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Full name | Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Green Nazarenes, Akhaa', Nazareth, The Greens from Nazareth | ||
Founded | 1967; 58 years ago (1967) | ||
Ground | Ilut Stadium,Ilut | ||
Capacity | 4,932 | ||
Chairman | Avudia Yusuf | ||
Manager | Mahran Lala | ||
2023–24 | Liga Alef North, 6th of 16 | ||
Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Football Club (Hebrew:מועדון כדורגל מכבי אחי נצרת,romanized: Mo'adon Kaduregel Makabi Aḥi Natzrat;Arabic:نادي كرة القدم مكابي اخاء الناصرة,romanized: Nādī Kurat al-Qadam Makābī ’Aḫā’ an-Nāṣira) is an Israelifootball club based inNazareth. The club is currently in the and plays at theIlut Stadium inIlut on the outskirts of the city.
The club was formed in 1968, and played inLiga Gimel until 1975. In 1998 they were promoted toLiga Artzit (then the second tier), finishing eighth inthe league. In1999–2000 and2000–01 they finished one place above the relegation zone.
The2002–03 season saw the club claim theLiga Leumit title, despite being deducted three points for playing an ineligible player, under the leadership ofAzmi Nassar. They were promoted to theIsraeli Premier League for the first time in their history. FellowIsraeli Arab clubBnei Sakhnin were also promoted, marking the first time two Arab clubs had been in the top division.
However, in theirfirst season in the top division, the club finished bottom and were relegated back to Liga Leumit. Thefollowing season they were relegated again (due to a two-point deduction), and dropped back into the third division. In2005–06 they finished as Liga Artzit runners-up, to make an immediate return to Liga Leumit, where they have remained since.
In2008–09, the club was promoted to theIsraeli Premier League. After one of the worst seasons in theIsraeli Premier League the club finished in the last spot of the league, In the last match she lost toHapoel Ramat Gan 0–7 and were directly relegated toLiga Leumit for the2010–11 season.
In the2014–15 Israel State Cup, the club reached the Semi-finals for the first time in their history, after eliminatingMaccabi Netanya,FC Ashdod, andHapoel Kfar Saba. However, in theSemi-finals, they were beaten 0–3 by the eventual cup winners,Maccabi Tel Aviv inTeddy Stadium,Jerusalem.
As of 24 November 2024.
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