HAIFA, HAIFA, MACCABEE SHELI...
Before one of the games in 1995-96
Standing (from left to right):
Alon Mizrahi, Rafi Cohen, Ronnie Levi, Alon Hazan, Roman Pets, Avishai Zhano.
Sitting (from left to right):
Haim Revivo, Eyal Berkovich, Alon Harazi, Sergei Kandaurov, Moshe Glam.
A little excourse to history
(Last Update: 16/07/2009)
- Founded: 1919.
- In the National League: 1953/54 - 1963/64, 1965/66 - 1975/76, 1980/81 - presently.
- The National League Balance:
50 seasons, 1529 games, +710=405-414, 2442-1677, +765.
- The Champions (11): 1983/84, 1984/85, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09.
- The Cup Holders (5): 1961/62, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1997/98.
- The Toto Cup Holders (4): 1993/94, 2002/03, 2005/06, 2007/08.
- The Highest Victory: 10:0 over Maccabee Tel-Aviv, 1987/88.
- The Highest Loss: 1:7 to Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa, 1982/83.
- "Players Of The Year" (as for "YEDIOTH AHRONOTH"):
- Zahi Armeli, forward, 1983/84 (together with Eli Ohana, forward, Beitar Jerusalem)
- Moshe Selecter, midfielder, 1984/85 (together with Uri Malmilian, midfielder, Beitar Jerusalem)
- Nir Klinger, midfielder, 1988/89
- Tal Banin, midfielder, 1990/91
- Eyal Berkovich, midfielder, 1993/94
- Haim Revivo, midfielder, 1994/95
- Yossi Benayoun, midfielder, 2000/01
- Giovanni Rosso (Croatia), midfielder, 2001/02
- Nir Davidovich, keeper, 2003/04
- Idan Tal, midfielder, 2004/05
- Gustavo Boccoli (Brazil), midfielder, 2005/06
- "Scorers Of The Year":
- Aharon Amir, 17 goals, 1958/59
- Zahi Armeli, 25 goals, 1986/87
- Alon Mizrahi, 28 goals, 1993/94
- Haim Revivo, 17 goals, 1994/95 (together with Amir Turgeman, Maccabee Ironi Ashdod)
- Haim Revivo, 26 goals, 1995/96
- Alon Mizrahi, 18 goals, 1997/98
- Roberto Colautti (Argentina), 19 goals, 2004/05
- International Success Stories:
- The Israeli team "exporting" most of the Israeli League players to successful careers in the European Leagues
(Ronnie Rosenthal, Eyal Berkovich, Haim Revivo, Sergei Kandaurov, Yossi Benayoun, Dudu Awwat, Yakubu Ayegbeni and
Roberto Colautti to name just a few).
- The Israeli team with the best European Cup results.
- The European Cups' record: 13 (3 double) participations, 65 games, +25=14-26, 95-94, 89 pts, 45.6% success.
(Including a 0:3 technical loss disqualification for fielding an ineligible player
(Walid Badir) against FC Haka Valkeakoski (Finland), in the Champions' League 2001-02).
- The first Israeli team to reach the European Cup quarterfinals (The Cup Winners' Cup, 1998-99).
- The first Israeli team to qualify for the Champions' League (2002-03).
- The first Israeli team to register a victory in the Champions' League (2002-03, 3:0 vs Olympiakos Piraeus).
- The first Israeli team to register a victory in the UEFA Cup group stage (2006-07, 3:1 vs AJ Auxerre).
- The joint first Israeli team to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage (2006-07, together with Hapoel Tel-Aviv).
- The joint first Israeli team to send a representative to the European Championship (Giovanni Rosso, Croatia,
2004, together with Andrejs Prohorenkovs, Latvia and Maccabee Tel-Aviv).
Some useful data about Maccabee Haifa this season
- The Stadium: Kiryat-Eliezer, Haifa, 18.000 places. Shared with Hapoel Haifa.
- The President: Yaacov Shakhar.
- The Manager (Coach): Ronnie Levi.
- The Foreigners:
- Jorge Teixeira , defender , Portugal
- Thepo Mesilela , defender , South Africa
- Gustavo Boccoli , midfielder, Brazil
- John Kolma , midfielder, Columbia
- Vladimir Dvalishvili, forward , Georgia
- Jero Bello , forward , Nigeria
- The Youngest Player: Muhammed Gadir, forward, born 21/01/1991.
- The Eldest Player: Alon Harazi, defender, born 13/02/1971.
- The Colors: Green and White (so, they are called "The Greens").
THE GLORIOUS INTERNATIONAL GAMES
Now it looks like Maccabee Haifa can defeat absolutely any team in Europe. The victories
over Sturm Graz and Olympiakos came as natural, the glorious victory over Manchester
United was indeed sensational, but a loss of all the points to Bayer Leverkusen, the
European Vice-Champions of 2001-02, came as a huge disappointment in the light of the
games Haifa delivered.
But before the turning point of 2002-03 (and before the glorious European season of Hapoel
Tel-Aviv a year before), the victories of the Israelis in the European Cups were somewhat
exotic. Here come the descriptions of some of the games that made history indeed.
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