The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Anas Mahamid is a medical away from Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
The deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramzi Safouri is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Novorizontino tell Hapoel Kiryat Shmona: Pedro Balotelli 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Eli Hemed joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eli Hemed 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
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Matan Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matan Cohen 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Guy Hemed steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guy Hemed 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
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Nir Weissman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nir Weissman 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramzi Safouri 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.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona are still learning each other
- The dugout Amit Glazer knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Nadav Markovich keeps his manager's vote