The Israeli Futsal League is the premier

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league in

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it is organized by

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 ...

. The League winner qualify to the

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History

A national futsal league was first organized informally in the early 1990s, building upon the success of the

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in the 1989 and 1992

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.History of the Game in Israel
futsal.co.il In 1998, a semi-professional league was organized with the

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, which ran for two seasons, in 1999 and 2000, and was re-organized as a professional league, sponsored by

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, which was called "5X5 Coca-Cola League".The Professional Indoor League Starts
Hadar Farber, 17 December 2002, news1.co.il Coca-Cola to Invest $300,000 in Sponsorship and Advertising of the Indoor League
Anat Bein, 5 December 2012, Globes This league ran for three seasons, two (winter and summer) in 2003 and one in 2004. During this period there was an attempt to organize a Women's Futsal League, which ran for two seasons..Futsal, Big-time
Lior Weitz, 11 June 2004, walla.co.il In 2006 the league was re-organized, this time under the name "Israeli Futsal League", and with better cooperation with the IFA.
Dana Sidi, 20 November 2007, ynet.co.il Starting from

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league champions competed in the

, with the best achievement coming from Hapoel Ironi Rishon, who qualified for the Elite round in both

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and

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Former Champions

Israel Futsal State Cup

For a single season, in

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, the IFA arranged a cup competition for futsal club, which was played after the league was completed, between October and December 2012. The winner of the competition was Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv, who have beaten Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion (futsal) 8–7 in the final, and completed the

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for the season.Futsal State Cup
Israeli Football Association

References

External links

Futsalplanet.com

Futsal Israel

Israel Football Association
{{Football in Israel Futsal in Israel

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