The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Match7 Nov 2026
A hiding for Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Beaten 1‑4 by Maccabi Petach Tikva, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 27 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Daniel stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Rüfət Abdullazadə runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Aviv Avraham 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Nemanja Ljubisavljević gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Yonatan David joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yonatan David is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mor Siman-Tov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Avi Hemed: “No excuses”
- The dugout Hapoel Kiryat Shmona pick somebody else ahead of Oren Biton
- Looking ahead Shay Ben-David goes back to face Maccabi Haifa