Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

Beitar Jerusalem
Full nameBeitar Jerusalem Football Club
NicknamesBeitar
The Menorah
The Lions from the Capital
The Flag of the State
Short nameBEI
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundTeddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel
Capacity31,733
OwnerBarak Abramov
Head coachBarak Yitzhaki
LeagueIsraeli Premier League
2024–25Israeli Premier League, 4th of 14
Websitewww.beitarfc.co.il

Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, romanizedMoadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem (Hebrew: בית"ר ירושלים, romanizedBeitar Yerushalayim) or simply Beitar (בית"ר), is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier in Israeli football. The club has traditionally worn kit colours of yellow and black and plays its home matches in Teddy Stadium. The stadium is the largest stadium in Israel, with a capacity of 31,733.

The club is one of the most popular in Israel and is among the Israeli clubs with the highest number of fans in the country. The club was founded in 1936 by Shmuel Kirschstein and David Horn, who chaired the Betar branch in Jerusalem. Several team members were also part of the outlawed Irgun and Lehi militias closely associated with the right-wing Revisionist Zionism movement. Beitar's fans have become a highly controversial political symbol in Israeli football culture, unofficially aligning with the Revisionist Zionist movement and Likud party. Beitar is the only club in the Israel Premier League to have never signed an Arab player and the fanbase is notorious for its anti-Arab racism and anti-Muslim religious bigotry. Notably, the club has previously signed four non-Arab Muslim players.

Domestically, Beitar has won the Israeli Premier League six times, in 1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, and 2007–08; the Israeli Cup eight times, in 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2022–23; and Israeli Supercups twice in 1976 and 1986.