Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
Full name | Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Maccabi The Yellows | |||
Short name | MTA | |||
Founded | 1906[1] | |||
Ground | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel | |||
Capacity | 29,400 | |||
Owner | Mitchell Goldhar | |||
Chairman | Jack Angelides | |||
Coach | Robbie Keane | |||
League | Israeli Premier League | |||
2022–23 | Israeli Premier League, 3rd of 14 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב; Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv) is an Israeli professional football club from Tel Aviv and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sport Club.
Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as the HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association, it is the oldest and most decorated football club in Israel. With the establishment of the city of Tel Aviv in 1909, the club changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1922, it became the first Jewish football club to participate in local competitions. The meaning of the name Maccabi – 'there is no one like you among the gods' – forms an integral part of the character of the team, which took the Star of David as their logo to represent the Jewish people. Maccabi Tel Aviv have won more titles than any other Israeli club, winning League Championships, State Cups, seven Toto (League) Cups,[2] and two Asian Champion Club Tournaments before Israel were expelled from the AFC in 1974.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is the first football team that has never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League and one of only three Israeli teams to ever progress to the UEFA Champions League group stage. The club is named after the Maccabees and invests in the development and nurturing of young talent: the club runs three football academies in the Tel Aviv area as part of its youth programme, working with over 750 children aged 6–15, as well as running 17 youth teams with 400 players between 9 and 19 years old. These teams tend to compete very successfully in local and national leagues.[3]
History
Pre-independence
In the early 1920s, despite the absence of an organised league, Maccabi Tel Aviv were known as the strongest football team in the country and were invited to numerous friendly matches, even against British teams of the local Mandate. Official tournaments began taking place in 1928 with the establishment of the Football Association and FIFA's recognition of Israeli football. In 1929, the team won their first trophy after beating Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 4–0. Maccabi took the championship again one year later with a 2–1 victory over the British Army's 48th regiment and a third time in 1933, when Hapoel Tel Aviv were beaten, 1–0.
In 1936, the club was invited to play in the United States. On their way there, Maccabi played in France, losing 2–0 to
After returning from the United States, Maccabi players went on strike because they had not been paid. In 1937, after a year of strike action, the Football Association accepted their demands and the team ended their strike. In that year, Maccabi Tel Aviv also won their first league title. In 1939, after the start of
In 1941 Maccabi won their first "
1950s
This decade is considered Maccabi Tel Aviv's "Golden Age", in which they won five championships and four Israel Football Association Cups.[2] The "Golden Age" actually began with the establishment of the State of Israel, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the league title in the 1949–50 season. The deciding match of the season was the second Tel Aviv derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv, which Maccabi won, 1–0, thanks to a goal from striker Yosef "Yosale" Merimovich that sealed Maccabi Tel Aviv's first post-independence championship title.[5] Merimovich was just one member of a squad of outstanding players that left Maccabi Tel Aviv unchallenged in their domination of the Israeli Premier League during the 1950s. That squad included the likes of defenders Itzhak Schneor and Eli Fuchs, goalkeeper Avraham Bandouri, striker Zvi Studinski and of course the club's legendary centre forward Yehoshua "Shiye" Glazer. Glazer, who won the top scorer title in 1952 with 27 goals, is considered Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest ever striker and was the club's highest goal scorer until Avi Nimni broke his record in 2003.[6]
The 1951–52 season was Maccabi's second league title after the establishment of the State, which they won by eight points ahead of Maccabi Petah Tikva, though they lost the IFA Cup final.[5] That loss only inspired them to win an historic first double in the 1953–54 season, once again winning the league ahead of Maccabi Petah Tikva. That year's Cup final provided them with the opportunity to put in one of their most devastating performances, crushing their opponents Maccabi Netanya 4–0 with a brace from Glazer and individual goals from Studinski and midfielder Israel Halivner.[5]
It was the following season that the great Hapoel Petah Tikva team of midfielder Nahum Stelmach and associates burst on the scene and captured the championship from Maccabi Tel Aviv after a down to the wire finish.[5] Still, Maccabi Tel Aviv weren't prepared to surrender all the titles that season and came up trumps in a 3–1 victory over the same Hapoel Petah Tikva in the IFA Cup final. Maccabi went on to beat them to the title in two more seasons, 1955–56 and 1957–58, completing their fifth National Championship in the first decade of the modern state of Israel.[5] That final season title was complemented by a double, with Maccabi beating Hapoel Haifa in the IFA Cup final, 2–0.
