Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata ( he, מכבי עירוני קריית אתא) is an Israeli
football
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club, located in
Kiryat Ata. They play in
Liga Alef and play at the
Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium.
History
The club was originally based in
Acre
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and named Maccabi Acre. In the
1989–90 season they won the North Division of
Liga Alef (then the third division) to win promotion to
Liga Artzit. At the end of the
1993–94 season they were relegated back to Liga Alef after finishing second bottom. However, they made an immediate return to the second level. In
1999–2000 they finished third.
In 2000 the club's owner Barukh Ofir decided to move the club to Kiryat Ata (whose previous club,
Hapoel Kiryat Ata, had folded) and rename it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In the club's
first season in its new guise, they were relegated to Liga Artzit (now the third tier). In
2004–05 they finished second from bottom, and were due to be relegated to Liga Alef. However,
Maccabi Ramat Amidar left the league and the club were reprieved. The
following season they finished third, a place below the promotion places, but in
2006–07 came third from bottom, one place above the relegation zone.
In
2007–08 they finished as runners-up to
Hapoel Jerusalem and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. During the same season they also won the Liga Artzit's
Toto Cup.
In
2008–09, the club finished bottom and was relegated to
Liga Alef, the third tier.
On 27 July 2020 merged with
Maccabi Tzur Shalom to
Maccabi Kiryat Ata-Bialik
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.
איחוד היסטורי בין הקבוצות מכבי צור שלום ומכבי קרית אתא הוליד קבוצה משותפת
Haim Krayot website, 27 July 2020
Honours
*Liga Alef
**North Division champions 1989–90, 1994–95
* Toto Cup
**Liga Artzit winners 2007–08
External links
Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata
Israel Football Association
References
{{Liga Alef
Football clubs in Israel
Maccabi football clubs
Association football clubs established in 2000
Association football clubs disestablished in 2020
2000 establishments in Israel
2020 disestablishments in Israel