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Sektzia Nes Tziona (Hebrew: סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה, Sektziyat Kaduregel Nes Tziona, lit. Football Section Nes Tziona) are a football club from the Israeli city of Ness Ziona. They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier of Israeli football. Home matches were previously played at the Ness Ziona Stadium. Upon their promotion to the Israeli Premier League for the 2019–20 season, the club moved its home matches to the HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Sektzia Nes Tziona

Full name	Football Section Nes Tziona
Founded	1955; 67 years ago (1955) 2005 (Refounded)
Ground	Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Eli Cohen
Manager	Nir Berkovic
League	Israeli Premier League
2021–22	Liga Leumit, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The club was founded as F.S. Nes Ziona in 1955, following a merger of the local football clubs in Ness Ziona, Israel.[1] In their second season of existence they were promoted from Liga Gimel to Liga Bet.[1][2] In the 1962–63 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Three season later, in the 1965–66 season, they won Liga Alef South division and were promoted to Liga Leumit, then the top division. The 1966–68 season was played over two years and involved a 4-round (60 match) competition. However, the club managed only eight wins and were relegated. This was to be their only appearance in the top division to date.

During the mid-1990s the club played in Liga Artzit, then the second tier. In the 1998–99 season the club finished second from bottom and had four points deducted for breaking budget rules.[3] They were due to be relegated to the third tier, but were demoted to the fourth tier, Liga Alef, as their budget for the 1999–2000 season was not approved by the Israel Football Association.[4] After finishing bottom of Liga Alef in 2000–01, they folded.

In the 2004–05 season, Liga Bet club from Ness Ziona, Maccabi Ben Zvi, became Ironi Nes Tziona[5] or Maccabi Ben Zvi\Ironi, as recognized by the Israel Football Association.[6] Ironi finished as runners-up to Hapoel Arad, and promoted to Liga Alef after successful promotion play-offs against Hapoel Azor and Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev.[6] Ironi Nes Tziona was renamed in the summer of 2005, becoming Sektzia Nes Tziona (from the Russian word for "Section"), and the club was reborn. at the end of the 2005–06 season, the club won Liga Alef South and promotion to Liga Artzit.^{[citation needed]}

The club won Liga Artzit in 2008–09, the last season of Liga Artzit as the third tier of Israeli football, and was promoted to Liga Leumit. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished second bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today. After a few seasons in Liga Leumit, they became 2nd league champions in 2018-19, and started in the Israel Premier League in 2019-20.

Current squad

As of 21 June 2021

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISR Yossi Ginzburg 2 DF  ISR Yuval Levin 3 DF  ISR Tomer Buskila 4 DF  ISR Tal Kachila 5 DF  HAI Djimy Alexis 6 DF  ISR Liel Tzana 7 MF  ISR Dor Kochav 8 MF  ISR Shay Mazor 9 MF  ISR Mor Fadida 10 FW  ISR Dudu Biton 11 MF  ISR Amnon Tadele 12 DF  ISR Stav Israeli 14 MF  ISR Yarden Sidi 16 DF  ISR Kobi Mor

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ISR Roy Melika 19 FW  GEO Levan Kutalia 21 MF  CIV Donald Kodia 22 GK  ISR Niv Antman 23 MF  ISR Ismaeel Ryan 24 MF  ISR Ilay Trost 25 DF  ISR Moshe Mula 26 MF  ISR Omri Shekel 30 MF  ISR Ari Aleksander 52 GK  ISR Ido Askapa 66 DF  ISR Itay Rotman 77 MF  ISR Or Eiloz 99 FW  ISR Alomg Shankor

Honours

• Second tier (1):
  • 1965–66 Liga Alef
• Third tier (5):
  • 1960–61 Liga Bet
  • 1962–63 Liga Bet
  • 1972–73 Liga Bet
  • 1990–91 Liga Alef
  • 2008–09 Liga Artzit
• Fourth tier (3):
  • 1956–57 Liga Gimel
  • 1989–90 Liga Bet
  • 2005–06 Liga Alef

See also

• Ness Ziona Stadium

References

External links

• Sektzia Nes Tziona The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

На других языках

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- [en] Sektzia Nes Tziona F.C.

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[es] Sektzia Nes Tziona FC

El Sektzia Nes Tziona FC (en hebreo, סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה‎) es un equipo de fútbol de Israel que juega en la Liga Premier de Israel, la primera división de fútbol en el país.

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