Maccabi Rehovot F.C.

Maccabi Rehovot
Full name	Maccabi Rehovot Football Club
Founded	1912
Ground	Kiryat Moshe, Rehovot
Chairman	Meir Nahmani
2014–15	Liga Gimel Central, 9th
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Rehovot F.C. (Hebrew: מכבי רחובות‎) is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. The club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949 and competed in the top division during the 1950s, but today plays in Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest level of Israeli football.

History

Founded in 1912,[1] Maccabi Rehovot is one of the oldest clubs in Israeli football. Prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the club played at the Palestine League and were runners-up in the 1943–44 season, behind champions, Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Rehovot took part in the first post-independence league in 1949–50, finishing 8th out of 13. After several mid-table finishes, the club was relegated to Liga Alef at the end of the 1955–56 season after finishing second from bottom. The following season the club finished second in Liga Alef, which would have resulted in automatic promotion to the top division. However, after it was discovered that 9 out of the 12 clubs of Liga Alef were involved in match-fixing, the Israel Football Association decided to hold a promotion/relegation play-offs.[2] Maccabi finished bottom of the group and remained in the second tier.

In the 1959–60 season, the club was relegated to Liga Bet, the third tier at the time. Ever since, the club plays in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 1990s they dropped into Liga Gimel, where they play today.

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References

The buds of division – The controversy about Hebrew labor within Maccabi Dr. Haim Kaufman, lib.cet.ac.il (in Hebrew)
Football commission of inquiry: "Five more play-off matches will be held" Heruth, 9.7.1957, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

External links

Maccabi Rehovot Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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[1] The buds of division – The controversy about Hebrew labor within Maccabi Dr. Haim Kaufman, lib.cet.ac.il (in Hebrew)

[Football_commission_of_inquiry:_Five_more_play-off_matches_will_be_held-2] Football commission of inquiry: "Five more play-off matches will be held" Heruth, 9.7.1957, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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Upper Galilee	Hapoel Bnei Ba'ana Hapoel Bnei Dir al-Asad Hapoel Deir Hanna Hapoel Ironi Safed Hapoel Karmiel Hapoel Nahariya Hapoel Shlomi Hapoel Tarshiha Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Aramsha Danon Maccabi Bnei Abu Sna'an Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ironi Yafa
Lower Galilee	Ahli Tamra Beitar Kafr Kanna F.C. Bu'eine Nujeidat F.C. Salama Misgav Hapoel Ironi Arraba Ihud Bnei Kafr Yasif Ihud Bnei Shefaram Ironi Bnei Saha'ab Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Tabash Tzeirei Tur'an
Jezreel	Ahi Bir al-Maksur Beitar Afula Beitar Umm al-Fahm Beitar Ein Mahil Bnei Musheirifa Baiada Bnei Umm al-Fahm Bnei Yafa F.C. Kfar Kama Hapoel Al-Batuf Hapoel Al-Ittihad Nazareth Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Tzeirei Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil
Samaria	Beitar Haifa Beitar Kiryat Ata Beitar Pardes Hanna Bnei Qalansawe Hapoel Bnei Jasr a-Zarqa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva Hapoel Kiryat Yam Hapoel Yokneam Maccabi Barkai Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Isfiya Maccabi Kiryat Yam Tzeirei Haifa
Sharon	Beitar Samaria Bnei Tira Beitar Tubruk F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Ironi Ariel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Netanya Hapoel Oranit Hapoel Pardesiya Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Sporting Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv	A.S. Holon Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Bnei Yehud Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel F.C. Ru'ah Tel Aviv Hapoel Neve Golan Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Inter Aliyah Tel Aviv Maccabi Hashikma Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan
Central	Beitar Ashdod Beitar Gan Yavne Beitar Gedera Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Ashdod City F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Ramla F.C. Rishon LeZion F.C. Tzeirei Lod Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Ramla Hapoel Tirat Shalom Maccabi Kiryat Ekron
South	F.C. Arad F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Tzeirei al-Hoshla Hapoel Mate Yehuda Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Hapoel Sderot Hapoel Segev Shalom Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Ashkelon Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Dimona Maccabi Ironi Hura Maccabi Yeruham Otzma Be'er Sheva Tzeirei Lakiya
Seasons (fifth level)	1958–59 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Seasons (sixth level)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09