The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Harel Goldenberg asks to leave Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Cristian Martínez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Ugarriza is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Uri David joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Uri David is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Dan Peretz steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dan Peretz has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Eitan David steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
- Squad A season on the outside for Renan Oliveira
- Squad Renan Oliveira is starting to look at home