| Full name | Hapoel Herzliya Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1932 | ||
| Ground | Herzliya Municipal Stadium,Herzliya | ||
| Capacity | 8,300 | ||
| Owner | Eli Hayo Hamo | ||
| Manager | Idan David | ||
| League | Liga Alef South | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga Alef South, 3th of 16 | ||
Hapoel Herzliya (Hebrew:הפועל הרצליה) is an Israeli football club based inHerzliya. The club is currently inLiga Alef North division and play their home matches at theHerzliya Municipal Stadium.
The Hapoel sport club inHerzliya was established in 1928,[1] and a football section was opened in 1936. Prior to theIsraeli Declaration of Independence, the club played six seasons at thetop flight, and appeared for the last time in the1946–47 Palestine League season, where the club relegated.
Following Israeliindependence in 1948, the club was placed inLiga Bet, the second division. In1953–54 they were relegated. the club returned to Liga Alef in the1960–61 season, and relegated after one season to Liga Bet. However, in theIsrael State Cup, the club made history, after they eliminatedMaccabi Jaffa,Beitar Jerusalem andBeitar Tel Aviv, and reached the Semi-finals, where they lost to the Israeli champions at the time,Hapoel Petah Tikva, in a result of 0–4.[2] in the1962–63 season, they returned to Liga Alef after winning promotion play-off againstBeitar Haifa. Hapoel remained in the second tier for the next 13 seasons, and their best placing came in the1969–70 season, in which they finished as runners-up afterHapoel Hadera, which were promoted to the Liga Leumit.
In1975–76, which was the last season of Liga Alef prior to the creation ofLiga Artzit, Hapoel finished only in the fourteenth place, which was not enough to secure a place in the newly formed second tier, thus, the club relegated to the new Liga Alef (now as third tier).
After three seasons in the third tier, the club promoted to Liga Artzit in the1978–79 season after finishing second in Liga Alef North, and then by winning promotion play-off againstMaccabi Kiryat Gat. however, in thefollowing season, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season. as they finished bottom and relegated back to Liga Alef.two seasons later, they finished bottom in Liga Alef South, and relegated to the fourth tier, Liga Bet, where they remained for the next 18 seasons.
In1999–2000 the club won the South A Division ofLiga Bet to win promotion to Liga Alef. In2002–03 Hapoel won the North Division of Liga Alef and were promoted toLiga Artzit. At the end of the2006–07 season they finished second from bottom and were relegated back to Liga Alef.
In2009–10 the club won the South Division of Liga Alef to win promotion to Liga Leumit. in2011–12 the club finished bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.
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| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Second tier | 1 | 1937 |
| Third tier | 2 | 1959–60,2009–10 |
| Fourth tier | 1 | 2002–03 |
| Fifth tier | 1 | 1999–2000 |
