Stadium: Kiryat Shemona Municipal Stadium (5,500)
Coach: Benny Ben Zaken
Izzy Sheratzky’s side have already changed coaches as Moti Ivanir was replaced by the team’s youth club coach, Benny Ben Zaken. Surprised? Not really as the squad has seen many different coaches over the last few years that have been promoted from within including Barak Bachar and Salah Hasarma. 
Ben Zaken was born in Kiryat Shemona, went through the Kiryat Shemona youth department and had the opportunity to lift the Championship Trophy and Toto Cup for the first time in the club’s history. After retiring from active play after the 2013 campaign, Ben Zaken was appointed as assistant coach under Barak Bachar and even stood on the sidelines to coach the team when Bachar was fired at the end of 2014. Last season, he began as Hasarma’s assistant but became the youth club’s coach when the aforementioned Hasarma was relived of his duties. When Ivanir left his post, Ben Zaken took over once again.
Comings & Goings
Well before the coaching change, Kiryat Shemona made a number of moves to their squad. Oz Raly, Or Ostaynd, Guy Haimov, Luis Guiterez all left while Itamar Nitzan, Ofir Kriaf, Shlomi Azulay who was loaned by Maccabi to Sheratzky’s club joined just before the transfer deadline.
There were also plenty of changes when it came to the foreign players as Heitor Pereira, Didier Brossou and Mauricio Cordeiro all came on board.
What have we had up until now
Kiryat Shemona began the season decently well as they currently sit in 6th place with 11 points and only two losses so far this season. In fact, one of those losses was against first place Hapoel Beer Sheva in Kiryat Shemona for their only home defeat of the campaign.
Under Ivanir, Kiryat Shemona recorded five draws while Ben Zaken picked up his first victory last Matchday with a 1:0 win over Bnei Yehuda. The Yellow & Blue faced Kiryat Shemona with Ivanir at the helm in the first leg of the Toto Cup Quarterfinals which saw Maccabi win 3:2 at the Netanya Stadium. The return leg will be held at the end of November.