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv won their second consecutive IFA Cup in a final that will be remembered as one of the most famous in the entire history of the competition. Maccabi appeared to be cruising to victory with a seemingly unassailable 4–0 lead just ten minutes from time. But within five of those final ten minutes Hapoel Petah Tikva pulled back three of those goals, guaranteeing one of the most exciting finales in IFA Cup history. But in the end Maccabi held on to celebrate yet another IFA Cup triumph.[5]
1960s
Following the "Golden Years" of the 1950s,[5] Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves as the new decade began challenged and ultimately eclipsed by the emergent HaPoel Petach Tikva, who during the late 1950s and early 1960s won five consecutive league titles. The second of those championships, in 1960, came at Maccabi's expense, with the Yellows leading the table on the last day of the season only to disappointingly lose their final match to Hapoel Haifa thereby handing the championship to Hapoel Petah Tikva.[7] The outstanding player of Maccabi's season had been Rafi Levi, one of the greatest strikers in the club's history, who was the league's leading goal scorer with 19 goals. A year later the Brazilian club Santos visited Israel,[7] along with their legendary player, Pelé, for a friendly match against a side composed of the best players from both Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. But even the combined forces of the two best clubs in the country were no match for the Brazilians, who won, 3–1.
After a number of unremarkable seasons, the 1960s saw the return of Maccabi Tel Aviv with one of their greatest coaches, Jerry Beit haLevi. He had served the club as a player in the 1930s and, with the exception of one year, managed the club for the ten years between 1947 and 1957.[8] Under his guardianship Maccabi Tel Aviv slowly returned to form and in the 1963–64 season won the Israel Football Association Cup after a second replay against Hapoel Haifa, which Maccabi won, 2–1. The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv repeated the feat by exactly the same score, this time in a dramatic extra time victory over Bnei Yehuda that included goals by midfielders Moshe Asis and Rafi Baranes.[7] In the 1966–67 season Maccabi added a third IFA Cup.[2] This time the opponent in the final were city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv whom Maccabi defeated by the very same 2–1 score line, with goals from midfielder Uri Kedmi and striker Rachamim Talbi.
While the Cup competition was held as scheduled that year, the league was interrupted by the Six-Day War and was extended into 1968. Now coached by their former midfielder Israel Halivner, Maccabi Tel Aviv won their first and only championship of the decade after a combined 60 match weeks, leading Hapoel Petah Tikva by three points at the top of the Israel Premier League table. But by far the most memorable event of the decade was Maccabi's success in the Asian Champion Club Tournament in 1969,[2] becoming the second Israeli football club to win an international competition in the country's history. Now managed by former striking great Yossele Merimovich, Maccabi beat South Korean side Yangzee FC in extra time through a goal by striker Dror Bar Nur.
A less successful decade for Maccabi Tel Aviv perhaps, but the club still managed to win one championship and three Israel Football Association Cups.[2] Among the great names of the decade were midfielder Nissim Bachar, defender Meir Nimni, defender Menachem "Miko" Bello, defender Tzvika Rosen, goalkeeper Haim Levin, midfielder Moshe Asis, striker Rafi Levi and midfielder Giora Spiegel.
1970s
By Maccabi Tel Aviv standards, the 1960s had not been a particularly successful decade. With the coming of the 1970s, all that was about to change. The very first year of the decade was a stellar indication of that change as the team, under the able leadership of David Schweitzer, won an historic double.[2] The Israeli Football Association (IFA) Cup final was won with a 2–1 victory over Maccabi Netanya.[9] The league title on the other hand was ensured only on goal difference, but one that was built in part upon one of the finest performances in the club's history, a 5–0 thrashing of city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Tel Aviv derby. On a rainy day at the end of January 1970, 20,000 spectators saw Maccabi midfielder Giora Shpiegel score a hat-trick to lead his side to an unforgettable victory.[9] But despite that defeat, Hapoel stayed neck-and-neck with Maccabi until the last week and it was Hapoel who found themselves in second place on goal difference when the season reached its conclusion.
The following season was a weak one for Maccabi Tel Aviv that saw them finish tenth in the league table.[9] But just one year later they were fully back on track winning their second championship of the decade in the 1971–72 season.[2] One of the stars of that season, and one of the greatest strikers in the club's history, was Dror Bar Nur, who scored 16 of the club's 45 goals in the league and added two more in other competitions.
