Ironi Modi'in F.C.

Ironi Modi'in
Full nameIroni Modi'in Football Club
עירוני מודיעין
Short nameModi'in
Founded2009
GroundBat Yam Municipal Stadium
Capacity3100
ChairmanIlan Jano
ManagerErez Benodis
LeagueLiga Leumit
2025–26Liga Leumit, 13th of 16

Ironi Modi'in (Hebrew: עירוני מודיעין) is an Israeli football club based in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut. The club is currently in Liga Leumit

History

The club was founded in 2009 and played their first ever match on 11 September 2009, in which they won 5–1 against fellow Liga Gimel club, Maccabi Segev Shalom, at the second round of the 2009–10 Israel State Cup.[1]

In 2011–12, their third season of existence, Modi'in won Liga Gimel Central division and were promoted to Liga Bet.[2] In that season, the club also achieved a record victory, 21–0 against Hapoel Ramla.[3]

Modi'in finished their debut season in Liga Bet at the seventh place of South B division. In the following season, they finished fourth and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they beat Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev 1–0 in the first round. However, in the second round, they lost 0–1 to Hapoel Rahat and remained in Liga Bet.[4]

The club's best placing to date came at the 2014–15 season, when they finished runners-up, one point behind the league winners, Bnei Eilat, and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they beat Hapoel Merhavim 1–0 and Beitar Ma'ale Adumim 2–1 after extra time, and advanced to the regional final, where they lost 3–5 on penalties to Hapoel Kiryat Ono, after a goalless draw.[5]

Current Squad

As to 15 March 2026
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Mikel Taytel
2 DF  ISR Shalev Samareli
3 DF  ISR Ofek Geller
6 MF  ISR Eli Magar
7 FW  ISR Guy Amsalem
8 MF  ISR Sean Buskila
9 FW  SVN Luka Štor
10 MF  ISR Tomer Benbeinshti
11 DF  ISR Maor Biton
14 FW  ISR Shahar Hirsh
15 MF  ISR Nir Lax
17 MF  ISR Aleksander Sotaskov
18 GK  ISR Roy Beigel
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ISR Avihay Wodaje
20 MF  ISR Amir Sabag
21 DF  ISR Georgi Kopraba
22 GK  ISR Itamar Israeli
23 FW  ISR Yarin Machluf
24 DF  CRO Arian Mršulja
26 MF  ISR Adir Maya
28 DF  ISR Oz Zigler
30 MF  ISR Mohammed Adam Mahamid
77 MF  ISR Omer Senior
88 DF  ISR Idan Avitov
99 MF  ISR Michael Ben Ami

Honours

Notable managers

References

  1. ↑ Historic victory: 5:1 To Ironi Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut at the cup match Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Ayelet Gal, Modi'in Portal GO443, 11.9.2009 (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Liga Gimel Central – 2011/2012 Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Because Messi did not play Doublepass, 24.10.2011 (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ That's the end of every dream Aviram Shaked, mnews.co.il, 8.5.2014 (in Hebrew)
  5. ↑ Waiting for Jaffa: Kiryat Ono passed Modi'in on penalties Liran Dorf, Doublepass, 8.5.2015 (in Hebrew)