From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa
Full name Maccabi Haifa Football Club Home colours Away colours Third colours
מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה
Nickname(s) The Greens
הירוקים Current season
Founded 1913 (1913)[1]
Maccabi Haifa Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון הכדורגל מכבי
Ground Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa ,חיפהMoadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa) is an Israeli foot-
(Capacity: 14,002) ball team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi
Owner Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships,
Ya’akov Shahar
5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups. The club was founded in
Manager 1913, and was the first Israeli club to qualify for the group
Elisha Levy
stage of the UEFA Champions League.
League Israeli Premier League
2010–11 1st History
Website Club home page Maccabi Haifa Football Club was established in 1913 in
the port city of Haifa, in present day Israel. It was a small,
struggling club that spent most of its time shifting be-
tween Liga Leumit and the lower leagues. The club was
overshadowed by its city rival Hapoel Haifa. But even in
its first years the club adapted a very adventurous and of-
fensive style of play based on technique and short passes.
In 1942, the club reached the Israel State Cup final, but
was defeated 12–1 by Beitar Tel Aviv in the final. In 1962,
the team defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 in the State Cup
final. In 1963 it reached the final again, but lost to Hapoel
Haifa 1–0.
In the 1980s Maccabi Haifa finally entered the ’Israeli’
champions’ club, clinching the title thrice (in 1983/84,
1984/85 and 1988/1989 seasons). In the 1983–84 season
Maccabi Haifa won its first ever championship, under
coach Shlomo Sharf and general manager Yochanan Vol-
lach, overcoming Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The Yerukim (Greens) were known for their "all-around-
offense" and flashy technique football style, often result-
ing in bad defensive formation and resultant losses.
Sharf’s team played with 4 strikers, including: Moshe
Selekter, Zahi Armeli and Ronny Rosenthal who were po-
sitioned at point and midfield and managed to build their
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defense around the legendary goalkeeper Avi Ran. A year Former Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Avraham Grant was
later, Maccabi Haifa won a second championship in a de- appointed in 2000 as manager of Maccabi Haifa. Under
cisive performance. In 1986 Maccabi lost the champion- Grant’s guidance, the team regained its dominating of-
ship in a controversial final match against runner-ups fensive style. Grant, along with a much improved squad,
Hapoel Tel Aviv. The single goal scored in that match by led the club with an almost unstoppable team, winning
Gili Landau was said to be scored from a passive offside the championship. At the center of attention were a se-
position, which by the rules of the time should have re- ries of virtuoso performances by Yossi Benayoun, includ-
sulted in a disqualification of the goal and a scoreless ing what some consider to be several of the finest goals
draw, guaranteeing MHFC the title. Due to poor TV cov- in Israeli league history. A spontaneous burst of celebrat-
erage, the issue has never been resolved. In 1988, Maccabi ing fans onto the pitch caused a tragic disaster. A young
Haifa decimated Maccabi Tel Aviv 10–0 to earn its biggest fan, Amir Rand, was crushed against the guarding rails
win ever. That game, one of the more famous in Israeli’s and left comatose.
football lore, wasn’t even televised. Furthermore, it prob- A year later, Grant won a second championship, rely-
ably was the beginning of the intense rivalry between the ing on a trio of foreign footballers: Giovanni Rosso (Croat-
two clubs. In 1989, under the capable hands of Amazzia ia), Raimondas Žutautas (Lithuania) and the young Niger-
Levkovic, the club won another championship. ian striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu. Following the second
In 1990 Maccabi Haifa established itself as a dominant championship, Avraham Grant left Haifa for the Israeli
club in Israel. It began by winning the "double" – League national team and was replaced by then Israel U-21 man-
championship and the national cup in the 1990/1 season ager Itzhak Shum.
and continued with the introduction of three talented In 2002, Haifa made Israeli club history by becoming
young players: Eyal Berkovic, Reuven Atar and Tal Banin. the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the
In 1992 Maccabi Haifa was purchased by Ya’akov Shahar, UEFA Champions League. In the group phase, the team
who became the owner and president of the club. Under defeated Olympiacos and Manchester United. Haifa man-
Shahar’s management, Maccabi Haifa enjoyed financial aged 7 points overall scoring 12 goals, and finished in the
stability and professional working regulations on a par third place, securing a place in the UEFA Cup.
with European football clubs’ standards. Maccabi Haifa’s In the 2003/4 season Maccabi Haifa, led by ex-Mac-
highlight season was 1993–94. After winning the 1993 cabi footballer Ronny Levy won the championship main-
cup, Maccabi Haifa gave a stunning performance in the ly due to the poor showing of the other league teams.
