Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Full name | Maccabi Haifa Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Greens The Greens from the Carmel | |||
Short name | MHA | |||
Founded | 1913[1] | |||
Ground | Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel | |||
Capacity | 30,942 | |||
Owner | Ya'akov Shahar | |||
President | Ya'akov Shahar | |||
Head coach | Messay Dego | |||
2022–23 | Israeli Premier League, 1st of 14 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Maccabi Haifa Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה, romanized: Moadon haKaduregel Makabi Ḥefa) is an Israeli professional football club, based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club plays in the Israeli Premier League. Maccabi Haifa home games are played at Sammy Ofer Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with rivals Hapoel Haifa, is the second largest in Israeli football, with a capacity of 30,942.[2]
Maccabi Haifa is one of the "Big Four" clubs in Israeli football. The meaning of the name Maccabi – 'there is no one like you among the gods' – also refers to the Star of David in the team's logo. The side has won fifteen league titles, second only to the club's biggest rivals, Maccabi Tel Aviv, six State Cups and five Toto Cups. Maccabi Haifa has won the championship and the cup in the same season (referred to as winning the "double") once, and was the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League season. Maccabi Haifa holds the record, for the most Champions League group stage qualifications for an Israeli team in three occasions. In 2020–21, Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli Premier League, their first championship in a decade. The club won the next two titles on their way to three consecutive championships.
Maccabi Haifa is currently coached by Messay Dego, who joined the team after several successful seasons with Barak Bakhar that has gone on to guide the club to three league titles in a row along with qualification for the Champions League group stages in 2022.
History
Early years
Maccabi Haifa Football Club was established in 1913 in the port city of Haifa in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (present-day Israel). As the local football association wasn't founded in Mandatory Palestine until July 1928, there were no officially organized competitions during the season, and the club played only friendly matches.
After a period of inactivity, the club was re-organized in February 1923.[3] The club playing a handful of matches during the season, including taking part in a cup competition which was called "The Hebrew Cup". Due to its distance, the club was given a bye to the final,[4] which it lost to Maccabi Nes Tziona 0–2.[5][6][7]
The club was overshadowed by its
In 1942, the club reached the Israel State Cup final, but was defeated 12–1 by Beitar Tel Aviv in the final.
Maccabi Haifa remained a small, struggling club that spent most of its time shifting between Liga Leumit and the lower leagues.
In 1962, the team defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 in the State Cup final, and won the first title of the club. In 1963 it reached the final again, but lost to Hapoel Haifa 1–0 in the first Haifa derby in State Cup final.
The 1980s
In the 1980s Maccabi Haifa finally entered the 'Israeli' champions' club, clinching the title thrice (in 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1988–89 seasons).
In the
Sharf's team played with 4 strikers, including: Moshe Selecter, Zahi Armeli and Ronny Rosenthal who were positioned at point and midfield and managed to build their defense around the legendary goalkeeper Avi Ran.
A year later, Maccabi Haifa won a second championship in a decisive performance. In 1986 Maccabi Haifa lost the championship in a controversial final match against runners-up Hapoel Tel Aviv. The single goal scored in that match by Gili Landau was said to be scored from a passive offside position, which by the rules of the time should have resulted in a disqualification of the goal and a scoreless draw, guaranteeing Maccabi Haifa the title. Due to poor TV coverage, the issue has never been resolved.
In 1988, Maccabi Haifa decimated Maccabi Tel Aviv 10–0 to earn its biggest win ever. That game, one of the more famous in Israeli's football lore, wasn't even televised. Furthermore, it probably was the beginning of the intense rivalry between the two clubs. In 1989, under the capable hands of Amazzia Levkovic, the club won another championship.
The 1990s
In the 1990s Maccabi Haifa established itself as a dominant club in Israel. It began by winning the Double – League championship and the national cup in the 1990–1 season and continued with the introduction of three talented young players: Eyal Berkovic, Reuven Atar and Tal Banin.
In 1992, Maccabi Haifa was purchased by
In 1995, Maccabi Haifa begun a period of seven years without winning the league championship, and most of its popular soccer superstar were sold to Europe. In 1996, Eyal Berkovic and Haim Revivo, the latter had joined the team the previous season, both left Haifa for European clubs. While the two gained great personal success there, Maccabi Haifa went into a slump. The team's standards of maintaining the services of the manager for multiple seasons was thrown as the team went through several managers during 4 years. As result, the team failed to win the national championship title, despite securing the National cup in 1998.
