F.C. Kafr Qasim ( ar, بالعربية - النادي الرياضي كفر قاسم صهيب او نادي الوحدة كفر قاسم صهيب, he, מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם, ''Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim'', lit. ''Kafr Qasim Sport Club''; or in short he, מ.ס. כפר קאסם, ''Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim'', lit. S.C. Kafr Qasim) is an Israeli

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club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit, they play home matches at the

Lod Municipal Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium ( he, אצטדיון עירוני לוד, ''Itztadion Ironi Lod'') is a football stadium in Neot Itzhak neighborhood of Lod, Israel. It is currently the home stadium of Hapoel Bnei Lod. The stadium was built in the 1960s t ...

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History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals from Kafr Qasim, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. In the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef, where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs. After four successful promotion play-offs matches against

F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim ( he, מועדון ספורט בני יפו אורתודוקסים), ''Moadon Sport Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim'', lit. ''Bnei Jaffa Orthodox Sport Club'' (or in short he, מ.ס. בני יפו אורתודוקסים ''Mem Sam ...

, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef
Doublepass, 12.5.2013 Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs. In the two consecutive seasons 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 in Liga Alef FC. Kafr Qasim reached the Final game of the Promotion playoffs to the Liga Leumit against 14th Place sides from Liga Leumit, but failed to win promotion in both cases. They were promoted to the second division Liga Leumit in 2019 automatically from 1st place of Liga Alef South.

Stadium

During the second decade of the twentieth century the club played in different stadiums like

and

Winter Stadium Winter Stadium ( he, אצטדיון וינטר ''Etztadion Vinter'') is a stadium in Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. History Jack A ...

. These days,

Kfar Qassem Football Stadium Kfar Qassem Municipal Stadium (), is a football stadium currently being built in Kfar Qasim for F.C. Kafr Qasim, the football team of the town. Once completed in 2020, the new stadium will include 8,000 seats, along with all the Facilities that ...

undergoing renovations and will contain 8,000 seats.

Current squad

; As to 31 August 2022

Honours

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¹Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

External links

Kafr Qasim Sport Club
Israel Football Association

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kafr Qasim Football clubs in Israel Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Israel Arab-Israeli football clubs