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Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Club crest
Full name Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club
Nickname(s) Negev's Pride
The Camels
Crazy Reds
Founded 1 May 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-01)
Ground Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
Ground Capacity 16,126
Owner Alona Barkat
Chairman Asi Rahamim
Manager Barak Bakhar
League Israeli Premier League
2015–16 1st
Website Club home page
Current season
Departments of Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע‎, Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva)) is an Israeli football club and part of the Hapoel Be'er Sheva sports club.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva was founded in 1949[1] is an Israeli football club based in Be'er Sheva. The club is currently in the Israeli Premier League, and is one of Israel's top clubs since the '70s.

The permanent home uniform colors of the club are red and white. The team's home stadium, beginning in 2015 was Turner Stadium and it has a capacity of 16,126.

History

Early Years

Hapoel Be'er Sheva was founded in 1949 by Zalman Casspi who also played in Hapoel Ramat Gan.

He started to build gradually to find talented youngsters. Be'er Sheva played in a small stadium located in Be'er Sheva "old city", against a team from Kibbutz mefalsim made up of new immigrants from South America the game ended in a 5:4 victory to Be'er Sheva.

At that time Be'er Sheva played against four clubs. They finished three times in a tie with Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In another game Be'er Sheva lost 3:4 to Hapoel Ramat Gan.

The ambition of the players made for tremendous enthusiasm in every game; all the townspeople about 300 families came to see the game.

In 1952 the club ceased its activity after it was decided that the geographic distance did not allow participation.

In 1955 the team was reestablished and started to participate in Liga Gimel.

In 1956/57 the team finished in first place under the guidance of Yosef Azran and played against Hapoel Ramla, Lod, Holon and Jaffa. In the last crucial game, Be'er Shave played against Jaffa and beat them 5-0. As a result, Be'er Sheva was promoted to Liga Bet. Be'er Sheva played two years in Liga Bet and in 1957/58, under the guidance of Lonia Dvorin, the team finished in second place and battled against three teams: Hapoel Afula, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Netanya. In the first game Be'er Sheva played against Hapoel Afula. and lost 0-5. Be'er Sheva decided to bring Jack Gibbons who trained the Israel national team and Hapoel Petah Tikva that won 5 national titles. and appealed against the participation of Zvi Single saying they participated in an illegal way. The appeal was accepted and Be'er Sheva technically won.

In the second game Be'er Sheva battled against Maccabi Sha'arayim. Be'er Sheva won 2-0. After that Be'er Sheva played against Hapoel Netanya and won 2-1 after a hard battle and was promoted to Liga Alef.

In 1958/59 season Yehiel Moore began to coach the team The coach was introducing prominent players in club history such as Shmuel Admon, Eliyahu Offer and Moris Hanegbi to the main team.

In 1959/1960 the team moved to a new stadium and that year Be'er Sheva hosted an international game against Anorthosis Famagusta of Cyprus and lost 1-2.

Sixties

Itzhak Gozlan former player in Hapoel Be'er Sheva in Sixties

At the beginning of the 1960s the team did not try to promote to a higher league and finished in 9th place in 1960/61. But in 1961/62 the club decided to bring in a foreign coach, Robert Scharf.

Scharf was the only Jewish player who played at the same time in Turkey national team. They began very badly after 5 games. The management decided to fire Scharf and to bring back Yehiel Moore.

The results got better and Be'er Sheva reached to State Cup semifinals after unbelievable victory against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the quarter-final, but lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in semi-finals.

In 1963/64 Be'er Sheva battled against Beitar Tel Aviv and tried to be promoted to the first league. Before the end of the season Hapoel Ramla played against Be'er Sheva in her new stadium. Ramla went on 1-0 lead, but a few minutes later Be'er Sheva equalized and before the end of the game the referee gave a penalty to Be'er Sheva. As a result, the players of Ramla began to beat team members of Hapoel Be'er Sheva because they remembered a miserable defeat that took place only a year before. Be'er Sheva won 9-0. The Israeli Football Association decided to punish Ramla and gave Be'er Sheva a technical victory. Because of the decision Ramla gave on purpose a critical game to Beitar Tel Aviv the main rival of Be'er Sheva and therefore Beitar was promoted to the Israeli Premier League.

