Maccabi Tel Aviv

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In the 1920s early on despite the absence an organized league, Maccabi Tel Aviv were known as the best football team in Israel and were invited to numerous friendlies games, including against British teams from the nearby Mandate. Official tournaments began to be played in 1928 following the creation by the Football Association and FIFA's recognition of Israeli football. The team in 1929 took home their first trophy, after defeating Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 4-0. Maccabi won the title again the following year by winning 2-1 against the 48th regiment of the British Army and another time in 1933 the year that Hapoel Tel Aviv were beaten by a score of with a score of 1-0.

In 1936, Maccabi were invited to America. United States. In the process, Maccabi played in France losing 2-0 against Racing Paris and 3-1 to Lille. When they were in France, in United States, Maccabi defeated the All-Star team of New York City in front of 50,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. Maccabi also beat those of the American Soccer League team in Brooklyn and Philadelphia at their home stadium with a 1-0 score. They was also in Canada and drew 1-1 against Toronto All-Stars. Maccabi went on tour to the US and fell 3-1 against St. Louis Stars and the Boston Celtics.

After their return from returning from the United States, Maccabi players began a strike, as they were not paid. In 1937, following one year of striking after which they were able to negotiate with the Football Association accepted their demands and the team was able to end their strike. In the same year, Maccabi Tel Aviv also took home their first league championship. In 1939, following the outbreak of World War II, Maccabi took home their second championship. After this season Maccabi embarked on a second tour but this time to Australia where they were promoted in the media as"the "Palestine" team, and sometimes as the Maccabi Palestine team. Maccabi played 18 times, winning 11 losing 5, and drawing two. The matches were played against State teams (New South Wales Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia) regional teams and 5 "tests" with Australia's national team. Australian national team. They won one game, drawing one and losing three.

In 1941, Maccabi were the first team to achieve a "double" by winning both the league as well as the State Cup, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv with a score of 2-1 during the championship game. In 1941 through 1945 the league was disbanded due to the conflict, however Maccabi continued to play friendly games. In 1946 the league was suspended, but there was an opportunity to play in the State Cup returned with Maccabi winning against Hapoel Rishon LeZion 6-0 on aggregate in the final. The following year, in 1947 the tournament returned and Maccabi won the cup and also made it to the final of the cup. In the game with Beitar Tel Aviv at the Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Maccabi were winning 3-2, when the referee disallowed a goal scored by Beitar. Beitar's Beitar players and supporters screamed at the referee, and Beitar Yom-Tov Mansherov, the Beitar defender, caused a break in the Cup. In the end, the referee stopped the game, and Maccabi were awarded a technical win which resulted in the double. The cup was found after 45 years. was recovered within Petah Tikva.

The decade of the 1980s is regarded as the Maccabi Tel-Aviv's "Golden Age" where they won five titles as well as the four Israel Football Association Cups. This "Golden Era" actually began with the creation in the State of Israel, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the league title in 1949-50. The decisive game during the campaign was the Tel Aviv derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv the game that Maccabi defeated 1-0 due to a goal by forward Yosef "Yosale" Merimovich that was the final nail in the coffin of Maccabi Tel Aviv's very first post-independence title as a champion. Merimovich was only one part of the team of exceptional players who made Maccabi Tel Aviv unchallenged in their dominance in the Israeli Premier League during the 1950s. This team comprised of the defenders Itzhak Schneor, and Eli Fuchs, goalkeeper Avraham Bandouri, forward Zvi Studinski, and of course, the legendary club's central forward Yehoshua "Shiye" Glazer. Glazer was the one who took home the top scorer award in 1952, scoring the score of 27 times, was thought to be the greatest Maccabi Tel Aviv striker. He also was the club's top goal scorer until Avi Nimni broke his record in 2003.

The 1951-52 season saw Maccabi win their second league title since the formation of the State in 1951, which they won by eight percentage points over Maccabi Petah Tikva however they fell in to them in the IFA Cup final. This loss only pushed Maccabi to achieve their first double during the 1953-54 season, again winning the league ahead Maccabi Petah Tikva. The Cup final gave them the chance to stage some of the league's most shocking performance, taking down their foes Maccabi Netanya 4-0 with a two-goal performance from Glazer and goals scored by Studinski as well as the midfielder Israel Halivner.

The next season when the great Hapoel Petah Tikva team of midfielder Nahum Stelmach and his team mates appeared on the scene and snatched the title in the hands of Maccabi Tel Aviv after a close-to-the-wire finish. However, Maccabi Tel Aviv weren't willing to give up all their championships that year and prevailed by winning 3-1 against that same Hapoel Petah Tikva in the IFA Cup final. Maccabi were able to win the title twice additional seasons, the years 1955-56 and 1957-1958, which was the fifth National Championship in the first decade of the nation of Israel. The title in the final season was followed by a double victory, Maccabi defeated Hapoel Haifa in the IFA Cup final by a score of with a score of 2-0.

The next season, Maccabi Tel Aviv won their second consecutive IFA Cup in a final that will be remembered as being one of the most well-known ever in the history of the tournament. Maccabi seemed to be sailing to victory , claiming an invincible 4-0 lead in the final ten minutes. However, within the final 10 minute Hapoel Petah Tikva pulled back three goals to ensure that one of the more thrilling finals of IFA Cup history. However, in the final Maccabi continued to celebrate the second IFA Cup triumph.

