Maccabi Tel Aviv FC
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Maccabi
Maccabi (sports)
Maccabi may refer to:* The Maccabi World Union, Maccabiah Games or any one of the following sport organizations around the world:...

 Tel Aviv Football Club is an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i football club and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv is the biggest sports club in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs many sports club and teams in Tel Aviv, which compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, judo, swimming, handball, and others....

. It is one of the oldest clubs in Israeli football
Football in Israel
Football is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate. Israel will be hosting the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2013....

, and is the most successful club in Israeli football history with 18 championships, 22 national cups, 2 Asian Champions Cups
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

 and 3 Toto cups. Maccabi have won the championship and the cup in the same season (referred to as winning the "double") six times, and are the only club in Israel never to have played outside the top division.

Pre-independence

During the evening of Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...

 in 1906, a group of boys between the age 14–16 were called to the Meir Dizengoff
Meir Dizengoff
Meir Dizengoff was a Zionist politician and the first mayor of Tel Aviv.-Biography:Meir Dizengoff was born in 1861 in the village of Akimovici near Orgeyev, Bessarabia. In 1878, his family moved to Kishinev, where he graduated from high school and studied at the polytechnic school...

 house. There they decided to found the first Jewish football club in Ottoman Palestine, named HaRishon Lezion-Yaffo. Their first match ended with 3–0 victory against a team of sailors from a French ship. After Tel Aviv was founded in 1909, the club changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1928 the Palestine Football Association
Israel Football Association
The Israel Football Association , also known as IFA, is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes the football leagues, Israeli Premier League, Israeli State Cup, Toto Cup and the Israeli national football team. The association is based in Ramat Gan...

 was founded after Maccabi Tel Aviv, Allenbi Hapoel (later to become Hapoel Tel Aviv) and several British teams decided to establish the Palestine League
Palestine League
The Palestine League is a former association football league featuring teams from the British Mandate for Palestine. The inaugural title was won by a team representing the British Police, who finished the season unbeaten. They also won the Palestine Cup that season and completed a double...

. In the same year the State Cup
Israel State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

 was founded under the name "People Cup". That same year, the first Tel Aviv derby was played, with Maccabi winning 3–0. Maccabi won their first State Cup in 1929 after beating Maccabi HaShmona'i. Maccabi won the State Cup for a second time in 1930, beating the 48th Platoon of the British Army 2–1, and a third in 1933 when Hapoel Tel Aviv were beaten 1–0.

In 1936 the club was invited to play in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. On their way, Maccabi played in France, losing 2–0 to Racing Paris and 3–1 to Olympique Lille. In the United States, Maccabi defeated the All-star team of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 in front of 50,000 in Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...

. Maccabi also defeated the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...

 team in Brooklyn and Philadelphia on their home ground 1–0, and also played in Canada, where they drew 1–1 with Toronto All-Stars. Maccabi continued their tour in the USA and lost 3–2 to St. Louis Stars
St. Louis Stars
St. Louis Stars may refer to:*St. Louis Stars , of the Negro Leagues*St. Louis Stars , a soccer team of the North American Soccer League...

 and the Boston Celtics.

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 World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Maccabi won their second championship. At the end of the season, Maccabi went to another tour, this time to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 where they were advertised as the "Palestine" team and occasionally the Maccabi Palestine team. They played 18 games (two results against South Australia are unknown), winning 9, losing 5 and drawing 2. The games were against State sides(New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia), regional sides and five "tests" against the Australian national team, winning one, drawing one and losing three.

In 1941 Maccabi won their first "double", Winning both the league and State Cup, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 in the final. Between 1941 and 1945 the league was suspended because of the war, but Maccabi continued playing friendly matches. In 1946, the league was still suspended but the State Cup returned with Maccabi beating Hapoel Rishon LeZion 6–0 on aggregate in the final. In 1947 the league resumed, and Maccabi won it, and also reached the cup final. In the match against Beitar Tel Aviv at the Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Maccabi were winning 3–2 when the referee disallowed a goal by Beitar. The Beitar players and their supporters stormed at the referee and Yom-Tov Mansherov, defender of Beitar Tel Aviv, snapped the Cup. As a result of that the referee ended the game and Maccabi were awarded a technical victory, thus winning a second double. Forty-five years later the cup was found in Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...

.

