Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.

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Maccabi Petah Tikva

Full name

Maccabi Petah Tikva FC

Founded

1912

Ground

Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium,
Petah Tikva
(Capacity 7,500)

Chairman

Amos Luzon

Manager

Guy Luzon

League

Ligat ha'Al ליגת העל
(Premier League)

2007-08

10th place





Home colours





Away colours

Maccabi Petah Tikva FC (Hebrew: מכבי פתח תקווה‎) is an Israeli football club, based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi sports club and currently plays in the top Israeli division. Throughout its history the club failed to win the Israeli league championship, however they won the State Cup twice (1935 and 1952) and the Haaretz Tournament cup in 1940. They have been making steady progress over the past few years, finishing third and second in the Israeli Premier League table in 2003/04 and 2004/05 (respectively).

The club was founded in 1912 by a group of Jewish students from Petah Tikva, who were studying in the Ottoman city of Constantinople (many of them would later serve in the Ottoman army during the Great War). It is therefor the second oldest Jewish football club in Eretz Israel after Maccabi Tel Aviv, formed in 1906. The club's local rivals, Hapoel, were established in 1934.

The "Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground" was established in 1926, and the club played there until the late 1970s. They currently play in a 7,500 seats stadium.

Their greatest achievement to date was qualifying for the group stages of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, following a stunning 5-2 away win over Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade on September 29, 2005.

1 Current squad
2 Honours
3 UEFA Ranking
4 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of February 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dudi Hananashvili
2	DF	Oded Gavish
3	DF	Ismael Amer
4	DF	Morad Megamadov (holds teudat zehut)
5	DF	Nitzan Damari
6	DF	Naor Peser
7	FW	Dovev Gabay
8	MF	Nenad Savić
9	FW	Omer Damari
10	FW	Ohad Kadousi
11	MF	Felix Ogbuke
12	DF	Ya'akov Ganon
14	MF	Blessing Kaku

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Ro'ei Bacall
17	FW	Tamir Luzon
18	MF	Ori Luzon
20	MF	Liran Cohen
22	GK	Ohad Cohen
23	MF	Xavier Dirceu
25	DF	Omer Hadar
26	MF	Shlomo Tzemah
27	FW	Rubil Sarsour
30	MF	Dani Prada
33	FW	Irakli Geperidze
44	GK	Tuvia Kujicaro
77	MF	Liav Berman