In the "Golden years" in the 1950s, Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves when the new decade started to be to be blasted and then overshadowed by the emerging HaPoel Petach Tikva, who in the latter half of the 1950s and the early 1960s claimed five consecutive league championships. The next championship that was won in 1960 was a blow to Maccabi, with the Yellows in the lead at the end of the season, only to lose their final game against Hapoel Haifa thereby handing the trophy over to Hapoel Petah Tikva. The best player in Maccabi's campaign was Rafi Levi who was one of the most outstanding strikers of Maccabi's history. He was the league's top goal scorer, scoring 19 goals. In the year following, in the same year, Brazilian club Santos traveled to Israel as did their legendary player Pele to play an informal match against a team comprised of top player from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. However, even the combined force of the two top clubs in Israel could not compete with the Brazilians which won 3-1.

After a string of unremarkable seasons in the 1960s, we saw returning Maccabi Tel Aviv with one of their most successful coaches Jerry Beit HaLevi. He was a part of the team as a player during the 1930s, and aside from one season as the club's manager, he ruled during the 10 years between 1947 until 1957. Under his watch, Maccabi Tel Aviv gradually recovered and, in the season 1963-64, was awarded the Israel Football Association Cup after an additional replay with Hapoel Haifa, which Maccabi took home with a score of 2-1. The next campaign Maccabi Tel Aviv repeated the feat with the exact same score, but this time in an epic extra-time victory against Bnei Yehuda that included goals from players from the middle Moshe Asis as well as Rafi Baranes. In the 1966-67 campaign, Maccabi also won another win in the IFA Cup. This time , the opponents in the final was the city's opponents Hapoel Tel Aviv whom Maccabi defeated with the exact score of 2-1. This was aided by goals scored by midfielder Uri Kedmi as well as striker Rachamim Talbi.

When the Cup competition was played according to the schedule however, the league was disrupted due to the Six-Day War and was extended to 1968. They are now under the direction of their ex-midfielder Israel Halivner, Maccabi Tel Aviv were able to win their first and only trophy of the decade in period of 60 games that saw them beat Hapoel Petah Tikva by three points to be at the top of the Israel Premier League table. The most memorable moment in the decade is the Maccabi's win during their participation in the Asian Champion Club Tournament in 1969, which made them the second Israeli football team winning an international tournament in the history of the country. It is now run by former striker great Yossele Merimovich Maccabi defeated South Korean side Yangzee FC in extra time thanks to the Striker Dror Bar Nur.

A less productive year in the case of Maccabi Tel Aviv perhaps, but the club was able to win a championship in addition to three Israel Football Association Cups. Some of the most famous players of this decade included the midfielder Nissim Bachar, defensive player Meir Nimni, the defender Menachem "Miko" Bello, the defender Tzvika Rosen, goalkeeper Haim Levin and midfielder Moshe Asis and striker Rafi Levi, and the midfielder Giora Spiegel.

According to Maccabi Tel Aviv standards, the 1960s weren't an especially prosperous decade. As we entered the 1970s, everything was set to change. The beginning of this decade an exemplary illustration of this change, when this team under skilled management of David Schweitzer was able to achieve a record-breaking double. 2 It was the Israeli Football Association (IFA) Cup final was won by the team winning 2-1 against Maccabi Netanya. The title of league however was secured solely by goal difference, but one that was based partly on one of the greatest performance of the club's history: a 5-0 demolition against city-rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Tel Aviv derby. It was a cold, rainy day towards the beginning of January in 1970, the crowd of 20,000 saw Maccabi midfielder Giora Spiegel score three goals to lead his team to a memorable victory. In spite of that loss, Hapoel stayed neck-and-neck with Maccabi up to the end of the season which was Hapoel that were in second position in goal difference as the season came to an end.

The subsequent season was a weak one for Maccabi Tel Aviv that saw them finish in the tenth spot of their league standings. However, a year later, they were back in the game, winning their second trophy of the decade during the season 1971-1972. One of the top players of the season and also one of the most prolific strikers in the club's past was Dror Bar Nur. Bar Nur played 16 out of the team's forty-five goals during the season, and added two more goals in other tournaments.

Four years later, Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves for the first time in a relegation fight in last week of 1975-76 season bringing more than nine clubs battle to stay in the top class. Maccabi defeated Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 with goals from strikers Rachamim Talbi and Benny Tabak, thus escaping what could have been the first decline during the team's history. In April of the same year, the leaders of the English Football League First Division, Queens Park Rangers, were in Israel in a friendlies game to take on the Maccabi Tel Aviv side bolstered by three of Israel's Premier League's top players at the time: Maccabi Netanya strikers Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler and Oded Machnes as well as Beitar Jerusalem midfielder Uri Malmilian. Maccabi defeated Beitar Jerusalem, by a score of 2-1, thanks to goals scored by Malmilian along with Spiegler.

