Maccabi Ironi Acre ( he, מכבי עירוני עכו) is an Israeli football club based in Acre. The club is currently in

Liga Bet Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions. History League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...

North A division and play at the

Acre Municipal Stadium Acre Municipal Stadium ( he, האצטדיון העירוני של עכו, ''Haitztadion Haironi Shel Akko''), also Toto Acre Stadium ( he, אצטדיון טוטו עכו, ''Itztadion Toto Akko''), is a Association football, soccer stadium in Acre, ...

History

The club was founded in 2008 and is different from the club which was known in the past as Maccabi Acre, as the original club relocated to

Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata ( he, קִרְיַת אָתָא; also Qiryat Ata) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens. History The Early Bronze Age site at Qiryat Ata has been extensively excavate ...

eight years earlier and renamed to Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In their first season of existence, the club finished runners-up in

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel ( he, ליגה ג', lit. ''League C'') is the fifth and bottom division of Israeli Football League, a position it has held since 2009. From Liga Alef and downwards to this, each league is separated by region as well. History Liga Gimel ...

Upper Galilee The Upper Galilee ( he, הגליל העליון, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; ar, الجليل الأعلى, ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical-political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period. It originally referred to a mounta ...

division,Liga Gimel Upper Galilee 2008/2009
The Israel Football Association and were promoted to

, where they play since. The club's best placing to date came at the 2014–15 season, when they finished third in Liga Bet North A division and qualified for the

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, where they beat Ahi Acre in a

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by a result of 2–1 and Ironi Bnei Kabul by a result of 2–0, and advanced to the regional final, where they lost 2–4 to Hapoel Iksal.

External links

Maccabi Ironi Acre
Israel Football Association

References

{{Liga Bet Ironi Acre Ironi Acre Association football clubs established in 2008 Sport in Acre, Israel