Maccabi Yavne F.C.

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne

Full name

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne Football Club

Founded

1962

Ground

Yavne Municipal Stadium, Yavne

Capacity

2,500

Manager

Yossi Zuzut

League

Liga Leumit

2014–15

8th

Home colours

Away colours

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne (Hebrew: מכבי יבנה‎) is an Israeli football club based in Yavne. They currently play in Liga Leumit.

History

The club was founded in 1962 and played in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football, up until the 1971–72 season, when they started their progress and reached Liga Bet for the first time.^[1] In the 1975–76 season, they won Liga Bet South B division and were promoted to Liga Alef. Four seasons later, in the 1979–80 season, they won Liga Alef South division and were promoted to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time. After 9th place finish in their debut season in the second tier, they finished 3rd in the 1981–82 season and were promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in their history. In 1985 they won the Toto Cup, beating Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 in the final. After several lower-mid table finishes, Maccabi were relegated at the end of the 1986-87 season in which they finished 14th.

Maccabi narrowly missed out a return to the top division, on goal difference, in 1989-90, when they finished third, level on points with second-placed Hapoel Tel Aviv. In the following season they were promoted, but were relegated at the end of the 1991-92 season, having finished second bottom.

After a narrow escape in the 1996-97 season, in which they finished one place and one point above the relegation zone, Maccabi were relegated to Liga Alef (then the third tier) at the end of the 1997-98 season, in which they won only one match and gained eight points throughout the entire season. Due to league restructuring, at the end of the following season, they dropped into the fourth tier.

In 2000–01 Maccabi won the South Division of Liga Alef and were promoted back to Liga Artzit. However, they finished bottom of the league in 2001-02 and were relegated back to Liga Alef. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Maccabi beat Hapoel Asi Gilboa on away goals (2–2 on aggregate) in the promotion playoff final and were promoted to Liga Leumit.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nil Abarbanel
2	DF	Omer Mashalla
3	DF	Elad Halimi
4	MF	Lior Jean
5	MF	Daniel Gertz
6	DF	Ben Friedlinder
7	FW	Guy Hadida
9	FW	Miroslav Antonov
10	MF	David Revivo
11	FW	Bar Aharoni
12	MF	Assaf Cohen
14	MF	Amit Lugasi
15	MF	Gad Ovadia
16	MF	Ohad Edelstein
17	FW	Moshe Abuhatzira

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Tomer Ben Haim
20	MF	Dejan Babić
21	MF	Tahel Elbaz
22	GK	Gal Tuvali
23	DF	Tomer Yerucham
25	DF	Nadav Muniss
26	MF	Yaniv Ofir
55	FW	Maor Peretz
70	MF	Harmony Ikande
77	FW	Rafi Amos
	MF	Yaniv Segev
	MF	Yevgeni Kaplan
	FW	Eli Harush
	FW	Rotem Golan

Honours

Cups

Toto Cup
- Winners 1984–85

League

Second Division:
- Runners-up 1988–89, 1990–91

Third Division:
- Champions 1975–76, 1979–80, 2011–12
- Runners-up 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77

Fourth Division:
- Champions 1970–71, 2000–01

References

↑ 12 New faces among 64 Liga Bet football teams Davar, 13 September 1971, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

External links

Maccabi Yavne Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 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 2015–16

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