Maccabi Netanya F.C.

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Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya's Emblem
Full name Maccabi Netanya Football Club
מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה
Nickname(s) The Diamonds
Founded 1934
Ground Sar-Tov Stadium, Netanya
(Capacity 7,500)
Chairman Flag of Germany Daniel Jammer
Manager Flag of Israel Reuven Atar Flag of Germany (Lothar Matthäus)
League Ligat ha'Al
2007-08 2nd place
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Maccabi Netanya F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה‎, Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Netanya) is an Israeli football club, playing in the city of Netanya.

The team, which plays (as of 2008) in Israel's Ligat ha'Al, has a rich history, especially in the 1970s.

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[edit] History

The club was established in the year 1934 in the Israeli city of Netanya. Maccabi Netanya has a history of over 40 seasons in the Israeli premier League.

Maccabi Netanya started playing in uniforms with green and white stripes. In 1975 the team started playing in uniforms with the colours black and yellow.

During Netanya's bright days, the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, the league was called "Netanya and another 15", showing the supremacy of the club. In those days, most of the players on the Israel national football team were from Maccabi Netanya.

In 1978 the group won The Treble: the National Cup, the Israeli Championship, and were the head of the house in the Intertoto home stage.

But in the mid-1990s the group started to lose its prestige and moved from first league to second league for a number of years.

During the 2003/04 season, the team again moved down to the second league, but the following year Maccabi Netanya returned to the first league, where it remains.

In 2006, Maccabi Netanya was bought by the Jewish-German business man named Daniel Jammer. After buying the team, Jammer brought many new players to the team, both Israelis and foreigners.

[edit] Rivalry

There is a strong rivalry between Netanya and Beitar Nes Tubruk. Originally, there were hopes of the two clubs uniting so as not to split allegiances of kids in the city. The merger never came to fruition and since, the two clubs have been at each others throats both claiming that the other has forced a child not to switch clubs, which is illegal in Israel. Netanya has invested heavily in its youth system as of late and results have been seen on the field. When two Tubruk players came to shake hands with Netanya players after a derby match in Liga Leumit l'Noar, they were subsequently left out of the team for the club's next league match.

Things have gotten so bad that the war of words has extended into the court room as the clubs battle over the rights to many youth talents who are under the age of fifteen and would like to switch clubs[1].

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of February, 2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Israel GK Liran Strauber (captain)
2 Flag of Cameroon FW Thierry Tazemeta
3 Flag of Costa Rica DF Luis Marín
4 Flag of Germany FW Francis Kioyo
5 Flag of Israel DF Avi Strool
6 Flag of France MF Gary Assous
7 Flag of Israel MF Yehiel Tzagai
8 Flag of Israel MF Almog Cohen
9 Flag of Israel FW Itay Shechter
10 Flag of Ghana FW Okocha
11 Flag of Israel FW Dela Yampolsky
13 Flag of Israel DF Asa'el Ben Shabat
No. Position Player
14 Flag of Israel DF Klemi Saban
15 Flag of Israel MF Amiya Taga
16 Flag of Colombia MF Jorge Caballero
19 Flag of Israel DF Dedi Ben Dayan
20 Flag of Israel MF Snir Gueta
21 Flag of Israel DF Tal Ma'abi
22 Flag of Chile FW Sebastián Rozental (holds teudat zehut)
23 Flag of Israel DF Maoz Samya
25 Flag of Israel DF Golan Hermon
26 Flag of Israel MF Hen Ezra
27 Flag of Israel GK Gal Nir
28 Flag of Israel MF Adam Va'yer
31 Flag of Israel GK Daniel Lifshits

[edit] Players out on loan

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] Honours

[edit] European record

Season Competition Round Club Score
1978 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Yugoslavia Sloboda Tuzla 2-2, 2-2
1978 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Norway Lillestrøm SK 1-0, 2-1
1978 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Sweden IF Elfsborg 7-1, 2-2
1979 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Germany Werder Bremen 0-1, 0-1
1979 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Belgium Standard Liège 1-1, 1-3
1979 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Austria SK Rapid Wien 4-2, 2-2
1980 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Belgium Royal Antwerp FC 1-1, 1-1
1980 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Denmark F.C. Copenhagen 3-0, 2-3
1980 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0, 3-1
1981 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Austria Wiener Sportclub 1-1, 0-2
1981 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Belgium R.F.C. de Liège 3-1, 2-3
1981 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1, 4-1
1983 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Israel Shimshon Tel Aviv 3-0, 2-1
1983 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Switzerland FC Lucerne 6-3, 1-4
1983 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Denmark Aarhus 3-1, 2-1
1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-0, 2-2
1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Czechoslovakia Slavia Praha 1-4, 1-3
1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0-1, 0-3
1994 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Sweden Halmstads BK 1-2
1994 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 2-2
1994 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of the Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2-1
1994 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Flag of Denmark Silkeborg IF 0-0
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round Flag of Albania KF Partizani 0-2, 3-1
2007/08 UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying Round Flag of Portugal UD Leiria 0-0, 0-1

[edit] References

  1. ^ Porath, Avinoam (January 31, 2007), "מלחמת עולם על היהלומים", Yediot Aharonot Sport (24431): 6

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