Hapoel Nof HaGalil Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל נוף הגליל, romanized: Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Nof HaGalil; Arabic: هبوعيل نوف هچليل) is an Israeli professional football club based in Nof HaGalil. The club was formally known by the name "Nazareth Illit" until 2019 (the club accordingly was named as Hapoel Nazareth Illit F.C.). The club currently plays in Liga Leumit.
The club was founded in 1962 as Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth and competed in Liga Gimel for several seasons, before promoting to Liga Bet at the end of the 1971–72 season. The club changed its name in 1973 after Kiryat Nazareth gained city status and was renamed Nazareth Illit.
The club won 1975–76 Liga Bet, but, due to the league system restructuring, the club remained in the league system's third tier, which became Liga Alef. In 1978–79 the club won Liga Alef North division and was promoted to Liga Artzit, then the second tier. In 1983–84 they finished second from bottom, and were relegated to Liga Alef. Two seasons later the club finished second from bottom in Liga Alef and dropped to Liga Bet.
In 1998–99 the club finished as runners-up in Liga Alef North, and was promoted back to Liga Artzit, which was now the third tier following the formation of the Israeli Premier League in 1999. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2000–01 when they finished one place above the relegation zone, the club finished as runners-up the following season, and were promoted back to the second tier. In 2003–04 they finished as runners-up (on goal difference), and were promoted to the top division for the first time in their history.
In their first season in the Premier League the club finished fifth. Home matches were initially played at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth's Ilut Stadium, whilst their home ground had floodlights installed. They returned home in February 2005. However, the following season, 2005–06, they finished second from bottom (on goal difference), and returned to Liga Leumit. In 2007–08 they finished bottom of Liga Leumit, and were relegated to Liga Artzit.
Despite only finishing seventh in Liga Artzit in 2008–09, F.C. Nazareth Illit were promoted back to Liga Leumit as restructuring meant the top seven clubs were automatically promoted. Since then, Nazareth Illit hasn't been relegated for 3 consecutive seasons, finishing seventh in 2009–10, 11th in 2010–11 and twelfth in 2011–12.
In the 2012–13 season the club signed several new players, including Ibrahim Basit, Eran Malchin and Moti Malka; they finished second in the league, but lost 3–1 at home in a crucial match against Hapoel Ra'anana in the play-offs,[1] with Ra'anana eventually promoted to the Israeli Premier League, whilst Nazareth Illit finished third and remained in Liga Leumit. In 2018–19 the club finished the regular season at the top of the table, but a collapse during the playoff phase, with the club collecting just 7 points out of 21, led the club to finish in third place and miss out on promotion.
On 4 July 2019, after the name of Nazareth Illit was changed to Nof HaGalil, the club changed its name to Hapoel Nof HaGalil.[2]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Hapoel Nof HaGalil F C news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hapoel Nof HaGalil Football Club Hebrew מועדון כדורגל הפועל נוף הגליל romanized Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Nof HaGalil Arabic هبوعيل نوف هچليل is an Israeli professional football club based in Nof HaGalil The club was formally known by the name Nazareth Illit until 2019 the club accordingly was named as Hapoel Nazareth Illit F C The club currently plays in Liga Leumit Hapoel Nof HaGalilFull nameHapoel Nof HaGalil Football ClubFounded1958 65 years ago 1958 GroundGreen Stadium Nof HaGalilCapacity5 200OwnerNof HaGalil MunicipalityChairmanRoni LikwernikManagerMotti IvanirLeagueLiga Leumit2022 23Liga Leumit 14th of 16WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursCurrent season Contents 1 History 2 Current squad 3 Honours 3 1 League 3 2 Cups 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1962 as Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth and competed in Liga Gimel for several seasons before promoting to Liga Bet at the end of the 1971 72 season