The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Luciano Riveros turns down Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: San Martín SJ keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Deportes Tolima tell Hapoel Kiryat Shmona: Jeinner Fuentes is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Aviv Avraham in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohamed Abo Fani was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Guy Revivo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guy Revivo and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Half-satisfied: Yonatan David on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Ariel Sheratzky
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Match29 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona draw a blank against Beitar Jerusalem
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Beitar Jerusalem defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Looking ahead31 Aug 2026
A reunion for Ovadia Darwish
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Bnei Yehuda in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Squad A first team debut at 16 for Yonatan Cohen
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Shay Ben-David
- Player ratings Jwan Halabi beats them one at a time