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 ...

Kiryat Malakhi ( he, הפועל קרית מלאכי) was an Israeli football club based in

Kiryat Malakhi Kiryat Malakhi ( he, קִרְיַת מַלְאָכִי, also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city in the Southern District of Israel, from Ashkelon. In it had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km2). Histor ...

History

The club was founded in 1954 and joined

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 1954–55 season, the last season in which Liga Gimel was the third tier of

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. In 1959, the club was promoted to the new third tier,

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 ...

, after that league was expanded to 64 teams, divided in 4 divisions.Who and who in Liga Bet?
Heruth, 20.9.1959, Historical Jewish Press However, the club's spell in Liga Bet lasted one season only, after they finished the 1959–60 season at the bottom of the South B division and dropped back to Liga Gimel. In the 1963–64 season, the club won Liga Gimel South A division and made a return to Liga Bet, where they spent most of their football seasons, in the South B division. Hapoel were relegated to Liga Gimel at the end of the 1974–75 season, but made an immediate return to Liga Bet, which became the fourth tier, following the creation of

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 ...

in 1976. In the 1984–85 season, the club won Liga Bet South B division and achieved historic promotion to

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, where they spent 12 successive seasons at the South division, unable to achieve promotion to Liga Artzit. Hapoel were relegated to Liga Bet, after finished at bottom of the South division in the 1996–97 season. In the 1998–99 season, after major financial problems, the club withdrew after the 15th round, and had its results nullified, which resulted in automatic relegation to Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football. After then mayor of

, Lior Katzav, refused to fund an arbitration award against the club of 18,000

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, the

Israel Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; he, ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל, ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', literally "The Association of Football in Israel") is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variet ...

ceased the club's activity, and all the club's results for the 1999–2000 season were resulted in

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losses.Israel Sixth Level 1999/2000
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