Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei F.C.

Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei
Full name	Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Football Club; הפועל איחוד בני סמיע
Founded	1971 as Hapoel Kafr Sumei; 2010 as Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei
Ground	Kafr Sumei Ground, Kisra-Sumei
Chairman	Naji Rabbah
Manager	Naim Rabbah
League	Liga Bet North A
2015–16	8th
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei (Hebrew: הפועל איחוד בני סמיע) is an Israeli football club based in Kisra-Sumei. The club is currently in Liga Bet North A division.

History

The club was founded in 1971 as Hapoel Kafr Sumei and played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the early 2000s, they started a period of success after they finished runners-up in Liga Bet North A division at the 1999–2000 season^[1] and were promoted to Liga Alef as the best runners-up in Liga Bet North divisions. two seasons later, at the 2001–02 season, they won Liga Alef North division and were promoted to Liga Artzit, the third tier of Israeli football at the time. However, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted one season, as they finished second bottom at the 2002–03 season and relegated back to Liga Alef. The club dropped to Liga Bet at the end of the 2006–07 season, after falling in the Relegation play-offs to Ironi Tiberias, which were promoted to Liga Alef.^[2]

In 2010, Hapoel merged with Maccabi Kafr Sumei (which was founded in the early 1990s) to create Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei. Since the merger agreement was reached after the deadline in which merger requests may be submitted to the Israel Football Association, the merged club continued to play under Hapoel, whilst Maccabi was handed to the management of Liga Gimel club, Bnei Nahf,^[3] and eventually withdrew from the league during the season.^[4] Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei finished the 2010–11 season in Liga Bet North A as runners-up and qualified for the Promotion play-offs, where they lost in the first round to Ironi Bnei Kabul.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	2001–02¹
Fifth tier	1	1981–82¹

¹Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Sumei

External links

Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

^ Israel Fifth Level 1999/2000 RSSSF
^ Tiberias goes on Alef Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Qaz.co.il, 21.5.2007 (in Hebrew)
^ Ihud Bnei Kafr Sumei Doublepass, 11.9.2010 (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Kafr Sumei Jamil fixtures in Liga Bet North A for 2010/2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[1] Israel Fifth Level 1999/2000 RSSSF

[2] Tiberias goes on Alef Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Qaz.co.il, 21.5.2007 (in Hebrew)

[3] Ihud Bnei Kafr Sumei Doublepass, 11.9.2010 (in Hebrew)

[4] Maccabi Kafr Sumei Jamil fixtures in Liga Bet North A for 2010/2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Bet
North A	Ahi Acre Ahli Tamra Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Nahariya Bnei Maghar F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Shefa'-Amr F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Karmiel Hapoel Kaukab Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Abu Sna'an Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin
North B	Beitar Haifa Bnei Qalansawe F.C. Mashhad Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel F.C. Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Qalansawe Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Hapoel Yafa Ihud Bnei Baqa Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel Tzeirei Haifa Tzofey Haifa
South A	Beitar Kfar Saba Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Jaffa F.C. HaMakhtesh Giv'atayim Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel 1928 Kfar Saba Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Gi'vat Shmuel Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva
South B	Beitar Yavne Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Kiryat Gat Bnei Eilat F.C. Ramla F.C. Sderot F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ar'arat an-Naqab Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Gedera Hapoel Segev Shalom Hapoel Yeruham Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Ramla
Seasons (fourth level)	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25