ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, ðə klˈʌb ɹˈɛlᵻɡˌeɪɾᵻd tə lˈiːɡə bˈɛt, ænd fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə kɹiːˈeɪʃən ʌvðɪ ɪzɹˈeɪli pɹəmˈɪɹ lˈiːɡ wˌɪtʃ sˈɔː ˈɔːl ðə lˈoʊɚ dᵻvˈɪʒənz dᵻmˈoʊɾᵻd ɪnðə fˈʊtbɔːl pˈɪɹɐmˌɪd, ðə klˈʌb fˈaʊnd ɪtsˈɛlf ɪnðə fˈɪfθ tˈɪɹ ʌv ɪzɹˈeɪli fˈʊtbɔːl, ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðə klˈʌb wˈʌn ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈiːzən, ænd pɹəmˈoʊɾᵻd bˈæk tə lˈiːɡə ˈælɪf.
In the 1990s, the club relegated to Liga Bet, and following the creation of the Israeli Premier League which saw all the lower divisions demoted in the football pyramid, the club found itself in the fifth tier of Israeli football, in which the club won in the 1999–2000 season, and promoted back to Liga Alef.