Hapoel Acre F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Hapoel Acre


fullname = Hapoel Acre הפועל עכו
founded = 1946
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chairman = flagicon|Israel Tzion Weitzman
manager = flagicon|Israel Momi Zafran
league = Liga Leumit
season = 2007-08
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Hapoel Acre F.C. ( _he. הפועל עכו, "Hapoel Akko") is an Israeli football club based in Acre. The club plays in dark blue shirts with white sleeves, dark blue shorts and white socks, and are currently in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football.

History

Founded in 1946, the club dwelt in the lower leagues until the 1970s. In 1973-74, they finished high enough in the second division (then known as Liga Alef) to take part in a promotion play-off to reach the top division (then known as Liga Leumit). However, after finishing in 5th position (out of 6), they were not promoted.

In the summer of 1974 Liga Artzit replaced Liga Alef as the second division of Israeli football (Liga Alef became the third division). In 1975-76, Hapoel finished second in the new league and were promoted to the top division for the first time. After a decent finish of 11th (out of 16) in their first season, they won only two matches the next season, and were relegated. This proved to be their last appearance in the top division to date.

By 2000, the club had fallen into Liga Artzit, which was by then the third level of Israeli football thanks to the creation of the Israeli Premier League in 1999. However, in 2003-4, the club finished as runners up, and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. In 2005-6, the club won their first ever piece of silverware, picking up the second division's Toto Cup after beating Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

tadium

The club's traditional ground is the Napoleon Stadium in Acre, which is currently undergoing construction work to convert it to a 5,000-seat stadium. [ [https://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArtStEngPE.jhtml?itemNo=969643&contrassID=2&subContrassID=6&title='Soccer%20/%20Life%20down%20under:%20Expect%20the%20unexpected%20'&dyn_server=172.20.5.5 Life down under: Expect the unexpected] Haaretz] Whilst the ground is being refurbished, the club plays in Nahariya at a stadium shared with Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi and Hapoel and Beitar Nahariya.

Honours

*Toto Cup (Liga Leumit)
**2005-6

References

External links

* [http://www.planetnana.co.il/hapoel_akko/ Official website] he icon