Ben David

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23 Edition

The Hapoel Beer Sheva Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad4 Jan 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ben David

19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hapoel Beer Sheva lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Amir Ganah: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hapoel Beer Sheva have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad4 Jan 2027

The season belongs to Pedro Amador

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Hapoel Beer Sheva have had the benefit of it.

Market4 Jan 2027

Hapoel Beer Sheva turn down Persib for Amir Ganah

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market4 Jan 2027

Zahi Ahmed asks to leave Hapoel Beer Sheva

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market4 Jan 2027

Hapoel Acre watching Idan Nachmias

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hapoel Beer Sheva have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Hapoel Beer Sheva

Miguel Vítor 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 targets4 Jan 2027

Maccabi Netanya tell Hapoel Beer Sheva: Wylan Cyprien is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Victor Aznar

“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.

In brief

Back issues
22 Edition

The Hapoel Beer Sheva Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad28 Dec 2026

The knee: Ben David out for 26 days

26 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hapoel Beer Sheva lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match26 Dec 2026

Hamode Kanaan leads the rout of Hapoel Kfar Saba

3‑0, and Hamode Kanaan took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Hapoel Beer Sheva tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

A brace, and Hamode Kanaan takes the afternoon — 9.05

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Hamode Kanaan provided it, and the 9.05 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market28 Dec 2026

Amir Ganah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hapoel Beer Sheva can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Up for the corner, and Djibril Diop delivers — 7.87

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Djibril Diop scored, was marked 7.87, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Match26 Dec 2026

Nobody wins at Hapoel Beer Sheva

11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Hapoel Beer Sheva

Lucas Ventura 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.

Match26 Dec 2026

Hamode Kanaan at the heart of a fast Hapoel Beer Sheva start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Hamode Kanaan in the middle of it, and Hapoel Kfar Saba unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Yonatan Gilboa out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Yonatan Gilboa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

21 Edition

The Hapoel Beer Sheva Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Dec 2026

Ben David damages knee ligaments — 33 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market21 Dec 2026

Ofir Davidzada puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hapoel Beer Sheva, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Matan Baltaxa beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Ofir Davidzada

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ofir Davidzada, and the manager let it.

Match19 Dec 2026

Hapoel Beer Sheva share the spoils with Hapoel Raanana

A 1‑1 draw with Hapoel Raanana leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market21 Dec 2026

Talks stall between Hapoel Beer Sheva and Yoan Stoyanov

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Almog Hemed chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Roy Levy dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Amir Ganah gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Amir Ganah is on it.

In brief