Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club from Jerusalem. The club has been controversial because of its links with the right wing politics and to the Likud party since it was created. The fans chant racist things towards Arabs.

Beitar Jerusalem

Full name	Beitar Jerusalem Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Menorah The Flag of the State Lions from the Capital
Founded	1936
Ground	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem (capacity: 31,733)
Owner	Barak Abramov
Manager	Barak Itzhaki
League	Israeli Premier League
2018-19	7th of 14
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History

The club was founded in 1936 by David Horn. He was the head of the local Betar movement. The Betar movement was a Zionist youth organisation. Most of the early players came from this group. In 1938 the club stopped playing because the manager and some of the players were arrested and deported by the British authorities in Palestine. In 1943, they were able to play again, but in 1947 the British blocked the games on the day the 1948 Arab-Israeli War started. A player was also killed when he entered a British camp. During his existence the club was very successful. The team has never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League. It was one of the original 14 Israeli Premier League teams at the time of its foundation in 1999. In the all-time table of the league Beitar ranks 4th.

The farthest they have ever gone in a European competition was in the 2016-17 Europa League where they made it to the play off round.

Current team

No. Position Player 1 GK Ariel Harush 2 DF Eli Dasa 3 DF Miguel Alfredo Portillo 4 DF Tomer Yerucham 5 DF Matan Barashi 6 DF Tomer Ben Yosef 7 FW Amit Ben Shushan (vice-captain) 8 MF Aviram Baruchyan (captain) 9 MF Dan Einbinder 10 FW Liron Diamant 11 FW Tal Mishali 12 DF Shmuel Kozokin 13 MF Shai Mutay 14 FW Eden Malka

No. Position Player 15 MF Shai Haddad 16 MF Evyatar Baruchyan 17 MF Zahi Elihen 18 DF Avi Reikan 19 MF Shai Nissim 21 MF Kobi Moyal 22 GK Ohad Saidof 23 DF Tal Kachila 24 MF Ofir Kriaf 26 MF Steven Cohen 27 FW Eden Nachmani 28 MF Barak Moshe 39 DF Andriy Pylyavskyi 40 GK Aviram Ziat

Stadium

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Teddy stadium

The club first home was the "Banana Field" close to Beitar youth group's "nest". In the 1950s the club moved to the YMCA Stadium. Later it was shared with Hapoel Jerusalem. The YMCA was nicknamed the sandbox because the field was in a very poor condition.

In 1991 both clubs moved to the Teddy Stadium, named after longtime Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek. Initially the stadium was two-sided and held 12,000 spectators. This was increased to 21,600 when a third side was completed in 1997.

Seasons in the Premier League

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Honours

• Israeli championships
  • Winners: 1986/87, 1992/93, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2006/07, 2007/08
• Second Division
  • Champions: 1953/54; 1957–58; 1966/68
• State Cup
  • Winners: 1976, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2008, 2009, 2023
• Toto Cup
  • Winners: 1997–98, 2009–10
• Shalom Cup (Roma)
  • Winners: 2000
• Israeli Supercup
  • Winners: 1976, 1986
• Lilian Cup
  • Winners: 1985
• Mini Football Championship
  • Winners: 1988

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Media

• Beitar Jerusalem at their training grounds located between Beit Hakerem and Bayit Vegan

• Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem (cropped).jpg

  Teddy Stadium, Beitar's home ground.

Other websites

• Official Website