Maccabi Tel Aviv FC
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| Maccabi Tel Aviv מכבי תל-אביב |
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| Full name | Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב |
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| Nickname(s) | Maccabi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1906, as HaRishon LeZiyyon - Yafo |
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| Ground | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Capacity | c. 15,478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Eylon(Lony) Herzikowitz |
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| Manager | Eli Cohen |
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| League | Ligat ha'Al ליגת העל (Premier League) |
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| 2005-06 | Ligat ha'Al, 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maccabi Tel Aviv is the most decorated club in Israeli football history with 18 championships, 22 national cups, 2 Asian Champions Cups and 2 Toto cups. Six times Maccabi won the championship and the cup in the same season ("double"). Maccabi Tel Aviv is the only team in Israel which never played in the second league. Maccabi has always played in the Premier League.
Maccabi Tel Aviv participated in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, as the second Israeli club to qualify to this competition, after Maccabi Haifa did it in 2002/03 season, however they had the honour of hosting the first ever UEFA Champions League game to be played in Israel. Maccabi Haifa had to play their UEFA Champions League games in Cyprus, due to securtiy reasons. Their 'home' matches were played at Ramat-Gan Stadium as Maccabi Tel Aviv's home Bloomfield Stadium did not meet UEFA stadium requirements. Maccabi Tel Aviv was eliminated after the group stage, with 4 points and decent scores against Bayern Munich, Juventus and Ajax Amsterdam.
The 2005/06 season was celebrated the club's centennial year. Maccabi purchased many stars, such as the team's leading goal scorer Avi Nimni, Eyal Berkovic, Giovanni Rosso, José Duarte, Blessing Kaku, Avi Yehiel, Eugen Trică, Erez Eliav (who left the club in November 2005) and more, as well as Zion Cohen who resigned from football after a couple of weeks because of a medical problem. Maccabi received the nickname "Galácticos" by the media, seeing resemblance to the strategy of signing star players known by Real Madrid. The club broke the national record for season ticket sales (previous record was 5,500, also set by Maccabi) with more than 9,000 subscribers, about two months before the first game of the season, and about 11,000 right before the first match. However, the season ended as a failure, with only the 6th place, 31 points behind champions Maccabi Haifa.
On December 5, 2005, the coach Nir Klinger has resigned after several months that the fans have been asking him to do so. The Dutch coach, Ton Kaanen, who was recently fired from Beitar Jerusalem FC, signed until the end of the season. Current coach Eli Cohen, known as "the Sheriff" replaced Caanen in May 2006.
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[edit] Honours
1936/37 1938/39 1940/41 1946/47 1949/50 1951/52 1953/54 1957/58 1966/68 1969/70 1971/72 1976/77 1978/79 1991/92 1994/95 1995/96 2002/03
1928/29 1929/30 1932/33 1940/41 1946/47 1953/54 1954/55 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
1968/69 1970/71
1992/93 1998/99
[edit] Current team squad
As of January 2007
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[edit] Foreigners 2006/2007
Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be on an Israeli club. 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. e.g Giovanni Rosso can claim Israeli status since he has played in Israel for over 10 years. Although, he does not have Israeli citizenship, Tvrtko Kale is eligible because his grandmother was Jewish.
Tvrtko Kale
Milan Martinović- Giovanni Rosso
- Miljan Mrdaković
- Dejan Ilić
[edit] Squad changes for 06/07 season
In:
- Tvrtko Kale - signed from Neuchâtel Xamax
- Ivan Režić - signed from Hajduk Split
- Milan Martinović - signed from FK Rad
- Miljan Mrdaković - signed from FC Metalist Kharkiv
- Moshe Biton - signed from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
- Guy Solomon - signed from Beitar Jerusalem FC
- Omer Peretz - signed from Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Guy Shamir - signed from Hapoel Petah Tikva
- Hai Atias - signed from Gadna Yehuda
- Yossi Shivhon - signed from Hapoel Petah Tikva
Out:
- Eyal Berkovic - retired
- Liran Strauber - signed with Maccabi Netanya
- Avi Strool - signed with Maccabi Netanya
- Ofir Haim - signed with Maccabi Netanya
Jose Filho Duarte - signed with Hapoel Kfar Saba
Cristian Gonzales - signed with FC Ashdod- Itzik Shemesh - signed with Hapoel Ra'anana FC
- Salem Abu Siam - signed with Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
- Gal Nir - signed with Maccabi Netanya
Released:
- Ivan Režić
[edit] Season-by-season
The table below chronicles the achievements of Maccabi Tel Aviv every season, from 1949 (The Israeli Independence) to the present day.
