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 ...

Azor ( he, הפועל אזור) is an Israeli football club based in

Azor Azor ( he, אָזוֹר, ar, أزور) (also ''Azur'') is a small town ( local council) in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv. Established in 1948 on the site of the depopulated Palestinian vi ...

. The club currently plays in

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South division.

History

The club was founded in 1954, and in 1959 was promoted to

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, the third tier of Israeli football at the time,Who and who in Liga Bet?
Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press where they played up until relegation in the 1965–66 season. fifteen years later, the club returned to the third tier (now

), in the 1981–82 season, and reached the third place in the 1986–87 season. however, they were relegated to Liga Bet in the following season, and it took the club twenty four yearsTeam in a day: Hapoel Azor
Doublepass to make a return to Liga Alef, following a successful promotion play-off victory over Maccabi Ironi Netivot.Hapoel Azor 1–0 Maccabi Ironi Netivot
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to Liga Alef, the club finished in the fourth place, and qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 1–0 against Ironi Bat Yam, and were eliminated in the second round, after losing 0–1 to Beitar Kfar Saba. the following season was even more successful, as the club equaled their record placing from 1987, by finishing in the third place, and once again qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 4–1

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against Hapoel Marmorek, and 2–0 against Beitar Kfar Saba. However, Azor were eliminated in the third round, after losing on

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2–4 to the Liga Alef North play-offs winner, Ironi Tiberias, after the match ended in 1–1 draw.

Honours

League

Cups

External links

Hapoel Azor
Israel Football Association

References

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Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Israel