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clubs in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

by their league and division as of the 2015–16 season.
The

Israeli football league system The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and allows even the smallest club to dream ...

, which is run by the Israel Football Association (IFA), includes five levels which contain a total of 16 divisions, There are a total of 234 member clubs.

Premier League clubs (2015-16)

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Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Sakhnin F.C. ( ar, اتحاد أبناء سخنين, he, איחוד בני סכנין, ''Ihud Bnei Sakhnin''; ''Ittihad Abna Sakhnin'', ) is an Israeli football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful clu ...

* Bnei Yehuda * Hapoel Acre *

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר סבא, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba'') is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadiu ...

Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club ( he, עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, ''Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel'') is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Alef ...

* Hapoel Tel Aviv * Ironi Kiryat Shmona *

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...

Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Liga Leumit clubs (2015-16)

: * Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam *

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

* Hapoel Afula *

Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon'') is an Israeli football club based in Ashkelon. The club currently competes in Liga Alef and plays at the 5,250-capacity Sala Stadi ...

* Hapoel Bnei Lod *

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Nof HaGalil Football Club (, ar, هبوعيل نوف هچليل) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Nof HaGalil, Formally known by the name "Nazareth Illit" until 2019 (The club accordingly was named as Hapoel Nazareth Ill ...

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...

Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל רמת-גן גבעתיים, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim'') is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, ...

* Hapoel Ramat HaSharon * Hapoel Rishon LeZion *

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Football Club ( he, מכבי אחי נצרת, ''Mo'adon Kaduregel Maccabi Aḥi Natzrat''; ar, نادي كرة القدم اخاء الناصرة, ''Nade Korat Alqadam Maccabi Ekhaa Al-Nasera'') is an Israeli association f ...

Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Herzliya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי הרצליה, ''Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Herzliya'') is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in and plays at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium. History ...

* Maccabi Kiryat Gat * Maccabi Yavne

Liga Alef clubs (2015–16)

Liga Alef North

* F.C. Karmiel Safed * Hapoel Asi Gilboa * Hapoel Beit She'an * Hapoel Hadera *

Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Herzliya ( he, הפועל הרצליה) is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in Liga Alef North division and play their home matches at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium. History The Hapoel sport club in Herzl ...

* Hapoel Iksal * Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye * Hapoel Kafr Kanna *

Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Migdal HaEmek ( he, הפועל מגדל העמק) is an Israeli football club based in Migdal HaEmek. The club currently plays in Liga Alef North division. History The club was founded in 1959, and in the 1963–64 season appeared for th ...

* Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum * Ironi Nesher * Ironi Tiberias * Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel * Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata * Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha * Maccabi Tzur Shalom

Liga Alef South

* Beitar Kfar Saba * Bnei Eilat * F.C. Kafr Qasim * F.C. Shikun HaMizrah *

Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הכח מכבי עמידר רמת גן) is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadiu ...

* Hapoel Azor * Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden * Hapoel Hod HaSharon * Hapoel Kfar Shalem * Hapoel Mahane Yehuda * Hapoel Marmorek * Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon * Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva * Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio * Maccabi Sha'arayim * Sektzia Nes Tziona

Liga Bet clubs (2015–16)

Liga Bet North A

* Ahi Acre * Ahi Bir al-Maksur * Ahva Kafr Manda * Al-Nahda Nazareth * Beitar Haifa * Beitar Kafr Kanna * Beitar Nahariya *

F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna ( he, מועדון ספורט צעירי כפר כנא) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Kanna. The club is currently in Liga Alef North division. History The club was founded in the summer of 2014, after Maccab ...

* Hapoel Bnei Maghar * Hapoel Bu'eine * Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei * Hapoel Kaukab * Hapoel Shefa-'Amr * Ironi Bnei Kabul * Maccabi Bnei Nahf * Maccabi Ironi Acre

Liga Bet North B

* F.C. Daburiyya * F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira * F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur * F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an * Hapoel Bnei Zalafa * Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel * Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo * Hapoel Sandala Gilboa * Hapoel Umm al-Fahm * Ihud Bnei Baqa * Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara * Maccabi Ahi Iksal * Maccabi Ein Mahil * Maccabi Ironi Yafa * Maccabi Sulam * Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

Liga Bet South A

* Agudat Sport Holon * Beitar Petah Tikva *

Beitar Ramat Gan The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After ...

* F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim *

F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda ( he, מועדון כדורגל עירוני אור יהודה), ''Moadon Kaduregel Ironi Or Yehuda'', lit. ''Municipal Football Club Or Yehuda'' (or in short he, מ.כ. עירוני אור יהודה, ''Mem Kaf Ironi Or Ye ...

F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv ( he, מועדון ספורט רואי חשבון תל אביב, ''Moadon Sport Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv'', lit. ''Certified Public Accountants Tel Aviv Sport Club'' or in short he, מ.ס. רו"ח תל אביב, ''Mem Sam ...

* F.C. Tira * F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe * Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa * Hapoel Kiryat Ono * Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda * Hapoel Pardesiya * Hapoel Ramat Yisrael *

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. ( he, הפועל צפרירים חולון) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.Ironi Beit Dagan * Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona

Liga Bet South B

* Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev * Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim * Beitar Yavne * Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot *

F.C. Be'er Sheva Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva ( he, בית"ר אברהם באר שבע) was an Israeli football club based in Beersheba. History The club was founded in 1956 and started in Liga Gimel. After three seasons at the bottom tier, the club won their reg ...

