Ahva Arraba F.C.

Ahva Arraba
Full name	Ahva Arraba Football Club; מועדון כדורגל אחווה עראבה; الأخوة عرابة
Founded	2004
Ground	Doha Stadium, Sakhnin
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Mohammad Wael
Manager	Ahmad Abas
League	Liga Bet North A
2023–24	Liga Gimel Lower Galilee, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Ahva Arraba F.C. (Hebrew: אחווה עראבה, Arabic: الأخوة عرابة), was an Israeli football team based in Arraba.

History

The club was founded in 2004 and succeeded the previous club of the local council, Hapoel Arraba, which last played in Liga Bet North A division at the 2003–04 season and finished 12th.^[1] Ahva Arraba loaned the previous club players,^[2] and started in Liga Gimel Western Galilee division at the 2004–05 season, where they finished runners-up,^[3] and promoted to Liga Bet. In 2006–07 the club finished runners-up in the North A division and qualified for the Promotion play-offs, where they lost to Ironi Tiberias. Ahva Arraba won the North A division in 2007–08 and promoted to Liga Alef North. The following season they also finished as champions, with a margin of 20 points over the second placed club and earned promotion to the newly restructured second tier, Liga Leumit, jumping four levels in three seasons. The club's best placing to date came at the 2009–10 season, when they finished ninth in Liga Leumit. However, in the following season, the club finished bottom and relegated to Liga Alef.

In 2013–14, the club finished bottom in Liga Alef North and relegated to Liga Bet.

In 2014–15, the club finished third bottom in Liga Bet North A and further relegated, to Liga Gimel, after losing in the Relegation play-offs 0–1 to Hapoel Kaukab and 1–2 to Hapoel Bnei Maghar in the decisive match.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	2008–09
Fifth tier	1	2007–08

References

^ Liga Bet North, 03-04 One (in Hebrew)
^ F.C. Ahva Arraba 2004/2005 Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Gimel – Western Galilee go4score, 25 May 2007, The Internet Archive (in Hebrew)

External links

F.C. Ahva Arraba Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[1] Liga Bet North, 03-04 One (in Hebrew)

[2] F.C. Ahva Arraba 2004/2005 Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[3] Liga Gimel – Western Galilee go4score, 25 May 2007, The Internet Archive (in Hebrew)

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North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
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See also: Liga Artzit