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (CWC), beating FC Torpedo Maccabi Haifa youth club (ages 16–18) won the domestic
Moscow 3–1 and Parma A.C. 1–0 in the last 16, only to lose championship, and an Israel national kids team of Mac-
on penalties. During the season in the domestic league cabi Haifa players won Fox Kids World Cup for 12-year-
(then called Liga Leumit), the team went unbeaten for olds.
the entire season, out of an overall unbeaten streak of History was made during the 2005/06 season. After
48 games, thus winning a spectacular championship, and months of indecision regarding the contract of Ronny
breaking many Israeli records. The Maccabi Haifa 1993/4 Levy, it was renewed and Levy guided the club to eleven
squad including Eyal Berkovic, Reuven Atar, Alon straight victories in the first eleven games of the Israeli
Mizrahi and Serhiy Kandaurov, and is considered one of Premier League season. This was also the key to Maccabi
the best squads in Israeli football history. Haifa taking the league title after building a strong lead.
In 1996 Eyal Berkovic and Haim Revivo, the latter had While the club enjoyed great domestic success, it was not
joined the team the previous season, both left Haifa for as fortunate in European play. Though Haifa was a seeded
European clubs. While the two gained great personal suc- team for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying
cess there, Maccabi Haifa went into a slump. The team’s round, it drew the strong Swedish club, Malmö FF. Haifa
standards of maintaining the services of the manager for lost 3–2 in Sweden,and drew 2–2 at home.
multiple seasons was thrown as the team went through In the 2006/07 season, the club played against Liver-
several managers during 4 years. As result, the team pool. In the first game of the third round of the qualifying
failed to win the national championship title, despite se- matches held in England, Haifa’s Gustavo Boccoli scored
curing the National cup in 1998. on the 29th minute an advantage that lasted just four
In 1999, under the guidance of the Czech manager minutes. Craig Bellamy evened the score and in front
Dušan Uhrin, Maccabi Haifa beat French giants Paris of 40,000 local fans, Haifa stood bravely up to the 88th
Saint-Germain and Austrian club SV Ried to reach the minute when Mark Gonzales scored the winning goal for
quarter-final of the Cup Winners’ Cup. In the middle of the hosts. Due to the security situation in Israel, the re-
the season, Haifa’s excellent striker Alon Mizrahi left for turn match was not held in Ramat Gan but in Kiev,
French club Nice resulting in a defeat in the CWC quarter Ukraine, at the Valery Lobanovsky stadium, with 1,700
final and a slump in the club’s league performance. The spectators. The game ended in a 1:1 tie. The last twenty
club’s winning record continued to falter until the arrival minutes of the game were stressful for Rafa Benitez’s
of Avraham Grant. players. Indeed, the giant Peter Crouch gave his team the
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Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
1984–1992 Adidas Volvo
1992–1993 Lotto
1993–1996 Isracard
1996–1998 Nike Volvo
1998–2002 Lotto
2002–2004 Honda
2004–2007 Puma
2007–2011 Lotto
2011– Nike
advantage (54) and an away goal, but Roberto Colautti Girondins de Bordeaux. Haifa finished the competition as
(63) tied the score and from here on the movement to- the worst showing in Champions League history, with a
wards the host’s goalpost became one-sided. The tie record of 6 losses, conceding 8 goals and without scor-
score sent Haifa to compete in the UEFA Cup. ing. The club subsequently lost the championship title to
In the return match in Bulgaria, Haifa played well: Hapoel Tel Aviv on the last day of the season.
Xavier Dirceu scored an impressive goal from a distance, In the 2010–2011 Israeli Premier League season, Mac-
Alain Masudi and Roberto Colautti left Eljendario Sande- cabi Haifa has won the Israeli Championship title but
rinio one honor goal. In the Groups stage, Haifa faced lost the chance to achieve the Double by losing to rivals
strong opponents: The Scottish Rangers F.C., the Serbian Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the State Cup final.
Partizan Belgrade, the French Auxerre and the Italian
Serie A team Livorno. In the 88th minute, the Scots suc-
ceeded in doubling the score from another penalty kick
given away by a Haifa defender. This time Charlie Adam
Sponsorship and fan base
scored and sealed the victory. Haifa returned home and The club is sponsored by Ya’akov Shahar, chairman of
hosted Partizan Belgrade. An early goal by Anderson Mayer’s Cars and Trucks Ltd., the official importer to
Xavier, the Brazilian midfielder, put Haifa in an excellent Israel of Volvo and Honda. The fan base is mainly in
place with six points. Haifa needed one point in the away Haifa and northern Israel, although the club is one of the
game in Italy against Livorno to complete the task suc- most popular in Israel. Average attendance in the home
cessfully. At this stage Haifa was drawn against CSKA matches is approximately 9,000 fans.
