In 2000 the club's owner Barukh Ofir decided to move the club to Kiryat Ata (whose previous club, Hapoel Kiryat Ata, had folded) and rename it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. In the club's first season in its new guise, they were relegated to Liga Artzit (now the third tier).
In 2000, Barukh Ofir chose to relocate the club to Kiryat Ata and rechristen it Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata. The team's first campaign under this new name ended with relegation to Liga Artzit (now the third tier).