F.C. Kafr Qasim

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F.C. Kafr Qasim
Full name Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim
מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם
Founded 2002
Ground Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod
Ground Capacity 4,000
Chairman Israel Issawi Frej
Manager Israel Haim Sirotkin
League Liga Alef South
2014–15 9th

F.C. Kafr Qasim (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם‎), Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim, lit. Kafr Qasim Sport Club (or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. כפר קאסם‎, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit. F.C. Kafr Qasim) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division, and following their promotion to Liga Alef, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. in the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef,[1] where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs.[2] After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.[3]

Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs.

Current Squad

As to 1 February 2016
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Asaf Raz
2 Israel DF Abdallah Taha
3 Israel DF Ali Taha
4 Israel DF Omri Amer
5 Israel DF Dor Elkabetz
7 Israel MF Tal Erez
8 Israel FW Rubel Sarsour
10 Israel MF Elad Cohen
12 Israel MF Mahmmoud Sarsour
14 Israel MF Omer Halevi
No. Position Player
15 Israel MF Ahmed Amer
18 Israel DF Guy Even
19 Israel FW Nisan Danon
20 Israel MF Amer Badir
22 Israel GK Mahmmoud Haskiya
23 Israel MF Amir Badir
30 Israel MF Gal Porat
70 Israel MF Mohammed Badir
96 Israel FW Halil Farej

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Fourth tier 2 1966–681, 1977–781
Fifth tier 1 2002–03

1Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

External links

References

  1. Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7.9.2013 (Hebrew)
  2. Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
  3. Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12.5.2013 (Hebrew)