Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C.

Association football club in Israel

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Football club

Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim

Full name| Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim Football Club
מועדון כדורגל הפועל רמת גן גבעתיים
Nickname(s)| Urduns
Founded| 1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Ground| Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Capacity| 13,370 (permitted seats)
Owner| Yehuda Doliner
Manager| Ori Guttman
League| Liga Leumit
2023–24| Liga Leumit, 11th of 16

Home colours

Away colours

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Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל רמת-גן גבעתיים, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim) is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at Ramat Gan Stadium, which has a capacity of 13,370. Their regular home strip is all-red.

## History

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The club was founded in 1927 during the Mandate era by Jewish settlers in Ramat Gan. After independence, the club were placed in the top division.

After a series of mid-table finishes, they were relegated to the second division in 1959–60 after finishing bottom. In 1962–63, the club were promoted back to the top division, and followed it up by becoming the first team to win the championship in their first season after promotion. The championship-winning match against Hapoel Petah Tikva was watched by the club's record crowd of 9,000. However, this success proved to be their zenith, as they were overtaken by city rivals Hakoah who were champions in the following season, and were relegated at the end of the 1968–69 season.

The early 1980s was a yo-yo era, as the club were promoted and immediately relegated twice in succession from 1979–80 to 1982–83. In 1988–89 they won promotion again, but were again immediately relegated, this being their last period of time in the top flight.

By the end of the 1990s, the club had sunk into Liga Artzit, the third division, though they did pick up some silverware by winning the Toto Cup for third division teams in 1999–2000. In the same season, they were promoted back to the second division.

In 2002–03, Hapoel Ramat Gan became the first team from outside the top division to win the State Cup, when they beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. The win also meant the club qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Hapoel were drawn against Levski Sofia of Bulgaria in the first round. However, because of a UEFA ban on matches in Israel at the time (due to the security situation), the club had to play their home match in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. The "home" match attracted a crowd of just 300, and Hapoel lost the tie 5–0 on aggregate (1–0, 4–0).

The following season, the costs of playing in Europe and the loss of many of the best players saw the club finish bottom of the table, resulting in relegation back to the third level. A 9-point deduction for financial issues at the start of the 2005–06 season resulted in another season of struggle, with the club finishing one place above relegation. The following season they won the league, and were promoted back to Liga Leumit.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League.

At the end of the regular games of 2009/2010 season the team was ranked in 11th place, but after turning half points system offset various management problems is down to 14th place, promising only the remaining league playoff game against Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 after it increased . Summer 2010 was characterized by economic uncertainty following professional financial obligations. On June 30, the owner Yaron Koris announced that the team will continue to play after the coverage obligations by its sponsors, and that he leaves the group after four years. Group management was transferred to the management group headed by Shahar Ben Ami gave Datner. In addition, Yuval Naim left after five years as coach and was replaced by Shlomi Dora. On 15 November 2010, Dora was sacked as due to team's league ranking in the last place in the Israeli Premier League for a long time. He was replaced by Zvika Zemach. and now managed by Freddy David, who led the team to win the Toto Cup Leumit trophy in 2011.

Hapoel Ramat Gan finished the regular 2010–11 season at the bottom of the Israeli Premier Division, with just eight points – seventeen points adrift of the penultimately placed Bnei Sakhnin. They had already been deducted four points due to double contracts with players and staff from the previous year. They then finished at the foot of the Bottom Play-Offs mini-table and so were relegated into the Liga Leumit along with Hapoel Ashkelon.

In 2012–13, they were relegated from the Premier League and yet still won their second State Cup as they defeated Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.

## Current squad

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As of 11 June 2024
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1  | GK |  ISR | Or Moseri
2  | DF |  ISR | Ronny Laufer
4  | DF |  GHA | Mohammed Adams
5  | DF |  ISR | Matan Levi
6  | MF |  ISR | Moshe Meir
7  | MF |  ISR | Mor Simantov
8  | MF |  ISR | Tom Aida
9  | FW |  ISR | Yaniv Mizrahi
10  | MF |  ISR | Sagi Dror
11  | DF |  ISR | Adar Ratner
12  | MF |  ISR | Amit Meir
14  | FW |  ISR | Hod Messika
15  | DF |  ISR | Raz Nachmias
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16  | DF |  ISR | Omri Shamir
17  | FW |  ISR | Yakir Zilberman
20  | MF |  ISR | Guy Aviv
21  | MF |  ISR | Dagach Worko
22  | GK |  ISR | Itamar Israeli
26  | MF |  ISR | Gidi Kanyuk
27  | DF |  ISR | Mor Buskila
30  | DF |  ISR | Itay Ozeri
37  | DF |  ISR | Ido Mizrahi
55  | GK |  ISR | Amit Reif
90  | FW |  NGA | Daniel Chinomso
-- | MF |  ISR | Moti Barshazki

## European record

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Opponents  | 1st Leg  | 2nd Leg  | Aggregate

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2003–04 | UEFA Cup | First round |  Levski Sofia | 0–1  | 0–4  | 0–5
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round |  Estoril | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–1

## Honours

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### League

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Honour  | No.  | Years

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Championships | 1  | 1963–64
Second tier | 3  | 1962–63, 1988–89, 2011–12
Third tier | 3  | 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2006–07

### Cups

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Honour  | No.  | Years

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State Cup | 2  | 2002–03, 2012–13
Toto Cup (second division) | 1  | 2011–12
Toto Cup (third division) | 3  | 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2006–07

