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 ...

Kfar Blum Football Club (

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: מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר בלום) was an Israeli

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club based at

Kfar Blum Kfar Blum ( he, כְּפַר בְּלוּם, ''lit.'' Blum Village) is a kibbutz in the Hula Valley part of the Upper Galilee in Israel. Located about southeast of the town of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regio ...

. The club was founded in 1959 and played five seasons in

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, then the second tier of

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History

The club was founded in 1959, after Hapoel Hulyot, a club based in

Sde Nehemia Sde Nehemia ( he, שְׂדֵה נְחֶמְיָה, ''lit.'' Nehemia's Field) (Sde Nehemya) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of ...

, a nearby

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, which included members from Kfar BlumThe Last Ground
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Hadshot HaSport, 27 September 1959, archive.football.co.il The club promoted to

at the end 1962–63 season after finishing as runners-up, and remained at the second tier until it finished bottom at the end of 1968–69 season. A season later the club withdrew from the

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and dropped to

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, where the club continued to play until withdrawing from the league altogether, choosing to play in the regional leagues.

Honours

**''Runners-Up: 1962–63'' (1) *

** 1960–61 (1)

References

{{reflist Association football clubs established in 1959

1959 establishments in Israel