The club was founded in 1936 as
Hapoel Kfar Ata and was admitted to the
Eretz Israel Football Association in 1938. During its early days, the club played in
Haifa regional league, and later in
Liga Bet, the second tier of league football in the
British Mandate for Palestine. After the
Israeli Declaration of Independence, Hapoel played in
Liga Meuhedet, the temporary second tier in the 1949–50 season, where they finished third in the
North division, and were placed in
Liga Bet, the second tier of
Israeli football at the time. In the
1951–52 season, the club finished bottom of Liga Bet North division, with only two points, and relegated to
Liga Gimel. In
1956–57, the club made a return to Liga Bet, which became the third tier at the previous season, following restructuring of the
Israeli football league system. Prior to the double season of
1966–68, the club was renamed
Hapoel Kiryat Ata, following the merger of the village with Kiryat Binyamin, which formed
Kiryat Ata. In
1972–73, Hapoel won Liga Bet North A division, and after 16 successive seasons at the third tier, were promoted to
Liga Alef. In Liga Alef, after finished 11th and 14th respectively in the
1973–74 and
1974–75 seasons, the club finished bottom of the North division in the
1975–76 season, and dropped by two levels to
Liga Bet, which became the fourth tier, following the creation of
Liga Artzit. In the
1976–77 season, the club missed out on promotion to Liga Alef by a single point, to
Hapoel Tiberias. However, in the
following season, Hapoel won Liga Bet North a division and were promoted to Liga Alef, where they played throughout the 1980s, mostly as a mid-table club, until the
1988–89 season, in which the club relegated to Liga Bet. The club relegated even further to
Liga Gimel and eventually folded in 1992. ==Honours==