The club changed its name in 1973 after Kiryat Nazareth gained city status and was renamed Nazareth Illit The club won 1975 76 Liga Bet but due to the league system restructuring the club remained in the league system s third tier which became Liga Alef In 1978 79 the club won Liga Alef North division and was promoted to Liga Artzit then the second tier In 1983 84 they finished second from bottom and were relegated to Liga Alef Two seasons later the club finished second from bottom in Liga Alef and dropped to Liga Bet In 1998 99 the club finished as runners up in Liga Alef North and was promoted back to Liga Artzit which was now the third tier following the formation of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 After narrowly avoiding relegation in 2000 01 when they finished one place above the relegation zone the club finished as runners up the following season and were promoted back to the second tier In 2003 04 they finished as runners up on goal difference and were promoted to the top division for the first time in their history In their first season in the Premier League the club finished fifth Home matches were initially played at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth s Ilut Stadium whilst their home ground had floodlights installed They returned home in February 2005 However the following season 2005 06 they finished second from bottom on goal difference and returned to Liga Leumit In 2007 08 they finished bottom of Liga Leumit and were relegated to Liga Artzit Despite only finishing seventh in Liga Artzit in 2008 09 F C Nazareth Illit were promoted back to Liga Leumit as restructuring meant the top seven clubs were automatically promoted Since then Nazareth Illit hasn t been relegated for 3 consecutive seasons finishing seventh in 2009 10 11th in 2010 11 and twelfth in 2011 12 In the 2012 13 season the club signed several new players including Ibrahim Basit Eran Malchin and Moti Malka they finished second in the league but lost 3 1 at home in a crucial match against Hapoel Ra anana in the play offs 1 with Ra anana eventually promoted to the Israeli Premier League whilst Nazareth Illit finished third and remained in Liga Leumit In 2018 19 the club finished the regular season at the top of the table but a collapse during the playoff phase with the club collecting just 7 points out of 21 led the club to finish in third place and miss out on promotion On 4 July 2019 after the name of Nazareth Illit was changed to Nof HaGalil the club changed its name to Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2 Current squad editUpdated 1 February 2023 No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp ISR Ido Artzi2 DF nbsp GAM Sidiki Jawara4 DF nbsp ISR Tomer Lebanon5 DF nbsp ISR Jenia Berkman6 MF nbsp ISR Mohammed Mahamid7 DF nbsp ISR Salah Hussein8 FW nbsp ISR Ofir Mizrahi9 FW nbsp ISR Nevo Shedo10 MF nbsp ISR Samir Farhud11 FW nbsp ISR Alon Buzorgi15 MF nbsp ISR Nir Lax16 DF nbsp ISR Yarin Serdal17 DF nbsp ISR Tomer Buskila18 DF nbsp ISR Shay Mosinenko No Pos Nation Player20 DF nbsp ISR Dolev Azulay21 MF nbsp ISR Liav Preda23 MF nbsp ISR Ohad Rabinovich26 DF nbsp ISR Liam Bitan27 MF nbsp ISR Yitzhak Danan28 DF nbsp ISR Yonatan Levi30 MF nbsp ISR Idan David33 DF nbsp ISR Ali Kayal70 FW nbsp GUI Alhassane Keita77 FW nbsp ISR Julian Shelufe91 MF nbsp ISR Kevin Raisntein93 GK nbsp ISR Doron Michaeli98 GK nbsp ISR Tomer LivitanovHonours editLeague edit Third tier Winners 1975 76 1978 79 Fourth tier Winners 1971 72Cups edit Liga Bet North A Division Cup Winners 1986 87 3 Toto Cup Leumit Winners 2020 21 3 References edit Three on top 3 1 for Ra anana over Nazareth Illit Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Best Ball 26 4 2013 in Hebrew הפועל נצרת עילית שינתה את שמה להפועל נוף הגליל David Ben Shimol 4 July 2019 Ynet in Hebrew a b http jpress org il Olive APA NLI heb SharedView Article aspx href MAR 2F1986 2F12 2F28 amp id Ar04110 amp sk 067BC224 A Victory to Nazareth Illit over Bnei Nazareth in the City Derby Ma ariv 28 December 1986 Historical Jewish Press in Hebrew External links editHapoel Nof Hagalil Israel Football Association in Hebrew Hapoel Nof Hagalil official website in Hebrew Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hapoel Nof HaGalil F C amp oldid 1178295234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