The following year, once time Maccabi Tel Aviv went from close to disaster to the summit of the league winning in the 1976/77 season another double in their decade. They took the title with three points in front in front of Maccabi Jaffa and with 47 goals, the most of all leagues. Goalkeeper Vicky Peretz finished as the top goal scorer in the league with 17 league goals as well as five goals in IFA Cup competition. But it was Benny tabak's one score in the match against Beitar Tel Aviv in front of 30,000 fans on Bloomfield Stadium that earned Maccabi the IFA Cup and their second double in seven years.

The most notable Maccabi players in the era was forwards Benny Tabak and Vicky Peretz as well as the later Avi Cohen. Cohen was given the moniker "Libero" (from his position as an Italian fullback with the liberty to move around his position and perform a role in offense and defence) and is considered to be among the best defenders in time of Israeli football. One of his most famous goals came in the derby match that he won 2-0 over Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1978 and the defender hit an impossible ball from the edge of the field directly into the goal of the opposing team. Vicky Peretz and Benny Tabak are both remembered as the most prolific strikers in football club's history and both scored 67 goals and the other 121 goals, both in the blue and yellow shirt from Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The 1980s witnessed a string of subpar performances in the case of Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, giving the decade the title of"the "thin decades". In addition to the two Israel Football Association (IFA) Cups to the trophy case but the club did not win an official league title during the decade. The first of 2 consecutive IFA Cup triumphs, however the trophy was won with a dramatic victory in a final match against Maccabi Haifa in the 1986-87 season. Although Maccabi Tel Aviv, third in the table, was six spots higher than their northern counterparts The Cup Final was tense game that finished 3-3 after extra time , and ended through an penalty shoot-out. It was striker Benny Tabak's last kick that helped Maccabi Tel Aviv lift their first IFA Cup in ten years.

The next campaign Maccabi Tel Aviv, now under the direction by Giora Spiegel, underwent their most devastating defeat in their history, a rout of 0-10 in the hands of Maccabi Haifa. But just three weeks later they appeared in their second straight intriguing IFA Cup final, this the time in opposition to their arch city foes Hapoel Tel Aviv. Despite the recollections of their poor game during their last appearance in Haifa the team did a great job getting back to their best thanks to an amazing goal from the midfielder Mickey Cohen and yet another by Benny Tabak that led to the team winning 2-1 and a second consecutive IFA Cup title.

Another unforgettable event from the 1980s was in the early part of the decade, during an encounter with Beitar Jerusalem held at the YMCA Stadium in Jerusalem in the second week of matchweeks in the season 1981-82. The match's referee Avraham Klein, who had a world-class notoriety, disallowed an Beitar goal, however players continued to celebrate. Maccabi defenseman Menahem "Miko" Belo quickly began to play again, and passed the ball for midfielder Moti Ivanir, who ended up facing Beitar goalkeeper Yossi Mizrachi alone. Much to the annoyance of Beitar fans, He got the ball that will eventually bring about an 1-0 Maccabi victory.

Despite the not-so-spinning quality of the Maccabi's performance throughout the decade The club had a host of players who were outstanding, such as Moti Ivanir and midfielder Alon Natan and goalkeeper Bonni Ginzburg, and striker Eli Driks , who were able to leave their marks on the club's past. Ivanir who played his debut for Maccabi at the age of 16 and scored 67 goals for the club through this decade. This was with notable exception of two seasons that he was with Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade. Alon Natan found the net 40 times before departing the club to join Bnei Yehuda at the end of the 1989-90 season. Then he was forced to retire at the age of 23 because of an injury.

Bonni Ginzburg was the goalkeeper who protected the Maccabi goal right from the start of the decade to in the season 1987-1988. He earned himself a spot on the national team and then two years later became one of the very first Israeli goalkeeper to be a foreign player. Eli Driks, one of the club's most outstanding strikers, stepped into the youth ranks in the start of the 80s and started a career as the center of the Maccabi Tel Aviv attack that was for a period of twenty years.

After the not-so-great year of the 80s an aspiring head coach named of Avram Grant assumed the reigns at Maccabi Tel Aviv and brought along a plethora of promising young players who resulted in some of the greatest prosperous years of the club's history. At the point that the decade reached its mid-point, Maccabi Tel Aviv had scored an unprecedented "double" in addition to two additional championships and three State Cups and one Toto (League) Cup, to which two more were added as the decade been over. In just only a couple of years, the glory of Maccabi Tel Aviv was back. It diminished a bit during the 80s, come back and the blue and yellow of Maccabi were the official colors of Israel's soccer culture.

It all began during the 1991-92 campaign, due to the exceptional ability and a high-quality attacking football under the direction under the direction of Avraham Grant Maccabi Tel Aviv won the league title to win the league championship for the first time after 13 years. The reason for this success was, among other factors the arrival to the club of Russian national goalie Alexander Ubarov, who in time became a Maccabi Tel Aviv legend. Alongside him was the defender Alexander Polukarov, who also left a lasting impression at the club. Together alongside midfielder Uri Malmilyan, and the young midfielders Avi Nimni and Itzik Zohar brought Maccabi Tel Aviv to the top of Israeli football. In the 1992-93 season following the success of winning the Toto (League) Cup the talented and accomplished group of youngsters from the 1990s received their first taste in the famous State Cup after goals by Itsik Zohar and fellow midfielder Nir Klinger decided the winner against arch-rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv. Although they had a great year with an impressive 88 points the title of league champion and thus a historic "double" was not within their reach. Maccabi Haifa enjoyed a spectacular season in which they played every single league game without losing and beat Maccabi Tel Aviv to the championship. However, in the following campaign Grant and his team made up for their loss with the defender Alon Brumer's goal, which was a cult one in Beer Sheva was able to return the title for Maccabi Tel Aviv in dramatic manner.

