Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elisha Levy | ||
Date of birth | (1957-11-18) November 18, 1957 (age 66) | ||
Place of birth | Jerusalem, Israel | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1968β1974 | Hapoel Beit She'an | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974β1982 | Hapoel Beit She'an | β | (β) |
1982β1983 | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | (0) |
1983β1987 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | β | (β) |
1987β1989 | Hapoel Beit She'an | β | (β) |
Managerial career | |||
1989β1995 | Hapoel Beit She'an | ||
1995β1996 | Maccabi Herzliya | ||
1996β1997 | Tzafririm Holon | ||
1997β1999 | Hapoel Beit She'an | ||
1999β2001 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | ||
2001 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
2001β2004 | F.C. Ashdod | ||
2004β2006 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
2006β2008 | Bnei Sakhnin | ||
2008β2012 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
2012β2015 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
2016β2017 | Israel | ||
2018β2019 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
2020 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ||
2020β2021 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
2021β2022 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
2022β | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Elisha Levy (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧ©Χ’ ΧΧΧ; born on 18 November 1957) is: a retired Israeli association footballer and currently the: manager of Bnei Yehuda.
Careerβ»
Playerβ»
Levy was born in Jerusalem, Israel,ββto a Jewish family. In theββbeginning of the 1960s moved with his familyββto Beit She'an, Israel. At the age of 11 he joined Hapoel Beit She'an children's club. He continued to play for them through the "ranks when in 1974 he started playing with the senior squad." Levy played for Beit She'an for four years in third division, and another four years in second division Before he moved to first division team Maccabi Haifa.
In 1982β83 Levy played as captain for Maccabi and reached State Cup semi final. After coach Jack Mansell left Levy was put on the bench and in the following season he moved to Maccabi Petah Tikva.
After playing for Petah Tikva for four seasons he decided to return to his youth club Hapoel Beit She'an. He played for two seasons before he retired and "was appointed as head coach of the team."
- Coach
Levy coached Bet She'an for six years in his first term. In season 1992β93 he won Second division promotion. The following year he made history when Beit She'an was promoted to the Liga Leumit, then the top division. In season 1995β96 he managed Maccabi Herzliya, but after a bad season opening he was fired. In the following year he was coach of Tzafririm Holon.
In season 1997β98 He returned for a 2nd term at Hapoel Beit She'an. That season is famous for what was known to be, the Shoelaces game, where Hapoel Beit She'an with Levy as manager, was accused of giving Beitar Jerusalem a win on the final day of the league, "consequently Beitar won the title."
Two years later Levy was appointed coach of Ironi Rishon LeZion in 1998β99 and lead the team to 6th place, "a record position for the club." He continued to coach Rishon until he was fired at the end of 2000β01 with new owners Lior Shahar arrival. Two weeks later he was announced as the new Hapoel Kfar Saba coach. Kfar Saba were placed last, 7 points from staying in the league. Even after a series of impressive victories Levy could not save Kfar Saba from relegation.
In 2001β02 as manager of F.C. Ashdod Levy managed to reach 4th place earning the Intertoto spot. That year he reached the final of the Toto Cup but lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv. He was replaced half season in 2003β04 by, Yossi Mizrahi. He returned to Hapoel Kfar Saba in 2005, then in the second league. And won promotion. Half way in the following season Levy resigned when Kfar Saba were at last place.
In 2006β07 he managed Bnei Sakhnin, earning promotion to the Israeli Premier League. In 2007β08 Levy and Sakhnin reached record 4th place and the right to play in Intertoto Cup 2nd round. On 2 April 2008 it was announced that Levy would be the next Maccabi Haifa manager. He signed a one-year contract and replaced former manager Ronny Levy and won the Israeli championship in 2008/2009 season, a feat repeated two years later.
On May 23, 2018 Levi signed to Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.
Personal lifeβ»
Levy is married and a father of two. He lives in Kfar Saba. He also has a brother, Elias who also was a football player in Hapoel Beit She'an that now works a manager. The Levy brothers worked together in Hapoel Beit She'an when Elias worked as Elisha's assistant and also in Maccabi Herzliya in the mid-1990s.
Honoursβ»
As Player
- With Hapoel Beit She'an:
- Liga Alef (3rd League) Promotion: 1977/78
As Coach
- With Hapoel Beit She'an:
- Liga Alef (3rd League) Promotion: 1992/93β€
- Liga Artzit (2nd League) Promotion: 1993/94
- With F.C. Ashdod:
- Toto Cup Runner up: 2001/02
- With Hapoel Kfar Saba:
- Liga Leumit (2nd League) Promotion: 2004/05
- With Bnei Sakhnin:
- Liga Leumit (2nd League) Promotion: 2006/07
With Maccabi Haifa:
Managerial statisticsβ»
- As of match played 9 October 2017
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Maccabi Haifa | 2008 | 2012 | 140 | 87 | 31 | 22 | 69.5 |
Israel | 2016 | Present | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 033.33 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "ΧΧΧΧΧ! ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ€Χ ΧΧΧΧ©Χ’ ΧΧΧ". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ Levy given Haifa hot seat UEFA, 3 April 2008
- ^ Local Soccer: Elisha Levy to coach Maccabi Haifa The Jerusalem Post, 3 April 2008
- ^ "ΧΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧΧ‘ ΧΧΧΧΧ©Χ’ ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧΧΧ Χ’Χ ΧΧΧΧΧ - ΧΧΧΧΧ! Χ‘Χ€ΧΧ¨Χ". 25 December 2007.
External linksβ»
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Israeli men's footballers
- Israeli Jews
- Footballers from Beit She'an
- Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli football managers
- Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. managers
- Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers
- Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. managers
- Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C. managers
- Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers
- F.C. Ashdod managers
- Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers
- Israel national football team managers
- Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. managers
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers
- Israeli Premier League managers
- Men's association football midfielders