Hapoel Beer Sheva
| Full name | Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Camels (הגמלים) |
| Short name | HBS |
| Founded | 1 May 1949 |
| Ground | Turner Stadium, Beersheba |
| Capacity | 16,126 |
| Owner | Alona Barkat |
| Chairman | Asi Rahamim |
| Manager | Barak Bakhar |
| League | Israeli Premier League |
| 2016-17 | Israeli Premier League, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Football | Basketball | Volleyball |
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| Handball | Swimming | Judo |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva) is an Israeli football club from the city of Beersheba, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was founded in 1949, and businesswoman Alona Barkat has run it since 2007. The club also includes youth groups, teens and children, and football schools.
The home uniform colors of the club are red and white. Until 1959, the club played its home games at a stadium that was located in the old city of Beersheba. In 1960, the club moved to Vasermil Stadium. Starting from the 2015–16 season, the home ground of the team is Turner Stadium.
The club won its first league title in 1975. Over the years, the team has won four league titles, three Toto Cups (one in the National League), three Super Cups (one in the second division) and one Lilian Cup.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva were formed in 1949 by Zalman Casspi. Casspi's ambition was to build a successful team full of talented young players.
The club's first game was against a team from Mefalsim, a kibbutz in Southern Israel. The Mefalsim team was mostly made up of immigrants from South America. The game was played in a stadium in Be'er Sheva's "Old City" and ended in a 5–4 victory for Hapoel.
At this time Hapoel played in a league with only four other clubs. Hapoel drew their games against Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In their other game against Hapoel Ramat Gan Be'er Sheva lost 4–3.
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