F.C. Kafr Qasim

Full name

Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim
מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם

Founded

2002

Ground

Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod

Capacity

4,000

Chairman

Issawi Frej

Manager

Haim Sirotkin

League

Liga Alef South

2015–16

4th

Home colours

Away colours

F.C. Kafr Qasim (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם‎‎), Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim, lit. Kafr Qasim Sport Club (or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. כפר קאסם‎‎, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit. F.C. Kafr Qasim) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division, and following their promotion to Liga Alef, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. in the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef,^[1] where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs.^[2] After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.^[3]

Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs.

Current Squad

As to 1 February 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mahmmoud Haskiya
2	DF	Abdallah Taha
3	DF	Elad Shik
4	DF	Omri Amer
7	MF	Tal Erez
8	FW	Rubel Sarsour
9	FW	Ran Ben Shimon
10	MF	Elad Cohen
11	MF	Mishel Russ
12	MF	Mahmmoud Sarsour
14	MF	Ohad Edelstein
15	MF	Ahmed Amer

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Sharon Levy
18	DF	Guy Even
23	MF	Amir Badir
24	MF	Tomer Ben Haim
26	DF	Dor Halevi
30	DF	Roei Harari
32	GK	Guy Salem
70	MF	Mohammed Badir
77	MF	Mohammed Abd al-Jaffar
86	DF	Omer Halevi
96	FW	Halil Farej

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	2	1966–68¹, 1977–78¹
Fifth tier	1	2002–03

¹Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

External links

Kafr Qasim Sport Club Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

References

↑ Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7.9.2013 (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
↑ Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12.5.2013 (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Karmiel Safed F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 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

See also: Liga Artzit

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