In 1964/65 the Yugoslavian coach Slavko Milošević came to Be'er Sheva. In the first day of the league, Be'er Sheva played an away game against Ramla and beat them 6-0. As the league continued Be'er Sheva battled with Beitar Jerusalem and Beitar Ramla. One game before the end of the season, Be'er Sheva made history and promoted to the first league after an away victory against Hapoel Ashkelon.

The success gave the Yugoslavian coach Slavko Milošević one more year. So that year 1965/66 the games were played in home-away system. The first game was against Hapoel Petah Tikva who won. In the second game Be'er Sheva won. In that year Be'er Sheva avoided a relegation after a home game against Maccabi Netanya. Be'er Sheva won 4-0.

In the beginning of 1966 the Israeli Football Association decided to extend 1966 to two years 1966/68. In the first round Be'er Sheva defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 with two goals from their young player Meir Barad with more than 8000 fans in her stadium. In the second year Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv meet again, it was Rafi Eliyahu's first appearance at the first team. During the game he scored and Be'er Sheva won 3-0. Be'er Sheva finished in 9th place.

In 1968/69 Be'er Sheva avoided relegation because Hapoel Tel Aviv beat Maccabi Sha'arayim.

In 1969/1970 Be'er Sheva was relegated to a lower league Although Abraham Menchel one of the premier coaches and a former Maccabi Haifa player came.

Seventies

In 1970/71 Be'er Sheva returned to the first league after only one year of absence. Be'er Sheva took first place and Meir Barad became the top scorer of the Second League. By the end of the year Be'er Sheva, the best team of the south second division, played against Maccabi Jaffa the north second division. The game went to overtime and Be'er Sheva won with a penalty shootout.

In 1972/73 and 1973/74 Be'er Sheva played an Offensive football but because of a weak defense the team finished 5th and 7th.

First championship

In 1974/75 37 years old Amatsya Levkovich became Be'er Sheva's coach. He was one of the youngest coaches in the state and was the first that bring the attacking defenders to the pitch. He took it from the German football. Before the beginning of the season, Amatsya replaced his defense with two young players. 18 years old Uri Benjamin as a right defender and Jacob Cohen as a left defender. Be'er Sheva started with Three victories against Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Maccabi Netanya. After the game against Hapoel Kfar Saba in day 14. Her coach Shlomo Scharf said:

The championship was decided on day 29. Be'er Sheva played against Maccabi Jaffa and won 1-0 meanwhile Maccabi Netanya lost to Hapoel Haifa and Be'er Sheva for the first time won the national championship. The main players were: the goalkeeper Ronnie Moscovic. Defenders like: Uri Benjamin, Jacob Cohen, Alon Ben Dor. Midfielders like: Meir Barad, Eliyahu Offer and the striker Abraham Noma. The main thing was that all the squad came from the youth department of Be'er Sheva except the goalkeeper Ronnie Moscovic.

Before 1975/76 Be'er Sheva played against cup winners Hapoel Kfar Saba for the Super Cup. Be'er Sheva won 2-1.

Second championship

In 1975/76 Shalom Avitan returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva after two years. In the beginning Be'er Sheva drop points against Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem.

in this year Be'er Sheva fought Beitar Jerusalem to win the championship. In the final day of the season Be'er Sheva had a crucial game against Maccabi Jaffa who had to win to avoid relegation. Be'er Sheva need a draw to win the championship, in the other game Beitar Jerusalem played against Maccabi Tel Aviv that try to avoid relegation. Be'er Sheva hosted Maccabi Jaffa. Maccabi Jaffa got a penalty and lead 1-0, Be'er Sheva missed a penalty. The game ended in unbelievable victory to Maccabi Jaffa. All Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans waited for the result from the match between Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv won 3-2 therefore Be'er Sheva won the championship.

Meir Barad, star of the team in the seventies
Shalom Avitan, star of the team in the seventies

Before 1976/77 Be'er Sheva participated in Super Cup against Beitar Jerusalem that won after overtime 3-2.

