Jonathan Ginzburg
Bnei Shafaram Union players celebrating (Hajaj Rahel)
History in Shafaram. The team in blue, which was established in the 2019/20 season, will play next season in the National League for the first time in its history, this after the team ended today (Friday) in a draw against Hapoel Kaochab.
This is a great achievement for the club, when Firas Moghrabi’s team rose to first place at the end of the 27th round, after being second to Kfar Cana youths since the 9th round of the league. It was an exciting and close battle between the two, until the youth of Kfar Kana stumbled and lost the first place to the Union of Bnei Shafaram who will play next season, as mentioned, for the first time in its short hysteria, in the national league.
Shafaram, after the current draw with Kaochab, remains the only team this season in the league without losses in its away games. Ali Khatib (34), its captain and the team’s goalscorer (19) closes an outstanding season for him, and it will be intriguing to see if the player who grew up in Shafaram will continue in the national league as well. Sheraam has often produced stars for the Israeli football market, in the form of Zahi Armali, Tarek Bushnak, Sohil Armali and others. Today shows everyone that Shafaram is on the map.
There is no happier day than this for Rami Abu Harab, the chairman of the team, who is privileged to see the club he built from scratch rise to the national league. Firas Moghrabi, who has already seen a thing or two in Israeli football as an attacking midfielder, achieves an unusual title for him and takes the club from the city where he grew up to the second division in Tiva in Israel. Shaferam is expected to have a particularly challenging season next year, as it will have to align itself with all the demands of the league directorate and the football association. It also does not have a home field compatible with the national league and will join the migration to an alternative field.
