Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan

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Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (Hebrew: שיכון ותיקים רמת גן) is an Israeli football club based in the Shikun Vatikim neighbourhood of Ramat Gan. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division.

History

The club was founded in 2002 and joined Liga Gimel. In the 2005–06 season, the club won Liga Gimel Tel Aviv division, after a close battle with F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda, and achieved promotion for the first time in its history to Liga Bet, the fifth tier of Israeli football at the time. The club played seven successive seasons in Liga Bet (which became the fourth tier in the 2009–10 season, due to the closure of Liga Artzit), and reached their best placing in that league, which was ninth, in the 2006–07 season. In the 2010–11 season, Shikun Vatikim avoided relegation, after they faced local rivals, Beitar Ramat Gan, in the first round of the Relegation play-offs, and won 4–2 on penalties after draw of 2–2 in 120 minutes. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished at the bottom of Liga Bet South A division and relegated to Liga Gimel, where they play today.

Futbalový klub Šikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (hebrejsky: מועדון כדורגל שכון ותיקים רמת גן‎) je profesionálny izraelský futbalový klub, ktorý hrá domáce zápasy na štadióne Ramat Gan. Klub bol založený v roku 1957 a v súčasnosti hrá v izraelskom národnom futbalovom tíme Ligat ha’Al.

Šikun Vatikim Ramat Gan vyhral izraelský štátny pohár v rokoch 1961 a 1971. Dostali sa tiež do finále Pohára víťazov pohárov UEFA v roku 1966–67, čo z nich urobilo prvý izraelský klub, ktorý sa dostal do finále európskej súťaže. V domácej súťaži má klub tri ligové tituly a jeden štátny pohár.

Niektorí z najznámejších hráčov, ktorí hrali za Šikun Vatikim Ramat Gan, sú Mordechai Spiegler, Yekutiel Yehude, Amichai Brown, Salman Amar a Eli Cohen.