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| Full name | Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Maccabi The Yellows | |||
| Short name | MTA | |||
| Founded | 1906; 119 years ago (1906)[1] | |||
| Ground | Bloomfield Stadium,Tel Aviv,Israel | |||
| Capacity | 29,400 | |||
| Owner | Mitchell Goldhar | |||
| Chairman | Jack Angelides | |||
| Coach | Žarko Lazetić | |||
| League | Israeli Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League, 1st of 14 (champions) | |||
| Website | maccabi-tlv.co.il | |||
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Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew:מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב;Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv) is an Israeli professionalfootball club fromTel Aviv and part of theMaccabi Tel Aviv Sport Club.
Founded in 1906 inJaffa as the HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association, it is the oldest football club in Israel. With the establishment of the city ofTel Aviv in 1909, the club changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1922, it became the firstJewish football club to participate in local competitions. Themeaning of the name Maccabi forms an integral part of the character of the team, which took theStar of David as their logo to represent the Jewish people. Maccabi Tel Aviv have won more titles than any other Israeli club, winning 25League Championships, 24State Cups, 8Toto (League) Cups,[2] and 2Asian Champion Club Tournaments before Israel were expelled from theAFC in 1974.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is the only football team that has never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League and one of only three Israeli teams to ever progress to theUEFA Champions League group stage. The club is named after theMaccabees and invests in the development and nurturing of young talent: the club runs three football academies in the Tel Aviv area as part of its youth programme, working with over 750 children aged 6–15, as well as running 17 youth teams with 400 players between 9 and 19 years old. These teams tend to compete very successfully in local and national leagues.[3]
In the early 1920s, despite the absence of an organised league, Maccabi Tel Aviv were known as the strongest football team in Palestine and were invited to numerous friendly matches, even against British teams of the local Mandate. Official tournaments began taking place in 1928 with the establishment of the Football Association and FIFA's recognition of Israeli football. In 1929, the team won their first trophy after beatingMaccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 4–0. Maccabi took the championship again one year later with a 2–1 victory over the British Army's 48th regiment and a third time in1933, whenHapoel Tel Aviv were beaten, 1–0.
In 1936, the club was invited to play in the United States. On their way there, Maccabi played in France, losing 2–0 toRacing Paris and 3–1 toLille.In the United States, Maccabi defeated the All-star team of New York City in front of 50,000 inYankee Stadium.[4] Maccabi also defeated theAmerican Soccer League team inBrooklyn andPhiladelphia on their home ground 1–0 and also played in Canada, where they drew 1–1 withToronto All-Stars. Maccabi continued their tour in the US and lost, 3–2, toSt. Louis Stars and theBoston Celtics.
After returning from the United States, Maccabi players went on strike because they had not been paid. In 1937, after a year of strike action, the Football Association accepted their demands and the team ended their strike. In that year, Maccabi Tel Aviv also won their first league title. In 1939, after the start ofWorld War II, Maccabi won their second championship. At the end of the season, Maccabi went toanother tour, this time to Australia[4] where they were known as the "Palestine" team and occasionally the Maccabi Palestine team. They played 18 games, winning 11, losing 5 and drawing 2. The games were against State sides (New South Wales, Victoria,Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia), regional sides and five "tests" against theAustralian national team, winning one, drawing one and losing three.
In 1941 Maccabi won their first "double",[4] Winning both the league and State Cup, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv, 2–1, in the final. Between 1941 and 1945, the league was suspended because of the war, but Maccabi continued playing friendly matches. In 1946, the league was still suspended but the State Cup returned with Maccabi beatingHapoel Rishon LeZion 6–0 on aggregate in the final. In 1947, the league resumed and Maccabi won it as well as reaching the cup final. In the match againstBeitar Tel Aviv at theHatikva Neighborhood Stadium Maccabi were winning 3–2 when the referee disallowed a goal by Beitar. The Beitar players and their supporters stormed at the referee and Beitar defender Yom-Tov Mansherov broke the Cup. As a result, the referee ended the game and Maccabi were awarded a technical victory, thus winning a second double. Forty-five years later the cup was found inPetah Tikva.
