F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Gat () was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of

Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat () also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies south of Tel Aviv, north of Beersheba, and west southwest of Jerusalem. In it had a population of . The city hosts one of the most advanced semicondu ...

. the club's best achievement was the fifth place in the fourth division,

Liga Bet Liga Bet () 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 Independence. However, the financial ...

. Currently, only the Women's section is operated by the club. the club is part of

Hapoel Hapoel (, ) is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi World Union, Maccab ...

Association, Since summer 2010.

History

The club was founded after the dissolving of

Beitar Kiryat Gat F.C. The Betar Movement (), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements tha ...

, that merged with the Major Club in the city,

Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. () was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. The club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after beating Hapoel Beit She'an on the f ...

The club formed in Summer 2008. After the first season ever, the club was promoted from

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel (, lit. ''League C'') is, since 2009, the fifth and bottom division of Israeli football league system, Israeli Football League. From Liga Alef and downwards, including Liga Gimel, each league is separated by region. History Liga Gimel ...

. At the 2011–12 season, the club finished in the fifth place in Liga Bet South B division. they did not enter Liga Bet in the 2012–13 season and dissolved.

Women's section

The Women's section of the club founded in 2010 and joined the second division of

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in Israel, Ligat Nashim Shniya. At the end of the 2012–13 season, the women's club promoted to the first division,

Ligat Nashim Rishona Ligat Nashim (, lit. ''Women's League'') is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998. Format The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division, titled Women's Premier Leag ...

, where they play today.

External links

New on the grass: Kiryat Gat F.C.

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F.C. Kiryat Gat (Women's club)
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F.C. Kiryat Gat F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Gat () was an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. the club's best achievement was the fifth place in the fourth division, Liga Bet. Currently, only the Women's section is operated by the club. the ...

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