F.C. Kafr Qasim

F.C. Kafr Qasim (Arabic: بالعربية - النادي الرياضي كفر قاسم صهيب او نادي الوحدة كفر قاسم صهيب, Hebrew: מועדון ספורט כפר קאסם, Moadon Sport Kafr Qasim, lit. Kafr Qasim Sport Club; or in short Hebrew: מ.ס. כפר קאסם, Mem Samekh Kafr Qasim, lit. S.C. Kafr Qasim) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Qasim. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

F.C. Kafr Qasim
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Full nameMoadon Sport Kafr Qasim
Founded2002
GroundHaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
Capacity11,500
ChairmanTareq Sarsour
ManagerSliman Azbarga
LeagueLiga Leumit
2021–22Liga Leumit, 3rd

History

The club was formed in 2002 by a merger of two city rivals from Kafr Qasim, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kafr Qasim. In the new club's first season, they won the 2002–03 Liga Bet South A division, and were promoted to Liga Alef,[1] where they spent three seasons, up until relegation in the 2005–06 season.

In the 2012–13 season, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South A division and qualified to the promotion play-offs.[2] After four successful promotion play-offs matches against F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim, Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Arad, the club won promotion to Liga Alef, exactly ten years after they did so in the previous time.[3]

Kafr Qasim finished the 2013–14 season in Liga Alef South in the sixth place, four points short of the promotion play-offs.

In the two consecutive seasons 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 in Liga Alef FC. Kafr Qasim reached the Final game of the Promotion playoffs to the Liga Leumit against 14th Place sides from Liga Leumit, but failed to win promotion in both cases.

They were promoted to the second division Liga Leumit in 2019 automatically from 1st place of Liga Alef South.

Stadium

During the second decade of the twentieth century the club played in different stadiums like Lod Municipal Stadium and Winter Stadium.

These days, Kfar Qassem Football Stadium undergoing renovations and will contain 8,000 seats.

Current squad
As to 29 January 2023
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Tzlil Hatuka
2 DF Israel ISR Yazan Nassar
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Doueugui Mala
5 DF Israel ISR Yogev Lerman
6 MF Israel ISR Tambi Sagas
7 FW Belgium BEL Jérémie Luvovadio
8 MF Israel ISR Meidan Cohen
9 FW Israel ISR Ibrahim Badir
10 FW Israel ISR Ahmed Darawshe
11 FW Israel ISR Roy Doga
12 MF Israel ISR Ben Khawaz
14 MF Israel ISR Liran Rigan
16 FW Israel ISR Eden Hershkovitz
18 MF Israel ISR Roy Dayan
20 MF Israel ISR Ahmad Taha
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Israel ISR Dor Edri
22 GK Israel ISR Yonatan Ozer
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Zhivko Petkov
24 MF Israel ISR Shay Golan
25 FW Israel ISR Mohammed Kalibat
30 MF Israel ISR Mohammed Badir
40 DF Israel ISR Tzlil Nehemia
42 MF Israel ISR Muhammed Sarsour
66 DF Israel ISR Amir Ben Shimon
77 MF Israel ISR Asil Kna'ani
72 DF Israel ISR Omri Amer
88 DF Israel ISR Ramz Taha
96 DF Israel ISR Khalil Farij
99 FW Israel ISR Amer Al-Dadah
— MF Israel ISR Mohammed Amer

Honours

League
Honour No. Years
Third tier 1 2018–19
Fourth tier 2 1966–681, 1977–781
Fifth tier 1 2002–03

1Achieved by Hapoel Kafr Qasim

References
  1. Kafr Qasim: Every team will remember our crowd Goler1, 7.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
  2. Liga Bet South A 2012/2013 Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  3. Kafr Qasim after 10 years is back in Liga Alef Doublepass, 12.5.2013 (in Hebrew)
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