The end of 1995, the "Mofet" Group was able to take the reins over Maccabi Tel Aviv and as consequence from Avraham Grant's choice to quit the club and a manager who was a new one, Dror Kashtan took charge of the team for what would turn out as one of the most successful seasons in the history of the club. Their primary rivals were the same Maccabi Haifa, and the team made the trip for the Kiryat Eliezer Stadium to play an event that will forever be known as the must-win contest of the season. When the players left for the changing room, they were 1-0 down at the half-time break the coach Kashtan was a controversial decision to send his players to wait for the arrival of their Maccabi Haifa rivals on the field. The second period saw goals from the striker Eli Dricks and midfielders Nir Klinger and Avi Nimni made the game turn to the other side, and that win of 1-3 did not just give Maccabi Tel Aviv the championship but also set the stage to complete the "double" following an eviction of 4-1 by Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the State Cup final.

After Israel's entry into European football back in 1992 Maccabi Tel Aviv also focused on leaving their mark in the famous competition, too. The 1992-93 season was the first time that Maccabi Tel Aviv competed in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and in the initial round they beat Maltese side Valletta but were defeated by Belgian club Club Brugge in the second round. In 1994-95, Maccabi were eliminated at the end of round two of the UEFA Cup Winners' Trophy by German club Werder Bremen on a 2-0 aggregate. The next season Maccabi tried their luck in Champions League qualifiers and almost achieved success, however losing 2-1 to Swiss club Grasshopper left the latter with the key to the group stages. In 1996 it was the mighty Turkish team Fenerbahce which stood in the way of Maccabi in the group stage and in the subsequent UEFA Cup competition they encountered and then losing to Fenerbahce, Spanish Club Tenerife. In the 1999-00 season Maccabi made it past Lithuanian opposition FBK Kaunas at their UEFA Cup qualifiers but then fell to French opponents Lens 4-3 in aggregate round one.

In the 90s, Maccabi Tel Aviv were blessed with skilled players, including defensive players Amir Shelach and the Brumer brothers Gadi and Alon midfielder Noam Shoham, and strikers Meir Melika and Nir Sivilia. The team's leader was the masterful leadership that was captain Nir Klinger and the skillful free-kick of Itzik Zohar, and possibly the most famous player in Maccabi Tel-Aviv's time midfielder Avi Nimni. In 1997"Mofet" Group broke up "Mofet" Group split up and the club was bought by Loni Herzikovich.

With a particular style of football, endorsed by the head manager Nir Klinger. The new millennium was off to an excellent beginning with Maccabi Tel Aviv, who had two consecutive State Cups. The first was during the 2000-01 season, one in which Maccabi finish fourth in the league, but with the highest amount of goals scored by any team within the Israeli Premier League, 71. The most memorable moment was Maccabi's 7-0 defeat of Beitar Jerusalem towards the end of the season, and also the staggering number of goals scored against only one response to Hapoel Rishon Lezion in January of the same year. It was this incredible offensive prowess that earned Maccabi being awarded the State Cup from the country's president following a 3-0 victory against Maccabi Petah Tikva in the final.

The season that follows will remain in the memory of the devastating accident which occurred on January 26 2002 in a game with Beitar Jerusalem. In the absence of any prior event, Maccabi defender Meni Levi abruptly collapsed on the pitch. He took himself off and fell over again. He was treated on the pitch for an extended time before being transported to the hospital. The game, however it was not played again. There was a time when Levi was treated in the rehabilitation center Beit Levinstein, in Ra'anana however, he was unable to recover , and was then returned home to the family. The club then chose to remove Levi's jersey number 12 completely. As the season progressed, the team was able to recover from this tragedy and concluded the season by winning their 2nd State Cup title in as many years. In the final match, Maccabi Tel Aviv won a penalty shoot-out with the championship team, Maccabi Haifa, after an extra period of time that was played and the two teams were drawn 0-0.

The next season, Maccabi Tel Aviv won a stunning league championship over the title opponents Maccabi Haifa. As the team approached the final week of play the head coach Nir Klinger's players led the league on the basis of goal difference. The day of the match itself Maccabi Haifa had a lead of 5-5 at the halftime break against Ashdod as Maccabi were still searching for their first goal in the game against Hapoel Petah Tikva. In the second half, it was only in the third did they score three goals (to not be reacted to) which increased their goal differential past Maccabi Haifa and brought the Championship plate back to the Maccabi Tel Aviv trophy cabinet.[

Maccabi's biggest achievement of the decade was in the 2004-05 campaign when the club reached in the groups in the Champions League. In the play-off stage, they beat Greek team PAOK Thessaloniki and became Israel's second club, following Maccabi Haifa two years earlier in the group stage. In the group stage, they faced three of the biggest names in European football: that being the German Bayern Munich, the Italian Juventus and the Dutch Ajax. However, Maccabi were able to finish in the first round with crucial four points, after beating Ajax and draw with Juventus on home turf. The paradox is that they finished an uncertain league season with a tenth place finish in the table, but again won an impressive State Cup after winning a penalty shoot-out match against Maccabi Herzliya that ended 2-2 after an extra period.

