Volleyball team

Ashdod

Club · Israel · Ligat Ha'al

«The Dolphins»

259 Matches

83 wins

63 draws

113 losses

320–384 Goals

−64 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form W L L W W W

Ashdod open the 2025/26 season in Liga Leumit, the second tier, after dropping out of Ligat Ha'al, the top flight, once again. It is not unfamiliar territory: relegation first hit the club in 2014/15, when FIFA docked six points over an unpaid transfer debt in the Efe Ambrose case, and Ashdod answered by winning Liga Leumit outright the following year to go straight back up.

The club has never lifted the championship or the Israel Cup. Third place in Ligat Ha'al, reached in 2004/05 and again in 2020/21, remains the highest finish, and four Toto Cup finals — 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2008/09 — all ended without the trophy.

Shay Holtzman is Ashdod's leading scorer with 72 goals, David Revivo holds the appearance record at 318, and Haim Revivo also wore the shirt. Nir Bitton and Ofir Marciano both came through the youth ranks before moving on to bigger clubs.

Home games are played at Yud-Alef Stadium, officially listed at 6,733 seats. The city derby has thinned in recent years: Hapoel Ashdod, one of the two clubs whose predecessors gave the fixture its name, was wound up in July 2025 over unpaid debts.

Ashdod itself was formed in 1999, a merger of Hapoel Ashdod, founded in 1957, and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod, founded in 1961. The new club wore dark turquoise for its first four seasons before switching to red and yellow, colours chosen to represent the two sides that had come together to form it.

Latest results

All matches

6 Sep	Liga Leumit	Hapoel Kfar Shalem H	4:0	W
31 Aug	Liga Leumit	Maccabi Bnei Raina A	2:1	W
24 Aug	Liga Leumit	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa H	1:0	W
18 Aug	Liga Leumit	Hapoel Afula A	0:2	L
10 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Ironi Modi'in H	1:3	L
18 May	Ligat Ha'al	Ironi Kiryat Shmona A	3:2	W

Standing

Liga Leumit

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	4	3	1	0	6:2	10
3	Hapoel Ra'anana	4	3	0	1	13:6	9
4	Ashdod	4	3	0	1	7:3	9
5	Hapoel Afula	4	3	0	1	6:3	9
6	Kiryat Yam SC	4	2	0	2	13:6	6

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 259

259 Matches

83 wins

63 draws

113 losses

320–384 Goals

−64 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 259

83 63 113

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	259	130	129
Scored	320	167	153
Conceded	384	186	198
Scored per game	1.2	1.3	1.2
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4	1.5
Difference	−64	−19	−45

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Arial Benabent Mendy Defender 5 Matches

Ibrahim Diakite Defender 5 Matches

Ilay Hagag Midfielder 5 Matches

Raz Carmi Goalkeeper 5 Matches

Eugene Ansah Midfielder 5 Matches

Rim Tal Defender 5 Matches

Eliya Gaton Forward 5 Matches

Karol Stanisław Niemczycki Goalkeeper 5 Matches

Squad of Ashdod

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
94	Arial Benabent Mendy	Defender		5
3	Ibrahim Diakite	Defender		5
28	Ilay Hagag	Midfielder		5
1	Raz Carmi	Goalkeeper		5
13	Eugene Ansah	Midfielder		5
20	Rim Tal	Defender		5
21	Eliya Gaton	Forward		5
25	Karol Stanisław Niemczycki	Goalkeeper	27	5
6	V. Ochaiyi	Midfielder		5
16	Maor Yashilirmak	Defender		5
9	Shalev Harush	Midfielder		5
4	Timothy Awany	Defender	30	4
26	Karim Keikie Kimvuidi	Midfielder		4
11	Eylon Haim Almog	Forward		4
7	N. Dabush	Forward		4
87	Mohamed Amer	Midfielder		4
19	Amitai Yamin	Midfielder		4
14	Noam Muche	Midfielder		3
71	Amit Dantzig	Midfielder		3
10	Ilay Tamam	Forward		3
23	Ori Azo	Forward		2
2	Avishay Cohen	Defender	31	2
77	Heyford Boafo	Midfielder		2
17	Asaf Arania	Forward		2
8	Roy Gordana	Midfielder		1
55	Raz Meir	Defender		1
11	Adir Levi	Midfielder		1