Full name | Football Section Nes Tziona |
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Founded | 1955 2005 (Refounded) |
Ground | Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona |
Capacity | 3,500 |
Chairman | Kobi Kaduri |
Manager | Ofer Talsesefa |
League | Liga Alef South |
2015–16 | 2nd |
Sektzia Nes Tziona. (Hebrew: סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה, Sektziyat Kaduregel Nes Tziona, lit. Football Section Nes Tziona) are a football club from the southern Israeli city of Ness Ziona. They are currently in Liga Alef, the third level of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Ness Ziona Stadium.
The club was founded as F.S. Nes Tziona in 1955, following a merger of the local football clubs in Ness Ziona. In their second season of existence they were promoted from Liga Gimel to Liga Bet. In the 1962–63 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Three season later, in the 1965–66 season, they won Liga Alef South division and were promoted to Liga Leumit, then the top division. The 1966–68 season was played over two years and involved a 4-round (60 match) competition. However, the club managed only eight wins and were relegated. This was to be their only appearance in the top division to date.
During the mid-1990s the club played in Liga Artzit, then the second tier. In the 1998–99 season the club finished second from bottom and had four points deducted for breaking budget rules. They were due to be relegated to the third tier, but were demoted to the fourth tier, Liga Alef, as their budget for the 1999–2000 season was not approved by the Israel Football Association. After finishing bottom of Liga Alef in 2000–01, they folded.