Moscow. The game was moved to the Spartak stadium in According to a survey which had been conducted in
Vladikavkaz due to extreme weather in Moscow. 30,000 2010, Maccabi Haifa has the biggest amount of fans of all
Russian fans crowded the stadium. Torpedo beat Haifa 1:0 the teams in Israel, approximately about 25.8% of Israeli
and Lokomotiv beat it 3:0. Again Haifa did not score an football fans. 2
away goal, but the result (0:0) signaled that Haifa might On 30 June 2011, a Haaretz poll identified Maccabi
use its home advantage in the return match. Haifa as the most popular football team among Arab citi-
In the 2007/08 season, Maccabi Haifa finished 5th zens of Israel.[2]
place in the League and was eliminated in the last-16
phase of the State Cup. Ronny Levy announced that he
was leaving. Haifa won the Toto Cup after a 2–0 victory
Shirt sponsors and manufac-
over Bnei-Sakhnin. turers
Haifa opened the 2008/09 season with hopes of re-
maining a top team. At the end of the season, coach
Elisha Levy won his first personal title and Haifa made Stadium
Israeli soccer history, winning six championships in one For more details on this topic, see Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.
decade. Maccabi originally played in Kiryat Haim, which is the
Maccabi Haifa returned to the Champions League for main training grounds of Hapoel. In 1955, a gift from the
the 2009–2010 season. A 3:0 win over FC Red Bull Salzburg Italian Labour Union was a football pitch in the heart of
insured its second win in the span of seven years, with the city of Haifa, which would become the new home of
goals by Dvalishvili, Golasa and Ghadir. Haifa entered the Maccabi. The opening match was a Haifa derby, won by
2009/10 Champions League group stage in Group A, com- Maccabi 4–1 over Hapoel.
peting against FC Bayern Munich, Juventus and
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Competition P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League (8 seasons) 38 15 6 17 70 54 +16
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (3 seasons) 18 9 2 7 29 22 +7
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup (7 seasons) 34 13 7 14 38 50 −12
UEFA Intertoto Cup (3 seasons) 8 3 0 5 6 13 −7
Total 98 40 15 43 143 139 +4
1 GK Nir Davi- 15 MF Eyal Golasa
dovich
16 FW Mohammad
(vice-cap-
Ghadir
tain)
17 FW Alon Turge-
2 DF Sari Falah
man
3 DF Jurica Bul- 18 DF Ali Ottman
jat
20 MF Yaniv
4 DF Orel Dgani
Katan (cap-
5 DF Itzik Co- tain)
hen 21 MF Tamir Co-
6 MF Seidu Ya- hen
Kiryat Eliezer during derby match against Hapoel Haifa F.C. haya 22 GK Bojan Šara-
7 MF Gustavo nov
Kiryat Eliezer missed out on staging a historic event Boccoli 23 MF Eran
when Maccabi reached the group stage of the UEFA
8 FW Hen Azriel Rozenbom
Champions League. It was the first time an Israeli club
11 MF Idan Vered 25 DF Edin Cocal-
had made it that far in the competition, though the lucra-
ić
tive gate receipts expected to have been made by host- 12 MF Shadi Sha-
ing matches in Israel were lost when UEFA forced Mac- 26 MF Dela Yam-
ban
cabi to look for an alternative in Europe but outside of Is- polsky
13 DF Taleb
rael because of security concern. The choice was to host 27 DF Eyal
Twatiha
the matches at Neo GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. Meshumar
14 FW Wiyam
New stadium Amashe
For more details on this topic, see Sammy Ofer Stadium.
Due to the recent success of the club in European compe- Out on loan
titions, the municipality of Haifa offered the club land for Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA el-
a stadium at the southern entrance to the city. In the fall igibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
of 2008, the final plans were approved. Sammy Ofer Sta- No. Position Player No. Position Player
dium is scheduled to be completed by March 2013. — DF Tsepo — MF Sintyaho
Masilela Solelich (at
Maccabi Haifa F.C. in Europe (to Getafe) Hapoel Acre)
— DF Andriy — MF Mohammed
See also: Maccabi Haifa F.C. in Europe
Pylyavskyi Kalibat (at
Including 2011–12 season
(at Beitar Maccabi Ne-
Jerusalem) tanya)
Players — DF Shai Mai- — FW Alex Zahavi
mon (at (at Vitória
First-team squad Maccabi F.C.)
