Maccabi Yavne F.C.

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne
Full name Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne Football Club
Founded 1962
Ground Yavne Municipal Stadium, Yavne
Ground Capacity 2,500
Manager Yossi Zuzut
League Liga Leumit
2014–15 8th

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne (Hebrew: מכבי יבנה) is an Israeli football club based in Yavne. They currently play in Liga Leumit.

History

The club was founded in 1962 and played in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football, up until the 1971–72 season, when they started their progress and reached Liga Bet for the first time.[1] In the 1975–76 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Four seasons later, in the 1979–80 season, they won Liga Alef South division and were promoted to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time. After 9th place finish in their debut season in the second tier, they finished 3rd in the 1981–82 season and were promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in their history. In 1985 they won the Toto Cup, beating Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 in the final. After several lower-mid table finishes, Maccabi were relegated at the end of the 1986-87 season in which they finished 14th.

Maccabi narrowly missed out a return to the top division, on goal difference, in 1989-90, when they finished third, level on points with second-placed Hapoel Tel Aviv. In the following season they were promoted, but were relegated at the end of the 1991-92 season, having finished second bottom.

After a narrow escape in the 1996-97 season, in which they finished one place and one point above the relegation zone, Maccabi were relegated to Liga Alef (then the third tier) at the end of the 1997-98 season, in which they won only one match and gained eight points throughout the entire season. Due to league restructuring, at the end of the following season, they dropped into the fourth tier.

In 2000–01 Maccabi won the South Division of Liga Alef and were promoted back to Liga Artzit. However, they finished bottom of the league in 2001-02 and were relegated back to Liga Alef. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Maccabi beat Hapoel Asi Gilboa on away goals (2–2 on aggregate) in the promotion playoff final and were promoted to Liga Leumit.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016
No. Position Player
1 Israel GK Nil Abarbanel
2 Israel DF Omer Mashalla
3 Israel DF Elad Halimi
4 Israel MF Lior Jean
5 Israel MF Daniel Gertz
6 Israel DF Ben Friedlinder
7 Israel FW Guy Hadida
9 Bulgaria FW Miroslav Antonov
10 Israel MF David Revivo
11 Israel FW Eli Harush
12 Israel MF Assaf Cohen
14 Israel MF Amit Lugasi
15 Israel MF Gad Ovadia
16 Israel MF Ohad Edelstein
No. Position Player
17 Israel FW Moshe Abuhatzira
18 Israel MF Tomer Ben Haim
20 Serbia MF Dejan Babić
21 Israel MF Tahel Elbaz
22 Israel GK Gal Tuvali
23 Israel DF Tomer Yerucham
25 Israel DF Nadav Muniss
26 Israel MF Yaniv Ofir
55 Israel FW Maor Peretz
70 Nigeria MF Harmony Ikande
77 Israel FW Rafi Amos
Israel MF Yaniv Segev
Israel MF Yevgeni Kaplan
Israel FW Rotem Golan

Honours

Cups

League

References

  1. 12 New faces among 64 Liga Bet football teams Davar, 13 September 1971, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

External links

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