Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona ( he, מכבי עירוני כפר יונה) is an Israeli
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Kfar Yona. The club is currently in
Liga Bet South A division.
History
The club was founded in 1964 as Maccabi Kfar Yona and played mostly in the lower divisions of
Israeli football
Football ( he, כַּדוּרֶגֶל, ''Kaduregel'') is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport, first developed in the United Kingdom, who controlled Mandatory Palestine during the days of the British Mandate.
The ...
. In the
2006–07 season the club won
Liga Bet South A division and were promoted to
Liga Alef. Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona played six seasons in Liga Alef South division, until they were relegated back to Liga Bet after the last match of the
2012–13 season, following a defeat of 2–3 to
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי קביליו יפו) is an Israeli football club from Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Founded in 2007 as a phoenix football club by fans of Maccabi Jaffa F.C., which was dissolved in 2000 and a ...
.
The club had attempted to return to Liga Alef in the
following season and after third-place finish in Liga Bet South A division, they qualified for the Promotion play-offs, where they beat
Hapoel Kiryat Ono
Hapoel Kiryat Ono ( he, הפועל קריית אונו) is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Ono. They are currently in Liga Bet South A division.
History
The club was founded in 1952 as Hapoel Kfar Ono. by a result of 4–2 in the first round; However, in the second round, they lost 0–3 after
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
to
Hapoel Hod HaSharon,
Hod HaSharon surpassed Kfar Yona on the way to the regional final
Doublepass, 3.5.2014 and remained in Liga Bet.
Honours
* Liga Bet South A
**Champions 2006–07
External links
Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona
Israel Football Association
References
{{Liga Bet
Ironi Kfar Yona
Ironi Kfar Yona
Association football clubs established in 1964
1964 establishments in Israel