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 ...

Be'er Ya'akov () was an Israeli football club based in

Be'er Ya'akov Be'er Ya'akov () is a city in central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion. The town has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km2), and had a population of in 2019. History Be'er Ya'akov was established in 1907 on 2,000 dunams of land purch ...

History

The club was founded in 1954 and joined

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 ...

, then the third tier of Israeli football. In the 1959–60 season, they reached

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 ...

(now as third tier), after that league was expanded to 64 clubs, divided in four regional divisions in that season.Who and who in Liga Bet?
Heruth, 20.9.1959, Historical Jewish Press In the 1965–66 season, the club won Liga Bet South A division and promoted for the first time in their history to

Liga Alef Liga Alef () 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 Declaration of Independence. Howe ...

, the second tier at the time. Hapoel played nine seasons in the second tier, with their best placing was the fifth place in Liga Alef South division, which was achieved in the 1971–72 season. In 1976, following the creation of

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit (, 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 by the Israel Football A ...

, Liga Alef became the third tier of Israeli football, where the club continued to play after they finished fifteenth in the 1975–76 season. However, they dropped further tier, to Liga Bet (now as fourth tier), after they finished bottom in Liga Alef South at the following season. Eleven years later, in the 1987–88 season, Hapoel won Liga Bet South B division and returned to Liga Alef, where they played until they were relegated back to Liga Bet, at the end of the 1994–95 season. In 1999, following the creation of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

, Liga Bet became the fifth tier. However, as the club withdrew from the 1999–2000 season, they dropped to Liga Gimel, the sixth and lowest tier of Israeli football at the time and folded at the end of the 2004–05, while playing in Liga Gimel Central division. Later in 2005, a new club was founded,

Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov () was an Israeli football club based in Be'er Ya'akov. History The club was founded in 2005 after the previous club of the town, Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov, which has played in the past in Liga Alef, was dissolved. In their fir ...

, which have joined Liga Gimel in the following season.Liga Gimel Central\South
go4score, 4.11.2006, The

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Honours

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References

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