Hapoel Bnei Lod

Full name

Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet Football Club

Founded

1969
1997 (Merger)

Ground

Lod Municipal Stadium, Lod

Capacity

3,000

Manager

Avivi Zohar

League

Liga Alef South

2022–23

Liga Alef South, 16th (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל בני לוד) is a football club from the central Israeli city of Lod. The club plays in an all-red kit in Liga Alef South, the third tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Lod Municipal Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1969 and joined Liga Dalet, then the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football league system.^[1] In 1997, Hapoel Bnei Lod merged with Hapoel Rakevet Lod (both clubs played in Liga Gimel Central division) and formed Hapoel Bnei Lod Rakevet, under the management of Abu Subhi.^[2]

After the merger, the club won Liga Gimel Central division and reached Liga Bet for the first time in the 1998–99 season. In 2003–04 they won Liga Bet South B division.^[3] The following season the club won Liga Alef South division and promotion to Liga Artzit (the third tier). The winning run continued in 2005–06 as the club claimed the Liga Artzit championship to win promotion to Liga Leumit.

The club was close to achieve promotion to the Israeli Premier League at the end of the 2011–12 season, when they finished level in points with the first placed, Hapoel Ramat Gan. the two clubs faced in a decisive promotion play-off held in HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikva. Bnei Lod lost 0–2 and remained in Liga Leumit.^[4]

In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, the club finished third, one place short from promotion to the Israeli Premier League.

On 9 December 2014, the club won their first ever piece of silverware, winning the 2014–15 second division's Toto Cup after beating Bnei Yehuda 2–0.^[5]

Current squad

As to 12 September 2021


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Lidor Cohen
2	DF	ISR	Daniel Cohen
3	DF	ISR	Sagiv Cohen
4	DF	ISR	Sagi Kabilio
5	DF	ISR	Omer Rismani
6	DF	ISR	Bantayo Damane
8	MF	ISR	Sliman Al Kadiem
9	MF	ISR	Mervi Bergebedze
10	MF	ISR	Mohammed Alajo
11	MF	ISR	Yanai David


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ISR	Omer Ouliel
14	MF	ISR	Yonatan Cohen
15	MF	ISR	Ron Yosef
17	DF	ISR	Almog Asraf
18	MF	ISR	Sergey Kurik
19	MF	ISR	Omer Shirazi
20	DF	ISR	Ido Ben Yosef
21	DF	ISR	Eve Bukris
29	MF	ISR	Gil Pahima
55	DF	ISR	Tal Gromes

Past players

David Abidor

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Third tier	1	2005–06
Fourth tier	1	2004–05
Fifth tier	2	1997–98, 2003–04

Cup competitions

Honour	No.	Years
Toto Cup (second tier)	1	2014–15

Notable managers

Gili Landau (born 1958)

External links

References

^ And again Liga... Dalet (Page 7) Hadshot HaSport, 26.9.1969, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
^ Bnei Lod's chairman: Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the level of Liga Artzit Aviad Pohoryles & Tomer Am Shalem, nrg.co.il, 20.2.2006 (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Bet South B Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
^ Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Premier League with 2:0 over Bnei Lod One, 18.5.2013 (in Hebrew)
^ Bnei Lod won the Toto Cup of Liga Leumit Walla, 9.12.2014 (in Hebrew)

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
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See also: Liga Artzit