This decade is considered Maccabi Tel Aviv's "Golden Age", in which they won five championships and fourIsrael Football Association Cups.[2] The "Golden Age" actually began with the establishment of the State of Israel, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the league title in the 1949–50 season. The deciding match of the season was the secondTel Aviv derby againstHapoel Tel Aviv, which Maccabi won, 1–0, thanks to a goal from strikerYosef "Yosale" Merimovich that sealed Maccabi Tel Aviv's first post-colonisation championship title.[5] Merimovich was just one member of a squad of outstanding players that left Maccabi Tel Aviv unchallenged in their domination of the Israeli Premier League during the 1950s. That squad included the likes of defendersItzhak Schneor andEli Fuchs, goalkeeper Avraham Bandouri, strikerZvi Studinski and of course the club's legendary centre forwardYehoshua "Shiye" Glazer. Glazer, who won the top scorer title in 1952 with 27 goals, is considered Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest ever striker and was the club's highest goal scorer untilAvi Nimni broke his record in 2003.[6]
The 1951–52 season was Maccabi's second league title after the establishment of the State, which they won by eight points ahead ofMaccabi Petah Tikva, though they lost the IFA Cup final.[5] That loss only inspired them to win an historic first double in the 1953–54 season, once again winning the league ahead of Maccabi Petah Tikva. That year's Cup final provided them with the opportunity to put in one of their most devastating performances, crushing their opponentsMaccabi Netanya 4–0 with a brace from Glazer and individual goals from Studinski and midfielderIsrael Halivner.[5]
It was the following season that the greatHapoel Petah Tikva team of midfielderNahum Stelmach and associates burst on the scene and captured the championship from Maccabi Tel Aviv after a down to the wire finish.[5] Still, Maccabi Tel Aviv weren't prepared to surrender all the titles that season and came up trumps in a 3–1 victory over the same Hapoel Petah Tikva in the IFA Cup final. Maccabi went on to beat them to the title in two more seasons, 1955–56 and 1957–58, completing their fifth National Championship in the first decade of the modern state of Israel.[5] That final season title was complemented by a double, with Maccabi beatingHapoel Haifa in the IFA Cup final, 2–0.
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv won their second consecutive IFA Cup in a final that will be remembered as one of the most famous in the entire history of the competition. Maccabi appeared to be cruising to victory with a seemingly unassailable 4–0 lead just ten minutes from time. But within five of those final ten minutes Hapoel Petah Tikva pulled back three of those goals, guaranteeing one of the most exciting finales in IFA Cup history. But in the end Maccabi held on to celebrate yet another IFA Cup triumph.[5]
Following the "Golden Years" of the 1950s,[5] Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves as the new decade began challenged and ultimately eclipsed by the emergent HaPoel Petach Tikva, who during the late 1950s and early 1960s won five consecutive league titles. The second of those championships, in 1960, came at Maccabi's expense, with the Yellows leading the table on the last day of the season only to disappointingly lose their final match to Hapoel Haifa thereby handing the championship to Hapoel Petah Tikva.[7] The outstanding player of Maccabi's season had beenRafi Levi, one of the greatest strikers in the club's history, who was the league's leading goal scorer with 19 goals. A year later the Brazilian clubSantos visited Israel,[7] along with their legendary player,Pelé, for a friendly match against a side composed of the best players from both Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. But even the combined forces of the two best clubs in the country were no match for the Brazilians, who won, 3–1.
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After a number of unremarkable seasons, the 1960s saw the return of Maccabi Tel Aviv with one of their greatest coaches,Jerry Beit haLevi. He had served the club as a player in the 1930s and, with the exception of one year, managed the club for the 10 years between 1947 and 1957.[8] Under his guardianship Maccabi Tel Aviv slowly returned to form and in the 1963–64 season won the Israel Football Association Cup after a second replay against Hapoel Haifa, which Maccabi won, 2–1. The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv repeated the feat by exactly the same score, this time in a dramatic extra time victory overBnei Yehuda that included goals by midfielders Moshe Asis and Rafi Baranes.[7] In the 1966–67 season Maccabi added a third IFA Cup.[2] This time the opponent in the final were city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv whom Maccabi defeated by the very same 2–1 score line, with goals from midfielder Uri Kedmi and strikerRachamim Talbi.
While the Cup competition was held as scheduled that year, the league was interrupted by theSix-Day War and was extended into 1968. Now coached by their former midfielder Israel Halivner, Maccabi Tel Aviv won their first and only championship of the decade after a combined 60 match weeks, leading Hapoel Petah Tikva by three points at the top of the Israel Premier League table. But by far the most memorable event of the decade was Maccabi's success in theAsian Champion Club Tournament in 1969,[2] becoming the second Israeli football club to win an international competition in the country's history. Now managed by former striking great Yossele Merimovich, Maccabi beatSouth Korean sideYangzee FC in extra time through a goal by striker Dror Bar Nur.
A less successful decade for Maccabi Tel Aviv perhaps, but the club still managed to win one championship and three Israel Football Association Cups.[2] Among the great names of the decade were midfielder Nissim Bachar, defender Meir Nimni, defenderMenachem "Miko" Bello, defenderTzvika Rosen, goalkeeperHaim Levin, midfielder Moshe Asis, striker Rafi Levi and midfielderGiora Spiegel.
