Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.

The club was founded in 1906. It was the first Jewish football club in Ottoman Palestine. The name was then Rishon Lezion-Yafo. The first match was a 3-0 win against a team of French sailors. After the foundation of Tel Aviv in 1909 the clubs name was changed into Maccabi Tel Aviv. Maccabi was founding member of the Palestine Football Association and the Palestine League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv in Australia, 1939

In 1936 the club was invited to play in the United States. On the way Maccabi played in France versus Racing Paris and Olympique Lille. In the United States they played against an All-star team of New York City at Yankee Stadium. Maccabi also defeated the American Soccer League team in Brooklyn and Philadelphia on their home ground 1–0. Other matches were against St. Louis Stars and the Boston Celtics. They played also in Canada, where they drew 1–1 with Toronto All-Stars. In 1939 they played 18 matches in Australia.

After the independence in 1948 Tel Aviv was the most successful club in Israel's top league.

The 1950s decade is considered to be their "golden age" because they won 5 league championships and 4 cups. The club was almost relegated in 1976 but beat Beitar Jerusalem in the relegation play-off.

In the 2011/12 season they reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The team played versus PSV Eindhoven, Rapid Bucharest and Legia Warsaw. They failed to reach the next stage (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 lost).

As of 13 October 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  Israel Barak Levi 2 DF  Israel Klemi Saban 3 DF  Israel Uri Cohen 4 DF  Brazil Nivaldo (2nd VC) 5 DF  Israel Yagil Biton 6 MF  Israel Gal Alberman 7 MF  Israel Guillermo Israilevich 9 FW  Israel Barak Itzhaki (Captain) 10 MF  Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Medunjanin 11 MF  Israel Eli Zizov 13 FW  Israel Moanes Dabour 14 DF  Israel Yoav Ziv 15 MF  Israel Dor Micha 16 FW  Israel Eliran Atar 17 DF  Montenegro Savo Pavićević 18 FW  Senegal Moussa Konaté

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  Israel Roi Kahat 20 FW  Israel Dia Saba 21 MF  Israel Shiran Yeini (1st VC) 23 MF  Israel Moshe Lugasi 24 FW  Israel Roberto Colautti 25 MF  Israel Rafi Dahan 26 DF  Israel Avi Strul 27 DF  Israel Omer Vered 29 MF  Israel Rif Peretz 30 MF  Israel Omri Shkel 31 GK  Israel Yossi Ginzburg 42 DF  Israel Rahamim Checkol 43 MF  Israel Ruslan Barski 44 DF  Croatia Roberto Punčec 45 MF  Israel Tom Mansharov 55 GK  Israel Guy Haimov

In an Israel team only 5 foreigners are allowed. The foreigners are:

• Nivaldo
• Haris Medunjanin
• Savo Pavićević
• Moussa Konaté
• Roberto Punčec

• Israeli championships
  • Winners (18):[2] 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
• Tel Aviv District championship
  • Winners (1):[2] 1939[3]
• State Cup
  • Winners (22)[4] 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 (2) 1968–69, 1970–71
• Toto Cup
  • Winners (3) 1992–93, 1998–99, 2008–09
• Israeli Supercup
  • Winners (5)[5] 1964–65 (shared cup with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1967–68, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1987–88

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1. Before joining the UEFA Israel was member of the Asian federation.
2. "Maccabi Tel Aviv league titles". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
3. No national championship was held; the Tel Aviv district league was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, that of Jerusalem by British Police; the champions of Haifa are not known.
4. Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF
5. Israeli Super Cup winners RSSSF