After three seasons at the bottom tier, the club won their regional division and were promoted to Liga Bet.

In the 2000–01 season the club finished third, missing out on promotion to the Israeli Premier League by a single point (they had a better goal difference than runners-up Maccabi Kiryat Gat).

[3] However, the club folded in the summer,[4] with Hapoel Marmorek promoted from Liga Alef to take their place.

The club's stadium was named after Michael Reisser, a Likud MK who died following a car accident in 1988.

Be'er Sheva) was founded, after the Israel Football Association allowed it only three years after the original club folded because of financial collapse.