Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv
מכבי תל-אביב

Full name

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club
מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב

Founded

1906, as
HaRishon LeZiyyon - Yafo

Ground

Bloomfield Stadium,
Tel Aviv, Israel
(Capacity c. 15,478)

Chairman

Alex Shnaider

Manager

Ran Ben Shimon

League

Ligat ha'Al ליגת העל
(Premier League)

2007-08

6th place





Home colours





Away colours

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. is an Israeli association football club, part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club. It is one of the oldest clubs in Israeli football, and is the most decorated club in Israeli football history with 19 championships, 22 national cups, 2 Asian Champions Cups and 2 Toto cups. Maccabi have won the championship and the cup in the same season (referred to as winning the "double") seven times.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is the only team in Israel never to have played in the lower divisions, having always played in the top flight. The club is also one of the two only teams from Israel to reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.

1 Supporters & Rivals
2 Honours
3 Current squad
4 Season-by-season
5 Notable former and present players
- 5.1 Retired number
6 UEFA Ranking
7 External links

[edit] Supporters & Rivals

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters before a match

Maccabi is notably famous for its "Maccabism", the club spirit, which generally refers to the desire for first place on any occasion, expecting a win no matter how strong the rivals are or how weak Maccabi is. Club supporters and players who are identified with it are often called "Maccabists".

While being the most supported club in Israel, Maccabi is also considered one of the most hated clubs in the country, due to its success and because of what is perceived by other clubs fans as arrogance of the Maccabists.

Naturally the main rival club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, city rivals who are Israel's second most successful club and like Maccabi attract many fans and media attention. The matches between the teams gain a lot of attention in the Israeli public and are referred to as the "Big Tel-Aviv Derby" (as opposed to the "Small Tel-Aviv Derby", matches between Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi or Hapoel). Other rivalries include, to a lesser extent, those with Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa.

[edit] Honours

Ligat ha'Al
- Champions 1936/37, 1938/39, 1940/41, 1946/47, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1953/54, 1955/56, 1957/58, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96, 2002/03
State Cup
- Winners 1928/29, 1929/30, 1932/33, 1940/41, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1969/70, 1976/77, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1993/94, 1995/96, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2004/05
Asian Club Championship
- Winners 1968/69, 1970/71
Toto Cup
- Winners 1992/93, 1998/99

[edit] Current squad

As of February 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dragoslav Jevrić
3	DF	Avi Yehiel (vice-captain)
4	DF	Igor Tomašić
5	MF	Moshe Mishaelof (vice-captain)
7	MF	Rudy Haddad (holds teudat zehut)
9	FW	Yaniv Azran
10	FW	Yannick Kamanan
11	MF	Erez Mesika
13	DF	Adar Cohen
14	MF	Yossi Shivhon
15	FW	Dudu Biton
16	DF	Dor Malul
	FW	Ilya Yavruyan (holds teudat zehut)
	MF	Dean Furman
	MF	Guillermo Israilevich (holds teudat zehut)

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Omri Ron
18	DF	Amiran Shekalim
19	DF	Yuval Spungin
20	MF	Lior Jan
21	MF	Sheran Yeini
22	GK	Guy Solomon
24	MF	Alain Masudi
25	DF	Nisso Kapiloto
26	DF	Ori Shitrit
27	MF	Dan Roman
28	MF	Jonathan Assous (holds teudat zehut)
30	MF	Ravid Gazal
31	GK	Mike Hen
32	FW	Omer Peretz
	FW	Maor Buzaglo

[edit] Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Maccabi Tel Aviv every season, from 1949 (the first season after Israeli Independence) to the present day.

