Maccabi Ironi Shlomi was an Israeli football club based in
Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
History
The club was founded in 1996 by initiative of the
Channel 2 program "Katan Aleynu" ( he, קטן עלינו), hosted by
Avri Gilad; adopt a
Liga Gimel club and follow its promotion to the top division. Under the program's guidance, the two existing
Shlomi clubs, Beitar and Hapoel, both of which played in the bottom divisions throughout their existence, were merged to form the united club under the name Maccabi Ironi Shlomi.
By the end of the
season, the club lost its promotion race, as it finished second behind
Hapoel Kabul, and as the series concluded broadcast, the project was handed over to the municipality. The club promoted to
Liga Bet in
1999
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, and won promotion in
2001
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to
Liga Alef. In
2003–04 the club finished 13th in the league, set to relegate to Liga Bet, but
Maccabi Hadera folded.
At the end of the
2004–05 season the club merged with
Ironi Nahariya from
Liga Bet and continued to play under the name Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya in
Liga Alef. In June 2009, the club was involved in a match-fixing attempt and was relegated directly to
Liga Gimel,;
Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya Dropped to Liga gimel
Ra'anan Beranovski, 17 June 2009, Walla! the club then folded.
Honours
League
External links
Maccabi Ironi Shlomi Nahariya
Israel Football Association
References
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Association football clubs established in 1996
Association football clubs disestablished in 2009
Shlomi
1996 establishments in Israel
2009 disestablishments in Israel