Just four years later Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves for the first time in a relegation battle, with the final week of the 1975–76 season seeing no less than nine clubs battling it out to stay in the upper tier. Maccabi beat Beitar Jerusalem 2–0 with goals from strikers Rachamim Talbi and Benny Tabak, thus escaping what would have been the first drop in the club's history.[9] In April of that same year, leaders of the English Football League First Division, Queens Park Rangers, arrived in Israel for a friendly to face a Maccabi Tel Aviv side bolstered by three of the Israeli Premier League's brightest stars of the time: Maccabi Netanya strikers Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler and Oded Machnes and Beitar Jerusalem midfielder Uri Malmilian. Maccabi won the match, 2–1, with goals from Malmilian and Spiegler.[9]
A year later and once again Maccabi Tel Aviv went from near disaster to the league summit, securing in the 1976/77 season their second double of the decade.[2] They won the title three points ahead of Maccabi Jaffa and with 47 goals, the highest number in the league. Striker Vicky Peretz finished as the league's leading goal scorer with 17 league goals and another five in IFA Cup competition.[9] But it was Benny Tabak's lone goal against Beitar Tel Aviv in front of 30,000 spectators at Bloomfield Stadium that earned Maccabi the IFA Cup and their second double in the space of seven years.
Among the great Maccabi players of the time were strikers Benny Tabak and Vicky Peretz and the late Avi Cohen, who earned the nickname "Libero" (from the Italian, a fullback who is given freedom – libero – to roam from his position to play a role in offence as well) and is thought to be one of the greatest defenders in the history of Israeli football. One of his most memorable goals was in a 2–0 derby victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1978, when the defender struck an absolutely unstoppable ball from the edge of the area straight into the opposition net.[9] Vicky Peretz and Benny Tabak are remembered as two of the greatest strikers in the history of the club, with the former scoring 67 and the latter 121 goals[6] in the yellow and blue jersey of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
1980s
The 1980s saw a period of below par achievements for Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, earning the decade the nickname the "thin years". While adding two Israel Football Association (IFA) Cups to the trophy cabinet,[2] the club remained without a league title throughout the decade. The first of the two consecutive IFA Cup triumphs, however, was won in dramatic fashion in a final against Maccabi Haifa in the 1986–87 season. While Maccabi Tel Aviv, third in the table, finished six places above their northern namesakes, the Cup final was a tight affair that ended 3–3 after extra time and was decided in a penalty shoot-out. And it was striker Benny Tabak's final kick that saw Maccabi Tel Aviv lift their first IFA Cup in ten years.[10]
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv, now under the stewardship of Giora Spiegel,[11] underwent their worst defeat in the club's history, a 0–10 rout suffered at the hands of that same Maccabi Haifa.[10] Yet only three weeks later the club appeared in their second consecutive intriguing IFA Cup final, this time against their arch big city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv. Despite the fresh memories of their lacklustre performance in Haifa the team succeeded in returning to form thanks to a wonderful goal by midfielder Mickey Cohen and yet another from Benny Tabak that led to a 2–1 victory and a second straight IFA Cup title.[10]
Another memorable event of the 1980s occurred at the beginning of the decade, in a match against Beitar Jerusalem held at the
Despite the less than scintillating nature of Maccabi's performances throughout the decade, the club had a number of outstanding players, including Moti Ivanir, midfielder Alon Natan, goalkeeper
Bonni Ginzburg protected the Maccabi goal from the beginning of the decade until the 1987–88 season. He earned himself a place on the national squad and two years later became the first Israeli goalkeeper to play abroad. Eli Driks, one of the club's all-time greatest strikers,[6] came through the youth ranks at the beginning of the 1980s and began a successful career at the fulcrum of the Maccabi Tel Aviv attack that lasted 20 years.
1990s
After the considerably less than spectacular decade of the 1980s, a young head coach by the name of Avram Grant took over the reins at Maccabi Tel Aviv and brought with him a whole slew of young players that together brought about one of the most successful decades in the club's history. By the time the decade had reached its halfway point the team had already won an historic "double" along with two more championships, two State Cups and one Toto (League) Cup, to which two more would be added before the decade had drawn to a close.[2] Within a matter of a few short years, the glow surrounding Maccabi Tel Aviv, which had dimmed somewhat in the 80s, had returned and once again the yellow and blue of Maccabi became the national colours of Israel's football culture.
