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Hapoel Kafr Kanna (Hebrew: הפועל כפר כנא) is an Israeli football club based in Kafr Kanna. The club is currently in the Liga Alef North division.

History

The club played mostly in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 1994–95 season, Hapoel Kafr Kanna reached Liga Alef, where they played for 19 successive seasons, until the 2012–13 season, in which they finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Bet. The club's best placing to date came at the 1995–96 season, when they finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division, 5 points behind their local rivals, Maccabi Kafr Kanna, which were promoted to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time.

In the 2013–14 season, the club came close to make a return to Liga Alef, when they finished level on points with Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum, on top of Liga Bet South A division. A decisive match for promotion was held, in which Hapoel Kafr Kanna lost 3–4 in penalties, after 1–1 draw in 120 minutes. Following the defeat, Hapoel Kafr Kanna went to compete in the Promotion play-offs, where they lost in the first round 1–4 to Hapoel Shefa-'Amr and remained in Liga Bet.

In the 2014–15 season, the club won Liga Bet North A division and made a return to Liga Alef.

Hapoel Kafr Kanna (hebrejsky: הפועל כפר כנא‎, arabsky: هبوعيل كفركنا‎) je izraelský futbalový klub so sídlom v meste Kafr Kanna. Klub bol založený v roku 1960 a svoje domáce zápasy hráva na štadióne Umm al-Fahem. Hapoel Kafr Kanna v súčasnosti hráva v izraelskej druhej lige, ktorá je druhou najvyššou úrovňou futbalovej súťaže v krajine.

Najväčším úspechom klubu je víťazstvo v izraelskom štátnom pohári v roku 1984. Hapoel Kafr Kanna sa tiež dvakrát dostal do finále pohára, ale v rokoch 1980 a 1985 ho prehral.

Klub je známy svojím silným vzťahom k miestnej arabskej komunite. Väčšina hráčov Hapoelu Kafr Kanna pochádza z Kafr Kanny a jej okolia a klub je považovaný za symbol miestnej hrdosti a identity.