Maccabi Herzliya F.C.

Maccabi Herzliya

Full name

Maccabi Herzliya Football Club
מועדון כדורגל מכבי הרצליה

Founded

1932

Ground

Herzliya Municipal Stadium, Herzliya

Capacity

8,100

Chairman

Ariel Sheiman

Manager

Sharon Hitman

League

Liga Leumit

2014–15

13th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Maccabi Herzliya F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי הרצליה‎, Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Herzliya) is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in Liga Leumit and plays at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium.

History

A football section of the Maccabi Herzliya Sports Club existed and played several matches since 1929,^[1]^[2] including competing in the 1930 Palestine Cup.^[3] The club was formally established in 1932. In 1978 they were promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second tier). However, they finished bottom in the 1980-81 season and were relegated back to Liga Alef. In 1983 they moved to the Herzliya Municipal Stadium, which they share with city rivals Hapoel Herzliya.

At the start of the 1990s the club returned to Liga Artzit, and were promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in their history in 1992-93 as Artzit champions. They avoided relegation by a single point in 1994-95, and finished one place above the relegation zone again in 1996-97 and 1998-99. In the first season of the new Premier League in 1999-2000, they finished second bottom and were relegated.

In 2001-02 they finished third, narrowly missing out on promotion back to the Premier League. In 2005 they reached the State Cup final for the first time, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv on penalties after a 2-2 draw. In 2005-06 they won Liga Leumit (now the second tier) to return to the top division. After finishing one place above the relegation zone in the 2006-07 season, In the 2007-08 season they finished bottom and relegated back to Liga Leumit.

Current Squad

As to 30 August 2015

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Avi Ivgi
3	DF	Dean Akafi
5	DF	Barak Lavi
6	DF	Dror Nir
7	FW	Hai Avraham
8	MF	Omri Shekel
9	FW	Jordan Faucher
10	FW	Rémi Biancardini
11	FW	Liron Elimelech
12	MF	Eran Malkin
13	MF	Oren Asif

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Alon Sultan
17	MF	Gal Kulni
18	DF	Gal Dvir
19	DF	Itay Tuef
20	MF	Ofir Amram
21	FW	Oghogho Oduokpe
22	GK	Bar Manker
24	DF	Itay Ozeri
26	MF	Shimi Elmalem
27	FW	Sean Diamant
29	MF	Dor Halevi

Honours

Toto Cup
- Winners 2007
Second Division
- Champions 1992–93, 2005–06

References

↑ In Sport Do'ar HaYom, 4 August 1929, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Tel Aviv-Jaffa - In Sport Do'ar HaYom, 24 December 1929, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ In Sport Do'ar HaYom, 21 February 1930, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

External links

Official Website (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 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

Israeli Premier League

Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

Stadiums	Acre Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Doha Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Ironi Stadium Levita Stadium Netanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium

Former clubs	F.C. Ashdod Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Competition	Champions Foreign players Players with 100+ goals Records All-time table

Seasons	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

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