Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל תל אביב, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Tel Aviv) is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club's traditional home ground is Bloomfield Stadium. To date, the club has won 13 championships and 16 State Cups. In 1967, Hapoel Tel Aviv became the first club to win the Asian Champion Club Tournament.
Full name | Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Hapoel The Reds The Red Devils | |||
Short name | HTA | |||
Founded | 1923; 101 years ago (1923) | |||
Ground | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel | |||
Capacity | 29,400 | |||
Owner | Tel Aviv Football Partners | |||
Manager | Yossi Abukasis | |||
League | Israeli Premier League | |||
2022–23 | Israeli Premier League, 10th of 14 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Since 1995, the club has competed in European club competitions, and has the highest rank among all Israeli clubs, with some outstanding achievements, such as wins against Chelsea, Milan, Hamburg, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Rangers, and Celtic. It is also one of only three Israeli teams to have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, and one of the two that are ordinary members of the European Club Association.
The club name, "Hapoel", translates to "The Worker", and combined with its red Hammer and sickle badge represents the club ties to Marxism, socialism, Labor Zionism, and the working class. For seven decades, the club was owned by the Histadrut, Israel's national trade union centre.