Hapoel Marmorek F.C.

Hapoel Marmorek Haim
Full name	Hapoel Marmorek Haim Rehovot Football Club; מועדון הכדורגל הפועל מרמורק חיים רחובות
Nickname	Yemeni aristocracy
Founded	1949
Ground	Rehovot Stadium, Rehovot
Capacity	6000
Chairman	Israel Abargil
Manager	Daniel Tolmasov
League	Liga Alef South
2024–25	Liga Alef South, 11th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot F.C (Hebrew: הפועל מרמורק רחובות), commonly known as Hapoel Marmorek, is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. They are currently in Liga Alef South, the third level of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the Rehovot Stadium.

History

The club founded in 1949, and played by the early 1960s in Liga Bet, which by then was the third tier of Israeli football. in the 1962–63 season the club promoted to Liga Alef after finished third in Liga Bet South B.

In the summer of 1968, the club merged with fellow Rehovot club, Hapoel Rehovot,^[1] and the club became officially known since the merger as Hapoel Marmorek-Rehovot.

In the 1971–72 season, the club won the South Division of Liga Alef and promoted to the top flight of Israeli football, Liga Leumit, for the first time in their history. however, they finished bottom in their first season in the top flight, and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

The club played in Liga Alef until the 1975–76 season and finished only in the thirteenth place, which was not enough to secure a place in the newly formed Liga Artzit, thus, the club relegated to the new Liga Alef (now as third tier).

Marmorek won Liga Alef South in the 1977–78 season and promoted to Liga Artzit, then relegated back to Liga Alef in the following season. they promoted once more to Liga Artzit after winning Liga Alef South in the 1982–83 season, and remained further four seasons in Liga Artzit, up until the 1986–87 season where they finished eleventh and had to play in the relegation play-offs. they clinched only one single point in the play-offs, after they draw with Maccabi Hadera, and lost to Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Bat Yam. thus, they were relegated to Liga Alef.

In the 1990s, the club relegated to Liga Bet, and following the creation of the Israeli Premier League which saw all the lower divisions demoted in the football pyramid, the club found itself in the fifth tier of Israeli football, in which the club won in the 1999–2000 season, and promoted back to Liga Alef.^[2] in 2002–03, the club finished second in Liga Alef South, and promoted to Liga Artzit (now as third tier) as the best runner-up of Liga Alef, thus, they replaced Beitar Be'er Sheva, which were folded.^[3] the club continued to play in Liga Artzit until its final season, when they finished third, and secured a place in Liga Leumit for the following season, and by that, made a return to the second tier after 23 years. however, they finished bottom, winning only 2 matches out of 35, and relegated to Liga Alef, where they play today.

In the 2023–24 season, the team defeated Maccabi Sha'arayim 4-0 in the city derby, marking the largest derby victory in the history of meetings between the two clubs.

Stadium

The club played at the Itstoni Stadium, which is named after former Marmorek player Tony Shar'abi. The stadium has a seated capacity of 1,500. In the 2026/2027 season, Hapoel Marmorek is scheduled to move to the new Rehovot Stadium (6000 seats), which will be its new home.

Current squad

As of March 2026

No.	Position	Player	No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tomer Alon	30	MF	Yanir Shimon Amor
55	GK	Amit Azaria	19	MF	Daniel Azulai
93	GK	Sapir Tzlaviansky	23	MF	Osher Zakai
2	DF	David Mantayev	24	MF	Ron Cohen
3	DF	Yosef Dayan	7	MF	Raz Amir
5	DF	Yoav Ashkenazi	12	MF	Yuval Oscar
15	DF	Nur Levkovich	8	FW	Yanay David
17	DF	Eitan Solomiani	18	FW	Shahar Shapier
20	DF	Yair Kanikovski	9	FW	Aner Shechter
22	DF	Aviv Ouzon	25	FW	Osher Eliyahu
26	DF	Ilay Afanger	77	FW	Adi Giat
88	DF	Inbar Nidem	10	FW	Or Vobo
4	DF	Niv Vahaba
4	DF	Adam Yoel Mizrahi
14	MF	Almahuna Damila
6	MF	Harel Golan
16	MF	Anamo Mekonen

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Second tier	1	1971–72
Third tier	3	1977–78, 1982–83, 2016–17
Fifth tier	1	1999–2000

Cup competitions

Honour	No.	Years
Toto Cup (third division)	1	2008–09

References

↑ Hapoel Marmorek and Rehovot merged into one team Maariv, 25.6.68, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
↑ Israel fifth level 1999–2000 RSSSF
↑ Liga Artzit 2003/04 RSSSF

External links

Hapoel Marmorek, on Facebook
Hapoel Marmorek, on Instagram

[Hapoel_Marmorek_and_Rehovot_merged_into_one_team-1] Hapoel Marmorek and Rehovot merged into one team Maariv, 25.6.68, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Israel_fifth_level_1999-2000-2] Israel fifth level 1999–2000 RSSSF

[Liga_Artzit_2003/04-3] Liga Artzit 2003/04 RSSSF

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Liga Alef
North	F.C. Tira Hapoel Afula Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Bialik Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm Tzeirei Tamra
South	Beitar Yavne F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Azor Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel 1928 Kfar Saba Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Tel Aviv Tzeirei Tira
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
See also: Liga Artzit