The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sandro Altunashvili 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 Haifa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Hapoel Haifa
14 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Haifa buy the years ahead of Adi Dabbur
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Haifa buy the years ahead of Lior David
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Hapoel Haifa on Sagiv Refaelov
He is 14, and nobody at Hapoel Haifa signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Haifa sign Nir David, one for the future
Nir David is 14, and Hapoel Haifa have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Ivan Kričak
- Squad A wage question at Hapoel Haifa