Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C.

Shimshon Tel Aviv

Full name

Shimshon Tel Aviv Football Club
מועדון כדורגל שמשון תל אביב

Founded

1949
2014 (Refounded)

Ground

Sportek North, Tel Aviv

Owner

Royi Ovadia

Chairman

Ami Paztal

Manager

Rafi Kazalkopy

League

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

2015–16

1st

Home colours

Away colours

Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל שמשון תל אביב‎‎, Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv) is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.^[1] In 2011, the merge came apart after Beitar Tel Aviv merged with Ironi Ramla to create Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, whilst Shimshon withdrew from the union and functioned as youth section, without a senior team.^[2] In 2014, the club was resurrected by local businessmen.^[3]^[4] The club is currently in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division.

History

The club was formed in memory of Shimshon Rouzi,^[5] a former Maccabi Tel Aviv player who died in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was commonly referred to as the club of Kerem HaTeimanim, a neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.

The club spent its first few years in the lower leagues, before winning promotion to the top flight (then called Liga Leumit) in 1960 as Liga Alef champions.

In 1962–63 the Shimshon finished 4th, the club's highest position to date. In 1965–66, Shimshon player Moshe Romano was the division's joint top scorer alongside Maccabi Netanya's prolific striker Mordechai Spiegler, with 17 goals. The club also made their first appearance in a State Cup final, going down 2–1 to Hapoel Haifa.

Another 4th-place finish was achieved in 1969–70, with Romano again finishing as the league's top scorer. The following season they went one better by finishing second to champions Maccabi Netanya. However, the success was not sustained, and a season after finishing second, the club narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the drop zone. The 1972–73 was even worse, as the club was relegated alongside Hapoel Marmorek.

Despite their setback the previous season, Shimshon had a successful season in 1973–74, finishing second in Liga Alef North and took part in the new promotion/relegation play-offs. They finished second in the play-off group, and were promoted back to Liga Leumit.

The early 1980s were a period of relative success, as the club finished third in 1979–80 and 1984–85, and another second-place finish achieved in 1982–83. A second cup final was reached in 1986, but they lost 2–1 to Beitar Jerusalem. In 1987–88 the club qualified for the Intertoto Cup.

Although they reached another cup final in 1989–90, losing again, 1–0 after extra time to Hapoel Kfar Saba, the club finished bottom of Liga Leumit for the first time in their history, and were relegated to Liga Artzit (the second tier since the 1976). Unable to bounce back to the top flight, and overshadowed by more popular and successful teams in Tel Aviv (Hapoel, Maccabi and Bnei Yehuda, the club merged with fellow Tel Aviv strugglers Beitar to form Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

In 2014, the club returned to the map of Israeli football after 14 years.^[3]^[4]

Honours

Israeli Premier League
- Runners-up 1970–71, 1982–83
Israeli Second Division
- Champions 1959–60
Toto Cup
- Winners 1986–87, 1987–88
Israel State Cup
- Runners-up 1966, 1986, 1990

References

↑ Israel Third Level 2000/01 RSSSF
↑ Shimshon returns to the center of the stage Uri Shamir, vole.co.il, 30.7.2011 (Hebrew)
1 2 Shimshon Tel Aviv returns Goler1, 10.9.2014 (Hebrew)
1 2 Did You Missed Them? Shimshon Tel Aviv Is Resurrected Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 10 September 2014 (Hebrew)
↑ "Shimshon" – From the wonders of Israeli football Maariv, 29.5.1960, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Liga Bet

North A	Ahi Acre Ahba Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Haifa Beitar Nahariya F.C. Julis Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Shefa-'Amr

North B	F.C. al-Nahda Nazareth F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Tirat HaCrmel Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Hapoel Holon Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaff Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Shimshon Tel Aviv

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Ironi Sderot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Nordia Jerusalem Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

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