Post-independence

After Israel was established in 1948, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the first championship under the coach Jery Bet-Halevy, scoring a record 103 goals in 24 matches. They dominated the league during the decade, winning the title in 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56 and 1957–58, as well as winning the State Cup in 1954, 1955, 1958 and 1959.

The 1960s saw the club decline, finishing tenth in 1961–62, their lowest-ever league position. However, they won the State Cup the following season and the one after. In 1967 they won the State Cup again by beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1. In the same year they moved from their original HaMaccabia stadium in northern Tel Aviv to the Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa.

In the "double" season of 1966–68 the club regained the title for the first time since 1958. This allowed them to enter the Asian Club Championship, which they won 1–0 against South Korean club Yangzee FC
Yangzee FC
Yangzee FC was a South Korean football club that operated between 1967 and 1970.Set up in February 1967 by the then-head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Hyung-wook, the team was charged with improving the level of football in South Korea after North Korea reached the quarter-finals...

. They won the league and cup double again in 1969–70, beating Maccabi Netanya 2–1 in the final. The following season the club won the Club Championship for a second time, winning the final with a 2–0 walkover after Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

i club Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. They are widely regarded as Iraq's best team, as they are only one of two Iraqi teams to ever win any competition outside of Iraq -History:Al Shorta have won 14 trophies...

 refused to play.

Macabbi won the league again in 1971–72, and another double in 1976–77, finishing the season with a 1–0 win against Beitar Tel Aviv in the final. They won the league for a sixteenth time in 1978–79, but lost the cup final 2–1 to Beitar Jerusalem.

During the 1980s the club failed to win the championship, although they won back-to-back State Cups in 1987 and 1988 with wins over Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

 and local rivals Hapoel. The club also suffered its record defeat, 10–0 to Maccabi Haifa, in 1988.

In 1991–92 Maccabi won their first championship since 1978–79, but lost the State Cup final 3–1 to Hapoel Petah Tikva after extra time. The following season the club entered the UEFA Champions League for the first time. After beating Maltese champions Valletta
Valletta F.C.
Valletta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Valletta F.C. has the strongest support on the island...

 3-1on aggregate, they lost 4–0 to Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

. They did win the Toto Cup
Toto Cup
The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

 for the first time, and also reached the State Cup final that season, but lost again, 1–0 to Maccabi Haifa. The following year they won the trophy with a 2–0 victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv, and entered the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where they were knocked out by Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

 in the first round.

Despite failure to progress in Europe, the club won another championship under Avram Grant. The following season The club entered the Champions League again, but lost 2–1 to Grasshopper
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Grasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team...

. However, they won the league and cup double, beating Ironi Rishon LeZion 4–1. The next season the club were knocked out of the Champions League at the qualification stage. The only trophy the club won during the remainder of the decade was the Toto Cup in 1999.

Maccabi won back-to-back State Cups in 2001 and 2002, beating Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–0, and Maccabi Haifa 5–4 on penalties after a 0–0 draw. In 2002–03 they won the Premier League under Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger is an Israeli football manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. Klinger achieved with Maccabi the Israeli championship and two Israel state cups....

, taking the title on goal difference. However, the following year they were knocked out of the Champions League by MŠK Žilina
MŠK Žilina
MŠK Žilina is a Slovak football club, based in the town of Žilina. They play in the Slovak Superliga and are one of the most successful clubs in this competition, having won five championships since the league's inception in 1993. The club and their supporters alike are nicknamed Šošoni...

 in the second qualifying round. Although the club only finished second in the league in 2003–04, they were allowed to enter the 2004–05 Champions League after Israel had been granted a second place. This time they qualified for the group stage, but finished bottom of a group containing Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

, Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

 and Ajax. At the end of the season they won the State Cup for a record twenty-second time with a 5–3 win on penalties against Maccabi Herzliya after a 2–2 draw.

During 2005–06 the club recorded its record home defeat, losing 4–0 against second division club Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Acre F.C.
Hapoel Acre Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club is currently in the Premier League and plays in dark blue shirts with white sleeves, dark blue shorts and white socks.-History:...

 in the State Cup. In 2009 they won their third Toto Cup, beating Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod...

 1–0 in the final. Maccabi finished the 2010–2011 season at third place which awarded the club a place at the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europe League. Maccabi advanced through the qualifying stages defeating Khazar, Željezničar and Greek giants Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

 entering the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage
2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage
This article details the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage.The group stage will feature 48 teams: the 38 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round....

 for the first time in club history drawn to Group E of the competition alongside Turkish Beşiktaş
Besiktas J.K.
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

,Ukrainian Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

 and English Premiership side Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

.

