Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.

Maccabi Sha'arayim

Full name

Maccabi Sha'arayim Football Club

Founded

1950

Ground

Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona

Capacity

3,500

Owner

Eldad Perri

Chairman

Simcha Gad

Manager

Yaron Hochenboim

League

Liga Leumit

2015–16

Liga Alef South, 1st (Promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Old logo (1984–2016)

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

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.

Players

Current squad

As of 5 August 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ben Rahav
6	MF	Jurica Grgec
7	FW	Bar Shalom
8	MF	Eran Biton
10	FW	Gil Itzhak
11	DF	Yam Sasson
13	DF	Dudu Twito
15	MF	Salim Tuama
16	MF	Ben Butbul
18	GK	Matan Amber
19	DF	Avraham Chekol
20	MF	Ilan Rankevic

No.	Position	Player
22	FW	Eyal Danin
23	DF	Ran Berkovic
25	DF	Nadav Muniss
26	DF	Yogev Ben Simon
29	DF	Maor Jarasi
33	DF	Tomislav Pajović
55	MF	Shay Revivo
58	DF	Oded Gavish
77	MF	Eilon Elimelech
92	FW	Thiam Mamadou
	GK	Eran Shifris

Honours

Third tier
- Champions: 1955–56, 1959–60, 1983–84, 2015–16
Fourth tier
- Champions: 2011–12

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maccabi Sha'arayim (Association football).

Club website
Club Official facebook page
Maccabi Sha'arayim Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Acre Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Sha'arayim

Stadia	Acre Municipal Stadium Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Nesher Stadium Netanya Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium

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