Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C.

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata
Full name	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata
Founded	1969 as Maccabi Acre; 2000 as Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium,; Kiryat Ata
Capacity	726
League	Liga Alef North (Group B)
2019–20	Liga Alef North, 15th
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני קריית אתא‎) is an Israeli football club, located in Kiryat Ata. They play in Liga Alef and play at the Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium.

History

The club was originally based in Acre and named Maccabi Acre. In the 1989–90 season they won the North Division of Liga Alef (then the third division) to win promotion to Liga Artzit. At the end of the 1993–94 season they were relegated back to Liga Alef after finishing second bottom. However, they made an immediate return to the second level. In 1999–2000 they finished third.

In 2000 the club's owner Barukh Ofir decided to move the club to Kiryat Ata (whose previous club, Hapoel Kiryat Ata, had folded) and rename it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In the club's first season in its new guise, they were relegated to Liga Artzit (now the third tier). In 2004–05 they finished second from bottom, and were due to be relegated to Liga Alef. However, Maccabi Ramat Amidar left the league and the club were reprieved. The following season they finished third, a place below the promotion places, but in 2006–07 came third from bottom, one place above the relegation zone.

In 2007–08 they finished as runners-up to Hapoel Jerusalem and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. During the same season they also won the Liga Artzit's Toto Cup.

In 2008–09, the club finished bottom and was relegated to Liga Alef, the third tier.

On 27 July 2020 merged with Maccabi Tzur Shalom to Maccabi Kiryat Ata-Bialik.[1]

Honours

Liga Alef
- North Division champions 1989–90, 1994–95
Toto Cup
- Liga Artzit winners 2007–08

External links

Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

References

איחוד היסטורי בין הקבוצות מכבי צור שלום ומכבי קרית אתא הוליד קבוצה משותפת Haim Krayot website, 27 July 2020 (in Hebrew)

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[1] איחוד היסטורי בין הקבוצות מכבי צור שלום ומכבי קרית אתא הוליד קבוצה משותפת Haim Krayot website, 27 July 2020 (in Hebrew)

Liga Alef
North (Group A)	F.C. Tira Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kafr Kanna Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra
North (Group B)	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Maccabi Bnei Reineh Tzeirei Tayibe
South (Group A)	A.S. Ashdod F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bnei Lod Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Yavne Shimshon Kafr Qasim
South (Group B)	Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Marmorek Ironi Kuseife Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Nordia Jerusalem
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
See also: Liga Artzit