Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C.

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm

Full name	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Football Club
Short name	Umm Al Fahm
Founded	1963 (1963)
Ground	HaShalom Stadium
Capacity	5,800
Chairman	Mohamed Jabareen
Manager	Vacant
League	Liga Leumit
2023–24	Liga Leumit, 8th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל אום אל-פאחם) is an Israeli football club based in Umm al-Fahm. The club currently plays in the Liga Leumit.

History

Established in 1963, at the start of the 1990s the club was playing in Liga Alef. At the end of the 1998–99 season they were relegated to Liga Bet North B. In 2005 they returned to Liga Alef.

After finishing as runners-up in Liga Alef North in 2006–07 under the management of Samir Issah, the following season the club won Liga Alef North and were promoted to Liga Artzit (then the third division). In the 2008–09 season they were relegated to Liga Alef and folded.

However, four years later, in 2013, the club returned after Ahva Umm al-Fahm, which was founded two years earlier and promoted to Liga Bet in their first season, was renamed to Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.

In 2016–17 season, the team promoted to Liga Alef, and two seasons later promoted to Liga Leumit.

In the eighth round of 2019–20 Israel State Cup the team defeated the champion Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 after Maccabi leaded 0–2, and qualified to the round of 16 there was defeated 0–1 to Maccabi Haifa.

Stadium

After the club promoted to Liga Leumit played temporarily his home matches in Afula Illit Stadium. In 2023 the renovations in HaShalom Stadium done and the club returned to play his home matches there.

On 20 January 2023 Umm al-Fahm hosted his

Current squad

As to 27 September 2024

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Yosef Mahamid
3	DF	ISR	Niran Rotshtein
4	DF	NGA	Alex Emeka
6	MF	ISR	Gal Kolani
7	MF	ISR	Abdallah Jabarin
8	MF	ISR	Marwan Kabha
9	FW	ISR	Danni Amer
10	MF	ISR	Liel Cohen
11	MF	ISR	Noor Aladeen Jabarin
15	DF	ISR	Shahar Tzafrir
16	MF	ISR	Dan Kaduri
17	MF	ISR	Bashar Mahagna
19	MF	ISR	Or Dasa
20	MF	ISR	Habiballah Jabarin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ISR	Oudai Mahamid
22	DF	RUS	Nikita Khodorchenko
23	DF	ISR	Ali Kayal
25	DF	ISR	Ahmed Switat
26	DF	ISR	Sahar Dabach
28	DF	ISR	Niv Sarel
30	FW	ISR	Roy Buganim
33	DF	ISR	Ahmed Jabarin
55	GK	ISR	David Ben Lulu
66	DF	ISR	Jaber Jabarin
70	MF	ISR	Mohammed Mahamid
90	FW	NGA	Chinemerem Godwin
99	GK	PLE	Mahdi Zoabi
—	FW	ISR	Guy Ben Lulu

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	2	1978–79, 2007–08
Sixth Tier	1	2011–12

External links

• Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
• Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (2009) Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)