It all started in the 1991–92 season, when by virtue of exceptional talent and quality attacking football under the leadership of Avraham Grant, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the league championship for the first time in thirteen years. What contributed to this talent was, among other things, the arrival at the club of the Russian national goalkeeper
At the end of the 1995 season the "Mofet" Group took control of Maccabi Tel Aviv and as a result of Avraham Grant's decision to leave the club, a new coach, Dror Kashtan, took over the reins for what would prove to be one of the best seasons in the club's history. Their chief rivals were once again Maccabi Haifa, and the team traveled to their Kiryat Eliezer Stadium for what will always be remembered as the must-win match of that season. As the players headed for the dressing room trailing 1–0 at half time, coach Kashtan controversially decided to return his players to await their Maccabi Haifa rivals on the pitch. In the second half, goals by striker Eli Dricks and midfielders Nir Klinger and Avi Nimni turned the match around, and that 1–3 victory not only handed Maccabi Tel Aviv the championship but also paved the way for the "double" after a 4–1 thrashing of Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the State Cup final.[12]
With Israel's entrance into
In the 1990s Maccabi Tel Aviv were blessed with many talented players, among them defenders
2000s
With a particularly attacking style of football promoted by head coach Nir Klinger, the second millennium got off to a very good start for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won two consecutive coveted State Cups. The first came in the 2000–01 season,[2] one that saw Maccabi finish just fourth in the table but with the highest number of goals of any club in the Israeli Premier League, 71. Particularly memorable was Maccabi's 7–0 demolition of Beitar Jerusalem towards the end of the season and the jaw-dropping total of 10 goals to just one reply against Hapoel Rishon Lezion in January of that same year. It was that exceptional attacking prowess that resulted in Maccabi's receiving the State Cup from the country's president after a 3–0 victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva in the final.[14]
The following season will largely be remembered for the tragic event that occurred on 26 January 2002 during a match against Beitar Jerusalem. Without a preceding incident, Maccabi defender Meni Levi suddenly collapsed in the middle of the pitch, picked himself up and then collapsed again. He received treatment on the pitch for quite a long time before being rushed to a hospital. The game, in the meantime, was not resumed. For a number of years Levi received treatment at the rehabilitation facility Beit Levinstein in Ra'anana but unfortunately was unable to recover and was returned to his family. Subsequently, the club decided to retire Levi's number twelve jersey entirely. As the year progressed the team succeeded in recovering from this tragic incident and ended the season with their second State Cup title in as many years. In the final, Maccabi Tel Aviv won a penalty shoot-out against that season's champion, Maccabi Haifa, after extra time saw the two sides locked in a goalless draw.
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv won a dramatic league championship from title rivals Maccabi Haifa. On the eve of the last day of the season, head coach
Maccabi's most significant achievement of the decade came in the 2004–05 season when the team reached the group stages of the Champions League.
After this third State Cup in five seasons, Maccabi's fortunes dipped drastically and other clubs took turns winning the league and the Cup. The 2005–06 season will be remembered in particular, earning the nickname "the Galacticos season", for a team that brought together the likes of Israeli international Eyal Berkovic, Croatian star Đovani Roso and Maccabi all-time great Avi Nimni. Despite the star-studded squad, Maccabi failed to translate that quality into winning form and ended the season in the bottom half of the table.
On 28 December 2007, during the 2007–08 season, the club was transferred to the hands of billionaire Alex Shnaider. Shnaider diverted large sums of money to the club, mainly for paying off debts and for developing the youth department. In 2008 alone, Shnaider invested nearly NIS₪40 million from his own money into the club.[16] Overall, in just over a year's time, Shnaider had invested approximately US$20 million in the team.[17]
On 3 August 2009, Shnaider passed the team on to another Canadian billionaire's hands, Mitchell Goldhar. This handover was done for no cost, but against a commitment to pay off the team's debts to Loni Herzkovitz.[18]
2010s
In the 2010–11 season, Maccabi enjoyed one moment of glory in Europe, beating a strong Greek Olympiacos side 1–0 in the home leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers. The victory sent Maccabi into the first round of the competition where, despite an exciting 4–3 victory in the home leg, Maccabi failed to surpass French giants Paris Saint-Germain after a 2–0 loss in the French capital. The following season Maccabi claimed a famous victory against Greek side Panathinaikos, beating them 3–0 at Bloomfield Stadium in the qualifying stages of the Europa League.[19] It was a year Maccabi actually did succeed in reaching the group stage of the competition but collected just two points in a group that contained Turkish side Beşiktaş, the Ukrainians Dynamo Kyiv and the English Stoke City.