After winning the third State Cup in five seasons Maccabi's fortunes plummeted and other clubs alternated winning the league as well as the Cup. In 2005, the season that was remembered particularly as it earned the title "the Galacticos season", for an all-star team which included players like Israeli internationally renowned Eyal Berkovic Croatian famous Dovani Roso, and Maccabi legendary Avi Nimni. Despite the impressive team, Maccabi failed to translate their talent into winning form and finished with a shaky finish in the lower of their table.

On the 28th of December 2007 during the 2007-08 football season, the club passed into the control the billionaire Alex Shnaider. Shnaider has lent large amounts in cash to the team, mostly to pay off debts and for the development of their youth section. In 2008 all by himself, Shnaider invested nearly NISNS40 million from his own pocket in the team. 16 In just a little over a year, Shnaider had invested approximately 20 million dollars in the club.

The 3rd August 2009 was the day that Shnaider transferred the team the team to another Canadian billionaire's hand, Mitchell Goldhar. The transfer was made at free, but with an agreement to settle the team's obligations due to Loni Herzkovitz.

In the season 2010-11, Maccabi enjoyed one moment of glory in Europe winning against a strong Greek Olympiacos team 1-0 during the home part of UEFA Europa League qualifiers. The win was enough to send Maccabi into the opening stage of competition, where they lost a thrilling 4-3 win at home, Maccabi failed to surpass French giants Paris Saint-Germain after a 2-0 defeat at Paris, the French capital. The next season Maccabi won a storied victory against Greek team Panathinaikos winning 3-1 on the pitch at Bloomfield Stadium in the qualifying phases in the Europa League. This was the year Maccabi actually succeeded in making it to the group stage of the competition , but only scored two points from a group that included Turkish team Besiktas and the Ukrainians Dynamo Kyiv and the English Stoke City.

The 2012-13 season finally brought the end of Maccabi Tel-Aviv's blemishes fortunes in the league when they claimed their first title in over a decade. Under the leadership of director of football, newly named Jordi Cruyff as well as Spanish Head Coach Oscar Garcia, Maccabi dominated the league, and took home the title with 13 points over their closest competitor. The team ended the season with the league's highest total of goals with 78 and the lowest amount of goals conceded with only 30 goals that were conceded. The team's leader was the league's top goalscorer the striker Eliran Atar, who scored 22 goals however the midfielder Maharan Radi with eight (plus 11 assists) Young striker Mu'nas dabbur who scored 10 as well as Swedish striker Rade Prica (eight) and midfielder Eran Zahavi (seven) both of whom joined the club during the month of January to sign a transfer. On defense, the tone is set by the Maccabi's center midfielders, Eitan Tibi and the Spaniard Carlos Garcia, backed by the exemplary performance in Maccabi Tel Aviv's Nigerian goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama.

The 2013-14 season witnessed an overhaul in the coach Position and Coach Position, with Paulo Sousa replacing Oscar Garcia and a number of players leaving the club and new players coming in. In particular, Vincent Enyeama left for Lille and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Colinas joining between the posts in addition to Nikola Mitrovic joining from Videoton. The team was successful in the league and won another title thanks to Eran Zahavi's goalscoring. The main opponents of the team this time was Hapoel Be'er Sheva who came in second. The team also experienced some victory in UEFA Europa League as they made it to final 32 following an extremely difficult group stage but were ultimately defeated by Basel.

This season marked by a slow beginning. Operation Protective Edge meant that the qualifying matches for the UEFA Champions League were held away from Israel and led Maccabi to be ejected by both Champions League and the Europa League. The team also saw a shake-up on the coach's position after Paulo Sousa left for Basel. Oscar Garcia returned but left prior to the start of the season. He was substituted with Pako Ayestaran. In the Tel Aviv Derby on 3 November 2014 the fan of Hapoel Tel Aviv broke onto the field in an attempt to attack Maccabi star Eran Zahavi and was subsequently given the red card after defending himself. Following the incident both teams received one point removed and were forced to forfeit the game. However, this incident did not stop Maccabi Tel Aviv from being the first Israeli team to be crowned with the three local Trophies which include The Premier League, the State Cup and the Toto Cup. Some notable new players to join the team included Nosa Igiebor, and Eden Ben Basat. The most effective player in the squad was Eran Zahavi, who broke the Israeli Record for consecutive scoring games and scored 27 goals over the entire season.

