Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi F.C.

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Malakhi
Full name	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Malakhi Football Club; מכבי עירוני קרית מלאכי
Founded	1962
Ground	Nino Stadium, Kiryat Malakhi
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Rafi Azulay
Manager	Rafi Baruch
League	Liga Alef South
2023–24	Liga Alef South, 9th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Malakhi (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני קרית מלאכי) is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Malakhi. They are currently in Liga Bet South B division.

History

The club was founded in 1962, and played in most of their football seasons in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football.

In the 1993–94 season, the club was promoted to Liga Bet for the first time in their history, after 33 years in Liga Gimel. However, their spell in Liga Bet lasted one season, and they were relegated back to Liga Gimel in the following season.

In 1999, Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi, which have played in Liga Alef, dissolved after major financial problems, and Maccabi remained the only football club in Kiryat Malakhi.

In the 2002–03 season, the club was promoted to Liga Bet for the second time, after they won their regional division of Liga Gimel with a perfect record of 20 wins, without any draw or lose, scoring 110 goals and conceding 11. After three seasons in Liga Bet South B division, the club finished the 2005–06 season in the third place, and were eventually promoted to Liga Alef, after one spot was vacated in the south division, following the merger of Beitar Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Kiryat Gat.

In Liga Alef South division, the highest placing of the club was runners-up finish in the 2010–11 season, and qualification with the home advantage to the promotion play-offs, where they beat Hapoel Kfar Shalem 2–0 in the first round, and were eliminated in the second round after they lost 1–3 to Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.

Prior to the 2014–15 season, Maccabi were deducted nine points for entering administration.^[1] The club did not recover, as at the end of the season, they were relegated to Liga Bet, following a bottom place finish.

Honours

Liga Gimel:
- 1964–65, 1993–94, 2002–03

External links

Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

History Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi (in Hebrew)

^ Kiryat Malakhi to enter administration, will start the season with −9 Goler1, 6.8.2014 (in Hebrew)

[1] Kiryat Malakhi to enter administration, will start the season with −9 Goler1, 6.8.2014 (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
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See also: Liga Artzit