Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel F.C.

Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel
Full name	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Football Club; הפועל טירת הכרמל
Founded	1949 ; 2013 (Refounded)
Ground	Avi Ran, Haifa
Chairman	Avi Sa'adon
Manager	Lior Tal
League	Liga Bet North B
2023–24	Liga Bet North B, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel (Hebrew: הפועל טירת הכרמל) is an Israeli football club based in Tirat Carmel. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Samaria division and play home matches at the Avi Ran Ground in Haifa.

History

The club have spent 12 seasons in the second tier of Israeli football. They were promoted to the second tier for the first time, after they won Liga Bet North B division in the 1968–69 season. In the 1971–72 season, and once more, in the 1972–73 season, the club reached their best placing to date, after they finished fourth in Liga Alef North division, in both seasons. The club remained in the second tier until 1976, when Liga Artzit came into existence and became the new second tier of Israeli football, whilst Liga Alef became the third tier. The club finished the 1975–76 season in the ninth place, and was not promoted to Liga Artzit. However, in the following season, the club won Liga Alef North, and were promoted to the new second tier. After narrowly escaping relegation in the 1977–78 season thanks to better goal difference, and again in the following season, the club was relegated back to Liga Alef at the end of the 1979–80 season, after they finished second bottom in Liga Artzit.

10 years later, the club returned to Liga Artzit, and finished eleventh in the 1989–90 season. They were relegated in the following season after they finished bottom, with only three wins. The club suffered further relegations, and folded.

The club was refounded in 2013,^[1] and played the 2013–14 season in Liga Gimel Samaria division, where they faced their city rivals, Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel for the first derby in Tirat Carmel after 19 years.^[2]

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	4	1954–55, 1968–69, 1976–77, 1988–89
Fourth tier	1	1962–63

External links

Hapoel Tirat Carmel Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

^ Tirat HaCarmel is back Doublepass, 22.10.2013 (in Hebrew)
^ After 19 years: The derby returns to Tirat HaCarmel Doublepass, 2.1.2014 (in Hebrew)

[1] Tirat HaCarmel is back Doublepass, 22.10.2013 (in Hebrew)

[2] After 19 years: The derby returns to Tirat HaCarmel Doublepass, 2.1.2014 (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Bet
North A	Ahi Acre Ahli Tamra Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Nahariya Bnei Maghar F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Shefa'-Amr F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Karmiel Hapoel Kaukab Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Abu Sna'an Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin
North B	Beitar Haifa Bnei Qalansawe F.C. Mashhad Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel F.C. Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Qalansawe Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Hapoel Yafa Ihud Bnei Baqa Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel Tzeirei Haifa Tzofey Haifa
South A	Beitar Kfar Saba Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Jaffa F.C. HaMakhtesh Giv'atayim Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel 1928 Kfar Saba Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Gi'vat Shmuel Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva
South B	Beitar Yavne Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Kiryat Gat Bnei Eilat F.C. Ramla F.C. Sderot F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ar'arat an-Naqab Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Gedera Hapoel Segev Shalom Hapoel Yeruham Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Ramla
Seasons (fourth level)	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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25