In the season 2015-16, the team was selected for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in the past 11 years. They were part of Group G together with Chelsea, Porto and Dynamo Kyiv. But these three top club proved to Maccabi Tel Aviv to handle They lost all six games in the group stage games only scoring one goal while conceding 16 goals. Maccabi lost out in the first stage of Toto Cup AI. The league's primary adversaries to win the trophy were Hapoel Be'er Sheva. After losing at the hands of Hapoel Be'er Sheva at Bloomfield Stadium because of two impressive goals scored by Elyaniv Barda, and Maor Melikson, the head manager Slavisa Jokanovic was sworn in by Fulham and was replaced with Peter Bosz, who helped to improve the performance of Maccabi throughout the season. Be'er Sheva fell under huge pressure prior to the close this season. This made Maccabi recover and gain a place in the title race for the second time. Maccabi was able to profit of the poor performance of Be'er Sheva and beat Beitar Jerusalem in a close and dramatic game, where Eran Zahavi netted the winner in the 90th minute for Maccabi during the 90th minute. He broke the record for goals scored of Nisim Elmaliah, who scored greater than 30 goals in a single league season. The biggest match of the season with Hapoel Be'er Sheva, a victory would have elevated Maccabi to first place because of their goal differential however, a loss could leave Hapoel Be'er Sheva alone at first place, with a 3 points lead and just 3 games remaining. Maccabi played to a 0-0 draw which left Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 points ahead of Maccabi and at the top on the table. Maccabi did not improve their performance and lost points during their next game with Hapoel Ra'anana, drawing 1-1 with the title coming close to Hapoel Be'er Sheva, who held a five-point advantage with just two games left to play. The final game of the campaign was one of the most turbulent ride of emotions for Maccabi supporters who were hoping to see Be'er Sheva to lose against Sakhnin and required a win over Maccabi Haifa to win the title. Sakhnin scored the lead after six minutes, however Be'er Sheva immediately responded and scored the goal within 10 minutes. At that point, Be'er Sheva were championed for the rest of the game as Maccabi were unable to find the goal. It eventually arrived with Eran Zahavi scored. This made it clear that Maccabi were champions of the moment. After 12 minutes of Maccabi's goal Be'er Sheva went 2-1 up. Maccabi had a 6-0 advantage over Haifa but could not claim the title as Be'er Sheva had scored the third goal to become champions. In the State Cup Final was Maccabi's final chance to win an award this season, and they had to face Maccabi Haifa in the final. But, Haifa defeated Maccabi 1-0 and took home their first cup in the last 18 years. This resulted in Peter Bosz to be released to Ajax because Maccabi ended the season without trophy. This season in 2015-16 was dubbed "the worst season of the Jordi Era". Eran Zahavi, Maccabi's star player went for Guangzhou R&F for 8.5 million dollars at the conclusion this season.

The following season Shota Arveladze became the Head Coach. He was successful in helping Maccabi progress into the Europa League Group stages where they faced Zenit, Alkmaar and Dundalk. In the course of the 2016/17 season Maccabi beat Hapoel Tel Aviv 5:0 which equaled the record for the biggest Derby victory of 1969/70. Arveladze quit the club at the midpoint of the season to be replaced Angolan Lito Vidigal. The team finished the season 2nd and fell in the Cup Final.

Jordi Cruyff was named the Head of Coaching for the season 2017-18, after the Sports Director was moved to the sidelines during his sixth season with his team of Yellow & Blue. The team made it into the Europa League Group Stage for the second consecutive season, and they had to face Astana, Slavia Prague and Villarreal and defeated the La Liga team in Spain 1:0. Maccabi won the Toto Cup, while finishing with a second place on the league table.

Vladimir Ivic was appointed head coach in the middle of the season of 2018/19. Under the direction of the Serbian manager, Maccabi had an impressive season, breaking numerous records. Maccabi's Yellow & Blue won the league title with 31 points. They scoring an impressive 89 points (club record) and claimed the title before the close of March, the first time in history that they have won the title. The club also took home the Toto Cup for the second time in a row by a 2:1 victory against Maccabi Haifa in the final.

The next season under the leadership of Ivic Maccabi continued to be successful in the league, and they won another title in succession. The season was successful as Maccabi kept their clean sheets in 14 games and scored just 10 league goals and thus shattered the record-breaking Israeli top-flight record. In the final stages of this season Ivic was dismissed as Head Coach of Maccabi.

In the lead-up to the 2020/21 season Maccabi announced Giorgos Donis from Greece as the successor to Ivic And before the league season began Maccabi added two more titles to their trophy case with the winning of both Super Cup and Toto Cup.

A poll conducted by Yedioth revealed the fact that Maccabi Tel Aviv was the second-most popular club among Israeli football supporters (23 percent). In the same survey, 33 percent of Tel Aviv residents support the team.

Maccabi has one major fan group, "Maccabi Fanatics", which is found within Gate 11. Maccabi Fanatics has been acquaintances with VAK410 (Ajax Ultras) in the early 2000s.

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Maccabi's biggest opponents is Hapoel Tel Aviv. The games between the two teams attract a lot interest from the Israeli public and are often referred by the name of "Tel Aviv derby".

A second rivalry with a lot of strength is Maccabi Haifa as they are two of the most popular Israeli soccer teams (something known as "the Israeli Classico" and "the derby of Israel") which are competing for the dominance of Maccabi and Israeli soccer generally.

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The Palms Ground that was located in the Florentin was used by Maccabi in 1923-1926.

The Maccabi Ground that was located between Neve Sha'anan and Shapira was used by Maccabi in 1926-1935.