Season	League/Division	League Finishing Position	Israeli Cup	Toto Cup	European Cup / UEFA Champions League / Major Cups	Team's Top Scorer
1949-1950	Israeli League¹	1st (champions)
1950-1951	Suspended
1951-1952	Liga Alef	1st (champions)	Final			Shiye Glazer (27)
1952-1953	Suspended
1953-1954	Liga Alef²	1st (champions)	Cup
1954-1955	Liga Leumit	2nd	Cup
1955-1956	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Cup
1956-1957	Liga Leumit	3rd
1957-1958	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Cup			Rafi Levi (14)
1958-1959	Liga Leumit	3rd	Cup
1959-1960	Liga Leumit	2nd				Rafi Levi (19)
1960-1961	Liga Leumit	4th
1961-1962	Liga Leumit	10th	Final
1962-1963	Liga Leumit	7th
1963-1964	Liga Leumit	5th	Cup
1964-1965	Liga Leumit	4th	Cup
1965-1966	Liga Leumit	2th
1966 - 1968	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Cup(67)
1968-1969	Liga Leumit	2nd			Asian Club Championship
1969-1970	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Cup
1970-1971	Liga Leumit	10th			Asian Club Championship
1971-1972	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)
1972-1973	Liga Leumit	4th
1973-1974	Liga Leumit	2nd
1974-1975	Liga Leumit	4th
1975-1976	Liga Leumit	7th	Final
1976-1977	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Final			Vicky Peretz (17)
1977-1978	Liga Leumit	3rd
1978-1979	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Final
1979-1980	Liga Leumit	5th	Quarter-Finals
1980-1981	Liga Leumit	8th	3rd Round
1981-1982	Liga Leumit	8th	4rd Round
1982-1983	Liga Leumit	5th	Final
1983-1984	Liga Leumit	5th	Semi-Finals
1984-1985	Liga Leumit	7th	4th Round
1985-1986	Liga Leumit	3rd	4th Round
1986-1987	Liga Leumit	3rd	Cup
1987-1988	Liga Leumit	12th	Cup
1988-1989	Liga Leumit	8th	4th Round			Beni Tabak (18)
1989-1990	Liga Leumit	4th	4th Round			Uri Malmilian (16)
1990-1991	Liga Leumit	5th	4th Round
1991-1992	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Final	Final		Avi Nimni (15)
1992-1993	Liga Leumit	2nd	Final	Cup	First qualifying round, Champions League	Meir Melika (17)
1993-1994	Liga Leumit	2nd	Cup		First round, UEFA Cup	Avi Nimni (11)
1994-1995	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)		Final	First round, UEFA Cup	Eli Driks (16)
1995-1996	Liga Leumit	1st (champions)	Cup		First qualifying round, Champions League	Eli Driks (15)
1996-1997	Liga Leumit	6th	Final		First qualifying round, Champions League	Avi Nimni (12)
1997-1998	Liga Leumit	6th		Final		Eli Driks (14)
1998-1999	Liga Leumit	2th		Cup		Andrzej Kubica (21)
1999-2000	Liga Leumit	6th			First round, UEFA Cup	Dedi Ben Dayan (11)
2000-2001	Liga Leumit³	4th	Cup			Avi Nimni (25)
2001-2002	Ligat ha'Al	3rd	Cup		Second round, UEFA Cup	Rodrigo Goldberg (13)
2002-2003	Ligat ha'Al	1st (champions)	Semi-Finals			Avi Nimni (14)
2003-2004	Ligat ha'Al	2nd	Quarter-Finals			Bruno Lino Reis (5)
2004-2005	Ligat ha'Al	8th	Cup		UEFA Champions League group stage	Barukh Dego (5)
2005-2006	Ligat ha'Al	6th			Second qualifying round, UEFA Cup	Avi Nimni (10)
2006-2007	Ligat ha'Al	3rd				Avi Nimni (10)
¹ When league football resumed in 1951 the top division was renamed Liga Alef. ² In 1954 Liga Leumit replaced Liga Alef as the top division. ³ In 2001 Ligat ha'Al replaced Liga Leumit as the top division.

[edit] Notable former and present players

Tal Banin
Menahem Bello
Tal Ben Haim
Eyal Berkovic
Gadi Brumer
Avi Cohen
Eli Driks
Eli Fuchs
Bonni Ginzburg
Yehoshua Glazer
Motti Ivanir
Nir Klinger
Rafi Levi
Haim Levin
Uri Malmilian
Moshe Marcus
Avi Nimni
Vicki Peretz
Zvi Rosen
Uri Saliman
Tamir Cohen

[edit] Retired number

12: Meni Levi

[edit] UEFA Ranking

Current Club Ranking

Current National League Ranking

17 Swiss League
18 Norwegian League
19 Ligat ha'Al
20 Serbian League
21 Danish League
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[edit] Supporters & Rivals

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[edit] Current squad

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[edit] Notable former and present players

[edit] Retired number

[edit] UEFA Ranking

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