| Season | League/Division | League Finishing Position | Israeli Cup | Toto Cup | European Cup / UEFA Champions League / Major Cups | Team's Top Scorer |
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| 1949-1950 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | ||||
| 1950-1951 | Suspended | |||||
| 1951-1952 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Final | Shiye Glazer (27) | ||
| 1952-1953 | Suspended | |||||
| 1953-1954 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup | |||
| 1954-1955 | Israeli First League | 2nd | Cup | |||
| 1955-1956 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup | |||
| 1956-1957 | Israeli First League | 3rd | ||||
| 1957-1958 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup | Rafi Levi (14) | ||
| 1958-1959 | Israeli First League | 3rd | Cup | |||
| 1959-1960 | Israeli First League | 2nd | Rafi Levi (19) | |||
| 1960-1961 | Israeli First League | 4th | ||||
| 1961-1962 | Israeli First League | 10th | Final | |||
| 1962-1963 | Israeli First League | 7th | ||||
| 1963-1964 | Israeli First League | 5th | Cup | |||
| 1964-1965 | Israeli First League | 4th | Cup | |||
| 1965-1966 | Israeli First League | 2th | ||||
| 1966 - 1968 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup(67) | |||
| 1968-1969 | Israeli First League | 2nd | Asian Club Championship | |||
| 1969-1970 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup | |||
| 1970-1971 | Israeli First League | 10th | Asian Club Championship | |||
| 1971-1972 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | ||||
| 1972-1973 | Israeli First League | 4th | ||||
| 1973-1974 | Israeli First League | 2nd | ||||
| 1974-1975 | Israeli First League | 4th | ||||
| 1975-1976 | Israeli First League | 7th | Final | |||
| 1976-1977 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Final | Vicky Peretz (17) | ||
| 1977-1978 | Israeli First League | 3rd | ||||
| 1978-1979 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Final | |||
| 1979-1980 | Israeli First League | 5th | Quarter-Finals | |||
| 1980-1981 | Israeli First League | 8th | 3rd Round | |||
| 1981-1982 | Israeli First League | 8th | 4rd Round | |||
| 1982-1983 | Israeli First League | 5th | Final | |||
| 1983-1984 | Israeli First League | 5th | Semi-Finals | |||
| 1984-1985 | Israeli First League | 7th | 4th Round | |||
| 1985-1986 | Israeli First League | 3rd | 4th Round | |||
| 1986-1987 | Israeli First League | 3rd | Cup | |||
| 1987-1988 | Israeli First League | 12th | Cup | |||
| 1988-1989 | Israeli First League | 8th | 4th Round | Beni Tabak (18) | ||
| 1989-1990 | Israeli First League | 4th | 4th Round | Uri Malmilian (16) | ||
| 1990-1991 | Israeli First League | 5th | 4th Round | |||
| 1991-1992 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Final | Final | Avi Nimni (15) | |
| 1992-1993 | Israeli First League | 2nd | Final | Cup | First qualifying round, Champions League | Meir Melika (17) |
| 1993-1994 | Israeli First League | 2nd | Cup | First round, UEFA Cup | Avi Nimni (11) | |
| 1994-1995 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Final | First round, UEFA Cup | Eli Driks (16) | |
| 1995-1996 | Israeli First League | 1st (champions) | Cup | First qualifying round, Champions League | Eli Driks (15) | |
| 1996-1997 | Israeli First League | 6th | Final | First qualifying round, Champions League | Avi Nimni (12) | |
| 1997-1998 | Israeli First League | 6th | Final | Eli Driks (14) | ||
| 1998-1999 | Israeli First League | 2th | Cup | Andrzej Kubica (21) | ||
| 1999-2000 | Israeli First League | 6th | First round, UEFA Cup | Dedi Ben Dayan (11) | ||
| 2000-2001 | Israeli First League1 | 4th | Cup | Avi Nimni (25) | ||
| 2001-2002 | Israeli Premier League | 3rd | Cup | Second round, UEFA Cup | Rodrigo Goldberg (27) | |
| 2002-2003 | Israeli Premier League | 1st (champions) | Semi-Finals | First round, Uefa | Rodrigo Goldberg (24) | |
| 2003-2004 | Israeli Premier League | 2nd | Quarter-Finals | Second qualifying round, CL | Rodrigo Goldberg (17) | |
| 2004-2005 | Israeli Premier League | 8th | Cup | UEFA Champions League group stage | Barukh Dego (5) | |
| 2005-2006 | Israeli Premier League | Second qualifying round, UEFA Cup | ||||
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1At the beginning of the 2001-2002 season, the Israeli First League renamed its divisions: the First Division (which Maccabi were playing in) became The Premier League, the Second Division became The National League. |
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[edit] Notable former and present players
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[edit] Retired number
- 12: Meni Levi
[edit] External links
| Maccabi Tel Aviv FC - Current Squad |
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1 Kale | 2 Musa | 3 Yehiel | 4 Spungin | 5 Mishaelov | 6 Martinović | 7 Mesika | 8 Nimni | 9 Biton | 11 Rosso | 14 Shivhon | 16 Jan | 17 Dayan | 18 Attias | 20 Peretz | 21 Yeini | 23 Mrdaković | 24 Ilić | 25 Shitrit | 27 Kahlon | 31 Solomon | Manager: Cohen |
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