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Ironi Tiberias (Hebrew: עירוני טבריה) is a football club from Tiberias, Israel. The club is not connected to Hapoel Tiberias, a former club which spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s and the 1980s, making its last appearance in the top flight in 1989.

Ironi Tiberias F.C

Full name	Ironi Tiberias Football Club
Founded	2006
Ground	Municipal Stadium, Tiberias
Capacity	4,500
Owner	Dorot Group
chairmen of association	Arie Kalmanzon & Mickey Bitan
Manager	Eliran Hudeda
League	Liga Leumit
2021–22	Liga Alef North, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

History

Football was played in Tiberias before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the first club in the city, Maccabi Tiberias, was formed in 1925[1] and was playing football as early as 1927.[2] A year later, Maccabi Tiberias competed in the first ever edition of the Israel State Cup.

The best known club from Tiberias was Hapoel Tiberias, which played in the top division of the Israeli football in the 1960s, from 1961–62 to 1964–65, and later again in 1988–89.

A third club operating in Tiberias during these years was Beitar Tiberias, although it mainly played in the lower levels of the Israeli league, its best performance being reaching Liga Bet, the third tier in the late 1960s and the 1970s.

By the late 1990s both Maccabi and Hapoel has folded, and the only active club was Beitar Tiberias. In 2001 the club was merged with Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton to form Hapoel Galil Tahton/Tiberias.[3] in 2007 the club changed its name to Ironi Tiberias.

In 2006–07 the club finished 2nd in Liga Bet North B and was promoted through play-offs. After several season in Liga Alef North, the club qualified to the promotion play-off at the end of the 2010–11 season, falling in first round to Hapoel Asi Gilboa. The following season the club finished 2nd in Liga Alef, but didn't take part in the promotion play-offs, which involved only the league winner, Hapoel Asi Gilboa.

The club finished 2nd once again in 2013–14 and qualified to the promotion play-offs, and after beating Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek and Hapoel Azor, faced Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in the decisive promotion/relegation play-offs. Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate (3–0, 2–1), and promoted to Liga Leumit. However, the club's spell in Liga Leumit lasted only one season, as they finished second bottom in the 2014–15 season and relegated back to Liga Alef.

Current squad

As of 29 June 2022[4]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISR Daniel Benish 5 DF  ISR Sharon Levi 6 MF  ISR Evyatar Barak 7 FW  ISR Timor Avitan 8 FW  ISR Ofir Mizrahi 9 FW  BRA Julio César 10 FW  ISR Idan Golan 11 FW  ISR Aviel Gabay 13 FW  ISR Eliran Milestein 14 DF  ISR Miki Yazo 15 MF  ISR Eilon Elimelech 16 MF  ISR Matanel Tadesa 18 MF  ISR Hen Yad'an

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ISR Yitzhak Danan 21 MF  ISR Bassel Shaban 23 DF  ISR Ben Vehava 27 MF  ISR Snir Talias 28 MF  GHA Gershon Koffie 30 GK  ISR Khaled Azam 51 DF  ISR Eli Balilty 55 GK  ISR Gabriel Cohen 70 FW  ISR Nir Abergil 77 MF  ISR Aviran Turgeman 79 DF  ISR Yakov Ababa 98 GK  ISR Tomer Livitanov 99 MF  ISR Haroun Shapso

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	1966–681
Fifth tier	1	1996–971

¹As Beitar Tiberias

References

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