Palestine Post, 29 June 1947, Historical Jewish Press Beitar Tel Aviv were founder members of the Israeli League in 1949, finishing 6th out of 13 in the 1949–50 season. Despite finishing second from bottom in 1953–54, the club avoided relegation as the top division was expanded to 14 teams. The following season they finished 5th, with Nisim Elmaliah the division's top scorer with 30 goals. Despite only finishing 7th out of 12 in 1955–56, Beitar had both the division's top scorers; Avraham Levi and Michael Michaelov with 16 goals each.Israel – List of Topscorers
RSSSF In 1960–61, the club finished bottom of the division, and were relegated to

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 Declar ...

. They remained in the second tier until 1963–64, when they were promoted as champions. After finishing one place above relegation in 1964–65, Beitar were demoted again after finishing bottom a year later. However, they bounced back in 1968–69 as Liga Alef champions. The club reached the State Cup final for the fourth time in

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, but were beaten 1–0 by Maccabi Tel Aviv. After several years in mid-table, the early 1980s saw the club develop a

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pattern. Relegated in 1979–80, the club were promoted in 1980–81, before being relegated immediately, but then bouncing back up in 1982–83. Two years later the club were relegated again, before bouncing back immediately yet again. The 1988–89 season was the club's best yet in the top flight, finishing 4th, and was bettered two years later, when a third-place finish was achieved. The 1992–93 season saw another relegation and another immediate return in 1993–94. The relegation in 1995–96 was their final appearance in the top flight. At the end of the 1998–99 season they were relegated to the third division. At the end of the 1999–2000 season the club merged with fellow

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 b ...

Tel Aviv side

Honours

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Cup competitions

Records

*Most league goals in a season: 30, Nisim Elmaliah, Liga Alef 1954–55

References

Beitar in Football – Beitar Tel Aviv
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Football clubs in Tel Aviv Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. 1934 establishments in Mandatory Palestine 2000 disestablishments in Israel