Maccabi Jaffa F.C.
Maccabi Jaffa Football Club | |||
| Nickname(s) | The Bulgarians | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Dissolved | 2000 | ||
| Ground | Gaon Stadium, Tel Aviv | ||
| 1999–2000 | Liga Alef South, 9th | ||
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Maccabi Jaffa Football Club was one of the first football teams in Israel. It was founded in 1950 as "Zionist association of Maccabi Jaffa," by Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria.
The team played for 32 seasons in the
The club disbanded in 2000. In 2007, a
History
The early years
Zionist association of Maccabi Jaffa was founded in 1949 by Albert Kiyosso (1898–1963), the chairman of
During the 1950s Maccabi Jaffa was struggling in the bottom part of the
The 1960s
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In the 1960s, Maccabi Jaffa was close twice to win the championship.
In the Season of
The season of
In the late 1960s, Jaffa failed to show the same quality as in their top years, and in the season of
The 1970s
Maccabi Jaffa had started the 1970s in the second division. In the season of
The rest of the 1970s, Jaffa was a mediocre team in the Israeli first division. The only season worth mentioning is
The 1980s
Jaffa's first season in the 1980s was promising, as the team finished in the
Jaffa became a bottom league team, until in the season of
Jaffa did not succeed to promote to the first division in the 1980s, and finished the next seasons in mid-table of Liga Artzit, the second division at the time.
The 1990s
The first years of the 1990s seem good for Maccabi Jaffa. In the season of
Jaffa won the
In the season of
The season of
Jaffa came back to life in the season of
The season of
Jaffa started the season of
Successor clubs
The dissolved club merged with
The "new" Maccabi Jaffa,
In the season of 2006–2007 the team finished in the second bottom place and relegated to the fifth division. During the years, the club merged with the clubs Tzeirei Jaffa, Hatzrot Jaffa and Bnei Jaffa and in 2008 became S.C. Bnei Jaffa. Following that, the club no longer played in Maccabi Jaffa's Stadium, and no longer played with Maccabi Jaffa's logo.[11]
Before the beginning of the 2008–09 season, some of Maccabi Jaffa's old fans gathered and reestablished the team under the name
Honours
- Second tier
- Toto Cup Artzit
- Winners 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98
References
- ^ a b Maccabi Jaffa Tins Stadium \ Nissim Gaon Stadium Tel Aviv 100, The Municipal Encyclopedia (in Hebrew)
- ^ Maccabi Jaffa, 1963–1964 season Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Dribblist (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Ramat Gan Vs Maccabi Jaffa 1971 HaMakhtesh (in Hebrew)
- ^ Maccabi Jaffa, 1976–1977 season Archived 2014-10-14 at archive.today Dribblist (in Hebrew)
- ^ Israel 1997/1998 RSSSF
- ^ Maccabi Jaffa 1–0 Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
- ^ First league victory after 8 years for Maccabi "Kabilio Jaffa" NRG, 19.9.2008 (in Hebrew)
- ^ a b Maccabi Jaffa: "If we do not promote within two years to Liga Alef – Failure" Ynet, 25.12.2007 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa- Who is it, What is it, And what is it good for Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 27.9.2008 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Keeper of the flame Doublepass, 19.5.2011 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Day of revenge Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 7.10.2009 (in Hebrew)
External links
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa – The Official Website (in Hebrew)
- Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)