The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Nadav Markovich keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hapoel Kiryat Shmona may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Anrie Chase and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Ramzi Safouri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom21 Dec 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona agree a free transfer for Ahmed Salman
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Nemanja Ljubisavljević gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Dakup Tongshinen wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Match19 Dec 2026
Honours even between Hapoel Kiryat Shmona and Beitar Jerusalem
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Gil Weissman: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Market21 Dec 2026
Matan Zelmanovics is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona has been clear about where Matan Zelmanovics stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- The dugout Harel Goldenberg is still paying for one afternoon at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
- Looking ahead Ovadia Darwish faces his old club
- Player ratings Aviv Avraham runs at them all day