The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Hapoel Haifa turn down Maccabi Haifa for Dario Župarić
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Aug 2026
Dor Malul asks to leave Hapoel Haifa
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hapoel Haifa
Sandro Altunashvili 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Hapoel Haifa
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Hapoel Haifa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrija Radulović 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Hapoel Haifa promote Dor Abada from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dor Abada 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.
In brief
- Market Omer Weissman steps up from the Hapoel Haifa academy
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Hapoel Haifa
- Squad A season on the outside for Facundo Silva
- Squad Somebody is after Dario Župarić’s shirt