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5 unusual facts about F.C. Ashdod


Andrés Aimar

Shortly after he moved abroad again, spending the following months with Israel's F.C. Ashdod and finishing the season with another team in Argentina, second level's Club Atlético Aldosivi.

F.C. Ashdod

The unorthodox name of the team (no association, i.e. Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar etc.) is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.

Currently, the club is known for making do with relatively small budgets compared to the big Israel clubs and is known for having a large support from the city of Ashdod that doesn't seem to result in attendance figures.

Milan Vilotić

However, at the half-time of a friendly match with F.C. Ashdod, Red Star coach Robert Prosinečki got upset at Vilotić and said in a subsequent conference that he was demoted from being Red Star's captain.

Toto Tamuz

Tamuz started to play organized football at Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C., where he made his professional debut during the 2005–2006 season in a match against F.C. Ashdod.


Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C.

After two consecutive twelfth-placed finishes, the club merged in May 1999 with local rivals Hapoel, to Moadon Sport Ashdod.

Ohad Levita

Levita played for local side Hapoel Kfar Saba, making his first team debut at the age of seventeen in the Israeli Premier League match against F.C. Ashdod.


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