F.C. Shikun HaMizrah ( he, מועדון ספורט שיכון המזרח), ''Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah'', lit. ''Shikun HaMizrah Sport Club'' (or in short ''Mem Samekh Shikun HaMizrah'', lit. ''F.C. Shikun HaMizrah'') is an Israeli
football
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club which representing
Shikun HaMizrah neighborhood in
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...
. The club currently plays in
Liga Alef
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History
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South division.
History
The club was founded in 1958 as Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah, and reached
Liga Bet
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League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
, (the third tier of
Israeli football at the time), for the first time in the
1963–64 season.
For the 1977–78 season, the club became Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah, following a merger with
Maccabi Rishon LeZion, which have previously established several sport clubs, including athletics,
basketball
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, and also refounded the
football club
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(the original club was dissolved during the
1953–54 season, and the refounded club played in the 1976–77 season in
Liga Gimel
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Liga Gimel ...
).
[Zeidenberg was sent off and the match abandoned](_blank)
Maariv, 17.10.1976, Historical Jewish Press In the first season of the merged club, while playing in Liga Gimel, the club was close to make a big upset in the
Israel State Cup
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, after they took
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club,
Hapoel Haifa
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to
penalties
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, where they lost 1–4, after 2–2 draw in
120 minutes
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. The club was mentioned in the press by both Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah names.
[Cinderalla from Liga Gimel beaten only after penalties](_blank)
Maariv, 12.2.1978, Historical Jewish Press The merger with Maccabi Rishon LeZion lasted until 1981, when a dispute concerning the use of facilities, arose between the football club and Maccabi Rishon LeZion athletics club. The club continued to play as Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah.
Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah reached
Liga Alef
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History
League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declar ...
(now as third tier) for the first time in the 1988–89 season. The club relegated to Liga Bet at the end of the 1990–91 season and bounced back to Liga Alef four seasons later, and a season later, in 1996–97, relegated again to Liga Bet, where they remained until they were dissolved prior to the
1999–2000 season. The club refounded in 2004 as F.C. Shikun HaMizrah
[Shikun HaMizrah back in Liga Alef](_blank)
Doublepass, 12.4.2014
As F.C. Shikun HaMizrah, the club was promoted from Liga Gimel to Liga Bet, after they finished runners-up in Liga Gimel Central division in the 2007–08 season. in the
2013–14 season, the club won Liga Bet South B division,
Liga Bet South B 2013/2014
The Israel Football Association and were promoted back to Liga Alef after 19 years.
Honours
*Liga Bet
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History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
:
**1987–88, 1994–95, 2013–14
*Liga Gimel
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History
Liga Gimel ...
:
**1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83
References
External links
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah
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Association football clubs established in 1958
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Association football clubs established in 2004
1958 establishments in Israel
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