Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem

Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem (Hebrew: אגודת ספורט נורדיה ירושלים‎), also known as Beitar Nordia Jerusalem (Hebrew: בית"ר נורדיה ירושלים‎) is an Israeli football club based in Jerusalem. The club was formed in 2014 by Beitar Jerusalem supporters, opposed to the La Familia supporter's group which took over the fan base in the years prior to the clubs' formation.[1]

Beitar Nordia Jerusalem
Full nameAgudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem
אגודת ספורט נורדיה ירושלים
Founded2014
GroundTeddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Capacity31,733
OwnerBeitar Nordia Jerusalem Fans Association
ChairmanYaron Sharfstein
ManagerVictor Ganish
LeagueLiga Alef South
2019–20Liga Alef South, 9th

Origins and formation

Beitar Jerusalem was established in 1936 and since the 1970s became a major force in Israeli football, winning 6 championships, 7 state cups, as well as several minor cups and spending most of its time in the Israeli top division.

Established in 2005, fan organization La Familia became dominant in the stands, voicing more racist views, edging out less extreme fans.[2][3] As a result, in 2014, the disenfranchised fans organized a fans' association, named Beitar Nordia Jerusalem, in order to set a fan-owned football club. The club was initially called Beitar Nordia Jerusalem, after Zionist leader Max Nordau. By doing this, the club resurrected the original club's name between 1947 and 1948, as Nordia was the name chosen by the Beitar sport association teams after the association was disbanded by the Mandatory Palestine government due to the association's ties with the Irgun in 1947.[4]

In August 2014 the club was registered with the IFA. However, the club was barred from using Beitar in its name, as it is not affiliated with the Beitar sport association.[5] The club, therefore, settled on the name "Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem", and was registered to the Central division of Liga Gimel. On 17 October 2014 the club played it first official match, beating Maccabi Kiryat Ekron 2–1 in the league.[6]

Honours

League
Honour No. Years
Fifth tier 1 2015–16
Fourth tier 1 2016–17

Cups
Honour No. Years
Liga Gimel divisional State Cup 1 2015–16

Current squad
As to 30 January 2020
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Rom Iluz
2 DF  ISR Shaked Amsalem
5 DF  ISR Noam Heftzadi
6 DF  ISR Daniel Hava
7 MF  ISR Tal Ayela
8 MF  ISR Aviram Baruchyan
9 MF  ISR Nirel Mahpud
10 FW  ISR Assaf Gubeza
11 MF  ISR Yehoyada Cohen
12 MF  ISR Ido Gonen
15 MF  ISR Ido Sharon
17 MF  ISR Or Mizrahi
18 DF  ISR Yonathan Zada
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ISR Evyatar Baruchyan
20 DF  ISR Bar Alsbri
22 MF  ISR Dor Konstantinos
23 DF  ISR Dror Nir
28 MF  ISR Niv Badash
29 MF  ISR Liad Elad
77 DF  ISR Avi Yosef
94 DF  ISR Matan Toledano
98 GK  ISR Benny Peretz
99 FW  ISR Yossi Asayag
— DF  ISR Idan Stein
— MF  ISR Tahel Hillel

References
  1. Fuck The Racists, Let’s Form our Own Club Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine Ouriel Daskal, 29 August 2014, Soccer Issue
  2. Beitar Nordia (re)born in Jerusalem Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine supporters-direct.org
  3. Chairman of Nordia Jerusalem: We're Beitar Jerusalem Fans Who Can't Support Beitar Jerusalem Anymore Irad Tzafrir, 4 August 2014, Haaretz (in Hebrew)
  4. The Legend of Nordia – The Same Madame With Another Coat Asher Goldberg, 24 February 2011, football.org.il (in Hebrew)
  5. First Derby: Beitar Jerusalem Have Beaten Nordia David Ben Shimol, 27 August 2014, ynet.co.il (in Hebrew)
  6. First Victory: 2:1 to Nordia Jerusalem Over Kiryat Ekron in Liga Gimel Ziv Amoyal, 18 October 2014, Doublepass (in Hebrew)
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