F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Gat ( he, מ.ס. קריית גת) was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of

Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat, also spelled Qiryat Gat ( he, קִרְיַת גַּת), is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies south of Tel Aviv, north of Beersheba, and from Jerusalem. In it had a population of . The city hosts one of the most a ...

. the club's best achievement was the fifth place in the fourth division,

Liga Bet Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') 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 ...

. Currently, only the Women's section is operated by the club. the club is part of

Hapoel Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry ...

Association, Since summer 2010.

History

The club was founded after the dissolving of

Beitar Kiryat Gat F.C. Beitar Ironi Kiryat Gat () is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Gat. The club currently plays in Liga Bet South division. History The club was founded in 1970 and joined the Beitar sport association. The club started playing in Liga Dale ...

, that merged with the Major Club in the city,

Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. ( he, מכבי קריית גת) 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 ...

The club formed in Summer 2008. After the first season ever, the club was promoted from

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel ( he, ליגה ג', lit. ''League C'') is the fifth and bottom division of Israeli Football League, a position it has held since 2009. From Liga Alef and downwards to this, each league is separated by region as well. History Liga Gimel ...

. At the 2011–12 season, the club finished in the fifth place in Liga Bet South B division. they did not enter Liga Bet in the 2012–13 season and dissolved.

Women's section

The Women's section of the club founded in 2010 and joined the second division of women's football in Israel, Ligat Nashim Shniya. At the end of the 2012–13 season, the women's club promoted to the first division,

Ligat Nashim Rishona Ligat Nashim ( he, ליגת נשים, lit. ''Women's League'') is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998. Format The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division, titl ...

, where they play today.

External links

New on the grass: Kiryat Gat F.C.

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

F.C. Kiryat Gat
Israel Football Association

F.C. Kiryat Gat (Women's club)
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