Hapoel Ashkelon
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| Surname | Hapoel Ashkelon FC | ||
| Seat | Ashkelon | ||
| founding | 1955 | ||
| president |
 Dror Almalem
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| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach |
Yuval Naim
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| Venue | Sala stadium | ||
| Places | 10,000 | ||
| league | League of credit | ||
| 2018/19 | 6th place | ||
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Hapoel Ashkelon FC (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon ) is an Israeli football club from Ashkelon .
history
The club, founded in 1955, played for decades at a lower level, until 1997 when it was promoted to the highest Israeli league for the first time, to which Hapoel Ashkelon only belonged for one year. In 2007 Ashkelon was a second division team in the final of the Israeli State Cup , in which Hapoel Tel Aviv lost 4: 5 (1: 1) on penalties. In the same season, the club was relegated to the third division, but managed to return to the top class with two consecutive promotions in 2009 and 2010.