Ironi Bnei Kabul ( he, עירוני בני כאבול) is an Israeli football club based in

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. The club is the result of the merger of two local rivals, Hapoel Bnei Kabul and Maccabi Ironi Kabul. They are currently in

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North A division.

History

The club was founded in 2010 as the result of the merger of Hapoel Bnei Kabul, which finished the 2009–10 season as runners-up in Liga Gimel Upper Galilee division and were promoted to

after a spot was vacated in that league, and Maccabi Ironi Kabul, which were relegated at the same season from Liga Bet to

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. The merged club inherited Hapoel's spot in Liga Bet. The club finished its first season in Liga Bet at the fifth place of North A division and qualified for the

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, where they beat Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei by a result of 2–1 and F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda by a result of 2–0, and advanced to the regional final, where they lost 2–3 to F.C. Givat Olga. Two seasons later, the club finished in the third place and qualified once more for the

, where they lost 1–2 in the first round to Hapoel Kaukab. In the 2014–15 season, the club reached its best placing to date, when they finished as runners-up and qualified for their third

, where in the first round, they had beaten Beitar Haifa by a result of 1–0

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Ironi Bnei Kabul – Beitar Haifa Ya'akov
The Israel Football Association and lost 0–2 to Maccabi Ironi Acre in the second round.

Honours

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¹Achieved by Hapoel Kabul
²Achieved by Maccabi Kabul

Cups

External links

Ironi Bnei Kabul
The Israel Football Association

References

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Association football clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in Israel Arab-Israeli football clubs