The 2012–13 season finally put an end to Maccabi Tel Aviv's bad fortunes in the league as they won their first championship in a decade. Under the stewardship of the new Director of Football
The 2013–14 season saw a change in the club's Coach Position with
The 2014–15 season was characterized by a difficult start.
In the 2015–16 season, the team qualified for the
The following campaign
The following season under Ivic the team continued their successful run in the league and won a second successive league title. During that season, Maccabi kept a clean sheet for 14 matches, conceded a total of only 10 league goals thus shattering the all-time Israeli top-flight records. At the end of the season, Ivic ended his role as Maccabi’s Head Coach.
2020s
Ahead of the 2020–21 season Maccabi appointed
In June 2023 Maccabi appointed Robbie Keane to as their next coach.[23]
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer[24] | Shirt partner[24] |
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2021– | Fila
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Israel Canada |
2019–21 | Penguin Pickup | |
2018–19 | Self Made | |
2017–18 | None | |
2016–17 | Adidas | |
2015–16 | UNICEF | |
2014–15 | UNICEF (from May 2015) | |
2013–14 | Macron | None |
2011–13 | Under Armour | |
2010–11 | Puma | Paygea |
2009–10 | Kappa
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2008–09 | Diadora | Chevrolet |
2007–08 | Cellcom | |
2006–07 | Chevrolet (2006)/Sony Bravia (2006–07) | |
2005–06 | Resido | |
2001–05 | Bezeq | |
2000–01 | Adidas | |
1999–00 | Sony | |
1998–99 | Visa | |
1993–98 | Diadora | |
1991–93 | Raffels | |
1990–91 | First International Bank of Israel | |
1987–88 | Puma | Delta Textile |
1982–87 | Baruch Fashion | |
1978–79 | Umbro | Goldstar |
Last updated: 30 Jan 2023
Source: MaccabiPedia/Uniform portal
Support
A survey conducted in March 2012 by
Maccabi Fanatics
Maccabi has one main fan organization, "Maccabi Fanatics", which are located in Gate 11. Maccabi Fanatics are close friends with VAK410 (Ajax ultras) since the 2000s.[26]
Rivalries
Rivalry with Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi's main rivals are Hapoel Tel Aviv. The matches between the teams gain a lot of attention in the Israeli public and are referred to as the "Tel Aviv derby".
Rivalry with Maccabi Haifa
Another strong rivals is Maccabi Haifa, because they are the two most successful Israeli football clubs (something called "the Israeli Classico" and "the derby of Israel") competing on the hegemony of Maccabi as well as Israeli soccer in general.
Grounds and stadiums
1923–1926: Palms Ground
The Palms Ground that was located in the Florentin was used by Maccabi in 1923-1926.
1926–1935: Maccabi Ground
The Maccabi Ground that was located between Neve Sha'anan and Shapira was used by Maccabi in 1926-1935.
1935–1969: Maccabiah Stadium
Maccabiah Stadium, which was located near Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, had a capacity of 20,000, and was used by Maccabi for 26 seasons. (except for the 1963–1964, 1964–1965 and 1965–1966 seasons when Maccabi played at Bloomfield Stadium)
1985–2000: Ramat Gan Stadium
Ramat Gan Stadium with a capacity of 41,583 was used by Maccabi in the late 1980s and 1990s, except for the 1986–1987 and 1995–1996 seasons when Maccabi played at Bloomfield Stadium.
1969–1985, 2000–present: Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv with a capacity of 29,400 has been the team's stadium since 1969, Maccabi's main fans gate is gate 11 where the Maccabi Fanatics lead the cheering.
