Hapoel Merhavim F.C.

Hapoel Merhavim
Full name	Hapoel Merhavim Football Club; הפועל מרחבים
Founded	1957
Ground	Merhavim Ground, Merhavim Regional Council
Chairman	Erez Sharon
Manager	Avi Kalif
League	Liga Bet South B
2014–15	5th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Merhavim (Hebrew: הפועל מרחבים‎) is an Israeli football club based in Merhavim Regional Council. The club is currently in Liga Bet South B division.

History

The club was founded in 1957, and reached Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time in the 1959–60 season, which was the first season Liga Bet consisted four regional divisions. The club relegated to Liga Gimel after bottom finish in Liga Bet South B division in the 1964–65 season.

The club made a return to Liga Bet in the 1969–70 season, and after another relegation in the 1970–71 season, the club made an immediate return to Liga Bet, and started their best period to date, after fourth-place finish in the 1972–73 season, and third-place finish in the 1974–75 season, six points short from promotion to the second tier of Israeli football. The club also made an upset in the 1972–73 Israel State Cup, after they eliminated Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv by a result of 3–2 in away match.[1]

Following the creation of Liga Artzit in 1976, Merhavim became a fourth tier club, and played most of their seasons in Liga Bet. The club returned to the third tier, this time to Liga Alef, after they achieved promotion in the 1993–94 season.[2] they were relegated back to Liga Bet at the end of the 1995–96 season.

The club relegated to Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football in the 2012–13 season, after losing in the relegation play-offs to F.C. Dimona and Tzeirei Rahat. However, they made an immediate return to Liga Bet, after winning Liga Gimel South division in the 2013–14 season.[3]

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth Tier	3	1968–69, 1971–72, 1993–94
Fifth tier	2	1988–89, 2013–14

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External links

Hapoel Merhavim The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

Two own goals caused Bnei Yehuda's elimination Maariv, 10.12.72, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Moshav Gilat – To Hapoel Merhavim 1994 players, a bit of nostalgia, the promotion to Liga Alef Youtube (in Hebrew)
Liga Gimel South 2013/2014 Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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[Two_own_goals_caused_Bnei_Yehuda's_elimination-1] Two own goals caused Bnei Yehuda's elimination Maariv, 10.12.72, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[2] Moshav Gilat – To Hapoel Merhavim 1994 players, a bit of nostalgia, the promotion to Liga Alef Youtube (in Hebrew)

[3] Liga Gimel South 2013/2014 Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

Liga Gimel
Upper Galilee	Hapoel Bnei Ba'ana Hapoel Bnei Dir al-Asad Hapoel Deir Hanna Hapoel Ironi Safed Hapoel Karmiel Hapoel Nahariya Hapoel Shlomi Hapoel Tarshiha Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Aramsha Danon Maccabi Bnei Abu Sna'an Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ironi Yafa
Lower Galilee	Ahli Tamra Beitar Kafr Kanna F.C. Bu'eine Nujeidat F.C. Salama Misgav Hapoel Ironi Arraba Ihud Bnei Kafr Yasif Ihud Bnei Shefaram Ironi Bnei Saha'ab Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Tabash Tzeirei Tur'an
Jezreel	Ahi Bir al-Maksur Beitar Afula Beitar Umm al-Fahm Beitar Ein Mahil Bnei Musheirifa Baiada Bnei Umm al-Fahm Bnei Yafa F.C. Kfar Kama Hapoel Al-Batuf Hapoel Al-Ittihad Nazareth Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Tzeirei Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil
Samaria	Beitar Haifa Beitar Kiryat Ata Beitar Pardes Hanna Bnei Qalansawe Hapoel Bnei Jasr a-Zarqa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva Hapoel Kiryat Yam Hapoel Yokneam Maccabi Barkai Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Isfiya Maccabi Kiryat Yam Tzeirei Haifa
Sharon	Beitar Samaria Bnei Tira Beitar Tubruk F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Ironi Ariel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Netanya Hapoel Oranit Hapoel Pardesiya Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Sporting Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv	A.S. Holon Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Bnei Yehud Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel F.C. Ru'ah Tel Aviv Hapoel Neve Golan Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Inter Aliyah Tel Aviv Maccabi Hashikma Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan
Central	Beitar Ashdod Beitar Gan Yavne Beitar Gedera Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Ashdod City F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Ramla F.C. Rishon LeZion F.C. Tzeirei Lod Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Ramla Hapoel Tirat Shalom Maccabi Kiryat Ekron
South	F.C. Arad F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Tzeirei al-Hoshla Hapoel Mate Yehuda Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Hapoel Sderot Hapoel Segev Shalom Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Ashkelon Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Dimona Maccabi Ironi Hura Maccabi Yeruham Otzma Be'er Sheva Tzeirei Lakiya
Seasons (fifth level)	1958–59 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Seasons (sixth level)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09