The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sudais Ali Baba due for a Hapoel Kiryat Shmona medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
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
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona rebuffed over Anas Mahamid
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hapoel Tel Aviv have kept their man, and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dor Abada steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dor Abada 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: Ofir Solomon joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ofir 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
Eitan Peretz steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eitan Peretz 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: 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.
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 try to borrow Dan Dabbur
Hapoel Tel Aviv have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
- Squad A wage question at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona