F.C. Kafr Qasim (Arabic: النادي الرياضي كفر قاسم صهيب, Ālnādī Ālrīyāḍī Kafr Qāsim Ṣohayb, Hebrew: מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם סוהיב, Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim Sohib, lit. 'Kafr Qasim Sohaib Sport Club'; or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. כפר קאסם, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit. 'S.C. Kafr Qasim') is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.
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| Full name | Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim | ||
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| Founded | 2002 | ||
| Ground | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | ||
| Capacity | 11,500 | ||
| Chairman | Tareq Sarsour | ||
| Manager | Adham Hadiya | ||
| League | Liga Leumit | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga Leumit, 10th of 16 | ||
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History
editThe club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals from Kafr Qasim, 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.
In the two consecutive seasons 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 in Liga Alef FC. Kafr Qasim reached the Final game of the Promotion playoffs to the Liga Leumit against 14th place sides from Liga Leumit, but failed to win promotion in both cases.
They were promoted to the second division Liga Leumit in 2019 automatically from 1st place of Liga Alef South.
Stadium
editDuring the second decade of the twentieth century the club played in different stadiums like Lod Municipal Stadium and Winter Stadium.
These days, Kfar Qassem Football Stadium undergoing renovations and will contain 8,000 seats.
Current squad
edit- As to 8 July 2024
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Honours
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edit| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Third tier | 1 | 2018–19 |
| Fourth tier | 2 | 1966–681, 1977–781 |
| Fifth tier | 1 | 2002–03 |
1Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim
External links
edit- Kafr Qasim Sport Club Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
References
edit- ^ Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7 September 2013 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 Archived 10 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- ^ Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12 May 2013 (in Hebrew)