Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.

Maccabi Sha'arayim
Full name Maccabi Sha'arayim Football Club
Founded 1950
Ground Maccabi Sha'araim Stadium, Rehovot
Capacity 500
Chairman Simcha Gad
Manager Musa Ben Haim
League Liga Alef
2016–17 Liga Leumit, 16th (Relegated)
Maccabi Sha'araying's crest used in 2016-17 season

Maccabi Sha'arayim (Hebrew: מכבי שעריים‎) is an Israeli football club from the city Rehovot, currently playing in Liga Alef.

The club spent the past seven seasons in the top division from 1963 to 1969, and a single season in 1985–86.

History

The club was promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in 1963. In their first season in the league they finished 11th out of 15. The following season the club finished sixth, which remains their highest ever league position.

In the 1965–66 season they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the relegation zone. In 1969 Maccabi reach the cup final for the first (and to date only) time, but lost 1–0 to Hakoah Ramat Gan.[1] In the same season they finished second bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

The final match of the 1971–72 season saw the club have a chance to return to the top flight, but they lost 2–1 to Hapoel Marmorek, which were promoted instead.[2] Two years later they qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs, but failed to win any of their five matches and finished bottom of the group.

At the end of the 1977–78 season they finished bottom of Liga Artzit (the second division) and were relegated to Liga Alef (now the third tier).

At the end of the 1983–84 season they won Liga Alef South division and returned to Liga Artzit, and won a second consecutive promotion in the following season, returning to Liga Leumit for the first time in 16 years. However, they finished bottom, and were relegated back to Liga Artzit.

The club dropped back into the third tier at the end of the 1992–93 season, and were relegated to the fourth tier at the end of the 2000–01 season, before dropping into Liga Bet, the fifth tier, at the end of the 2005–06 season. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club returned to Liga Alef (now the third tier), following a victory of 2–1 against Hapoel Azor in the promotion play-off.[3]

In the 2015–16 season, the club won Liga Alef South division and promoted to Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the second tier of Israeli football after 23 years.

Current squad

As of 18 January 2018
No. Position Player
3 Israel DF Tzach Baleli
4 Israel DF Gil Nachum
5 Israel DF Aviram Ohana
7 Israel MF Omer Ben Sha'anan
8 Israel MF Daniel Hayek
9 Israel MF Daniel Tasao
10 Israel MF Shaked Hatuka
11 Israel FW Tom Madhele
13 Israel GK Doron Rosenkovic
15 Israel MF Hadar Levy
16 Israel GK Asaf Karisi
17 Israel MF Daniel Fisher
18 Israel MF Yair Elias
No. Position Player
22 Israel GK Ofir Karazo
23 Israel MF Eytham Shami
25 Israel MF Maor Halabi
26 Israel FW Itai Ben Harush
51 Israel MF Mor Madhele
55 Israel DF Guy Shamir
77 Israel FW Lahav Musaiyof
97 Israel GK Eran Shifris
99 Israel FW Eden Bokobza
Israel DF Itay Shabo
Israel MF Yonathan Feldman
Israel MF Noam Porat
Israel MF Shay David

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF
  2. ↑ The Rehovot derby is here again Doublepass, 18.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Sha'arayim promoted to Liga Alef after beating Azor One, 10.5.2012 (in Hebrew)
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