Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.

Maccabi Sha'arayim
Full name	Maccabi Sha'arayim Football Club
Founded	1950
Ground	Maccabi Sha'araim Stadium, Rehovot
Capacity	500
Chairman	Simcha Gad
Manager	Musa Ben Haim
League	Liga Alef South
2020–21	Liga Alef South (Group B), 4th
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Sha'araying's crest used in 2016-17 season

Maccabi Sha'arayim (Hebrew: מכבי שעריים) is an Israeli football club from the city Rehovot, currently playing in Liga Alef.

The club spent the past seven seasons in the top division from 1963 to 1969, and a single season in 1985–86.

History[]

The club was promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in 1963. In their first season in the league they finished 11th out of 15. The following season the club finished sixth, which remains their highest ever league position.

In the 1965–66 season they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the relegation zone. In 1969 Maccabi reach the cup final for the first (and to date only) time, but lost 1–0 to Hakoah Ramat Gan.^[1] In the same season they finished second bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Alef.

The final match of the 1971–72 season saw the club have a chance to return to the top flight, but they lost 2–1 to Hapoel Marmorek, which were promoted instead.^[2] Two years later they qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs, but failed to win any of their five matches and finished bottom of the group.

At the end of the 1977–78 season they finished bottom of Liga Artzit (the second division) and were relegated to Liga Alef (now the third tier).

At the end of the 1983–84 season they won Liga Alef South division and returned to Liga Artzit, and won a second consecutive promotion in the following season, returning to Liga Leumit for the first time in 16 years. However, they finished bottom, and were relegated back to Liga Artzit.

The club dropped back into the third tier at the end of the 1992–93 season, and were relegated to the fourth tier at the end of the 2000–01 season, before dropping into Liga Bet, the fifth tier, at the end of the 2005–06 season. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club returned to Liga Alef (now the third tier), following a victory of 2–1 against Hapoel Azor in the promotion play-off.^[3]

In the 2015–16 season, the club won Liga Alef South division and promoted to Liga Leumit. Thus, the club returned to the second tier of Israeli football after 23 years.

Current squad[]

As of 5 July 2021


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Lior Hidriyan
3	DF	ISR	David Itzhak
5	DF	ISR	Assaf Hakak
7	MF	ISR	Amit Shapira
8	MF	ISR	Tal Mishan
9	FW	ISR	Adir Rahamim
10	MF	ISR	Sahar Levi
11	FW	ISR	Ilay Hen
12	MF	ISR	Ofek Balassan
14	FW	ISR	Matan Arbiv


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ISR	Ido Sharon
16	DF	ISR	Ravid Asher
17	FW	ISR	Daniel Truaa
18	MF	ISR	Ben Binyamin
19	MF	ISR	Angidao Belay
22	GK	ISR	Tal Yodlovich
26	DF	ISR	Shon Krindi
44	MF	ISR	Shlomo Ben Muha
77	DF	ISR	Dasalin Ayela
99	MF	ISR	Eden Shasha

Honours[]

Third tier
- Champions: 1955–56, 1959–60, 1983–84, 2015–16
Fourth tier
- Champions: 2011–12
Toto Cup Leumit
- Winner: 2016-17

References[]

^ Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF
^ The Rehovot derby is here again Doublepass, 18.9.2013 (in Hebrew)
^ Sha'arayim promoted to Liga Alef after beating Azor One, 10.5.2012 (in Hebrew)

External links[]

Club website
Maccabi Sha'arayim Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[1] Israel – List of Cup Finals RSSSF

[2] The Rehovot derby is here again Doublepass, 18.9.2013 (in Hebrew)

[3] Sha'arayim promoted to Liga Alef after beating Azor One, 10.5.2012 (in Hebrew)

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v t Liga Alef
North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
South	Bnei Eilat F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Hapoel Kfar Shalem Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1950–51 1952–53 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020–21
See also: Liga Artzit