Bnei Eilat
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- Israele - Liga Bet Sud 63 Israele - Lega Alef Sud 41 Coppa d'Israele 7
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Wikipedia - Bnei Eilat F.C.
Bnei Eilat Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בני אילת) is an Israeli football club based in Eilat. They are currently in Liga Alef South division.
History
Bnei Eilat were founded in 2006 and are not related to the football clubs which have previously operated in Eilat, Hapoel Eilat and A.S. Eilat.
In their first season of existence, the club won Liga Gimel South-Central division and promoted to Liga Bet. In the 2009–10 season, the club won Liga Bet South B division with a margin of 14 points, and promoted to Liga Alef. The following season, was the best season in the club history, after they finished third in Liga Alef South, and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they lost 2–3 to Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, after a late goal. In the 2013–14 season, the club finished bottom in Liga Alef South and relegated to Liga Bet. However, in the following season, the club won Liga Bet South B division and made an immediate return to Liga Alef.
La squadra è stata fondata nel 1963 e ha trascorso la maggior parte della sua storia nelle serie inferiori del campionato israeliano. Ha raggiunto la massima serie, la Ligat ha'Al, per la prima volta nella stagione 1991-1992, ma è stata retrocessa alla fine della stagione.
Il Bnei Eilat ha vinto la Liga Leumit, la seconda serie del campionato israeliano, nella stagione 2014-2015, ma è stato nuovamente retrocesso in Liga Alef alla fine della stagione successiva.
La squadra ha vinto anche la Coppa di Stato israeliana nel 1997, battendo in finale il Maccabi Tel Aviv per 4-1.