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Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot
Full name	Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot Football Club; בני יצ'אלאל רחובות
Founded	2007
Ground	Kiryat Moshe, Rehovot
Chairman	Abay Zauda
Manager	Hezi Rashti
League	Liga Gimel
2022–23	Liga Gimel Central, 4th
Home colours	Away colours

Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot (Hebrew: בני יצ'אלאל רחובות) is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. The club is currently in Liga Bet South B division.

Background

Yeechalal (which means "Everything is possible" in the Amharic language),^[1] The Community Association of Ethiopian Immigrants for Advancement in Sport, was founded in 2000, in order to promote sports amongst youth from the Ethiopian immigrants community in Israel and take responsibility over their future.^[2]

History

Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot Football Club was founded in 2007 and joined Liga Gimel. In 2008–09, their second season of existence, the club finished on top of Liga Gimel Central division, level on points with Hapoel Rahat and F.C. Kiryat Gat, and had to face both clubs in a three-way promotion play-off. Bnei Yeechalal remained in Liga Gimel, after they lost both matches, 2–3 to F.C. Kiryat Gat and 1–3 to Hapoel Rahat.^[3] However, in the following season, they won their division and were promoted to Liga Bet.^[4]

The club's best placing to date was the sixth place in Liga Bet South B division, which was achieved in the 2014–15 season.

Honours

League

Honour	No.	Years
Fifth tier	1	2009–10

Cups

Honour	No.	Years
Liga Bet divisional State Cup	1	2015–16
Liga Gimel divisional State Cup	1	2009–10

References

^ Football team which almost all of their players are Ethiopians made history and promoted Channel 2 news, Mako, 25.4.2010 (in Hebrew)
^ Home Page Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine Yeechalal
^ Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot 2008/2009 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Gimel Central – 2009/2010 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

External links

Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[1] Football team which almost all of their players are Ethiopians made history and promoted Channel 2 news, Mako, 25.4.2010 (in Hebrew)

[2] Home Page Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine Yeechalal

[3] Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot 2008/2009 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[4] Liga Gimel Central – 2009/2010 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Bet
North A	Ahi Acre Ahli Tamra Ahva Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Nahariya F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Shefa'-Amr F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Karmiel Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Abu Sna'an Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ironi Tamra Maccabi Ironi Yafa
North B	Beitar Haifa Bnei Qalansawe Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel F.C. Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Qalansawe Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Hapoel Yafa Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel
South A	Beitar Ramat Gan Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Jaffa F.C. HaMakhtesh Giv'atayim Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Inter Aliyah Tel Aviv Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Sporting Tel Aviv Tzeirei Tira
South B	Beitar Kiryat Gat Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Ramla F.C. Sderot F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ar'arat an-Naqab Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon Hapoel Gedera Hapoel Segev Shalom Hapoel Yeruham Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Ramla
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