The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Hakim Karamoko
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hapoel Kiryat Shmona have done the hard part with DC United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Itay Glazer steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Itay Glazer 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Eden Solomon joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eden Solomon 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
Uri David steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Uri David 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Gil Abada from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gil Abada 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.
In brief
- Squad Hapoel Kiryat Shmona count the cost of losing Yoav Karadi
- Squad Yahav Afriat signs on for more
- Squad Yahav Afriat is a square peg at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Ofir Benbenisty