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Shimshon Tel Aviv
Full name	Shimshon Tel Aviv Football Club; מועדון כדורגל שמשון תל אביב
Founded	1949; 2014 (Refounded)
Ground	Northern Sportech Ground, Tel Aviv
Owner	Roey Ovadia
Manager	Eli Cohen
League	Liga Alef South
2023–24	Liga Alef South, 4th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

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Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל שמשון תל אביב, Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv) is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv.

In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.^[1] In 2011, the merge came apart after Beitar Tel Aviv merged with Ironi Ramla to create Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, whilst Shimshon withdrew from the union and functioned as youth section, without a senior team.^[2]

In 2014, the club was resurrected by local businessmen.^[3]^[4] On 11 September 2014 Shimshom beat Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–0 in a historic first win in 10 years.

History

The club was formed in memory of Shimshon Rouzi,^[5] a former Maccabi Tel Aviv player who died in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was commonly referred to as the club of Kerem HaTeimanim, a neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.

The club spent its first few years in the lower leagues, before winning promotion to the top flight (then called Liga Leumit) in 1960 as Liga Alef champions.

In 1962–63 the Shimshon finished 4th, the club's highest position to date. In 1965–66, Shimshon player Moshe Romano was the division's joint top scorer alongside Maccabi Netanya's prolific striker Mordechai Spiegler, with 17 goals. The club also made their first appearance in a State Cup final, going down 2–1 to Hapoel Haifa.

Another 4th-place finish was achieved in 1969–70, with Romano again finishing as the league's top scorer. The following season they went one better by finishing second to champions Maccabi Netanya. However, the success was not sustained, and a season after finishing second, the club narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the drop zone. The 1972–73 was even worse, as the club was relegated alongside Hapoel Marmorek.

Despite their setback the previous season, Shimshon had a successful season in 1973–74, finishing second in Liga Alef North and took part in the new promotion/relegation play-offs. They finished second in the play-off group, and were promoted back to Liga Leumit.

The early 1980s were a period of relative success, as the club finished third in 1979–80 and 1984–85, and another second-place finish achieved in 1982–83. A second cup final was reached in 1986, but they lost 2–1 to Beitar Jerusalem. In 1987–88 the club qualified for the Intertoto Cup.

Although they reached another cup final in 1989–90, losing again, 1–0 after extra time to Hapoel Kfar Saba, the club finished bottom of Liga Leumit for the first time in their history, and were relegated to Liga Artzit (the second tier since the 1976). Unable to bounce back to the top flight, and overshadowed by more popular and successful teams in Tel Aviv (Hapoel, Maccabi and Bnei Yehuda, the club merged with fellow Tel Aviv strugglers Beitar to form Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

In 2014, the club returned to the map of Israeli football after 14 years.^[3]^[4]

Current squad

As to 28 August 2024


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Ran Haspia
2	DF	ISR	Guy Nof
3	DF	ISR	Aviv Shetter
4	DF	ISR	Rotem Baruch
5	DF	ISR	Ilay Shafiki
6	DF	ISR	Noam Agamon
7	MF	ISR	Ronen Gerdashov
8	MF	ISR	Evyatar Mizrahi
9	FW	ISR	Rani Nof
11	MF	ISR	Omer Sulimani
12	DF	ISR	Daniel Oknin
13	MF	ISR	Ilay Matzfi
14	MF	ISR	Itamar Dayan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ISR	Tomer Barzilay
17	MF	ISR	Roei Levi
20	MF	ISR	Yam Amar
21	DF	ISR	Ilay Rotem
22	GK	ISR	Yarden Hershenzon
25	MF	ISR	Yuval Dabul
—	DF	ISR	Dor Alberman
—	DF	ISR	Assaf Simantov
—	MF	ISR	Kachal Yosef
—	MF	ISR	Ben Reichert
—	FW	ISR	Eden Hershkovitz
—	FW	ISR	Idan Vaknin

Honours

Israeli Premier League
- Runners-up 1970–71, 1982–83
Israeli Second Division
- Champions 1959–60
Toto Cup
- Winners 1986–87, 1987–88
Israel State Cup
- Runners-up 1966, 1986, 1990

Notable players

Internationally capped players

References

^ Israel Third Level 2000/01 RSSSF
^ Shimshon returns to the center of the stage Uri Shamir, vole.co.il, 30.7.2011 (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b Shimshon Tel Aviv returns Goler1, 10.9.2014 (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b Did You Missed Them? Shimshon Tel Aviv Is Resurrected Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 10 September 2014 (in Hebrew)
^ "Shimshon" – From the wonders of Israeli football Maariv, 29.5.1960, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[Israel_Third_Level_2000/01-1] Israel Third Level 2000/01 RSSSF

[Shimshon_returns_to_the_center_of_the_stage-2] Shimshon returns to the center of the stage Uri Shamir, vole.co.il, 30.7.2011 (in Hebrew)

[Shimshon_Tel_Aviv_returns-3] Shimshon Tel Aviv returns Goler1, 10.9.2014 (in Hebrew)

[shimret-4] Did You Missed Them? Shimshon Tel Aviv Is Resurrected Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 10 September 2014 (in Hebrew)

[Shimshon_-_From_the_wonders_of_Israeli_football-5] "Shimshon" – From the wonders of Israeli football Maariv, 29.5.1960, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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+'''Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C.''' ({{Langx|he|מועדון כדורגל שמשון תל אביב}}, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli [[Football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Tel Aviv]].
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v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit