Hapoel Bat Yam F.C.
| Full name |
Hapoel Bat Yam F.C. מועדון כדורגל הפועל בת ים |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 2012 (as Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam) |
| Ground | Bat Yam Municipal Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,100 |
| Chairman |
 Assaf Salem |
| Manager |
Yossi Hakim
|
| League | Liga Gimel Central |
| 2015–16 | 7th |
Hapoel Bat Yam (Hebrew: הפועל בת ים) (currently known as Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam Hebrew: הפועל אבירי בת ים, lit. Hapoel Bat Yam Knights) is an Israeli football club from the city of Bat Yam. The current club is a resurrection of an older Hapoel Bat Yam club, which was folded in 2004.
The club was first established in 1951 and played for several seasons in Liga Gimel before promoting to Liga Bet and achieving further promotion at the end of the 1968–69 season after winning the South A division. The club returned to the third tier after the formation of Liga Artzit at the end of the 1975–76 season. However, two seasons later the club finished third in South division of Liga Alef and promoted back to the second tier.
The club managed to survive only two seasons in Liga Artzit before relegating back to Liga Alef. In the 1981–82 season the club managed to finish as runner-up and qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they were beaten by Maccabi Shefa-'Amr and remained in Liga Alef. In 1986–87 the club topped their division and qualified to a promotion play-offs against the other divisional winner, Maccabi Hadera and the 11th and 12th ranked clubs from Liga Artzit, Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Ramat Gan. The club has won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Artzit.
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