Agudat Sport Ashdod
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Agudat Sport Ashdod

Israel · Est. 2015

About Agudat Sport Ashdod

Agudat Sport Ashdod (Hebrew: אגודת ספורט אשדוד‎) is an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. The club was formed in 2015 by Hapoel Ashdod supporters as a resurrection of their old club, which was merged with Maccabi Ironi Ashdod to form F.C. Ashdod.

In 1998, Hapoel Ashdod and rival club Maccabi Ironi Ashdod were in debt and in decline and in order to save both football clubs, they were merged to form F.C. Ashdod. However, former supporters of Hapoel Ashdod were dissatisfied with the merger and set up a new club, Hapoel Namal Ashdod. The new club collapsed in 2004 due to financial difficulties.

In 2015, two separate initiatives were set to re-establish Hapoel Ashdod, one headed by former Hapoel Ashdod and Hapoel Namal Ashdod chairman, Ya'akov Shitrit, and the other h...