The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Squad10 May 2027
Hapoel Haifa lose Yoav Gerafi
31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 May 2027
Dell 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 Haifa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Almog Shechter joins the Hapoel Haifa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Almog Shechter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 May 2027
Eitan Refaelov steps up from the Hapoel Haifa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eitan Refaelov 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 May 2027
Hapoel Haifa promote Ben Peretz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ben Peretz 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 May 2027
One of our own: Gil Revivo joins the Hapoel Haifa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gil Revivo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Rotem Hatuel
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
Régis N'do: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Hapoel Haifa will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes Matan Zelmanovics a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Hapoel Haifa. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Matan Ambar knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Itay Solomon is fit again