Maccabi Tzur Shalom
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Maccabi Tzur Shalom (Hebrew: מכבי צור שלום) is an Israeli football club based in the Tzur Shalom neighbourhood of Kiryat Bialik. The club plays in Liga Alef North, and played home matches at the Tzur Shalom Stadium in Kiryat Bialik.
History
The club played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. However, they started a period of success after they won Liga Gimel Haifa division in the 1999–2000 season, and were promoted to Liga Bet. Two seasons later, in the 2001–02 season, they won Liga Bet North B division, and were promoted to Liga Alef, and three seasons later, in the 2004–05 season, they won Liga Alef North, and were promoted to Liga Artzit, the third tier of Israeli football at the time. However, their spell in Liga Artzit lasted one season, as they finished second bottom at the 2005–06 season with 7 wins out of 33 matches, and were relegated back to Liga Alef (now as third tier, following the closure of Liga Artzit in 2009), where they last played.
The club represented Israel at the 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup.
On 27 July 2020, they merged with Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata.
Klubbens hjemmebane er Tzur Shalom Stadium, som har en kapacitet på 1.000 tilskuere. Maccabi Tzur Shalom har en lang og stolt historie, med flere titler og pokaler på deres CV.
Klubben har vundet Liga Bet Nord A tre gange, i 1988-89, 1991-92 og 2014-15. De har også vundet Toto Cup Leumit, en landsdækkende turnering for hold i de lavere rækker, fire gange, i 1990-91, 1993-94, 1995-96 og 2016-17.
Maccabi Tzur Shalom er kendt for sin offensive spillestil og har produceret flere talentfulde spillere, der er gået videre til at spille i de højere rækker. Klubben er også aktiv i lokalsamfundet og driver flere ungdomsprogrammer.