Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)

מכבי ראשון לציון‎ Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Full name	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Founded	1950
Arena
Capacity	1500
President	Raul Serugo
Head coach	Sahar Frankel
League	Ligat Winner Big
2019/20	1
Home Away

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: מכבי ראשון לציון) is a handball team from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. competes in the Ligat Winner Big. The team's colors are yellow and blue, and it hosts its home games in the new 1500-seat in Rishon LeZion.

Maccabi have won 16 championships and 10 Israeli cups. After some bad years in the 1990s, the team returned to success: between 2003 and 2007 it won three championships and four cups.

The team's biggest achievement in the European Cups was on its first appearance there in 1983 when it reached the Cup Winner's Cup semifinal, losing to the Spanish team FC Barcelona Handbol.

Their biggest rival is Hapoel Rishon LeZion, another great Rishon LeZion team. The derby games between them have been very tense throughout the last two decades.

Titles[]

• Israel Champions (16): 1959, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020, 2021
• Israel Cup Holder (10): 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013

Squad[]

Updated on 11 January 2020

No.	Name	Position	Birth Date	Height	Weight	N.T. Caps	N.T Goals	Home Club
2		Line Player	27.11.84	1.88	90	37	24	H.C Ness Ziona
3	(C)	Right Wing	6.1.80	1.85	80	55	138	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
5		Left Wing	12.3.90			0	0	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
6	David Amar	Line Player	15.3.67					Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
7		Right Wing	21.6.77	1.82	89	0	0	Rehovot
28		Center Back	6.10.86	1.94	90
9		Left Wing	15.8.81	1.79	80	15	58	Maccabi Rehovot
10		Line Player	29.7.80	1.87	82	7	16	Maccabi Rehovot
12		Goalkeeper	1.1.75	1.89				Fibrex Săvineşti
13		Left Back	31.8.77	2.01				Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan
14		Center Back	16.1.75
15		Left Back	30.6.83	1.89	88	24	62	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
18		Right Back	19.2.75					Sintelon
19		Center Back	3.8.86	1.80	75	6	2	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
29	Ivan Karačić	Center Back	26.5.85	1.80	75	68	150	Zrinjski Mostar
84		Goalkeeper	18.8.81	1.90	82	4	0	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
		Goalkeeper				0	0	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
		Left Wing				0	0	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
	Branko Kankaraš	Goalkeeper				17	7	Jugović

• Coach:
• Fitnnes Trainer: Yoram Menachem
• Administration Manager: Yankul Ruiter
• Chair Man: Yossi Geva

European record[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	London GD HC	38–14	41–22	79–36
		R2	Red Boys Differdange	26–25	30–24	56–49
		R3	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	23–35	26–28	49–63

Notable former players[]

• Milorad Krivokapić
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• Renato Vugrinec
• Robert Markotić (2016–2017)
• Ivan Karačić
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