Kiryat Shalom Training Ground
The Maccabi Tel Aviv Training Ground is located in south Tel Aviv, near the Holon Intersection and on the outskirts of the Kiryat Shalom neighbourhood. The various Maccabi Tel Aviv teams began practicing at the complex in the mid 1970s, starting with the Youth Division teams, and joined later by the senior team. The facility consists of four pitches that serve all the Maccabi Tel Aviv teams and includes two gyms, treatment rooms and classrooms. The senior team practice at the western facility, near the locker rooms, on an area one and a half times larger than a regular football pitch, with renovated terraces that seat approximately 100 fans.
On 6 March 2012, the Youth Division Complex was officially re-dedicated in the name of the late Avi Cohen.[citation needed]
Not far from the senior team's training ground is a synthetic pitch, one of the first of its kind in Israel, which serves as the training ground for all the teams in the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division. At the northern end of the complex is the central pitch of the Youth Division, lined by two terraces with a seating capacity of over 200 and equipped for television broadcasts. The central pitch is used primarily by the Maccabi Tel Aviv Under-19 squad, but the club's youth teams also make use of the facility. The fourth and smallest of the pitches is the eastern one, used mainly for training and frequently for matches of the children's teams. The Youth Division complex has ten dressing rooms, one of which is used by visiting teams and one extra room for the referees on match days. During the 2011–12 season an exercise room was also built on the ground for the use of the entire Youth Division.[citation needed]
Current season
2023–24 Israeli Premier League
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 62[a] | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 55[b] | |
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 49 | |
4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 47 | |
5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Notes:
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTA | GNT | ZOR | BRE | |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
2 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
4 | Breiðablik | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |
Current squad
First team
- As of 2 February 2024[30]
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Retired numbers
- Second striker(1990–97, 1998–03, 2005–08)
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- 12 Right back
Out on loan
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Internationals 2023–24
Only up to six non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad (only five can play at the same time). Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.[citation needed]
Youth team
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Season by season
- x — Wasn't held \ wasn't finished.
- (—) — Did not compete.
- Italic — Still competing.
Honours
Domestic competitions
League
- Israeli championships
- Winners (23):
- Runners-up (13):
Tel Aviv District League: 1939
Cups
- State Cup
- Winners (24):[32] 1929, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1976–77, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2020–21
- Runners-up (13): 1934, 1938, 1940, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Toto Cup
- Israeli Supercup
- Lilian Cup
- Winners (2): 1985–86, 1986–87
European competitions
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Europa Conference League
- Knockout round play-offs: 2021–22
Asian competitions
Israeli championships number
There is controversy regarding the number of championships the team won prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
According to the official lists of the Israel Football Association, Maccabi won four pre-1948 championships for 23 total championships, while according to the team's records, Maccabi won five pre-1948 championships and 24 total championships.
This discrepancy stems from the title won by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1939 season: the Tel Aviv District League, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv played and won the district championship, was the strongest of the three district leagues that season.
The controversy arises in regards to two points:
- Firstly, was this title recognized as a national championship at the time?
- Secondly, should this title be recognized as a national championship today?
Records
