Hapoel Azor F.C.

Hapoel Azor
Full name	Hapoel Azor Football Club; הפועל אזור
Nickname(s)	Azuria
Founded	1954
Ground	Azor Stadium, Azor
Chairman	Shimon Sinwani
Manager	Yossi Hakim
League	Liga Alef South
2016–17	11th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Azor (Hebrew: הפועל אזור) is an Israeli football club based in Azor. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division.

History

The club was founded in 1954, and in 1959 was promoted to Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time,^[1] where they played up until relegation in the 1965–66 season. fifteen years later, the club returned to the third tier (now Liga Alef), in the 1981–82 season, and reached the third place in the 1986–87 season. however, they were relegated to Liga Bet in the following season, and it took the club twenty four years^[2] to make a return to Liga Alef, following a successful promotion play-off victory over Maccabi Ironi Netivot.^[3]

In their comeback season to Liga Alef, the club finished in the fourth place, and qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 1–0 against Ironi Bat Yam, and were eliminated in the second round, after losing 0–1 to Beitar Kfar Saba. the following season was even more successful, as the club equaled their record placing from 1987, by finishing in the third place, and once again qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they won 4–1 after extra time against Hapoel Marmorek, and 2–0 against Beitar Kfar Saba. However, Azor were eliminated in the third round, after losing on penalties 2–4 to the Liga Alef North play-offs winner, Ironi Tiberias, after the match ended in 1–1 draw.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	2	1980–81, 2011–12
Fifth tier	1	1977–78

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet divisional State Cup	3	2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12

External links

Hapoel Azor Israel Football Association Template:He icon

References

^ Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon
^ Team in a day: Hapoel Azor Doublepass Template:He icon
^ Hapoel Azor 1–0 Maccabi Ironi Netivot The Israel Football Association Template:He icon

[Who_and_who_in_Liga_Bet?-1] Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon

[Team_in_a_day:_Hapoel_Azor-2] Team in a day: Hapoel Azor Doublepass Template:He icon

[Hapoel_Azor_1-0_Maccabi_Ironi_Netivot-3] Hapoel Azor 1–0 Maccabi Ironi Netivot The Israel Football Association Template:He icon

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v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also: Liga Artzit