Supporters and rivals

Maccabi has two main fan organizations, "The 12th Player" (founded 2000) and "Ultras Maccabi 96" (founded 1996). Maccabi fans have an agreement known as 'brotherhood' with the fans of Ajax thanks to the hospitality of both sides from the 2004/2005 season until today. Maccabi's Groups are located in Gate 11.

Maccabi's main rivals are Hapoel Tel Aviv, the country's second most successful club. The matches between the teams gain a lot of attention in the Israeli public and are referred to as the "Big Tel Aviv Derby" (as opposed to the "Small Tel Aviv Derby", matches between Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi or Hapoel). Other rivalries include, to a lesser extent, those with Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

.

Stadium

Maccabi Tel Aviv play their home matches in 14,700-capacity Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa
Jaffa
Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

. Maccabi's training facilities are located at Kiryat Shalom, in the southern part of the city. The team's owner at the time, Alexander Schneider, decided to move the offices of the club outside of the training facilities and also build new training facilities for the club.

Current squad

As of 13 October 2011

Retired numbers

  • 8: Avi Nimni
    Avi Nimni
    Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

  • 12: Meni Levi

For transfers during the 2011–12 season, see List of 2011–12 Israeli football transfers

Out on loan

Foreigners 2011–12

Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry (e.g. Guillermo Israilevich
Guillermo Israilevich
Guillermo Israilevich is an Argentinian-Israeli footballer currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv . Guillermo's wife is set to receive a Spanish passport and rumors have it that Guillermo will receive a Spanish passport as well and plans to move to Europe at the end of this season since his contract...

), married to an Israeli (e.g. Roberto Colautti
Roberto Colautti
Roberto Damián Colautti is a naturalized Israeli football striker who plays as a striker for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Israeli Premier League, and internationally for the Israel national football team.-Personal life:...

) 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.
Nivaldo
Nivaldo Batista Santana
Nivaldo Batista Santana , simply Nivaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League, as a central defender.-Football career:...

 Haris Medunjanin
Haris Medunjanin
Haris Medunjanin is a Bosnian footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Israel. Mainly a attacking midfielder, he can also appear as an left midfielder.He has dual citizenship, Bosnian and Dutch.-Early years:...

 Savo Pavićević
Savo Pavicevic
Savo Pavićević is a Montenegrin football defender, who plays for the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.- Career :...

 Moussa Konaté
Pape Moussa Konaté
Pape Moussa Konaté known as simply Moussa Konaté is a Senegalese professional football player currently playing for Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv as a Forward .-Career:...

 Roberto Punčec
Roberto Punčec
Roberto Punčec is a Croatian football player who plays as a defender, currently with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.. He is a Croatia youth international having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Croatia under-16 team.A product of Varteks youth academy, Punčec joined the first team...


Honours

  • Israeli championships
    • Winners (18): 1935–36
      1935–36 Palestine League
      -References:*...

      , 1936–37
      1936–37 Palestine League
      -References:*...

      , 1941–42
      1941–42 Palestine League
      -References:*...

      , 1946–47
      1946–47 Palestine League
      -References:*...

      , 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03
  • Tel Aviv District championship
    • Winners (1): 1939
  • State Cup
    Israel State Cup
    The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

    • Winners (22) 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1946–47, 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
  • Asian Club Championship
    • Winners (2) 1968–69, 1970–71
  • Toto Cup
    Toto Cup
    The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

    • Winners (3) 1992–93, 1998–99, 2008–09
  • Israeli Supercup
    Israeli Supercup
    The Israeli Supercup was an Israeli association football club competition played on a single match between the winner of the latest Israeli top league championship and that of the last Israel State Cup...

    • Winners (5) 1964–65 (shared cup with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1967–68, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1987–88

Records

  • Seasons in top division – 60 (1949–present)
  • Lowest league position – 12 (1987–88)
  • Win record for season – 30 (1966–68)
  • Loss record for season – 13 (1999–2000)
  • Most points in a season – 88 (1993–94)
  • Most goals in a season (club) – 103 (1949–50)
  • Most goals in a season (player) – 26 Yehoshua Glazer
    Yehoshua Glazer
    Yehoshua Glazer is a former Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and for the Israel national football team his entire career. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers in his home land of Israel.-Honours:...

