F.C. Dimona

F.C. Dimona (Hebrew: מועדון ספורט דימונה), Moadon Sport Dimona, lit. 'Dimona Sport Club' (or in short מ.ס. דימונה Mem Samekh Dimona, lit. 'F.C. Dimona') is an Israeli football club based in Dimona. The club is currently in Liga Alef South.

F.C. Dimona

Full name	Moadon Sport Dimona מועדון ספורט דימונה
Founded	2004
Ground	Municipal Stadium, Dimona
Capacity	1,140
Chairman	Roee Amano
Manager	Sharon Avitan
League	Liga Alef South
2024–25	Liga Alef South, 5th of 16
Home colours Away colours

History

F.C. Dimona was founded in 2004, one season after Hapoel Dimona dissolved, but are still commonly known and referred as Hapoel Dimona.^[1][2] The club reached Liga Bet in the 2005–06 season, where they played in the South B division.^[3] Ten years later the club was promoted to Liga Alef after winning the 2015–16 season.

In the 2017–18 season the club was relegated back to Liga Bet. Two seasons later Shimon Bitton was appointed the club's manager and the club was promoted after finishing the season in first place before stopping due to COVID-19.^[4]

In summer 2023 Nir Klinger joined as the professional manager and Bitton returned to the head coach position.^[5]

Current squad

As of 22 October 2024

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISR Avihay Dahan 5 DF  ISR Firas Awad 6 MF  ISR Benny Natan 7 FW  ISR Daniel Agami 8 MF  ISR Shay Bouznah 9 FW  ISR Amir Agayev 10 MF  ISR Liel Zaguri 11 FW  ISR Alon Buzorgi 14 FW  ISR Elior Mishali 15 MF  ISR Moshe Asulin 18 DF  ISR Rotem Yazker 19 MF  ISR Hay Buzaglo

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  ISR Roi Maman 24 FW  ISR Yarden Abuhatzira 25 DF  ISR Idan Adhaneny 27 DF  ISR Ariel Elmalem 30 MF  ISR Stav Finish 36 GK  ISR Gal Navon 37 DF  ISR Noam Gamon 66 DF  ISR Tal Kachila 77 MF  ISR Prince Thomas — MF  ISR Naor Abudi — FW  ISR Amer Eldadeh

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fourth tier	1	2015–16
Fourth tier	1	2019–20

External links

• Moadon Sport Dimona Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine: the Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)