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| Full name | Hapoel Ironi Marmorek Rehovot Football Club הפועל עירוני מרמורק רחובות | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The club of the Yemenis | ||
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Ground | Itztoni Stadium,Rehovot | ||
| Capacity | 800 | ||
| Owner | Ofir Ben Shabat | ||
| Chairman | Tomer Krautzman | ||
| Manager | Eli Michaeli | ||
| League | Liga Alef South | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga Alef South, 15th of 16 | ||
Hapoel Ironi Marmorek Rehovot F.C. (Hebrew:הפועל עירוני מרמורק רחובות), commonly known asHapoel Marmorek, is an Israelifootball club based inRehovot. They are currently inLiga Alef South, the third level of Israeli football. Home matches are played at theItztoni Stadium.
The club founded in 1949, and played by the early 1960s inLiga Bet, which by then was the third tier of Israeli football. in the1962–63 season the club promoted toLiga Alef after finished third in Liga Bet South B.
In the summer of 1968, the club merged with fellow Rehovot club,Hapoel Rehovot,[1] and the club became officially known since the merger asHapoel Marmorek-Rehovot.
In the1971–72 season, the club won the South Division of Liga Alef and promoted to the top flight ofIsraeli football, Liga Leumit, for the first time in their history. however, they finished bottom in theirfirst season in the top flight, and were relegated back to Liga Alef.
The club played in Liga Alef until the1975–76 season and finished only in the thirteenth place, which was not enough to secure a place in the newly formedLiga Artzit, thus, the club relegated to the new Liga Alef (now as third tier).
Marmorek won Liga Alef South in the1977–78 season and promoted to Liga Artzit, then relegated back to Liga Alef in thefollowing season. they promoted once more to Liga Artzit after winning Liga Alef South in the1982–83 season, and remained further four seasons in Liga Artzit, up until the1986–87 season where they finished eleventh and had to play in the relegation play-offs. they clinched only one single point in the play-offs, after they draw withMaccabi Hadera, and lost toHapoel Ramat Gan andHapoel Bat Yam. thus, they were relegated to Liga Alef.
In the 1990s, the club relegated to Liga Bet, and following the creation of theIsraeli Premier League which saw all the lower divisions demoted in the football pyramid, the club found itself in the fifth tier of Israeli football, in which the club won in the 1999–2000 season, and promoted back to Liga Alef.[2] in 2002–03, the club finished second in Liga Alef South, and promoted to Liga Artzit (now as third tier) as the best runner-up of Liga Alef, thus, they replacedBeitar Be'er Sheva, which were folded.[3] the club continued to play in Liga Artzit until itsfinal season, when they finished third, and secured a place in Liga Leumit for thefollowing season, and by that, made a return to the second tier after 23 years. however, they finished bottom, winning only 2 matches out of 35, and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.
The club plays at the Itztoni Stadium, which is named after former Marmorek playerTony Shar'abi. The stadium has a seated capacity of 1,500.
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Second tier | 1 | 1971–72 |
| Third tier | 3 | 1977–78,1982–83,2016–17 |
| Fifth tier | 1 | 1999–2000 |
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Toto Cup (third division) | 1 | 2008–09 |
