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 21,600)
Manager	Yuval Naim
League	Israeli Premier League
Israeli Premier League 2010–11	11th
Team colours 　 Home colours 　 Away colours

Beitar Jerusalem Football club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים‎, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club from Jerusalem. The club is linked with the right wing politics since it was created.

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 most of the players were arrested by the British authorities in Palestine. In 1943, they were able to play again.During his existence the club was very successful. The team was never 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.

Current team

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

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

Season	Place
1999/00	5th
2000/01	5th
2001/02	10th
2002/03	9th
2003/04	9th
2004/05	4th
2005/06	3rd
2006/07	1st
2007/08	1st
2008/09	3rd
2009/10	4th
2010/11	11th

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
• 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

Weblinks

• Official Website