Hapoel Haifa F.C.
In 1950, after the 1947–1949 Palestine war, the Israeli League returned to action, and Haifa finished in the 3rd place, after Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv.These years were direct continuation to the seasons before the state of Israel was established, when the team was one of the leaders, yet did not manage to win any trophies.At this turning point, many talented young players promoted from the youth team, causing a significant improvement that started the club's best period.The main players of the team at that time were Abba Gindin, Yitzhak Englander, Yochanan Vollach and Roby Young.In those years the club's leading players began to leave it, including the shocking transfer of Englander and Vollach to the bitter rival Maccabi Haifa, due to Hapoel's poor management.Ultimately, the anonymous was turned out to be Robi Shapira, a businessman who made his fortune in the fishing business in Nigeria.In spite of the predictions, a streak of impressive victories put Haifa in the 1st place, with a big advantage over the rest of the league.Hapoel Haifa showed a very tactical and effective style of football that dragged criticism from different sources, such as the media and other teams.Two key players left (Liron Basis to Maccabi Tel Aviv, Najwan Ghrayib to Aston Villa), and their replacements couldn't lead the team to repeat the great achievement.The next season, the manager Guttman left, and his replacement Guy Levy brought 4 new foreign players: Alin Minteuan, Oleg Yelshev, Michael Anicic and Viktor Paço, who joined veteran Dimitry Ulianov.Some of the club's assets, including player cards, were mortgaged to a Dutch fishing company which Shapira owed money to.Following its return to the top division in 2004, the club was bought by Yoav Katz, an Israeli businessman who resides in the United States.In the second leg Hapoel Haifa made a sensational victory of 1–0, with Đovani Roso scoring a penalty kick and missing another.Hapoel was founded as a socialist labor team, who were identified mainly with the Histadrut and the reign of Mapai, both local and national.In the last years the differences between the two sides faded, mainly because Maccabi's numerous achievements, which enlarged and varied their fan group.Literatural references of the club are available in the Hebrew books: Our Holocaust [he] (by Amir Gutfreund, available in English), Go To Gaza (by Shay Lahav), Tashlich (by Nir Kipnis) and the football short stories anthology The Dutchman of Acre.
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