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Hapoel
Hapoel
Hapoel is an Israeli sport association. It was established in 1926 as a union of the Histadrut, and represented the workers class...

 Be'er Sheva Football Club
is an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i football club based in Beersheba
Beersheba
Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....

. The club is currently in the Israeli Premier League and plays home matches at the Vasermil Stadium
Vasermil Stadium
The Arthur Vasermil Municipal Stadium, commonly known as the Vasermil Stadium, is a football stadium in Beersheba, Israel. The stadium is designed as an open bowl , and formerly had a running track, though this has now been bricked over. The stadium is all-seated, and the capacity is 13,000.It is...

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History

Founded in 1949, the year after Israeli independence, the club was first promoted to Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

 (then the top division) in 1965. In their first season
Liga Leumit 1965-66
The 1965–66 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv crowned champions and qualify for the first Asian Club Championships. Moshe Romano and Mordechai Spiegler were the joint top scorers with 17 goals each....

 they finished 13th. In 1968-69
Liga Leumit 1968-69
The 1968–69 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv win the title and qualify for the 1970 Asian Club Championship. Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated to Liga Alef. Mordechai Spiegler of Maccabi Netanya was the league's top scorer with 25 goals.-Final table:-References:* RSSSF...

 they finished one place above the relegation zone, and the following season
Liga Leumit 1969-70
The 1969–70 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title on goal difference from city rivals, Hapoel, and qualify for the 1971 Asian Club Championship. Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva were relegated to Liga Alef. Moshe Romano of Shimshon Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 15...

 they finished bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Alef
Liga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...

.

Hapoel were promoted back to the top division after one season, and after slow progression, the mid-1970s became the club's golden period. Back-to-back championships were won in 1974-75
Liga Leumit 1974-75
The 1974–75 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Be'er Sheva win their first ever title. Moshe Romano of Beitar Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 17 goals....

 and 1975-76
Liga Leumit 1975-76
The 1975–76 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Be'er Sheva win their second consecutive title. It was the only season to date in which the league had 18 clubs....

. However, due to Israel's expulsion from the Asian Football Confederation
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 a few years earlier and the fact that the Israel Football Association
Israel Football Association
The Israel Football Association , also known as IFA, is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes the football leagues, Israeli Premier League, Israeli State Cup, Toto Cup and the Israeli national football team. The association is based in Ramat Gan...

 did not join UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 until 1994, the club did not participate in any international club competitions. In the season after the second championship, the club returned to its previous form, finishing one place above relegation.

The early 1980s saw a small revival in fortunes, with a third-place finish in 1982-83
Liga Leumit 1982-83
The 1982–83 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win the title, with the club's Oded Machnes finishing as the league's top scorer with 22 goals. Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to Liga Artzit.-Final table:-References:* RSSSF...

 and a State Cup
Israel State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

 final in 1983-84 (they lost 3-2 on penalties to Hapoel Lod
Hapoel Lod F.C.
Hapoel Lod was an Israeli football club based in Lod. The club spent several seasons in the top division in the 1960s and 1980s, and won the State Cup in 1984. After several relegations, they folded in 2002.-History:...

 after a 0-0 draw), though the club was almost relegated the following season. They reached the Toto Cup
Toto Cup
The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

 final in 1983 and 1984, but lost both matches (3-1 and 3-2 respectively) to Maccabi Netanya.

After that came a period of relative success. Third-place finishes were achieved in 1987-88
Liga Leumit 1987-88
The 1987–88 Liga Leumit season saw the league experiment with a split-league system. After the first two rounds , the league split, with the top eight clubs forming a Championship group and the bottom six forming a Relegation group...

, 1993-94
Liga Leumit 1993-94
The 1993–94 Liga Leumit season began on 28 August 1993 and ended on 4 June 1994, with Maccabi Haifa winning their fifth title.That season saw one of the best teams in history of Israeli football, according to many pundits, when Maccabi Haifa managed to win the league without suffering a single...

 and 1994-95
Liga Leumit 1994-95
The 1994–95 Liga Leumit season began on 27 August 1994 and ended on 27 May 1995, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the title.That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice...

 (though relegation was narrowly avoided (by one place) in 1991-2). They also won the Toto Cup in 1989. The third place finishes of 1993-94 and 1994-95, combined with Israel's new membership of UEFA, allowed the club entry to the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. Their first outing was not a success, losing 5-2 (3-1, 2-1) on aggregate to Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...

 of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 in the preliminary round. However, in 1995-96
UEFA Cup 1995-96
The UEFA Cup 1995-96 was won by Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995....

 competition, they beat KS Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

 3-0 (1-0, 2-0) in the preliminary round, and qualified for the first round. Drawn against Barcelona, the club lost both legs heavily (5-0 and 7-0) leading to a 12-0 aggregate defeat.

In 1996 the club won the Toto Cup for a second time. A year later, Hapoel picked up their fifth piece of silverware and qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup by winning the State Cup final, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0. Their third season in Europe started successfully, beating Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n club Zalgiris Vilnius 2-1 (0-0, 2-1) in the preliminary round, before being thrashed 14-1 (4-1, 10-0) by Roda JC of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 in the next round. The club were also relegated in the same season and did not return to the top division until 2001-2.

