Maccabi Be'er Sheva F.C.

Maccabi Be'er Sheva

Full name

Maccabi Be'er Sheva Football Club
מועדון כדורגל מכבי באר שבע

Nickname(s)

Yellow Foxes

Founded

1950

Ground

Vasermil Stadium, Beersheba

Capacity

13,000

Chairman

Efraim Avigdor

Manager

Avi Bohbot

League

Liga Alef South

2013–14

14th

Home colours

Away colours

Maccabi Be'er Sheva Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי באר שבע‎), is an Israeli football team based in Beersheba. the club plays home matches at the Vasermil Stadium.

History

While not nearly as popular as their city rivals, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, the club made great strides in recent years including gaining promotion in just four seasons from Liga Bet in 2001-02 to Liga Leumit, where the club played at the 2005-06 season. However, they have suffered two subsequent relegations and then a promotion, in which they jumped from Liga Alef to Liga Leumit, due to the closure of Liga Artzit, and played three seasons more in Liga Leumit, until relegation in the 2011-12 season to Liga Alef, the third tier of Israeli football.

In 2013–14, the club finished 14th in Liga Alef South, and relegated to Liga Bet following a defeat of 0-1 to Hapoel Hod HaSharon in the promotion/relegation play-offs. However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, after Ironi Bat Yam, which have played in Liga Alef South, folded during the summer.^[1]

Women's section

The women's team of the club plays in the highest national league, the Ligat Nashim Rishona. They have also been runner-ups in the 2009-10 Israeli Women's Cup.^[2]

External links

Maccabi Be'er Sheva Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

References

↑ Ironi Bat Yam ultimately closed Goler1, 25.8.2014 (Hebrew)
↑ "2010 cup final report" (in Hebrew). football.org.il. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	Beitar Nahariya F.C. Givat Olga F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

See also: Liga Artzit