Maccabi Yavne F.C.

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Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne
Full nameMaccabi "Zvi" Yavne Football Club
Founded1962
GroundJackie Levy Stadium, Yavne
Capacity2,500
ChairmanShuki Nagar
ManagerEli Cohen
LeagueLiga Alef South
2022–23Liga Alef South, 3nd

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

History[edit]

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. In the 2015–16 season, the club finished second bottom in Liga Leumit and relegated to Liga Alef.

Current squad[edit]

As of 12 February 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Israel ISR Avrahaim Masias
4 DF Israel ISR Adam Hatuel
5 DF Israel ISR Itay Rabinovich
6 DF Israel ISR Sagi Ben Hananya
7 MF Israel ISR Omer Ben Shanan
8 MF Israel ISR Roi Ben Basat
9 FW Israel ISR Roy Turgeman
10 MF Israel ISR Haim Yosef
11 FW Israel ISR Yossi Tuaba
14 FW Israel ISR Oded Biro
15 MF Israel ISR Adar Aouate
17 MF Israel ISR Ron Yaacov
18 MF Israel ISR Shaked Carillo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Israel ISR Harel Mauda
22 GK Israel ISR Palay Mesika
23 MF Israel ISR Aviv Shushan
25 DF Israel ISR Idan Adhaneny
26 DF Israel ISR Or Zuzut
27 GK Israel ISR Ido Aksapa
36 FW Israel ISR Niv Mizrahi
44 GK Israel ISR Ofir Karazo
77 DF Israel ISR Omer Horesh
98 MF Israel ISR Omer Lakao
99 MF Israel ISR Zion Alamiho
DF Israel ISR Liad Abutbul
MF Israel ISR Idan Ohayon

Honours[edit]

Cups[edit]

League[edit]

Former notable managers[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 12 New faces among 64 Liga Bet football teams Davar, 13 September 1971, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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