In 1999, under the guidance of the
2000 and beyond
Former
A year later, Grant won a second
In 2002, Haifa made Israeli club history by becoming the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the
In the
History was made during the
In the
In the return match in Bulgaria against
In the 2007–08 season, Maccabi Haifa finished 5th place in the league and was eliminated in the last-16 phase of the State Cup. Ronny Levy announced that he was leaving. Haifa won the Toto Cup after a 2–0 victory over Bnei-Sakhnin.
Haifa opened the
Maccabi Haifa returned to the
In the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League season, Maccabi Haifa has won the Israeli Championship title but lost the chance to achieve the Double by losing to rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv in the State Cup final.
The 2011–12 season was a disappointing one. After winning the League title in the previous season, the team started the season with qualification matches in the UEFA Champions League, but eliminated after a penalty defeat to the Belgian club Genk. Domestically, it was another disappointment. Maccabi Haifa struggled for the European football spot, and a draw in the last round wasn't enough, as Maccabi Haifa finished in a disappointing 5th place. Another failure was at the State Cup as the team lost in the Final to rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv from a controversial 93rd-minute goal. The disappointing season caused owner
With Reuven Atar on the sidelines, Haifa opened the season with 1 win, 4 draws, and 4 losses and was next to last, the worst start in club history. After the 9th round, Atar was fired and replaced by Arik Benado, the youth team coach and former team captain. Under Benado, Haifa returned to the top of the table and showed good performances during the season. Haifa gave fight to Maccabi Tel Aviv but finished 2nd.
On 25 July 2013, Maccabi Haifa defeated Khazar Lankaran 8–0 in the 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. thus setting a new record for the largest win by an Israeli club in European competition.
On 24 May 2016, Maccabi Haifa defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 in the
In the start of the 2020/21 season, Maccabi Haifa reached the
In the start of the 2021/22 season, the team was eliminated by Kairat in the early qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Two weeks later, the team won the
The club went on to win the
In August 2022 the club advanced to the
On 15 May 2023, the team won the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League championship, the club's third championship title in a row and 15th in total, after a 1–5 victory over Maccabi Netanya, and became the first Israeli club to do so in a season which it also reached the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Sponsorships, fan base and rivalries
Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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1980–82 | Adidas | Alfa Romeo |
1982–84 | Umbro | Drucker |
1984–92 | Adidas | Volvo |
1992–93 | Lotto | |
1993–96 | Isracard | |
1996–98 | Nike | Volvo |
1998–02 | Lotto | |
2002–04 | Honda | |
2004–07 | Puma
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2007–11 | Lotto | |
2011–18 | Nike
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2018–23 | Volvo | |
2023– | Adidas |
The club is sponsored by Ya'akov Shahar, chairman of Mayer's Cars and Trucks Ltd., the official importer to Israel of Volvo and Honda. The fan base is mainly in Haifa and northern Israel, although the club is one of the most popular in Israel. Average attendance in the home matches since the move to Sammy Ofer Stadium in 2015 is approximately 24,000 fans, the most in Israel. According to a
On 30 June 2011, a Haaretz poll identified Maccabi Haifa as the most popular football team among Arab citizens of Israel.[8]
Another survey had been conducted in March 2012 by
Historically, the most loyal fans at home games in Kiryat Eliezer Stadium were concentrated at stands 11–12, called also Yetzia Gimel (יציע ג') – C Block – a term which has become synonymous with the most hardcore and dedicated fans.
In 1994, Uzi Hitman composed and wrote the team's championship song titled "Green in the eyes" (ירוק בעיניים) and gave it to Haim Moshe, the song was a major hit amongst the club's fanbase and was later coved by Eden Ben Zaken in 2021 once again as a championship song.[10][11] In 2004, following Hitman's death, a minute of silence was given to Hitman during a match against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, which was followed by supporters singing the chorus of the famous championship song.[12]
In 2002, The fans established an organization named Green Apes, which supports both soccer and basketball. Members usually sit in the bleachers section 11.
In addition, Maccabi Haifa has an official fan club which was founded in the first decade of the 21st century, and has about 20,000 members. The club is also supported overseas and is able to keep in touch with supporters overseas via the club website and online store.
At the 2008–09 Championship season the Maccabi Haifa audiences won the title of Fair Audience of the Year.
