Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C.

Maccabi Umm al-Fahm
Founded 1972 (1972)
Ground HaShalom Stadium, Umm al-Fahm
Ground Capacity 12,000
Chairman Ihab Mahameed
Manager Farid Taher
League Liga Bet North B
2014–15 Liga Alef North, 16th (Relegated)

Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C. (Hebrew: מכבי אום אל פאחם) are a football club, from the north Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. The club currently plays in Liga Bet North B division, the fourth tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the HaShalom Stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1972, and played in the lower divisions of Israeli football. In the 2010–11 season the club won Liga Alef North division, and was promoted to Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football, where they played three seasons.

In the 2013–14 season, the club was relegated to Liga Alef after finished bottom of Liga Leumit, and set negative record of being the first club in the history of professional football in Israel, which have finished a season with a negative amount of points (-4, after 5 points deducted), and without any win, drawing one game, and losing all the other 36 games.[1]

The 2014–15 season was similarly poor, as the club dropped further to Liga Bet, after finished the season with 0 points, following a deduction of 1 point for fielding ineligible player,[2] and completed a second successive season without win, drawing one game, and losing all the other 29 games.

Honours

References

  1. Maccabi Umm al-Fahm wants to recover Michael Weissermann, Doublepass, 23.5.2014 (Hebrew)
  2. Technical win for Migdal HaEmek, Khalaila and Ohayon eligible to play Kobi Portal, Doublepass, 27.4.2015 (Hebrew)

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