Hapoel Bnei Lod
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Hapoel
Bnei Lod Rakevet F.C. are a football club, from the central Israeli city of Lod
. The club plays in an all-red strip, and are currently in Liga Leumit
, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Lod Municipal Stadium.
. The following season the club won Liga Alef
and promotion to Liga Artzit
(the third tier). The winning run continued in 2005-06
as the club claimed the Liga Artzit championship to win promotion to Liga Leumit.
Hapoel
Hapoel is an Israeli sport association. It was established in 1926 as a union of the Histadrut, and represented the workers class...
Bnei Lod Rakevet F.C. are a football club, from the central Israeli city of Lod
Lod
Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod...
. The club plays in an all-red strip, and are currently in Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Lod Municipal Stadium.
History
The club was founded in the 1980s by a merger of Bnei Lod and Rakevet Lod. In 2003-04 they won Liga BetLiga Bet
-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...
. The following season the club won Liga Alef
Liga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...
and promotion to Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...
(the third tier). The winning run continued in 2005-06
Liga Artzit 2005-06
The 2005–06 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Bnei Lod win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit alongside runners-up Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. Maccabi Tzur Shalom and Tzafririm Holon were relegated to Liga Alef.-Final table:1. Nine points deducted....
as the club claimed the Liga Artzit championship to win promotion to Liga Leumit.
Squads 2010–11
Honours
- Liga Artzit
- Champions: 2005–06
- Liga Alef
- South Division champions: 2004–05
- Liga Bet
- South B Division champions: 2003–04