F.C. Shikun HaMizrah
| Full name |
Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah מועדון ספורט שיכון המזרח |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Shikuniya |
| Founded | 1958 as Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah 1977 as Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah 2004 as F.C. Shikun HaMizrah |
| Ground | Shikun HaMizrah Stadium, Rishon LeZion |
| Owner |
 Issachar Buri |
| Manager |
Ofer Bachar
|
| League | Liga Bet South B |
| 2016–17 | Liga Alef South, 16th (relegated) |
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט שיכון המזרח), Moadon Sport Shikun HaMizrah, lit. Shikun HaMizrah Sport Club (or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. שיכון המזרח Mem Samekh Shikun HaMizrah, lit. F.C. Shikun HaMizrah) is an Israeli football club which representing Shikun HaMizrah neighborhood in Rishon LeZion. The club currently plays in Liga Alef South division.
The club was founded in 1958 as Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah, and reached Liga Bet, (the third tier of Israeli football at the time), for the first time in the 1963–64 season.
For the 1977–78 season, the club became Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah, following a merger with Maccabi Rishon LeZion, which have previously established several sport clubs, including athletics, basketball, and also refounded the football club (the original club was dissolved during the 1953–54 season, and the refounded club played in the 1976–77 season in Liga Gimel). In the first season of the merged club, while playing in Liga Gimel, the club was close to make a big upset in the Israel State Cup, after they took top flight club, Hapoel Haifa to penalties, where they lost 1–4, after 2–2 draw in 120 minutes. The club was mentioned in the press by both Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah names. The merger with Maccabi Rishon LeZion lasted until 1981, when a dispute concerning the use of facilities, arose between the football club and Maccabi Rishon LeZion athletics club. The club continued to play as Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah.
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