Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.

Maccabi Sha'arayim (Hebrew: מכבי שעריים‎) is an Israeli football club from the city Rehovot, currently playing in Liga Alef.

Maccabi Sha'arayim
Full nameMaccabi Sha'arayim Football Club
Founded1950
GroundMaccabi Sha'araim Stadium, Rehovot
Capacity500
ChairmanSimcha Gad
ManagerShlomi Shlomo
LeagueLiga Alef South
2019–20Liga Alef South, 13th
Maccabi Sha'araying's crest used in 2016-17 season

The club spent the past seven seasons in the top division from 1963 to 1969, and a single season in 1985–86.

History

The club was promoted to 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 1965–66 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 1–0 to Hakoah Ramat Gan.[1] In the same season they finished second bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

The final match of the 1971–72 season saw the club have a chance to return to the top flight, but they lost 2–1 to Hapoel Marmorek, which were promoted instead.[2] 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 1977–78 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 1983–84 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 1992–93 season, and were relegated to the fourth tier at the end of the 2000–01 season, before dropping into Liga Bet, the fifth tier, at the end of the 2005–06 season. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club returned to Liga Alef (now the third tier), following a victory of 2–1 against Hapoel Azor in the promotion play-off.[3]

In the 2015–16 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 squad
As of 7 January 2020
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ISR Shoval Baruch
3 DF  ISR Rom Levy
4 DF  ISR Bar Levy
5 DF  ISR Gil Nachum
6 FW  ISR Rotem Sharon
7 FW  ISR Eden Azuri
8 MF  ISR Liel Zimro
9 MF  ISR Guy Even
10 MF  ISR Dela Yampolsky
11 DF  ISR Guy Eini
12 DF  ISR Mati Aflalo
14 MF  ISR Yossi Avera
15 DF  ISR Itay Haveri
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  ISR Ori Tutuani
17 FW  ISR Raz Mizrahi
19 FW  ISR Yossi Tuava
27 DF  ISR Oz Ifrah
33 DF  ISR Guy Gomberg
36 GK  ISR Aviv Abuaziz
55 MF  ISR Hen Levian
87 GK  ISR Amit Shemesh
99 FW  ISR Ran Ben Shimon
— DF  ISR Tal Cohen
— MF  ISR Itay Fibnik
— MF  ISR Elion Semin

Honours

References
  1. Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF
  2. The Rehovot derby is here again Doublepass, 18.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
  3. Sha'arayim promoted to Liga Alef after beating Azor One, 10.5.2012 (in Hebrew)
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