Before 1976/77 Be'er Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem were the first teams that played in a Europe competition the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Be'er Sheva played against HB Køge from Denmark, Hertha Berlin from Germany and Standard Liège from Belgium. In order to make the squad stronger. Be'er Sheva borrowed players like: Shraga Topolansky from Maccabi Netanya, Arie Bejerano from Hapoel Tel Aviv, Yochanan Vollach from Hapoel Haifa and Israel Fogel from Hapoel Kfar Saba. Be'er Sheva had six matches that ended: 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats. In that year Be'er Sheva almost become the first reining champions that relegated, The coach Eli Fuchs started the year, but the management decided to fire him because of poor results. Haim Sneh replaced him for only two matches and Eliyahu Offer and Daniel Danieli came and rescue the team after a crucial victory 1-0 against Maccabi Haifa that relegated to the second division.

After the two championship titles, Be'er Sheva did not repeat those achievements. In 1977/78 Be'er Sheva got to 5th and even lower in 1978/79.

Eighties

In season 1981/82 Be'er Sheva finished 4th and played in Lilian Cup a tournament that took place in the 1980s before the regular season. In 1982/3 the team reached the final but lost to Maccabi Netanya 1-3. In 1982/3 Be'er Sheva finished in 3th place and played once again in the Lilian Cup and lost again to Maccabi Netanya in the final 2-3. Be'er Sheva also reached to the State Cup final but lost to Hapoel Lod after a penalty shotout, Rafi Eliyahu missed the crucial penalty.

In 1984/5 Be'er Sheva avoid relegation after a crucial victory against Beitar Jerusalem that was a contender for the championship in the last day of the season.

Although the seasons 1985/86 and 1986/87 Be'er Sheva settled in the center of the standings. They reached to the toto final and lost to Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-2.

In 1987/88 the team got to the 3re place and won the Lilian Cup after 1-0 against Hapoel Tel Aviv and also won the Toto Cup after 2-0 against Maccabi Netanya.

Nineties

In the 1990s the team achieved some success but also huge failures. In 1990/91 the team got into the high playoff and finished 6th.

In 1992/93 the team finished 4th.

In 1993/94 Beer Sheva finished 3th and started to play in UEFA Cup and became the first Israeli team to reach to this competition, The team introduced some players from the youth department like: Asi Rahamim, Efraim Davidi, Gadi Hazut, Oren Sagron, Stav Elimelech, Shlomo Iluz and Victor Moroz.

In 1994/95 the team were drowned against Aris Thessaloniki from Greece and lost in home 1-2 and in the away game 1-3, in the Israeli league Be'er Sheva once again finished in the 3rd place and went once again to the UEFA Cup and compete against KF Tirana from Albania. Be'er Sheva won at home 2-0 and in the away game 1-0. Hapoel Be'er Sheva had been drowned against Barcelona who had some famous players like: Luis Figo, Iván de la Peña, Oscar Garcia, Jordi Cruyff and Meho Kodro who also played in Maccabi Tel Aviv. The first match that took place in Vasermil Stadium ended in a 0-7 defeat and the second match ended in another defeat 0-5. Later this season Be'er Sheva won the Toto Cup after 3-0 victory against Hapoel Kfar Saba.

In 1996/97 with Eli Guttman as a coach Be'er Sheva finished in the 3th place and reached to the final cup and beat 1-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheva played extremely well with Giovanni Russo, Shay Holtzman, Sead Halilović, Alexander Solov, Liron Basis and Gadi Hazut. The chairman Eli Lahav decided to leave and sold the club to Eli Zino. Be'er Sheva started Very bad, they beat Žalgiris Vilnius from Lithuania 2-1 after 0-0 in the first game, but in the next round against Roda, Be'er Sheva lost 1-4 in Vasermil Stadium and 0-10 in the Netherlands. That horrible season continued in the Israeli league and ended with relegation to the second division after 27 years.

In 1998/99 the team batteled against Maccabi Netanya but failed to return to the first division and finished in the 3rd place and also in 1999/2000 the team finished only in the 4th place.

