The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Rüfət Abdullazadə
Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match23 Sep 2026
The small margins put Hapoel Kiryat Shmona out
Out, 0‑1 to Maccabi Petach Tikva, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
42 days out for Ariel Sheratzky after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hapoel Kiryat Shmona will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Hapoel Kiryat Shmona's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Belal Shahen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Adi Shechter: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Itzik Shoolmayster
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Nemanja Ljubisavljević
Nobody at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- Match Hapoel Kiryat Shmona draw a blank against Maccabi Netanya
- Looking ahead Ido Vayer faces his old club
- Squad Adi Levy, 14, gets his chance