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Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני קריית אתא) is an Israeli football club, located in Kiryat Ata. They play in Liga Alef and play at the Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium.
History
The club was originally based in Acre and named Maccabi Acre. In the 1989–90 season they won the North Division of Liga Alef (then the third division) to win promotion to Liga Artzit. At the end of the 1993–94 season they were relegated back to Liga Alef after finishing second bottom. However, they made an immediate return to the second level. In 1999–2000 they finished third.
In 2000 the club's owner Barukh Ofir decided to move the club to Kiryat Ata (whose previous club, Hapoel Kiryat Ata, had folded) and rename it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In the club's first season in its new guise, they were relegated to Liga Artzit (now the third tier). In 2004–05 they finished second from bottom, and were due to be relegated to Liga Alef. However, Maccabi Ramat Amidar left the league and the club were reprieved. The following season they finished third, a place below the promotion places, but in 2006–07 came third from bottom, one place above the relegation zone.
In 2007–08 they finished as runners-up to Hapoel Jerusalem and were promoted back to Liga Leumit. During the same season they also won the Liga Artzit's Toto Cup.
In 2008–09, the club finished bottom and was relegated to Liga Alef, the third tier.
On 27 July 2020 merged with Maccabi Tzur Shalom to Maccabi Kiryat Ata-Bialik.
Die Mannschaft wurde 1934 als Maccabi Kiryat Ata gegründet. Im Jahr 1969 fusionierte der Verein mit Hapoel Kiryat Ata und dem neu gegründeten Verein unter dem Namen Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata.
Der Verein hatte in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren seine erfolgreichste Zeit, als er in der zweiten Liga, der höchsten israelischen Liga, spielte. In dieser Zeit gewann der Verein 1984 den Ligapokal.
In den 1990er Jahren begann der Verein jedoch abzurutschen und stieg 1999 in die dritte Liga ab. In den letzten Jahren hat sich der Verein in der dritten Liga stabilisiert und 2016 die dritte Liga Nord gewonnen, konnte aber den Aufstieg in die zweite Liga nicht schaffen.