A.S. Ramat Eliyahu F.C.

A. S. Ramat Eliyahu
Full nameAgudat Sport Ramat Eliyahu
אגודת ספורט רמת אליהו
Founded1984
Dissolved2008 (merged)
2007–08Liga Bet SouthA, 13th

A.S. Ramat Eliyahu (Hebrew: אגודת ספורט רמת אליהו) is an Israeli football club which representing Ramat Eliyahu neighborhood in Rishon LeZion. The club currently operates junior teams,[1] after its senior team dissolved in 2008.

History

The club was founded in 1984 and played in the lower leagues throughout most of its existence, winning Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division in 1988–89[2] and Liga Bet South B division in 1998–99.[3]

In 2000 the club merged with the fledgling Maccabi Jaffa, and although the club kept its name, its senior team moved to play in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. The merged club played in Liga Alef (which was fourth tier at the time).[4] The club relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season and merged once more with Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa to form F.C. Bnei Jaffa, which took the club's place in Liga Bet.[5] In 2012 the club merged with Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa to form F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim.[6]

Honours

League

Honour No. Years
Fourth tier 1 1998–99
Fifth tier 1 1988–89

References

  1. ^ A.S. Ramat Eliyehu (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ A.S.H. Tel Aviv Plays in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division – Season 1988/9 [dead link‍] Israel Deaf Sport (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Israel Fourth Level 1998/99 RSSSF(in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Maccabi Jaffa: If We Won't Promote Within Two Years to Liga Alef – It's a Failure Tomer Ganor, 25 December 2007, Ynet (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Day of revenge Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 7.10.2009 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Jaffa: Players from Three Religions in One Football Club Tomer Peleg, 20 October 2015, MyNet (in Hebrew)