Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)
מכבי ראשון לציון Maccabi Rishon LeZion | |||
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Full name | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||
Founded | 1950 | ||
Arena | |||
Capacity | 1500 | ||
President | Raul Serugo | ||
Head coach | Sahar Frankel | ||
League | Ligat Winner Big | ||
2019/20 | 1 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Renato Vugrinec
- Robert Markotić (2016–2017)
- Ivan Karačić
References[]
This article does not cite any sources. (March 2009) |
- Handball clubs established in 1950
- Israeli handball clubs
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion
- Handball club stubs
- Israeli sport stubs