Maccabiah Stadium, which was located near Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, had a capacity of 20,000, and was used by Maccabi for 34 years.

Ramat Gan Stadium with a capacity of 41,583 was used by Maccabi in the late 1980s and 1990s, except for the 1986–1987 and 1995–1996 seasons when Maccabi played at Bloomfield Stadium.

Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv with a capacity of 29,400 has been the team's stadium since 1969, Maccabi's main fans gate is gate 11 where the Maccabi Fanatics lead the cheering.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv Training Ground is located in the south of Tel Aviv, near the Holon Intersection and on the edge of the Kiryat Shalom neighbourhood. The different Maccabi Tel Aviv teams began training at the facility in the late 1970s, beginning by the youth Division teams and then being followed by the senior teams. The facility is made up of four pitches , which serve all Maccabi Tel Aviv teams and comprises two gymnasiums, treatment rooms and classrooms. The senior team practices in the west facility close to the locker rooms on the area one two and half times bigger than the normal football field which has been renovated with terraces that can accommodate around 100 people.

On March 6, 2012 The Youth Division Complex was officially dedicated in honor that of late Avi Cohen.

Just a few meters from the team's training area for senior players is a synthetic field, it is the first in Israel that is used as a training facility for all teams of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division. The northern part on the field is the main pitch used by the Youth Division, lined by two terraces that have a seating capacity of 200, and also equipped for TV broadcasts. This pitch utilized mostly to play teams from the Maccabi Tel Aviv Under-19 squad however, the club's youth teams also use the facility. The fourth and smallest pitches is the one in the east which is used to train and often used for games of the kids' teams. It is home to the Youth Division complex includes 10 dressing rooms, one being used by teams visiting and a second room is reserved to accommodate referees on day-of-match days. In the 2011-12 season, an exercise area was constructed on the field to be used by everyone in the Youth Division.

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• 8  – Avi Nimni, Second striker (1990–97, 1998–03, 2005–08)
• 12  – Meni Levi, Right back

Only up to Six non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad (only five can play at the same time). Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.[citation needed]

•  Parfait Guiagon
•  André Geraldes
•  Enric Saborit
•  ÄorÄ‘e Jovanović
•  Derrick Luckassen

• x — Wasn't held \ wasn't finished.
• (—) — Did not compete.
• Italic — Still competing.

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• Israeli championships
  • Winners (23): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (13): 1954–55, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21

• State Cup
  • Winners (24):[28] 1929, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1946, 1947, 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, 2014–15, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (13): 1934, 1938, 1940, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Toto Cup
  • Winners (7): 1992–93, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (3): 1991–92, 1994–95, 1997–98
• Israeli Supercup
  • Winners (7):[29] 1965 (shared with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1968, 1977, 1979, 1988, 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (3): 1970, 2015, 2021
• Lilian Cup
  • Winners (2): 1985–86, 1986–87

• UEFA Champions League
  • Group stage: 2004–05, 2015–16
• UEFA Europa League
  • Round of 32: 2013–14, 2020–21
  • Group stage: 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18
• UEFA Europa Conference League
  • Knockout round play-offs: 2021–22

• AFC Champions League
  • Winners (2): 1969, 1971

There's a debate about what number of titles that the team had won prior to the creation of the State of Israel: According to the official list that are maintained by the Israel Football Association, Maccabi had won four championships prior to the creation in the new state of Israel and 23 championships total however, Maccabi boasts that they won five championships prior to the establishment in the State of Israel and 24 championships overall.

The championship that caused controversy that was won with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1939 season. In 1939, the Tel Aviv District League, where Maccabi Tel Aviv played and was awarded a district championship was the most successful, and there is a debate over whether the win was considered to be an official national championship at the time and is appropriate to recognize it as an actual championship.

• Seasons in top division – 69 (1949–present), (only team that has never been relegated)
• Lowest league position – 12 (1987–88)
• Double seasons – 7 (1946–47, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1969–1970, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2014–15)
• Invincible seasons – 2 (1953–54, 1957–58), (no losses in the league and the State Cup)
• Biggest 'undefeated' streak in the league – 44 matches (11/10/51 – 03/05/55)
• Biggest 'undefeated away matches' streak in the league – 34 (07/16/49 – 03/05/55)
• Win record for season – 30 (1966–68)
• Loss record for season – 14 (2007–08, 2011–12)
• Most points in a season – 89 (2018–2019)
• Most 'league goals for' in a season (club) – 103 (1949–50)
• Most 'league goals against' in a season (club) – 53 (1990–91)
• Lowest number of 'league goals against' in a season (club) – 10 (2019–20)
• Most league goals differential in a season (club) – 85 (1949–50), (103–18)
• All time League goals – 3114 (since 1948)
• Biggest 'no goals against' streak in league matches – 730 minutes (2014–15)
• Biggest 'league matches won' streak since season start – 11 (1993–94)
• Highest point lead above runner-up in the end of the season – 31 (2018–19)
• Most goals in a season (player) – 35, Eran Zahavi, 2015–16
• Biggest win – 13–0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 1950
• Biggest defeat – 10–0 vs Maccabi Haifa, 1988
• Biggest home win – 13–0 vs Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 1950
• Biggest home defeat – 4–0 vs Hapoel Acre, 2006
• Biggest away win – 7–0 vs Hapoel Haifa, 1994
• Biggest away defeat – 10–0 vs Maccabi Haifa, 1988
• Biggest win in UEFA Competitions – 6–0 vs FK Žalgiris (2001) and Å½eljezničar (2011)
• Biggest defeat in UEFA Competitions – 5–1 vs Bayern Munich (2004) and BeÅŸiktaÅŸ (2011)
• All-time top scorer – Avi Nimni, 174
• All-time most appearances – Menachem Bello, 498

