Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

Beitar Jerusalem

Full name	Beitar Jerusalem Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Menorah The Flag of the State Lions from the Capital
Founded	1936
Ground	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Capacity	31,733
Owner	Barak Abramov
Manager	Barak Itzhaki
League	Israeli Premier League
2018-19	7th of 14
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club from Jerusalem. The club has been controversial because of its links with the right wing politics and to the Likud party since it was created. The fans chant racist things towards Arabs.

History

The club was founded in 1936 by David Horn. He was the head of the local Betar movement. The Betar movement was a Zionist youth organisation. Most of the early players came from this group. In 1938 the club stopped playing because the manager and some of the players were arrested and deported by the British authorities in Palestine. In 1943, they were able to play again, but in 1947 the British blocked the games on the day the 1948 Arab-Israeli War started. A player was also killed when he entered a British camp. During his existence the club was very successful. The team has never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League. It was one of the original 14 Israeli Premier League teams at the time of its foundation in 1999. In the all-time table of the league Beitar ranks 4th.

The farthest they have ever gone in a European competition was in the 2016-17 Europa League where they made it to the play off round.

Current team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Israel Ariel Harush 2 DF Israel Eli Dasa 3 DF Argentina Miguel Alfredo Portillo 4 DF Israel Tomer Yerucham 5 DF Israel Matan Barashi 6 DF Israel Tomer Ben Yosef 7 FW Israel Amit Ben Shushan (vice-captain) 8 MF Israel Aviram Baruchyan (captain) 9 MF Israel Dan Einbinder 10 FW Israel Liron Diamant 11 FW Israel Tal Mishali 12 DF Israel Shmuel Kozokin 13 MF Israel Shai Mutay 14 FW Israel Eden Malka

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF Israel Shai Haddad 16 MF Israel Evyatar Baruchyan 17 MF Israel Zahi Elihen 18 DF Israel Avi Reikan 19 MF Israel Shai Nissim 21 MF Israel Kobi Moyal 22 GK Israel Ohad Saidof 23 DF Israel Tal Kachila 24 MF Israel Ofir Kriaf 26 MF Israel Steven Cohen 27 FW Israel Eden Nachmani 28 MF Israel Barak Moshe 39 DF Ukraine Andriy Pylyavskyi 40 GK Israel Aviram Ziat

Stadium

Teddy stadium

The club first home was the "Banana Field" close to Beitar youth group's "nest". In the 1950s the club moved to the YMCA Stadium. Later it was shared with Hapoel Jerusalem. The YMCA was nicknamed the sandbox because the field was in a very poor condition.

In 1991 both clubs moved to the Teddy Stadium, named after longtime Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek. Initially the stadium was two-sided and held 12,000 spectators. This was increased to 21,600 when a third side was completed in 1997.

Seasons in the Premier League

class="wikitable "

Honours

• Israeli championships
  • Winners: 1986/87, 1992/93, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2006/07, 2007/08
• Second Division
  • Champions: 1953/54; 1957–58; 1966/68
• State Cup
  • Winners: 1976, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2008, 2009, 2023
• Toto Cup
  • Winners: 1997–98, 2009–10
• Shalom Cup (Roma)
  • Winners: 2000
• Israeli Supercup
  • Winners: 1976, 1986
• Lilian Cup
  • Winners: 1985
• Mini Football Championship
  • Winners: 1988

Other websites

• Official Website