In 2010, another organization of fans was established for Maccabi Haifa, and named Inferno Verde, whose members sit in the stands section 5a. The organization's goal is not to outdo the Green Apes, but rather to join forces for victories and championships of the team.
Maccabi Haifa supporters have friendly relations with supporters of other clubs: Green Apes are in good relations with AZ Alkmaar's Alkmaar Fanatics and Ultra Boys Haifa are in good relations with Werder Bremen's Ultra Boys
Number of surveys made during the first decade of the 21st century found that Maccabi Haifa is Israel's most favorite team.
At the beginning of the 21st century the club website was upgraded, at
Starting in 2011 Haifa operates an official Facebook page, which includes information, news, pictures, online ticketing- online and update time – real game results. The Facebook page has 83,000 registered fans. In February 2011, the club opened an official YouTube page, which puts up interviews of players and the coach before and after games. The club has uploaded about 373 movies and has approximately 3200 subscribers, and approximately 550,000 video views (as of May 2014).
City rivalry with Hapoel Haifa
For more information see: Haifa derby
The rivalry with Maccabi Tel Aviv
The strong rivalry between the two Israeli football clubs (sometimes called “the Israeli Classico” and “the derby of Israel”) is about the dominance among the various Maccabi football clubs, as well as in Israeli football in general, and the title of the best football club in Israel.
Maccabi Haifa aspires to oust Maccabi Tel Aviv from this position, which is the club with the largest number of titles in Israel, and to become the leading club in Israel by winning many titles and qualifying for the European Cup stages (Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup). Haifa and Tel Aviv have competed against each other for the championship title, and Haifa beat Maccabi Tel Aviv in a number of games, including a 10–0 win in 1988 - a game seen as a "revenge" for the loss of 2–10 in 1949 (another large defeat, at 0–7, took place in 1952). Haifa beat Tel Aviv 5–0 in the 1993–94 season (in which Haifa won the championship without a single defeat, but was eliminated from the State Cup competition three days later following Maccabi Tel Aviv's 1–1 draw at Kiryat Eliezer). Maccabi Haifa became dominant in the Israeli Premier League in the first decade of the 21st century, as Maccabi Tel Aviv's positions weakened (except for the 2002–03 season). The rivalry between them somewhat cooled down at the end of that decade due to the renewed rise of Hapoel Tel Aviv, which competed at the top of the table during this period and won several championship titles. The rivalry focus thus briefly shifted to Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In the 2019–20 season, the rivalry between the two heated up once again, as after almost a decade of Macabbi Tel Aviv's dominance exacerbated by Maccabi Haifa's series of failures, the teams competed head-to-head for the championship. It ended with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning that year's campaign. In the following 2020–21 season, the two teams battled out for the league title once again, this time ending with Maccabi Haifa winning the championship. During the past few years, the two have produced some unforgettable matches, including a dramatic 4–3 win for Maccabi Tel Aviv and an incredible 3–2 win for Maccabi Haifa after a big comeback.
Club crest
The origin of the club crest is the World Zionist sports organization "Maccabi". The basis of the crest is the stylized Hebrew word מכבי ("Maccabi") in the shape of the Star of David, symbolizing Judaism. This is in common with most other Maccabi teams in Israel and worldwide, which all use this symbol in one way or another. In most years only this stylized "Maccabi" star with the word חיפה ("Haifa") beneath it was the emblem of the club. Depending on the kit, it was green on white or white on green. With the success of the club at the end of the 1980s, an image of a lion was added next to the symbol, but this figure was removed later. At the beginning of the 1990s, after the club began competing in the European arena, the crest assumed its modern form - the image of a football inside a circular green band with the words מכבי חיפה מכ ("Maccabi Haifa FC") in Hebrew and English on it, with the original Maccabi symbol at the top right corner. At the end of 2005/2006 season, when the team won its 10th championship, a gold star was added above the symbol. At the end of the 2009 season winning its 11th championship, the team played its inaugural game with the traditional symbol of the club as it was in the early '80s. At the end of the 2013 season (on the 100th anniversary of the club's foundation), laurel leaves were temporarily added around the emblem, symbolizing victory and glory. In addition, a golden plaque was added indicating the year of the establishment of the club and the current year (100th club). After the 2019/20 season, the
Grounds
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Maccabi Haifa originally played in Kiryat Haim, which is the main training grounds of Hapoel Haifa. In 1955, a gift from the Italian Labour Union was a football pitch in the heart of the city of Haifa, which would become the new home of Maccabi Haifa. The opening match was a Haifa derby, won by Maccabi Haifa 4–1 over Hapoel Haifa.