As of January 17, 2012 Petah Tik- — FW Shlomi
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under va) Azulay (at
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA na- — MF Yisrael Hapoel Ironi
tionality. Zaguri (at Kiryat Sh-
No. Position Player No. Position Player mona)
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Position Name Nationality
Manager Elisha Levy Israel
Assistant manager Giorgi Daraselia Georgia
Goalkeeping coach Giora Antman Israel
Fitness coach Yoram Rozenbaum Israel
First Team manager Adoram Keisi Israel
Director of Academy Yehoshua Frankel Israel
Team doctor Dr. Ami Berber Israel
First Team Physio Pinny Sharon Israel
Masseurs Alexandre Robichek Israel
Kit Manager Benny Idan Israel
Bnei Yehu- • • 2004
da)
Records
Foreigners 2011–12 • Record home win: v Maccabi Tel Aviv 1988
Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli • Record away win: v Ironi Rishon LeZion 1999
club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Is- • Record League Defeat: v Hapoel Petah Tikva, 1953
raeli, • Record Cup Defeat: v Beitar Tel Aviv, Israel State Cup,
or have played in Israel for an extended period of time Final, 1942
(e.g. Gustavo Boccoli), can claim a passport or permanent • Record home Attendance: v Juventus, 2009
residency which would allow them to play with Israeli • Most League Appearances: Alon Harazi
status. • Most appearances in one season: Adoram Keise
• Seidu Yahaya • Most League Goals: Zahi Armeli
• Jurica Buljat • Most League Goals in a Season: Alon Mizrahi, Liga
• Bojan Šaranov Leumit, 1993/1994 and Shlomi Arbeitman 2009/2010
• Edin Cocalić • Most Goals scored in a Match: Aharon Gershgoren v
Ironi Kiryat Shmona, 1965
Former players • Most League Goals in a Season: 1993/1994
• Most points in a season: – 39 games 1993/1994
For details on former players, see List of Maccabi Haifa F.C.
• Most league assists in a season: Eyal Berkovic (1993/
players and Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players.
1994) and Yossi Benayoun (1999/2000)
• Most Games without a loss (throughout 3 seasons)
Honours 1993, 1993/1994, 1994
• Most Games in a row scoring at least one goal 1993/
• • 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94,
1994
2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06,
• Most Away Games without losing 1993/1994
2008–09, 2010–11
• Lowest conceded goals per game: 16 goals in 35
• Runners-up (6): 1985–86, 1994–95, 1995–96,
games (average: 0.46), Ligat Ha’Al, 2009/2010
1999–2000, 2002–03, 2009–10
• • 1965–66, 1974–75
• • 1962, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998
• Runners-up (9): 1942, 1963, 1971, 1985, 1987, 1989,
Current coaching staff
2002, 2009, 2011
• • 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008
• • 1962, 1985, 1989 Managerial history
• • 1985 • Yisrael • • Shlomo
• • 1998-99 Schwartz Edmond Scharf
• • 2006-07 (1946–47) Smeilowicz (1983–87)
• • 1958 (1969–70)
• • 1984
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• • Jonny • Dror • Vasili • • Itzhak
Taurentauer Hardy Kashtan Spasov Mordechai Shum
(1950–52) (1970–72) (1987–88) (1963–65) Spiegler (2002–03)
• Otto • • Amazzia • Yisrael (1979) • Ronny
Schlefenberg Avraham Levkovic Halibner • Jonny Levy
(1952–54) Menchel (1988–90) (1965) Hardy (2003–08)
• Eli (1972–74) • Shlomo • Avraham (1979–83) • Elisha
Fuchs(1954–56) • Ori Scharf Menchel • Jack Levy
• Andor Weinberg (1990–92) (1965–69) Mansell (2008–present)
Kisch (1974–75) (1982–83)
(1956–57) • Giora
• Ariyeh • Shimon Spiegel
Koch (1957–59) Shinar (1993–98) See also
(1975–77) •
• David • Sport in Israel
Farkash • Moshe Daniel
Sasson Brailovsky
(1959–61)
(1977) (1998–99) References
• Alex
Forbes • Eli • Dušan [1] History of Maccabi Haifa F.C.
(1961–62) Fuchs (1977) Uhrin [2] http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/
• Andor (1999-00) soccer-mad-pro-hatikva-1.370388
• Jonny
Kisch (1962) Hardy • Eli
• Otto (1977–78) Cohen (2000) External links
Schlefenberg • Eran • Avram • Official website
(1962–63) Kulik Grant • Maccabi Haifa Online
(1978–79) (2000–02) • Green Apes
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