The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Squad13 Aug 2029
A fracture rules Alon Turgeman out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hapoel Kiryat Shmona will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets13 Aug 2029
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona rebuffed over Shareef Kayouf
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hapoel Beer Sheva have kept their man, and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market13 Aug 2029
Beitar Jerusalem watching Denis Kulikov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hapoel Kiryat Shmona have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Issouf Sissokho and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Park Ju-young is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
No hiding place for Issouf Sissokho
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Issouf Sissokho, and the manager let it.
Market13 Aug 2029
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Eli Refaelov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eli Refaelov 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Dor Melikson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dor Melikson 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
One of our own: Tal Glazer joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tal Glazer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Words at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Hapoel Kiryat Shmona ask about Arthur
- Transfer targets A loan move for Lior Levy is in the works