Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva F.C.


Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva was an Israeli football club based in Beersheba.

History

The club was founded in 1956 and started in Liga Gimel. After three seasons at the bottom tier, the club won their regional division and were promoted to Liga Bet. In the 1965–66 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef, then the second tier of Israeli football. The club were relegated back to Liga Bet in 1969–70 after finishing second from bottom of the South Division. Beitar were promoted back to Liga Alef, now the third tier, at the end of the 1978–79 season, remaining in Liga Alef until the 1986–87 season, when they were relegated back to Liga Bet.
In 1991 the club had returned to Liga Alef, and were promoted to Liga Artzit in 1998. In their first season at the second level they finished fourth. In the 2000–01 season the club finished third, missing out on promotion to the Israeli Premier League by a single point. Although they finished fourth the following season, Beitar finished bottom of Liga Leumit in 2002–03, without winning an away match all season, and were due to be relegated to Liga Artzit. However, the club folded in the summer, with Hapoel Marmorek promoted from Liga Alef to take their place.
The club's stadium was named after Michael Reisser, a Likud MK who died following a car accident in 1988.

F.C. Be'er Sheva

In 2006, a successor club, F.C. Be'er Sheva, Moadon Sport Be'er Sheva, lit. Be'er Sheva Sport Club was founded, after the Israel Football Association allowed it only three years after the original club folded because of financial collapse.
In their first season, F.C. Be'er Sheva finished runners-up in Liga Gimel Central-South division and were promoted to Liga Bet, where they play since in the South B division.

Honours

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