Kiryat Eliezer missed out on staging a historic event when Maccabi Haifa reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. It was the first time an Israeli club had made it that far in the competition, though the lucrative gate receipts expected to have been made by hosting matches in Israel were lost when UEFA forced Maccabi Haifa to look for an alternative in Europe but outside of Israel because of security concerns. The choice was to host the matches at
On 14 May 2014, the last match was played in the stadium, in which Maccabi Haifa hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.
Sammy Ofer Stadium
Due to the recent success of the club in European competitions, the municipality of Haifa offered the club land by the beach for a brand new stadium at the southern entrance to the city. In the fall of 2008, the final plans were approved. Sammy Ofer Stadium was completed in November 2013. Constructions costs are estimated $135,000,000.00 with a seating capacity of 30,942. The stadium is named after naval-mogul Sammy Ofer, who donated $20,000,000 to build the stadium and the rights to name it after himself. The Sammy Ofer Stadium is developed and built by the Haifa Economic Corporation and managed by Adv. Gal Peleg. It is the home ground of Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa. It also hosts the international matches of the Israel national football team along with Teddy Stadium.
Kfar Galim Training Facility
Kfar Galim training facility is a training ground for Maccabi Haifa. It is located in Kfar Galim village.[13]
Honours
Domestic competitions
League
- Israeli Championships
- Second Division
Cups
European competitions
- UEFA Champions League
- Group stage (3): 2022–23
- Group stage (3):
- UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Europa Conference League
- UEFA Cup Winners Cup
- Quarter-finals (1): 1998–99
- Second round (1): 1993–94
- Quarter-finals (1):
Youth
- UEFA Youth League
- Play-offs: 2016–17
- Group stage: 2022-23
- Sukkot Cup
- Winners (1): 1958
- Lilian Cup
- Winners (1): 1984
- Milk Cup
- Winners (1): 2004
- Insel Cup
- Winners (1): 2016
Records and statistics
- Record home win: 10–0 v Maccabi Tel Aviv (1988)
- Record league defeat: 0–9 v Hapoel Petah Tikva (1953)
- Record cup defeat: 1–12 v Beitar Tel Aviv, Israel State Cup, Final (1942)
- Record home attendance: 39,120 v Juventus(2009)
- Most league appearances: 419 Alon Harazi
- Most appearances in one season: 66 Adoram Keise
- Most league goals: 90 Zahi Armeli
- Most league goals in a Season: 28 Alon Mizrahi (Liga Leumit, 1993–94) and Shlomi Arbeitman (2009–10)
- Most goals scored in a Match: 6 Aharon Gershgoren v Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1965)
- Most league goals in a Season: 97 (1993–94)
- Most points in a season: 95 – 39 games (1993–94)
- Most league assists in a season: 16 Eyal Berkovic (1993–94) and Yossi Benayoun (1999–00)
- Most Games without a loss: 46 (throughout 3 seasons) (1993, 1993–94, 1994)
- Most games in a row scoring at least one goal: 39 (1993–94)
- Most away games without losing: 30 (1993–94)
- Least conceded goals per game: 16 goals in 35 games (average: 0.46), Ligat Ha'Al (2009–10)
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 February 2024[15]
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Other players under contract
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Retired numbers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Captains
Years | Captain |
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1963–77 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager (DF) |
1978–79 | Oded Baloush (MF) |
1979 | Yaron Persalani (DF) |
1979–82 | Menashe Mizrahi (MF) |
1982–83 | Elisha Levy (MF) |
1983–85 | Baruch Maman (MF) |
1985–86 | Avraham Abukarat (MF) |
1991–94 | Eitan Aharoni (DF) |
1994–96 | Alon Hazan (MF) |
1996–97 | Ronny Levy (MF) |
1997–98 | Serhiy Kandaurov (MF) |
1998–00 | FW )
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2000–06 | Arik Benado (DF) |
2006–14 | FW )
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2014–16 | MF )
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2016–18 | Dekel Keinan (DF) |
2018–19 | Rami Gershon (DF) |
2019–23 | MF )
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2023–24 | MF )
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2024– | MF )
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Personnel
Current coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | Messay Dego |
Assistant Coach | Dušan Matović |
Assistant Coach | Shahar Weisinger |
Goalkeeping Coach | Itay Zilpa |
Physical trainer | Dror Shimshon |
Physical trainer | Uri Harel |
Physical trainer | Gal Vaknin |
Video analyst | Eyal Gabay |
Mental coach | Elad Ashkenazi |
Sport Director | Gal Alberman |
Club Administrator | Gil Ofek[16] |
Last updated: 30 June 2023
Source: F.C. Maccabi Haifa Official Website
Youth department
2023–24 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | Amir Nussbaum |
Club Administrator | Eran Levin |
Fitness Coach | Jorden Sadda |
Analist | Idan Yona |
Last updated: 30 June 2023
Source: [citation needed]
Notable players and managers in club history
Former players
For details on former players, see List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. players and Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players.
