Unified Teams
The Unified Teams are a collaboration with the Special Olympics organization, Unified Sports brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities to play on the same team.
The program currently includes two teams in which our fans practice and play together with people suffering from different disabilities, with two weekly practice sessions and visits by Hapoel’s professional players.
In the last "Equals Tournament" in June 2021 our unified team won the cup. Watch the video:
This unique program integrates players with disabilities with fans of the club in the same team. Two teams were established so far: one with players struggling with mental health illness and another with people suffering from cognitive disorder.
The backbone of the program is encouraging friendship and enhancing inclusion of the disabled into our community, as a genuine part of it.