## Records

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* Attendance: 9,000 vs Hapoel Petah Tikva (28 March 1964)
* Win: 10–0 vs Beitar Netanya (18 May 1940)
* Goalscorer: Reuven Cohen, 85 goals (1955–68)

## Managers

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* Moshe Poliakov (1935)
* Haim Reich (1939)
* Isidor Singer (1939–45)
* Haim Reich (1946)
* Shlomo Poliakov (1947–50)
* Emmanuel Galili (1951)
* Zvi Erlich (1951–53)
* Emmanuel Galili (1953)
* Jack Schtakovnik (1953–54)
* Emmanuel Galili (1954–55)
* Monia Goshen (1955)
* Haim Reich (1955–56)
* Moshe Varon (1956–59)
* Herzl Fritzner (1959–61)
* Moshe Varon (1961–62)
* David Schweitzer (1962–65)
* Moshe Litvak (1965–66)
* David Schweitzer (1966–68)
* Yechiel Mor (1968–69)
* Reuven Cohen (1969–70)
* Avraham Bendori (1970–71)
* David Farkash (1971–72)
* Amnon Raz (1972–73)
* Nissim Bachar (1973–75)
* Benny Conforti (1975)
* Uri Weinberg (1975–76)
* Shimon Ben Yehonatan (1976–77)
* Hanoch Mordechovich (1977–78)
* Shmuel Baruch (1978–79)
* Leon Konstantinovski (1979–81)
* Eliezer Spiegel (1981–82)
* Shimon Ben Yehonatan (1982–83)
* Nissim Bachar (1983–84)
* Itzhak Vissoker (1984–85)
* Amir Kopler (1985–86)
* Shimon Ben Yehonatan (1986)
* Ronny Levy (1986)
* Michael Kadosh (1986–87)
* Moshe Meiri (1987–88)
* Leon Konstantinovski (1988–89)
* Dror Kashtan (1989–90)
* David Schweitzer (1990–91)
* Moshe Meiri (1991–92)
* Dror Bar Nur (1992–93)
* Aharon Kapitolnik (1993)
* Avi Buchsenbaum (1993–95)
* Reuven Cohen (1995–96)
* Asher Messing (1996–97)
* David Karako (1997–98)
* Janos Pas and  Ilan Harpaz (1998)
* Eli Cohen (1998–2001)
* Motti Ivanir (2001–02)
* Eli Cohen (2002–04)
* Yaron Hochenboim (2004)
* Itzik Baruch (2004)
* Itzik Ovadia (2004–05)
* Rafi Buskila (2005)
* Nissim Cohen (2005)
* Yuval Naim (2005–10)
* Shlomi Dora (2010)
* Tzvika Tzemah (2010–11)
* Itzik Baruch (2011)
* Yaron Hochenboim (2011)
* Freddy David (2011–12)
* Eli Cohen (2012–13)
* Arik Gilrovich (2013)
* Guy Levy (2013–14)
* Tamir Ben Ami (2014)
* Dani Golan (2014–16)
* Patricio Sayegh (2016)
* Lior Zada (2016–17)
* Arik Benado (2017)
* Itzik Baruch (2017–2018)
* Dani Golan (2018)
* Nir Berkovic (2018–2019)

Source:[1]

## References

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1. ^ List of All Managers Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine HaMakhtesh (in Hebrew)

## External links

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* Official website (archived 23 July 2008)
* Fansite. Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine.

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* Bnei Yehuda
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* Hapoel Kfar Saba
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* Hapoel Ramat Gan
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* Hapoel Petah Tikva
* Hapoel Ra'anana
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* Maccabi Herzliya
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* Acre Stadium
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* Green Stadium
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* HaMoshava Stadium
* HaShalom Stadium
* Ilut Stadium
* Kiryat Shmona Stadium
* Levita Stadium
* Lod Municipal Stadium
* Ness Ziona Stadium
* Netanya Stadium
* Ramat Gan Stadium

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| 1937–1955|

* 1937
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* 1939
* 1940
* 1941–42
* 1943–44
* 1946–47
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* 1951–52
* 1953–54
* 1954–55

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* 1955–56
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* 1965–66
* 1966–68
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* 1976–77
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Israeli Premier League

Clubs|

* Beitar Jerusalem
* Bnei Sakhnin
* F.C. Ashdod
* Hapoel Be'er Sheva
* Hapoel Hadera
* Hapoel Haifa
* Hapoel Jerusalem
* Ironi Kiryat Shmona
* Ironi Tiberias
* Maccabi Bnei Reineh
* Maccabi Haifa
* Maccabi Netanya
* Maccabi Petah Tikva
* Maccabi Tel Aviv

Stadiums|

* Bloomfield Stadium
* Doha Stadium
* Green Stadium
* HaMoshava Stadium
* Netanya Stadium
* Sammy Ofer Stadium
* Teddy Stadium
* Turner Stadium
* Yud-Alef Stadium

Former clubs|

* Bnei Yehuda
* Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
* Hapoel Acre
* Hapoel Ashkelon
* Hapoel Kfar Saba
* Hapoel Nof HaGalil
* Hapoel Petah Tikva
* Hapoel Ra'anana
* Hapoel Ramat Gan
* Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
* Hapoel Rishon LeZion
* Hapoel Tel Aviv
* Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
* Maccabi Akhi Nazareth
* Maccabi Herzliya
* Maccabi Kiryat Gat
* Sektzia Ness Ziona

Competition|

* Champions
* Foreign players
* Players with 100+ goals
* Records
* All-time table

Associated competitions|

* Israel Super Cup
* Toto Cup
* Israel State Cup
* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Europa Conference League

Seasons|

* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
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* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
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* 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

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