Millennium

In 2000/2001 the chairman Eli Zino took Eyal Lahman as the team coach. But after a bad start replaced him with Shlomo Scharf. But after to games he left and Michael Kadosh replaced him. After a bad start. Be'er Sheva recuperate and with players like: Ofir Haim, Rami Abu-Laben and Peter Emola the team returned to the first division after 5-0 victory over Hapoel Ramat Gan. And also a respectfully victory over Beitar Jerusalem 3-2 in the State Cup.

In 2001/2 and 2002/3 Be'er Sheva played well and finished in the 5th place. In 2002/3 Be'er Sheva reached to the Cup final after beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-0 and in the semi final 3-0 against Maccabi Haifa. In the final Be'er Sheva lost to Hapoel Ramat Gan in a penalty shotout. Rami Eliyahu missed the crucial penalty just like his father, Rafi Eliyahu in the early 1980s.

In 2003/4 Eli Guttman replaced Michael Kadosh and with players like: Dedi Ben Dayan, Tomer Haliva, Alon Mizrahi, Ofir Haim and Miroslav Weiss finished in the 4th place.

In 2004/5 Be'er Sheva once again relegated because the chairman had released players as a result of financial difficulties.

In 2005/6 and 2006/7 the Financial difficulties continued and the team got stuck in a lower division.

Alona Barkat Era (2007 and beyond)

In July 2007 Alona Barkat purchased Hapoel Be'er Sheva. In August 29, 2007 during a practice match against Maccabi Be'er Sheva, collapsed Hapoel Be'er Sheva Zambian striker, Chaswe Nsofwa and died from heart failure. Later that year Be'er Sheva finished in 4th place and did not promote to the first division.

In 2008/9 Be'er Sheva returned to the first division after four years of absence and also won the Toto Cup after 1-0 against Maccabi Herzliya all thanks to the coach Guy Levi.

In 2009/2010 with the new coach Guy Azouri and some new players like: David Revivo, Erez Mesika, Siraj Nassar and Lior Asulin and as a result of poor defense Be'er Sheva bought William Soares in a huge trade that cost 600 Euro and the defender Pavel Prgel. Despite all the changes Be'er Sheva continued to play bad and Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans demanded to lay off the coach Guy Azouri. In March 2010 as a result of the violent incident of a fan towards the coach, Azouri decided to resign. Alona was also upset and decided to leave. The fans began with an exciting campaign to make her stay and after two months, Alona decided to stay. The team finished in 9th place. The professional manager of the Youth Department, Vico Hadad replaced Guy Azouri. In that season Ofir Davidzada from the youth team began to play and replaced Shimon Harush.

In 2010/2011 with the coach Nir Klinger, Be'er Sheva signed some new players such as: Avi Yehiel, Lior Jan, Ricardo Fernandes and Oded Gavish. The season started with a dramatic victory 1-0 against Maccabi Petah Tikva. The team played well until Maor Melikson left to Wisła Kraków which paid 700 Euro after that the team went down and finished in the 9th place after a victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0.

In 2011/2012 Alona tried to be based on home players and the combination of experienced players, but the season started really badly with 6 consecutive losses, only in day 7 Be'er did Sheva win for the first time. Nir Klinger decided to resign and Guy Levi replaced him and after a Critical victory against Beitar Jerusalem, Be'er Sheva successfully avoid relegation and finished in the 13th place.

In 2012/2013 Alona brought the former Maccabi Haifa coach Elisha Levi. The team bought some new players like: Austin Ejide, Tomer Swisa. The team reached to the Toto final but lost to Hapoel Haifa 0-1 after overtime and after their striker Ido Exbard missed a crucial penalty and avoided relegation once again after an away victory against Maccabi Netanya F.C 3-0, Netanya, however, was relegated to the second division.

Towards the 2013/14 season, Alona Barkat decided to give another chance to Elisha Levi and also brought some good players such as: Elyaniv Barda ,Maor Buzaglo, Glynor Plet and Ben Bitton. Those signs made Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the greatest season since her championship back in the 1970s. Be'er Sheva also went on to play in the UEFA Europa League.

