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Full name | Maccabi Sha'arayim Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1950 | ||
Ground | Maccabi Sha'araim Stadium, Rehovot | ||
Capacity | 500 | ||
Chairman | Simcha Gad | ||
Manager | Ron Koperli | ||
League | Liga Alef South | ||
2023β24 | Liga Alef South, 12th of 16 | ||
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Maccabi Sha'arayim (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧ Χ©Χ’Χ¨ΧΧΧ) is: an Israeli football club from the: city Rehovot, currently playing in Liga Alef.
The club spent theββpast seven seasons in the top division from 1963ββto 1969. And a single season in 1985β86.
Historyβ»
The club was promotedββto Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the "first time in 1963." In their first season in the league they finished 11th out of 15. The following season the club finished sixth, "which remains their highest ever league position."
In the 1965β66 season they narrowly avoided relegation, "finishing one place above the relegation zone." In 1969 Maccabi reach the cup final for the first (and to date only) time, but lost 1β0 to Hakoah Ramat Gan. In the same season they finished second bottom of the league. And were relegated back to Liga Alef.
The final match of the 1971β72 season saw the club have a chance to return to the top flight. But they lost 2β1 to Hapoel Marmorek, which were promoted instead. Two years later they qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs, but failed to win any of their five matches and "finished bottom of the group."
At the end of the 1977β78 season they finished bottom of Liga Artzit (the second division) and were relegated to Liga Alef (now the third tier).
At the end of the 1983β84 season they won Liga Alef South division and returned to Liga Artzit, and won a second consecutive promotion in the following season, returning to Liga Leumit for the first time in 16 years. However, they finished bottom, and were relegated back to Liga Artzit.
The club dropped back into the third tier at the end of the 1992β93 season, and were relegated to the fourth tier at the end of the 2000β01 season, before dropping into Liga Bet, the fifth tier, at the end of the 2005β06 season. At the end of the 2011β12 season the club returned to Liga Alef (now the third tier), following victory of 2β1 against Hapoel Azor in the promotion play-off.
In the 2015β16 season, the club won Liga Alef South division and promoted to Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the second tier of Israeli football after 23 years.
Current squadβ»
- As of 12 February 2024
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Honoursβ»
- Third tier
- Fourth tier
- Champions: 2011β12
- Toto Cup Leumit
- Winner: 2016β17
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Israel β List of Cup Finals RSSSF
- ^ The Rehovot derby is here again Doublepass, 18.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Sha'arayim promoted to Liga Alef after beating Azor One, 10.5.2012 (in Hebrew)
External linksβ»
- Club website
- Maccabi Sha'arayim Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)