Most appearances
Rank | Name | Period | Games | Goals |
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1 | Alon Harazi | 1990–97 1998-09 |
495 | 29 |
2 | Yaniv Katan | 1998–2005 2006–2014 |
440 | 79 |
3 | Arik Benado | 1990–94 1996–2006 2010–11 |
399 | 9 |
4 | Avraam Abukarat | 1977–93 | 396 | 9 |
5 | Nir Davidovich | 1994–2013 | 386 | 0 |
6 | Eitan Aharoni | 1978–89 1990–94 |
368 | 7 |
7 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | 1962–76 | 360 | 11 |
8 | Aharon Gershgoren | 1964–78 | 334 | 27 |
9 | Baruch Maman | 1974–85 | 303 | 45 |
- | Yosi Kramer | 1974–85 1988–89 |
303 |
Managerial history
See also: List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers
- Yisrael Schwartz (1946–47)
- Taurentauer (1950–52)
- Otto Schlefenberg (1952–54)
- Eli Fuchs(1954–56)
- Andor Kisch (1956–57)
- Ariyeh Koch (1957–59)
- David Farkash (1959–61)
- Alex Forbes (1961–62)
- Andor Kisch (1962)
- Otto Schlefenberg (1962–63)
- Vasili Spasov (1963–65)
- Israel Halivner (1965)
- Avraham Menchel (1965–69)
- Edmond Schmilovich (1969–70)
- Jonny Hardy (1970–72)
- Avraham Menchel (1972–74)
- Ori Weinberg (1974–75)
- Shimon Shinar (1975–77)
- Moshe Sasson (1977)
- Eli Fuchs (1977)
- Jonny Hardy (1977–78)
- Eran Kulik (1978–79)
- Mordechai Spiegler (1979)
- Jonny Hardy (1979–83)
- Jack Mansell (1982–83)
- Shlomo Scharf (1983–87)
- Dror Kashtan (1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988)
- Amazzia Levkovic (1988–90)
- Shlomo Scharf (1990–92)
- Giora Spiegel (1993–98)
- Daniel Brailovsky (1 July 1998 – 30 June 1999)
- Dušan Uhrin (1999–00)
- Eli Cohen(2000)
- Avram Grant (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002)
- Itzhak Shum (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003)
- Ronny Levy (30 June 2003 – 22 December 2008)
- Elisha Levy (2 April 2008 – 16 May 2012)
- Reuven Atar (16 May 2012 – 13 November 2012)
- Arik Benado (17 November 2012 – 18 May 2014)
- Aleksandar Stanojević (1 July 2014 – 28 December 2014)
- Marco Balbul (28 December 2014 – 30 May 2015)
- Ronny Levy (30 May 2015 – 27 July 2016)
- Shmulik Hanin (caretaker) (28 July 2016 – 8 August 2016)
- René Meulensteen (9 August 2016 – 13 February 2017)
- Guy Luzon (13 February 2017 – 9 December 2017)
- Fred Rutten (24 January 2018 – 1 November 2018)
- Eli Guttman (8 November 2018 – 3 December 2018)
- Marco Balbul (19 December 2018 – 7 July 2020)
- Barak Bakhar (8 July 2020 – 29 May 2023)
- Messay Dego (30 May 2023 –)
See also
References
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External links
- Official website
- Maccabi Haifa online (archived 23 April 2011)
- Green Apes
- Maccabi Haifa fans songs