Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.

Hapoel Petah Tikva
Full nameHapoel Petah Tikva Football Club
Nickname(s)Melabs (Mulabbis)
Hamlabsim (The Mulabbis)
Short nameHPT
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundHaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, Israel
Capacity11,500
OwnerSupporters of Hapoel Petah Tikva
ChairmanAlmog Portman
ManagerOmer Peretz
LeagueIsraeli Premier League

Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. (Hebrew: הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in Israeli Premier League. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won six League Championships and one State Cups. The club holds to this day the record for most consecutive championships – five – and was ranked in the top three of the league for 14 years between 1954 and 1968. Hapoel Petah Tikva has not won the championship since 1963, and its last titles were the State Cup in 1992 and the Toto Cup in 2005.