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Position	Staff
Head of Football Department	Barak Itzhaki
Head Coach	Vladimir Ivić
Assistant Head Coach	Miloš Veselinović
Assistant Head Coach	Siniša Gogić
Goalkeeping Coach	Christos Kelpekis
Sport Science	Marko Stojanović
Fitness Coach	Yossi Zigdon
Analyst	Israel Kakoon
Scouting	Liran Gindi

 

Position	Staff
Academy Director	Claudio Braga
Director of Sports Science	Ilan Richardson
Assistant Academy Director	Robin Verheul
General Manager	Guy Zukerman
U-19 Head Coach	Peter Van den Berg
U-19 Assistant Coach	Shaul De-chukrel
Goalkeeping Coach	Alexander Uvarov
Team Manager	Eliel Horovits
Physiotherapist	Or Aharon
Youth Department Secretary	Limor Ben Aharon

 

Position	Staff
Head of Medical Services	Dr. Dror Lindner
Physiotherapist	Amiram Muyal
Physiotherapist	Yoni Hernovitz
Physiotherapist	Ronen Levi
Physiotherapist	Snir Konik
Masseur	Ofir Mann

•  Emanuel Gur-Arie (1910s)
•  Shimon Ratner (192?–34)
•  Egon Pollack (1934–39)
•  Armin Weiss (1939–41)
•  Egon Pollack (1941–47)
•  Jerry Beit haLevi (1947–52)
•  Gaul Mechlis (1952–53)
•  Jerry Beit haLevi (1953–57)
•  Yosef Tessler (1957–59)
•  Yosef Merimovich (1959–61)
•  Ignac Molnár (1961–62)
•  Israel Halivner (1962–62)
•  Slabolo Stankovic &  Jerry Beit haLevi (1962–64)
•  Eliezer Spiegel (1966–67)
•  Zvi Erlich (1967–67)
•  Israel Halivner (1967–68)
•  Yosef Merimovich (1968–69)
•  David Schweitzer (1969–70)
•  Israel Halivner (1970–71)
•  Itzhak Schneor (1971–72)
•  Yosef Merimovich (1972–73)
•  Itzhak Schneor (1973–76)
•  Ya'akov Grundman (1976–78)
•  Nissim Bachar (1978–79)
•  Zvi Rozen (1979–80)
•  Ze'ev Seltzer (1980–81)
•  Ya'akov Grundman (1981–82)
•  Nissim Bachar (1982–83)
•  David Schweitzer (1983–85)
•  Itzhak Schneor (1983–85)
•  Shimon Shenhar (1985–87)
•  Giora Spiegel &  Dror Bar-Nur (1987–88)
•  Yosef Merimovich (1988–89)
•  Nissim Bachar (1989–90)
•  Zvi Rosen (1990–91)
•  Avram Grant (1 July 1991 – 30 June 1995)
•  Dror Kashtan (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996)
•  Avram Grant (1 July 1996 – 30 June 2000)
•  Shlomo Sharf (2000)
•  Nir Levine (2000–02)
•  Nir Klinger (1 July 2002 – 5 December 2005)
•  Ton Caanen (25 Dec 2005 – 30 May 2006)
•  Eli Cohen (2006–07)
•  Nir Levine (2007–08)
•  Ran Ben Shimon (2008)
•  Marco Balbul coach under  Avi Nimni (1 July 2008 – 21 October 2009)
•  Nir Levine coach under  Avi Nimni (2009–10)
•  Yossi Mizrahi coach under  Avi Nimni (1 July 2010 – 4 January 2011)
•  Motti Ivanir (10 Jan 2011 – 6 December 2011)
•  Nir Levine (caretaker) (12 Dec 2011 – 13 May 2012)
•  Óscar García (23 June 2012 – 22 May 2013)
•  Paulo Sousa (12 June 2013 – 27 May 2014)
•  Óscar García (2 June 2014 – 26 August 2014)
•  Pako Ayestarán (26 Aug 2014 – 1 June 2015)
•  Slaviša Jokanović (14 June 2015 – 27 December 2015)
•  Peter Bosz (4 Jan 2016 – 24 May 2016)
•  Shota Arveladze (16 June 2016 – 4 January 2017)
•  Lito Vidigal (11 February 2017 – 13 June 2017)
•  Jordi Cruyff (14 June 2017 – 31 May 2018)
•  Vladimir Ivić (31 May 2018 – 6 July 2020)
•  Giorgos Donis (11 August 2020 – 23 December 2020)
•  Patrick van Leeuwen (24 December 2020 – 26 October 2021)
•  Mladen Krstajić (9 December 2021 – 24 May 2022)
•  Vladimir Ivić (12 June 2022 –)