     1955 and Giora Spiegel
    Giora Spiegel
    Giora Spiegel , is a former Israeli footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.-Biography:...

     1967)
  • Biggest win – 13—0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion
    Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C.
    Maccabi Rishon LeZion was an Israeli football club based in Rishon LeZion. The club spent two seasons in the top division at the start of the 1950s and was part of the wider Maccabi Rishon LeZion sports club which still exists today....

    , 1950
  • Biggest defeat – 10–0 vs Maccacbi Haifa
    Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

    , 1988
  • Biggest home win – 13–0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion
    Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C.
    Maccabi Rishon LeZion was an Israeli football club based in Rishon LeZion. The club spent two seasons in the top division at the start of the 1950s and was part of the wider Maccabi Rishon LeZion sports club which still exists today....

    , 1950
  • Biggest home defeat – 4–0 vs Hapoel Acre
    Hapoel Acre F.C.
    Hapoel Acre Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club is currently in the Premier League and plays in dark blue shirts with white sleeves, dark blue shorts and white socks.-History:...

    , 2006
  • Biggest away win – 7–0 vs Hapoel Haifa, 1994
  • Biggest away defeat – 10–0 vs Maccabi Haifa
    Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

    , 1988
  • All-time top scorer – Avi Nimni
    Avi Nimni
    Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

    , 174
  • All-time most appearances – Menachem Bello
    Menachem Bello
    Menachem 'Miko' Bello is a former Israeli football defender, who played for the Israel national team between 1965 and 1975. He was part of the Israel squad for the 1970 World Cup.At club level, Bello played solely for Maccabi Tel-Aviv....

    , 498

Managerial history

Emanuel Gur-Arie (1910's) Shimon Ratner (192?–34) Egon Pollack
Egon Pollack
Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak was an Austrian footballer who played for the famed, SC Hakoah Wien . He was also the first ever manager of the Israeli national football team in their 3-1 loss to the United States just after gaining independence.-Club career:Pollak began his career with SC Hakoah...

 (1934–39) Armin Weiss (1939–41) Egon Pollack
Egon Pollack
Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak was an Austrian footballer who played for the famed, SC Hakoah Wien . He was also the first ever manager of the Israeli national football team in their 3-1 loss to the United States just after gaining independence.-Club career:Pollak began his career with SC Hakoah...

 (1941–47) Jerry Beit haLevi
Jerry Beit haLevi
Moshe "Jerry" Beit haLevi was an Israeli football player and manager.-Playing career:Jerry played on the field with his brother Avraham. In 1939, during a tour of Australia, Avraham decided to stay in the country and it was the last time that Jerry would see his brother who ended up dying in...

 (1947–52) Gaul Mechlis (1952–53) Jerry Beit haLevi
Jerry Beit haLevi
Moshe "Jerry" Beit haLevi was an Israeli football player and manager.-Playing career:Jerry played on the field with his brother Avraham. In 1939, during a tour of Australia, Avraham decided to stay in the country and it was the last time that Jerry would see his brother who ended up dying in...

 (1953–57) Yosef Tessler (1957–59) Yosef Merimovich (1959–61) Ignac Molnár (1961–62) Israel Chlibner (1962–62) Israel Chlibner (1962–62) Slabolo Stankovic (1962–64) &   Jery Bet-Halevy (1962–64) Eliezer Spiegel
Eliezer Spiegel
Eliezer Spiegel was a footballer who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and for Israel national football team in the 40's and 50's and later became a successful manager.- References :...

 (1966–67) Zvi Erlich (1967–67) Israel Chlibner (1967–68) Yosef Merimovich (1968–69) David Schweitzer
David Schweitzer
David Schweitzer was an Israeli football player and manager who was active at both professional and international levels.-Playing career:...

 (1969–70) Israel Chlibner (1970–71) Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor was a successful Israeli footballer and manager. The peak of his managerial career was when he, alongside Ya'akov Grundman had jointly coached Israel from 1988 to 1992, and were one goal short of qualifying for the 1990 World Cup.-As a Player:...

 (1971–72) Yosef Merimovich (1972–73) Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor was a successful Israeli footballer and manager. The peak of his managerial career was when he, alongside Ya'akov Grundman had jointly coached Israel from 1988 to 1992, and were one goal short of qualifying for the 1990 World Cup.-As a Player:...

