Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
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Wikipedia - Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C.
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.
Der Verein ist der erste arabisch-israelische Verein, der in der ersten israelischen Liga gespielt hat. Er schaffte 2007 den Aufstieg in die erste Liga und blieb dort für zwei Spielzeiten, bevor er 2009 wieder abstieg.
Der Hapoel Umm al-Fahm ist bekannt für seine starke Jugendabteilung, aus der viele talentierte Spieler hervorgegangen sind, die später in der israelischen Nationalmannschaft spielten.