Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata ( he, מכבי עירוני קריית אתא) is an Israeli

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club, located in

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 ...

. They play in

Liga Alef Liga Alef ( he, ליגה א', , League A) is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declar ...

and play at the Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium.

History

The club was originally based in

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and named Maccabi Acre. In the 1989–90 season they won the North Division of

(then the third division) to win promotion to

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run b ...

. 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

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and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. During the same season they also won the Liga Artzit's

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. In 2008–09, the club finished bottom and was relegated to

, the third tier. On 27 July 2020 merged with Maccabi Tzur Shalom to Maccabi Kiryat Ata-Bialik.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 *

**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