Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva F.C.

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva

Full name

Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Football Club
מכבי עירוני עמישב פתח תקוה

Founded

1997

Ground

Sportek Stadium, Kfar Sirkin

Chairman

Avihai Shitrit

Manager

Doron Maman

League

Liga Bet South A

2015–16

Liga Alef South, 14th (Relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני עמישב פתח תקוה‎‎) is an Israeli football club based in the Amishav neighbourhood of Petah Tikva. They are currently in Liga Alef South division, and play home matches at the Sportek Stadium in Kfar Sirkin.

History

Since the 1960s, the football club which have operated in the Amishav neighnorhood was Hapoel Amishav Petah Tikva. however, they were folded after failed attempt of merging with other Petah Tikva clubs, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Beitar Petah Tikva. one season later, in 1997, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was founded, and started in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football.

In the 2004–05 season, the club won Liga Gimel Sharon division, and promoted to Liga Bet, after 19 wins and one draw, scoring 88 goals and conceding 11. in their first season in Liga Bet, former Israeli top flight players, Liron Basis and Alon Mizrahi joined the club, and at the end of the season, Maccabi Amishav won Liga Bet South A division, and made another successive promotion, this time to Liga Alef. the club played two seasons in Liga Alef, and relegated back to Liga Bet at the 2007–08 season, after finished second bottom. in the following season in Liga Bet, the club finished second, and even though they lost in the promotion play-offs to the third bottom club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda, they were eventually promoted, as one spot in Liga Alef was vacated, after Hapoel Umm al-Fahm folded.

Following their return to Liga Alef, the club have also established a youth section.

Honours

Liga Bet South A:
- 2005–06
Liga Gimel Sharon:
- 2004–05

External links

Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Eli Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

References

Interview with Amishav Petah Tikva chairman Avi Shitrit about everything from everything Doublepass, 2.7.2013 (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Karmiel Safed F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 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

See also: Liga Artzit

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