| Full name | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Football Club הפועל טירת הכרמל | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 2013 (Refounded) | ||
| Ground | Avi Ran,Haifa | ||
| Chairman | Avi Sa'adon | ||
| Manager | Lior Tal | ||
| League | Liga Bet North B | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga Bet North B, 2nd | ||
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel (Hebrew:הפועל טירת הכרמל) is an Israeli football club based inTirat Carmel. The club currently plays inLiga GimelSamaria division and play home matches at theAvi Ran Ground inHaifa.
The club have spent 12 seasons in the second tier ofIsraeli football. They were promoted to the second tier for the first time, after they wonLiga Bet North B division in the1968–69 season. In the1971–72 season, and once more, in the1972–73 season, the club reached their best placing to date, after they finished fourth inLiga Alef North division, in both seasons. The club remained in the second tier until 1976, whenLiga Artzit came into existence and became the new second tier of Israeli football, whilst Liga Alef became the third tier. The club finished the1975–76 season in the ninth place, and was not promoted to Liga Artzit. However, in thefollowing season, the club won Liga Alef North, and were promoted to the new second tier. After narrowly escaping relegation in the1977–78 season thanks to better goal difference, and again in thefollowing season, the club was relegated back to Liga Alef at the end of the1979–80 season, after they finished second bottom in Liga Artzit.
10 years later, the club returned to Liga Artzit, and finished eleventh in the1989–90 season. They were relegated in thefollowing season after they finished bottom, with only three wins. The club suffered further relegations, and folded.
The club was refounded in 2013,[1] and played the2013–14 season inLiga GimelSamaria division, where they faced their city rivals,Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel for the first derby in Tirat Carmel after 19 years.[2]
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Third tier | 4 | 1954–55,1968–69,1976–77,1988–89 |
| Fourth tier | 1 | 1962–63 |