Beitar Yerushalayim  " was founded in 1944 in a concentration camp in Kenya. In that period, fans of Beitar already existed - long before today's players were born. Until 1981, Beitar Yerushalayim was considered as one of the best teams in the top level national league. In the same year, Beitar Yerushalayim dropped down into the lower national league, and within a year it was back up in the top national league. They won the National League in 1986/87, 1992/93, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2006/07 and the State Cup on the years 1976, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1989 .
"Beitar" are the initials of “Brit Yosef Trumpeldor” (Covenant of Joseph Trumpeldor). The youth movement of the Revisionist Zionists.
The movement was established in 1923 by Zionist students in Riga, Latvia, chaired by Zeev Jabotinski, the leader of the Revisionist Zionists, head of Beitar and spiritual father of the freedom movement.