It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Maccabi Netanya.

[2] An article which details the history of the stadium at the webpage of Maccabi Netanya says that the first game was on January 1, 1945, with the name of the opponent unclear, with suggestions being tghe Yugoslav, Greek, or British army team, the latter option being the prevalent opinion.

A former player Yitzhak Caspi mentioned that an that time the stadium was noting but a plot of land.

He ogranized children and teenagers to plant grass on the field.

Later it was simply surrounded by ropes and later a small fence was built.