The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Wallace Yan rejects the move
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Flamengo, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Nemanja Ljubisavljević 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Yonas Malede
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona asked and Hapoel Beer Sheva said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Guy Abada joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guy Abada is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Guy Revivo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guy Revivo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Eitan Dabbur joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eitan Dabbur is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Matan Shechter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matan Shechter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yahav Afriat is a square peg at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona ask about Oskar Pietuszewski
A loan enquiry to Porto: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona are still learning each other
- Squad Nemanja Ljubisavljević has company in his position