In 2014/2015 Maor Melikson returned and Be'er Sheva brought some new players like: Shlomi Arbeitman, Roei Gordana, John Ogu, Ovidiu Hoban. The team drowned against split from Croatia. Be'er Sheva lost 1-2 in the first game and could not play in Israel because of the war with Gaza in summer 2014. The team reached the final cup but lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Third championship

In 2015/2016 Alona brought Barak Bachar as a new coach and also signed some new players like: Anthony Nwakaeme, Shir Tzedek, Ben Sahar and Mahran Radi and also brought some new Advanced training equipment To test the ability of the players in training and in games. Be'er Sheva played against Thun from Switzerland. The first game took place in Teddy Stadium and ended 1-1, in the second game They won 2-1.

The championship was decided on last round, on May 21, 2016. Be'er Sheva played against Bnei Sachnin and won 3-1 meanwhile Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2nd place won against Maccabi Haifa but Be'er Sheva kept the distance from 2nd place and won the national championship in the third time, the first in 40 years. They will play in the UEFA Champions League for the first time. They will be in the Second Qualifying Round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

  • Last Updated: 30 May 2016

Stadium and facilities

Since its inception in 1949, the club Hapoel Be'er Sheva eroded played in 3 different plots, starting out playing on the soil surface at the stadium which was located in the old city.

In 1959, the municipal stadium was built and inaugurated in Be'er Sheva on 31 October 1959 in a festive Hapoel Be'er Sheva against Hapoel Tel Aviv. In December 1988 ended in a major overhaul of the stadium, the contribution of Mrs. Lilly Friedman-Vasermil, and his name was converted to the stadium Arthur Vasermil. Ms. Friedman-Vasermil perpetuated by her son, who was murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis, in 1943, Majdanek extermination camp, at the age of seven.

In 1995, in honor of her portrayal of Hapoel Beer Sheva in front of a group of Barcelona UEFA Cup, the stadium was renovated and installed at the bleachers plastic seats instead of exposed concrete.

In 2009 the rest of the seats were installed in the galleries, following the return of Hapoel Beer Sheva Premier League.

On 30 May 2015 Played vasermil stadium last game, which increased Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–4 on the team Beitar Jerusalem. The home stadium of Hapoel Be'er Sheva today is Toto–Winner "Turner" Stadium named after Jacob Turner.

Compound Vasrmil

Be'er Sheva Municipality decided during 2015 to commemorate the legendary stadium named Arthur Vasermil that carries on a meaningful story.

This compound serves mainly the youth department groups Hapoel Be'er Sheva, But sometimes even the older group.

Compound five training facilities that includes a field with artificial turf as required by FIFA.

In 2013 the building was inaugurated "at the Association", the project includes 750 square meters of computer rooms, professional spaces, dressing rooms, doctor's room, coaches room, an area for gatherings, logistics and other rooms with modern elements of the most advanced in the country and meets all the standards of the Israel Football Association Premier leagues. there is a possibility to build another floor to the club in the future, to continue activities such as football academy construction project.

Fans

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Fan's of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, final cup 2015

Crowds of Hapoel Be'er Sheva spread throughout the country and is one of the largest audiences in Israel.

During the 2013–14 season became big fans survey, 'who the most exciting team in Israeli football?', An overwhelming majority of almost 50 percent responded Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

The crowd 2012–13 season won the title of Be'er Sheva year's fair audience. In recent years, won the audience Be'er Sheva fans highly praised by Israeli sports media encouraging the highest level observed.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva large number of famous fans in Israel, who visited some team games regularly. Among whom can be found in: Zvika Hadar, Danny Kushmaro, Nadav Jacoby, Rina Matzliach, Silvan Shalom, Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, Avishay Braverman, Alon de Loco

Fans Association - Vasermilya

The association was established in early 2013 and approved by the Registrar of associations, the name "Vasermil" was chosen to preserve and remember the name of the late Arthur Vasermil, a Jewish boy who perished in the Holocaust and was named the stadium accompanied the group throughout the years and was the home of football fans in the city.

The aim of the association is to represent the community of fans of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and a battle between the fans, the players and the professional staff to strengthen the familiarity between them, and that the association maintains the tradition of the club while preserving the interests of the club. In addition, the association works to eradicate violence and racism lots cooperate fully with the fans and the club management.

The association works regularly since its inception in social networks, and can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the association sends information including news, photos, events of the association and a real-time update on the results of games. In addition, the Association of South radio show fans as the "voice in the stands", and Android App Store and the Ap named Vasermil.

