F.C. Kiryat Yam

Hapoel Kiryat Yam
Full nameSport Football Club Hapoel Kiryat Yam
מועדון ספורט כדורגל הפועל קרית ים
Founded2008 (2008)
2021 (2021)
GroundKiryat Yam Stadium, Kiryat Yam
ChairmanNissim Tzarfati
ManagerMaor Siso
LeagueLiga Leumit
2025–26Liga Leumit, 6th of 16

Football Club Kiryat Yam (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט קרית ים), is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Yam. The club is currently in Liga Leumit.

History

The club was founded in 2008 and played in Liga Gimel for three seasons, then was later dissolved.

The club was refounded in 2021 and promoted to Liga Bet. In the opening season at this level, they won all 22 league matches and became the first club in the history of Israeli football to go through a season with a 100% success record.[1] The next season they were promoted to Liga Alef and finished the season with 28 wins and 2 draws.

On 19 December 2023 the club lost 0–1 to Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiye and the unbeaten sequence was ended.[2]

Current Squad

As of 31 July 2026

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Itay Hemi
2 DF  ISR Razi Khalifa
3 DF  ISR Fares Agbaria
4 DF  ISR Ofek Atias
5 DF  CMR Thierry Etoungou
7 FW  BLR Ilya Potkin
8 MF  ISR Artur Alyenikov
9 FW  ISR Itay Buganim
10 MF  ISR Gilad Avramov
11 MF  ISR Yuval Cohen
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ISR Yinon Ohana
17 FW  ISR Itay Solomon
18 MF  ISR Liav Farada
20 MF  ISR Liran Turgeman
26 MF  ISR Nehorai Ifrach
29 MF  RSA Ashley Cupido
30 GK  PLE Omar Nahfaoui
55 MF  ISR Ran Meir
77 DF  ISR Tomer Lannes Arbel
99 FW  GUI Sekou Sylla

Honours

Honour No. Years
Fifth tier 1 2021–22
Fourth tier 1 2022–23

References

  1. ↑ Goldstein, Itzik (25 February 2022). "הכירו את מ.ס. קרית ים: הקבוצה שדורסת את הליגה ושוברת שיאים בכדורגל הישראלי" (in Hebrew). Mynet Krayot. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Ginzburg, Yonatan (19 February 2022). "האלופה הראשונה: מ.ס קריית ים עשתה היסטוריה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 11 February 2024.