* F.C. Dimona * F.C. Holon Yaniv * Hapoel Merhavim * Hapoel Rahat * Ironi Beit Shemesh * Ironi Modi'in * Maccabi Be'er Sheva * Maccabi Ironi Netivot * Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi * Maccabi Segev Shalom * Tzeirei Rahat

Liga Gimel clubs (2015–16)

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

*Bnei Ma'alot Tarshiha *F.C. Aramshe Danun *F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil *F.C. Hatzor HaGlilit * F.C. Julis *Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina * Hapoel Bnei Hurfeish *Hapoel Bnei Peki'in *Hapoel Bnei Rameh *Hapoel Jat Yanuh HaGlilit * Hapoel Merom HaGalil * Hapoel Nahariya *Hapoel Tarshiha *Maccabi Ahva Yarka

Liga Gimel Lower Galilee

* Ahva Arraba * F.C. Bnei Arraba *F.C. Halat al-Sharif *F.C. Tzeirei Ibtin Khawaled * F.C. Tzeirei Tamra *Hapoel Bnei Deir al-Asad *Hapoel Bnei Nujidat *Hapoel Ironi Bni I'billin *Ironi Bnei Sha'ab *Maccabi Basmat Tab'un *Maccabi Bnei Deir Hanna *Maccabi Kafr Manda * Maccabi Ironi Tamra * Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr

Liga Gimel Jezreel

*Beitar Afula * Beitar al-Amal Nazareth *Beitar Ein Mahil *Beitar Umm al-Fahm *Bnei Musheirifa Baiada *F.C. Kfar Kama *

F.C. Nazareth Illit Football Club Nazareth Illit (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Natzrat Illit'') is an Israeli football club based in the city of Nazareth Illit. History Several clubs named Maccabi Nazareth Illit existed, mostly playing the lower ranks of the Israeli foot ...

* Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth * Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara *Hapoel Bnei Fureidis *Hapoel Bnei Musmus * Hapoel Isfiya *Maccabi Ahi Ar'ara 'Ara

Liga Gimel Samaria

*Beitar Hadera * Beitar Pardes Hanna * F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Yam * Hapoel Ahva Haifa *Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa *Hapoel Ein as-Sahala *Hapoel Halissa * Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva * Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel * Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad *Maccabi Ironi Barta'a * Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel * Maccabi Isfiya

Liga Gimel Sharon

* Beitar Tubruk * Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt *Hapoel Jaljulia *Hapoel Kafr Bara *Hapoel Oranit *F.C. Bnei Qalansawe * F.C. Bnei Ra'anana *F.C. Ironi Ariel *F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass *

F.C. Netanya F.C. Netanya ( he, מועדון ספורט נתניה) is an Israeli Association football, football club based in Netanya. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Sharon division. History The club was founded in 2012 by Eli Cohen, who previously ...

* Maccabi HaSharon Netanya * Shimshon Bnei Tayibe *Shimshon Kafr Qasim

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

* Beitar Ezra * Beitar Jaffa Zion * Bnei Yehud * Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv *Elitzur Yehud Yotel * Hapoel Kiryat Shalom * Hapoel Neve Golan * Maccabi Hashikma Hen *Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda *Maccabi Pardes Katz *Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan * Otzma F.C. Holon * Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan *

Shimshon Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

Liga Gimel Central

A.S. Nordia Jerusalem Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem ( he, אגודת ספורט נורדיה ירושלים), also known as Beitar Nordia Jerusalem ( he, בית"ר נורדיה ירושלים) is an Israeli football club based in Jerusalem. The club was formed in 2014 ...

* F.C. Rishon LeZion *F.C. Tzeirei Lod * Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam * Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in * Hapoel Ironi Gedera *Hapoel Matzliah * Hapoel Mevaseret Zion *

Hapoel Ramla Hapoel Ramla ( he, הפועל רמלה) is an Israeli football club based in Ramla. They are currently in Liga Gimel Central division, and play home matches at the Ofer Park in Ramla. History The club was founded in 1949, and played their first ...

* Hapoel Tirat Shalom *Ironi Lod * Maccabi Kiryat Ekron

Liga Gimel South

* A.S. Ashdod *A.S. Ashkelon * Bnei al-Salam Rahat *Elitzur Ironi Yehuda *

F.C. Arad F.C. Arad ( he, מועדון כדורגל ערד), ''Moadon Kaduregel Arad'', lit. ''Football Club Arad'' (or in short he, מ.כ. ערד, ''Mem Kaf Arad'', lit. ''F.C. Arad'') was an Israeli football club based in Arad. The club last played in ...

* F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy * F.C. Hapoel Bnei Ashdod * F.C. Hapoel Yeruham *F.C. Ironi Kuseife * F.C. Maccabi Ashdod *F.C. Tzeirei al-Hoshla *Hapoel Tzeirei al-Mahdi *Maccabi Dimona *Maccabi Ironi Hura * Maccabi Ironi Sderot

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