In 2002-03, the club become the first top division team to be beaten by a lower division side in a State Cup final, losing 5-4 on penalties to second division Hapoel Ramat Gan after a 1-1 draw.

In the beginning of 2004–2005 season,Hapoel Beer Sheva was play against FK Vllaznia (Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

) in the competition of UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

. Hapoel won in the sum
of two games (2-1,0-1) but have lost the qualification due to fails in squad players document fax sending.
At the end of the 2004-05 season, the club were relegated to the second division. The following season
Liga Leumit 2005-06
The 2005–06 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Herzliya win the title and promotion to the Premier League. Runners-up Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were also promoted....

 saw them play Maccabi Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Be'er Sheva F.C.
Maccabi Be'er Sheva Football Club , is an Israeli football team based in Beersheba. While not nearly as popular as their city rivals, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, the club made great strides in recent years including gaining promotion from Liga Bet to the Liga Leumit in just four seasons...

 (who were groundsharing at the Vasermil Stadium) for the first time.

During the 2006-07
Liga Leumit 2006-07
The 2006–07 Liga Leumit season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the title and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history. Runners-up Bnei Sakhnin were also promoted....

 several players were accused of match fixing. A loss of form saw the club miss out on promotion.

In 2007 chirman Eli Zino sold the club to Alona Barakat. Barakat, known as The Queen in Be'er Sheva, has been on a mission to revive the club.

In 2008-09
Liga Leumit 2008-09
The 2008–09 Liga Leumit season began on 29 August 2008, and ended on 29 May 2009.Two teams from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata along with two teams relegated from Israeli Premier League: Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Kfar...

, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League.

Current squad

As of 28 December, 2010

Notable former players

Israel Shalom Avitan Meir Barad Elyaniv Barda
Elyaniv Barda
Elyaniv Felix Barda , born December 15, 1981 in Beersheba, Israel) is an Israeli football forward and winger. Formerly a player for Israeli clubs Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv, he is currently contracted to Belgian club Racing Genk...

 Dedi Ben Dayan
David Ben Dayan
David "Dedi" Ben Dayan is an Israeli football defender, who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel. He is known for his good tackling, and also speed and his ability to join the attack.- Playing career :...

 Yossi Benayoun
Yossi Benayoun
Yosef Shai "Yossi" Benayoun is an Israeli international footballer who plays for Arsenal on loan from Chelsea.Benayoun plays as an attacking midfielder, often occupying the space just behind the striker. In Israel, he is sometimes nicknamed "The Diamond from Dimona". He is also the captain of the...

 Shimon Biton Elad Bunfeld Ya'akov Cohen
Jacob Cohen (footballer)
- Playing career :Cohen was bought by Brighton & Hove Albion from Hapoel Beersheba for £40,000 in October 1990, but made just six appearances.-Footnotes:...

 Efraim Davidi Stav Elimelech
Stav Elimelech
Stav Elimelech , is a former Israeli international footballer.-External links:...

 Ofir Haim
Ofir Haim
Ofir Haim is an Israeli football player who is currently plays for Hapoel Marmorek.-Honours:*Israeli Second Division:**Winner : 1997-98*Toto Cup:**Winner : 1998-99*Israel State Cup:**Runner-up : 1996...

 Maor Melikson
Maor Melikson
Maor Melikson is an Israeli-Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wisła Kraków.-Club career:Melikson started in the youth department of Maccabi Yavne. During the 2001–02 season, he made his senior debut in Liga Alef in a match against Ironi Ramat HaSharon. At the end of that season...

 Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi is an Israeli former football player in a striker position. He is the most prolific scorer in Israeli football history. Today he acts as the manager of Hapoel Yehud in Liga Gimel....

 Roni Moskovitch Avraham Numa Eliyahu Ofer Asi Rahamim
Argentina Claudio Dykstra
Belgium Davy Cooreman

Bosnia Sead Halilović
Sead Halilovic
Sejad Halilović is a retired Bosnian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe, including NK Zagreb, Real Valladolid, Altay S.K., and Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C...


Brazil André Caldeira
Jefisley André Caldeira
Jefisley André Caldeira is a Brazilian midfielder who plays for Hapoel Ramat Gan. Some of his other former teams include Goiás, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Beer Sheva.-External links:*...

 Leandro Siston
Diogo Rodrigues Siston
Diogo Rodrigues Siston, or simply Siston , is a Brazilian-Portuguese football midfielder who currently plays for Olaria Atlético Clube.He played in Brazilian National team U-15,U-17 and U-20...


Congo Jean-Claude Mukanya
Jean-Claude Mukanya
Jean-Claude Kabeya is a retired football player from the DR Congo who played in Belgium for KFC Eeklo, KFC Lommel and Eendracht Aalst, in Holland for NAC Breda and in Israel for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.-External links:**...