Ultras Organization - UltraSouth

Fans Organization was founded in 2014 after reunion by two organization named TheCamels and The SouthSide.

The main idea was to unite all organizations through the years in to one ultras organization.

The principal activity was concentrated at the gate 5 in Vasermil stadium, the organization settled in the south gate of the new stadium.

The organization's goal is to Worry to decor in the Stands To create a pleasant atmosphere and quality.

The organization takes care to make flags and signs in high-level deployment to increases in the standard of decor in the stands,and songwriter for the group and for the players. In addition, the organization is in regular contact with the fans by Facebook.

Club crest and colours

Club crest
Hapoel crest uses a variation of the communist symbol, the Hammer and sickle and a Boxer

Hapoel established to General Federation of Labor in Israel, with the aim of fostering physical culture and sports among health care workers. Hapoel Beer Sheva, the Negev capital group boasts symbol lower half half a soccer ball, and the upper half contains a chimney symbolizes the municipal building (that sends money every year club), original Executive symbol and slogan "the pride of the Negev" to describe the Red Team.

Colour
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info Club Crest
Home Red White White
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HBS crest since 1997
Home Alt. Red Red Red
Away White White White
Away Alt. Red Red White
Third Blue Blue Blue

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Honours

Record in Europe

As of 30 May 2016:

Competition Record
G W D L Win %
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 0 0 0 0 !—
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 10 2 2 6 20.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 25.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 4 4 4 33.33
Total 26 7 7 12 26.92

Current squad

As of 6 March 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Israel GK David Goresh
22 Israel GK Robi Levkovich
2 Israel DF Ben Bitton
3 Israel DF Ben Turjeman
5 Israel DF Shir Tzedek
13 Israel DF Ofir Davidzada
17 Israel DF Matan Ohayon
20 Israel DF Loai Taha
21 Israel DF Noam Gamon
25 Brazil DF William Soares
26 Israel DF Amit Bitton
7 Israel MF Maharan Radi
11 Israel MF Maor Buzaglo
No. Position Player
12 Romania MF Ovidiu Hoban
15 Israel MF Vladimir Brown
19 Israel MF Dan Bitton
24 Israel MF Maor Melikson
28 Israel MF Or Havivyan
30 Nigeria MF John Ogu
4 Israel FW Musa Tarabin
8 Israel FW Liel Sportas
9 Nigeria FW Anthony Nwakaeme
10 Israel FW Elyaniv Barda (Captain)
14 Israel FW Ben Sahar
16 Israel FW Mohammad Ghadir

Retired numbers

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Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— Israel GK Raz Rahamim (at Hapoel Ashkelon until 30 June 2016)
— Israel DF Dudu Twito (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2016)
No. Position Player
— Israel MF Roei Gordana (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2016)

Foreigners 2015–16

Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli, or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.

Professional staff

Barak Bakhar is the current head coach
Position Staff
Head coach Israel Barak Bakhar
Assistant coach Israel None
Goalkeeping coach Israel Guy Wisinger
Fitness coach Israel Dror Shimshon
Fitness coach Israel Michael Brosh
Mental Consultant Israel Eitan Azaria
  • Last Updated: 30 May 2016

