The Hapoel Raanana Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ariel Harush in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hapoel Raanana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hapoel Raanana 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 Raanana go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tomer Atzili joins the Hapoel Raanana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomer Atzili 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
Adi Natcho steps up from the Hapoel Raanana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adi Natcho 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 Raanana promote Eitan Refaelov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eitan 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ofir Shechter joins the Hapoel Raanana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ofir Shechter 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
A row about effort at Hapoel Raanana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aviv Lin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Saturday Erimuya is a square peg at Hapoel Raanana
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
A loan move for Matias Ludueña is in the works
Hapoel Raanana have made the call to Novorizontino. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Hapoel Raanana are still learning each other
- The terraces The stands have heard the Romuald Sawadogo talk too