Croatia Andrija Balajić
Andrija Balajić
Andrija Balajić was a Croatian football defender, who last played for NK Varteks.He spent the majority of his career at Varteks, with short spells in Portugal, Israel and Greece, as well as playing briefly for Croatian giants Hajduk Split in the 2003–04 season...

 Tvrtko Kale
Tvrtko Kale
Tvrtko Kale is a Croatian-Israeli football player who played as of June 2010 for Hapoel Haifa. The newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija rated him the best player in the Croatian First League in 2004....

 Drazen Madunovic Đovani Roso Igor Tomasic
Igor Tomašic
Igor Tomašić is a naturalized Bulgarian footballer of Croatian ethnicity. He is currently playing in Cyprus for Anorthosis.-Youth career:...


Finland Mika Aaltonen
Mika Aaltonen
Mika Aaltonen is a former Finnish football player. His position was an attacking central midfielder. He also played for the Finnish national team....


Ghana Skelley Adu Tutu
Skelley Adu Tutu
Skelley Adu Tutu is a Ghanaian football striker.-International career:Adu Tutu represented the Ghana national under-20 football team in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.-External links:***...


Italy Marco Di Costanzo
Latvia Armands Zeiberliņš
Armands Zeiberliņš
Armands Zeiberliņš is a retired Latvian international football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 23 caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring four goals. His last club was FC Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine. He also played in Sweden, Russia, Poland and Israel during his career.-Honours:*...



Macedonia Zarko Serafimovski
Žarko Serafimovski
Žarko Serafimovski is a former football midfielder from the present-day Republic of Macedonia....


Moldova Igor Kostrov
Igor Kostrov
Igor Kostrov is an Moldovan footballer.-Career:Kostrov began his professional career with FC Dinamo Bender in Moldova before signing with Liga Leumit club Hapoel Be'er Sheva. He signed with Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards in February 2010 after being signed by Stuart McErlain-Naylor...


Nigeria Blessing Kaku
Blessing Kaku
Blessing Kaku is a Nigerian international football player, who was a member of the national squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He played for Enosis Neon Paralimni. He has also played for K.R.C. Genk in Belgium, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv, F.C...

 Femi Opabunmi
Femi Opabunmi
Femi Opabunmi is a Nigerian football player, who plays for Shooting Stars FC.-Career:He played for a few clubs, including Shooting Stars FC, Grasshoppers Zürich and Chamois Niortais in France...


Poland Marek Citko
Marek Citko
Marek Citko is a retired Polish football player, who most frequently performed as an offensive midfielder. His first club was Włókniarz Białystok and hist last - Polonia Warsaw...

 Remigiusz Jezierski
Remigiusz Jezierski
Remigiusz Jezierski is a Polish footballer.-Career:He is trainee of Polonia Świdnica. On October 2010, he joined Śląsk Wrocław on one-year contract.-External links:*...

 Bartosz Tarachulski
Bartosz Tarachulski
Bartosz Tarachulski is a Polish Professional footballer who plays for Kalloni F.C. in Greece's Second division.-Career:...


Romania Alin Minteuan
Alin Minteuan
Alin Ilie Minteuan is a retired Romanian footballer, and current caretaker manager of CFR Cluj.- Career :Minteuan's first team was CFR Cluj, where he went on to play for Universitatea Cluj, Rapid Bucharest, and Gloria Bistrita. He is a right midfielder or a central defensive midfielder.- Coaching...


Russia Aleksandr Solop
Aleksandr Solop
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Solop is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1991 for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-References:...


Ukraine Serhiy Husyev
Serhiy Husyev
Serhiy Yevhenovych Husyev is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He was the Ukrainian top goalscorer in the second championship of 1992-93.-References:* -External links:...

 Viktor Moroz
Viktor Moroz
Viktor Vasylyovych Moroz is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. In 2005, he manages the Ukraine national beach soccer team. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Dynamo Kyiv.-References:...


Zambia Chaswe Nsofwa
Chaswe Nsofwa
Chaswe Nsofwa was a Zambian international football striker. He died during a training match in Beersheba, Israel.-Arrival in Israel:...



Club officials

Senior Management
  • General Manager: Erez Badash


Management
  • Manager: Guy Levy
    Guy Levy
    Guy Levy , is a former Israeli footballer and now the manager of Hapoel Be'er Sheva. He has previously managed the Israel national under-21 football team.-References:...



Academy Coaching Staff
  • Director of Youth Academy: Hanan Azulay

Honours

  • Israeli championships
    • Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76
  • Israeli Supercup
    Israeli Supercup
    The Israeli Supercup was an Israeli association football club competition played on a single match between the winner of the latest Israeli top league championship and that of the last Israel State Cup...

    • Winners 1975
  • State Cup
    Israel State Cup
    The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

    • Winners: 1997
  • Toto Cup Al
    Toto Cup
    The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

    • Winners: 1988–89, 1995–96
  • Toto Cup Leumit
    Toto Cup
    The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

    • Winners: 2008–09

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