Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C.
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C. מועדון כדורגל מכבי קביליו יפו | |||
| Nickname(s) | The Bulgarians | ||
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| Founded | December 24, 2007 | ||
| Ground | Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Owner | Fan-owned | ||
| Chairman | Shlomi Weinstein | ||
| Manager | David Marteen | ||
| League | Liga Leumit | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga Leumit, 6th of 16 | ||
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Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי קביליו יפו) is an Israeli football club from Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Founded in 2007 as a phoenix football club by fans of Maccabi Jaffa F.C., which was dissolved in 2000 and all previous attempts in the intervening years to revive it were unsuccessful.
History
Before the beginning of the 2008–09 season, some of Maccabi Jaffa's old fans gathered and reestablished the team under the name Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (the team is being called after its goalkeeper in the 1970s Herzl Kabilio who died from cancer at the age of 35). The club is a fan's club, and gains its money from the donations made by the fans. The team was registered for the 2008–09 season for the bottom league in Israel, Liga Gimel.
In that season, Jaffa won the Israeli State Cup for Liga Gimel, and finished in the first place of the
Jaffa played in
During the season, Jaffa won the Israeli State Cup for Liga Bet, and finished the season in the first place with no losses. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa was the only team in Israel, which was undefeated during the entire 2009–10 season.
Jaffa started its third season in Liga Alef, the third league in Israel. In this season, Jaffa broke their winning sequence, when they lost to Maccabi Ironi Netivot in Netivot. The loss came after 65 consecutive games without a loss, the longest period of time in which an Israeli team played without losing.[4]
Jaffa finished the season in fourth place and qualified for the promotion play-offs. After beating
Jaffa finished as runners-up for third successive seasons, in 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14. However, they failed to achieve promotion to Liga Leumit, after losing to Beitar Kfar Saba in the first round of the promotion play-offs, in 2012–13 and 2013–14.
In the 2014–15 season, Jaffa surprisingly found itself in the battle against relegation and finished in the 14th place. However, they survived in Liga Alef, after beating the Liga Bet South play-offs winner, Hapoel Kiryat Ono, by a result of 2–0, in the Relegation play-offs.[5]
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa steadied themselves in the Liga Alef South division. The 2015-16 season was their sixth consecutive in that league.
Current squad
- As of 10 February 2024
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Honours
- Fourth tier
- Champions 2009–10
- Sixth tier
- Champions 2008–09
References
- ^ Liga Gimel Tel Aviv – 2009/2008 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- ^ Maccabi Jaffa and another 15 (Part A) Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 25.4.2009 (in Hebrew)
- ^ State Cup: Kabilio Jaffa eliminated Kiryat Shmona NRG, 8.2.2010 (in Hebrew)
- ^ It's over Goler1, 8.1.2011 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Woke up in time: Jaffa defeated Kiryat Ono and survived in Liga Alef Liran Dorf, Doublepass, 13.5.2015 (in Hebrew)
External links
- Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa – The Official Website (in Hebrew)
- Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)