 (1973–76) Ya'akov Grundman
Ya'akov Grundman
Ya'akov "Yankeleh" Grundman was a Polish-born Israeli professional football player and manager.- Early life :Grundman was born in Poland before the outbreak of World War II. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, Grundman's family went into hiding. They were taken in by a Polish farmer in Proszowice...

 (1976–77) Shmulik Perlman
Shmulik Perlman
-As a Manager:*Championships**Winner : 1977–78**Runner-up : 1981–82*State Cup**Winner : 1978*Israeli Supercup**Winner : 1978*UEFA Intertoto Cup**Winner : 1978-References:...

 (1977–78) Nissim Bachar (1978–79) Zvi Rozen (1979–80)
Zeev Selzer (1980–81) Ya'akov Grundman
Ya'akov Grundman
Ya'akov "Yankeleh" Grundman was a Polish-born Israeli professional football player and manager.- Early life :Grundman was born in Poland before the outbreak of World War II. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, Grundman's family went into hiding. They were taken in by a Polish farmer in Proszowice...

 (1981–82) Nissim Bachar (1982–83) David Schweitzer
David Schweitzer
David Schweitzer was an Israeli football player and manager who was active at both professional and international levels.-Playing career:...

 (1983–85) Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor
Itzhak Schneor was a successful Israeli footballer and manager. The peak of his managerial career was when he, alongside Ya'akov Grundman had jointly coached Israel from 1988 to 1992, and were one goal short of qualifying for the 1990 World Cup.-As a Player:...

 (1983–85) Shimon Shenhar (1985–87) Giora Spiegel
Giora Spiegel
Giora Spiegel , is a former Israeli footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.-Biography:...

 &   Dror Bar-Nur (1987–88) Yosef Merimovich (1988–89) Nissim Bachar (1989–90) Zvika Rosen (1990–91) Avram Grant (1991–95) Dror Kashtan
Dror Kashtan
Dror Kashtan is an Israeli former footballer and current manager. As a player, he represented the Israeli national team three times. As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs as well as the Israel under-21 team, and, from 2006 to 2010, the senior national team...

 (1995–96) Avram Grant (1996–2000) Shlomo Sharf (2000) Nir Levine
Nir Levine
Nir Levine is an Israeli former football player and manager.He is currently the director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.-Honours:As player*Toto Cup :**1985–86*Israel State Cup :**1992As coach...

 (2000–02) Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger is an Israeli football manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. Klinger achieved with Maccabi the Israeli championship and two Israel state cups....

 (2002–05) Ton Caanen (2005–06) Eli Cohen (2006–07) Nir Levine
Nir Levine
Nir Levine is an Israeli former football player and manager.He is currently the director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.-Honours:As player*Toto Cup :**1985–86*Israel State Cup :**1992As coach...

 (2007–08) Ran Ben Shimon
Ran Ben Shimon
Ran Ben Shimon is an Israeli football manager and formerly a professional football player with Hapoel Haifa and the Israel national football team...

 (2008) Marco Balbul
Marco Balbul
Marco Balbul, , is a former Israeli football defender and manager.-Early life:Marco is the last child of Jewish immigrants from Egypt who arrived in Israel in 1950 and settled in Tirat Carmel. By age 5, Marco was excited to wake up every morning in order to play football against the big kids in his...

 coach under   Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

 (2008–09) Nir Levine
Nir Levine
Nir Levine is an Israeli former football player and manager.He is currently the director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.-Honours:As player*Toto Cup :**1985–86*Israel State Cup :**1992As coach...

 coach under   Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

 (2009–10) Yossi Mizrahi
Yossi Mizrahi
Yossi Mizrahi is a retired Israeli goalkeeper, and now hes a football coach and current manager of F.C. Ashdod.-Biography:Yosef Mizrahi was born in Jerusalem, Israel on April 4, 1953. He grew up in Katamon and studied at Ma'aleh state religious school. As a teenager, he played on the youth team...

 coach under   Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

 (2010–11) Itzik Ovadia (2011, caretaker) Motti Ivanir
Motti Ivanir
Motti Ivanir is an Israeli former football player and currently the manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv.-External links:*...

 (2011–)

See also

  • Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Europe
    Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Europe
    Maccabi Tel Aviv have qualified for UEFA competitions on thirteen occasions. This list details their matches in the various competitions.-List of matches in European competitions by season:...

  • Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players

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