- Seasons in top division – 69 (1949–present), (only team that has never been relegated)
- Lowest league position – 12 (1987–88)
- Double seasons – 7 (1946–47, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1969–1970, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2014–15)
- Invincible seasons – 2 (1953–54, 1957–58), (no losses in the league and the State Cup)
- Biggest 'undefeated' streak in the league – 44 matches (11/10/51 – 03/05/55)
- Biggest 'undefeated away matches' streak in the league – 34 (07/16/49 – 03/05/55)
- Win record for season – 30 (1966–68)
- Loss record for season – 14 (2007–08, 2011–12)
- Most points in a season – 89 (2018–2019)
- Most 'league goals for' in a season (club) – 103 (1949–50)
- Most 'league goals against' in a season (club) – 53 (1990–91)
- Lowest number of 'league goals against' in a season (club) – 10 (2019–20)
- Most league goals differential in a season (club) – 85 (1949–50), (103–18)
- All time League goals – 3114 (since 1948)
- Biggest 'no goals against' streak in league matches – 730 minutes (2014–15)
- Biggest 'league matches won' streak since season start – 11 (1993–94)
- Highest point lead above runner-up in the end of the season – 31 (2018–19)
- Most goals in a season (player) – 35, Eran Zahavi, 2015–16
- Biggest win – 13–0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 1950
- Biggest defeat – 10–0 vs Maccabi Haifa, 1988
- Biggest home win – 13–0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 1950
- Biggest home defeat – 4–0 vs Hapoel Acre, 2006
- Biggest away win – 7–0 vs Hapoel Haifa, 1994
- Biggest away defeat – 10–0 vs Maccabi Haifa, 1988
- Biggest win in UEFA Competitions – 6–0 vs FK Žalgiris (2001) and Željezničar (2011)
- Biggest defeat in UEFA Competitions – 5–1 vs Bayern Munich (2004) and Beşiktaş (2011)
- All-time top scorer – Avi Nimni, 174
- All-time most appearances – Menachem Bello, 498
Staff
Management
Last updated: 14 June 2017 |
First team staff
Last updated: 14 June 2017 |
Youth division
Last updated: 29 November 2016 |
Logistical staff
Last updated: 18 August 2015 |
Medical staff
Last updated: 18 August 2015 |
Managerial history
- Emanuel Gur-Arie (1910s)
- Shimon Ratner (192?–34)
- Egon Pollack(1934–39)
- Armin Weiss (1939–41)
- Egon Pollack(1941–47)
- Jerry Beit haLevi (1947–52)
- Gaul Mechlis (1952–53)
- Jerry Beit haLevi (1953–57)
- Yosef Tessler (1957–59)
- Yosef Merimovich (1959–61)
- Ignac Molnár (1961–62)
- Israel Halivner (1962–62)
- Slabolo Stankovic & Jerry Beit haLevi (1962–64)
- Eliezer Spiegel (1966–67)
- Zvi Erlich (1967–67)
- Israel Halivner (1967–68)
- Yosef Merimovich (1968–69)
- David Schweitzer (1969–70)
- Israel Halivner (1970–71)
- Itzhak Schneor (1971–72)
- Yosef Merimovich (1972–73)
- Itzhak Schneor (1973–76)
- Ya'akov Grundman (1976–78)
- Nissim Bachar (1978–79)
- Zvi Rozen(1979–80)
- Ze'ev Seltzer (1980–81)
- Ya'akov Grundman (1981–82)
- Nissim Bachar (1982–83)
- David Schweitzer (1983–85)
- Itzhak Schneor (1983–85)
- Shimon Shenhar (1985–87)
- Giora Spiegel & Dror Bar-Nur (1987–88)
- Yosef Merimovich (1988–89)
- Nissim Bachar (1989–90)
- Zvi Rosen (1990–91)
- Avram Grant (1 July 1991 – 30 June 1995)
- Dror Kashtan (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996)
- Avram Grant (1 July 1996 – 30 June 2000)
- Shlomo Sharf(2000)
- Nir Levine (2000–02)
- Nir Klinger (1 July 2002 – 5 December 2005)
- Ton Caanen (25 Dec 2005 – 30 May 2006)
- Eli Cohen(2006–07)
- Nir Levine (2007–08)
- Ran Ben Shimon (2008)
- Marco Balbul coach under Avi Nimni (1 July 2008 – 21 October 2009)
- Nir Levine coach under Avi Nimni (2009–10)
- Yossi Mizrahi coach under Avi Nimni (1 July 2010 – 4 January 2011)
- Motti Ivanir (10 Jan 2011 – 6 December 2011)
- Nir Levine (caretaker) (12 Dec 2011 – 13 May 2012)
- Óscar García(23 June 2012 – 22 May 2013)
- Paulo Sousa (12 June 2013 – 27 May 2014)
- Óscar García(2 June 2014 – 26 August 2014)
- Pako Ayestarán (26 Aug 2014 – 1 June 2015)
- Slaviša Jokanović (14 June 2015 – 27 December 2015)
- Peter Bosz (4 Jan 2016 – 24 May 2016)
- Shota Arveladze (16 June 2016 – 4 January 2017)
- Lito Vidigal (11 February 2017 – 13 June 2017)
- Jordi Cruyff (14 June 2017 – 31 May 2018)
- Vladimir Ivić (31 May 2018 – 6 July 2020)
- Giorgos Donis(11 August 2020 – 23 December 2020)
- Patrick van Leeuwen (24 December 2020 – 26 October 2021)
- Mladen Krstajić (9 December 2021 – 24 May 2022)
- Vladimir Ivić (12 June 2022 – 3 January 2023)
- Aitor Karanka (4 January 2023 – 25 June 2023)
- Robbie Keane (26 June 2023 – present)
See also
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