Coaches

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20th Century
Israel Yosef Azran 1955–57
Israel Lonia Dvorin 1957–58
Israel Lonia Dvorin
England Jack Gibbons		 1958–59
Israel Yehiel Mor 1959–61
Israel Yehiel Mor
Turkey Robert Scharf		 1961–62
Israel Yehiel Mor 1962–64
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Milosević 1964–65
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Selvole Stanković 1965–66
Israel Yehiel Mor 1966–68
Israel Moshe Litbek
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Selvole Stepanović		 1968–69
Israel Avraham Menchel 1969–70
Israel Moshe Litvak 1970–72
Israel Eli Fuchs 1972–74
Israel Amatsya Levkovich 1974–76
Israel Eli Fuchs
Israel Eliyahu Offer		 1976–77
Israel Eliyahu Offer 1977–79
Israel Amatsya Levkovich 1979–80
Israel Eliyahu Offer 1980–81
Israel Shimon Shenar 1981–83
Israel Eliyahu Offer 1983–84
Israel Jackie Dekel
Israel Zvi Rosen		 1984–85
Israel Nahum Stelmach 1985–86
Israel Dror Bar Nur
Israel Nino Bargig		 1986–87
Israel Nissim Bahar 1987–88
Israel Shimon Shenar 1988–89
Israel Hain Cohen
Israel Alon Ben Dor
Israel Eliyahu Offer		 1989–90
Israel Eliyahu Offer 1990–92
Israel Viko Hadad 1993–94
Ukraine Vitaly Savchenko 1994–95
Ukraine Vitaly Savchenko
Israel Viko Hadad
Israel Eli Guttman		 1995–96
Israel Eli Guttman 1996–97
Israel Eliyahu Offer
Israel Beni Tabak
Israel Jackie Dekel		 1997–98
Israel Shiye Feigenbaum
Israel Gili Landau		 1998–99
Israel Eliyahu Offer
Israel Motti Ivanir
Israel Eyal Lahman		 1999–00
21st Century
Israel Eyal Lahman
Israel Shlomo Scharf
Israel Lufa Kadosh		 2000–01
Israel Lufa Kadosh 2001–03
Israel Eli Guttman 2003–04
Israel Eli Guttman
Israel Eli Cohen
Israel Lufa Kadosh		 2004–05
Israel Nir Levine
Israel Haim Ben Shahnan
Israel Marco Balbul		 2005–06
Israel Gili Landau 2006–07
Israel Marco Balbul
Israel Gili Landau		 2007–08
Israel Guy Levy 2008–09
Israel Guy Azouri
Israel Viko Hadad		 2009–10
Israel Nir Klinger 2010–11
Israel Nir Klinger
Israel Guy Levy		 2011–12
Israel Elisha Levi 2012–15
Israel Barak Bakhar 2015 –

Notable players in club history

1950s

Home Players
  • Israel Marcus Abergel (AM)
  • Israel Asher Ben Shanan (MC)
  • Israel Shimon Saban (FW)
  • Israel Mordechai Bitton (MC)
Purchase players
  • Israel Shalom Belhassen (FW)

1960s

Home Players
  • Israel Shmuel Admon (ST)
  • Israel Morris Hanegbi (MC)
Purchase players
  • Israel Itzhak Gozlan (FW)
  • Israel Haim Cohen (FW)
  • Israel Nidam Mordechai (MC)
  • Israel Yehuda Haim (RB)

1970s

Home Players
Purchase players

1980s

Home Players
Purchase players

1990s

Home Players
Purchase players
Foreign players

2000s

Home Players
  • Israel Elad Bunfeld (MC)
Purchase players

2010s

Home Players
Purchase players
Foreign players

Youth department

Hapoel "three" Be'er Sheva, which represents the country's main southern football, and one of the largest youth departments in Israel.

Groups of youth department

Professional director of the Youth Department: Sharon Avitan

Team name League Head coach
Hapoel "three" Be'er Sheva Youth Premier League Israel Shimon Bitton
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Boys Alef Premier League Israel Nisso Avitan
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Boys Bet Premier League Israel Avi Buhbut
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Boys Gimel Premier League Israel Peleg Hamdi
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Children Alef Center Premier League Israel Tzahi Altit
Hapoel Be'er Sheva lavan Children bet Center Premier League Israel Roei Orin

Honours

  • Youth Israeli champions:
    • Winners (4): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1984–85
  • Youth Super Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1984–85

Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
- Israel GK Gal Navon
- Israel DF Or Dadya
- Israel DF Noam Gamon
- Israel DF Yoel Ganon
- Israel DF Barel Hagag
- Israel DF Amit Bitton
- Israel DF Aviram Ohana
- Israel DF Mor Cohen
- Israel MF Amit Gabay
No. Position Player
- Israel MF Omer Nizard
- Israel MF Itai Ben Harosh
- Israel MF Ran Rubin
- Israel FW Omer Ben Shahnan
- Israel FW Dan Bitton
- Israel FW Musa Tarabin
- Israel FW Liel Sportas
- Israel FW Amran El-Karnawi

References

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External links

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