By Maccabi Tel Aviv standards, the 1960s had not been a particularly successful decade. With the coming of the 1970s, all that was about to change. The very first year of the decade was a stellar indication of that change as the team, under the able leadership ofDavid Schweitzer, won an historic double.[2] The Israeli Football Association (IFA) Cup final was won with a 2–1 victory over Maccabi Netanya.[9] The league title on the other hand was ensured only on goal difference, but one that was built in part upon one of the finest performances in the club's history, a 5–0 thrashing of city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Tel Aviv derby. On a rainy day at the end of January 1970, 20,000 spectators saw Maccabi midfielder Giora Shpiegel score ahat-trick to lead his side to victory.[9] But despite that defeat, Hapoel stayed neck-and-neck with Maccabi until the last week and it was Hapoel who found themselves in second place on goal difference when the season reached its conclusion.
The following season was a weak one for Maccabi Tel Aviv that saw them finish tenth in the league table.[9] But just one year later they were fully back on track winning their second championship of the decade in the 1971–72 season.[2] One of the stars of that season, and one of the greatest strikers in the club's history, was Dror Bar Nur, who scored 16 of the club's 45 goals in the league and added two more in other competitions.
Just four years later Maccabi Tel Aviv found themselves for the first time in a relegation battle, with the final week of the 1975–76 season seeing no less than nine clubs battling it out to stay in the upper tier. Maccabi beatBeitar Jerusalem 2–0 with goals from strikers Rachamim Talbi andBenny Tabak, thus escaping what would have been the first drop in the club's history.[9] In April of that same year, leaders of the EnglishFootball League First Division,Queens Park Rangers, arrived in Israel for a friendly to face a Maccabi Tel Aviv side bolstered by three of the Israeli Premier League's brightest stars of the time: Maccabi Netanya strikersMordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler andOded Machnes and Beitar Jerusalem midfielderUri Malmilian. Maccabi won the match, 2–1, with goals from Malmilian and Spiegler.[9]
A year later and once again Maccabi Tel Aviv went from near disaster to the league summit, securing in the 1976/77 season their second double of the decade.[2] They won the title three points ahead ofMaccabi Jaffa and with 47 goals, the highest number in the league. StrikerVicky Peretz finished as the league's leading goal scorer with 17 league goals and another five in IFA Cup competition.[9] But it was Benny Tabak's lone goal against Beitar Tel Aviv in front of 30,000 spectators atBloomfield Stadium that earned Maccabi the IFA Cup and their second double in the space of seven years.
Among the great Maccabi players of the time were strikers Benny Tabak and Vicky Peretz and the lateAvi Cohen, who earned the nickname "Libero" (from the Italian, a fullback who is given freedom – libero – to roam from his position to play a role in offence as well) and is thought to be one of the greatest defenders in the history of Israeli football. One of his most memorable goals was in a 2–0 derby victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in 1978, when the defender struck an absolutely unstoppable ball from the edge of the area straight into the opposition net.[9] Vicky Peretz and Benny Tabak are remembered as two of the greatest strikers in the history of the club, with the former scoring 67 and the latter 121 goals[6] in the yellow and blue jersey of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The 1980s saw a period of below par achievements for Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, earning the decade the nickname the "thin years". While adding two Israel Football Association (IFA) Cups to the trophy cabinet,[2] the club remained without a league title throughout the decade. The first of the two consecutive IFA Cup triumphs, however, was won in dramatic fashion in a final againstMaccabi Haifa in the 1986–87 season. While Maccabi Tel Aviv, third in the table, finished six places above their northern namesakes, the Cup final was a tight affair that ended 3–3 after extra time and was decided in apenalty shoot-out. And it was striker Benny Tabak's final kick that saw Maccabi Tel Aviv lift their first IFA Cup in ten years.[10]
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv, now under the stewardship of Giora Spiegel,[11] underwent their worst defeat in the club's history, a 0–10 rout suffered at the hands of that same Maccabi Haifa.[10] Yet only three weeks later the club appeared in their second consecutive intriguing IFA Cup final, this time against their arch big city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv. Despite the fresh memories of their lacklustre performance in Haifa the team succeeded in returning to form thanks to a wonderful goal by midfielder Mickey Cohen and yet another from Benny Tabak that led to a 2–1 victory and a second straight IFA Cup title.[10]
Another memorable event of the 1980s occurred at the beginning of the decade, in a match against Beitar Jerusalem held at theYMCA Stadium inJerusalem in the second matchweek of the 1981–82 season. The match refereeAvraham Klein, of international reputation, disallowed a Beitar goal but the players continued to celebrate. Maccabi defender Menahem "Miko" Belo quickly resumed play, passed on to midfielderMoti Ivanir who found himself facing the Beitar keeperYossi Mizrachi on his own. To the great ire of the local fans he scored the goal that would ultimately lead to a 1–2 Maccabi victory.[10]
Despite the less than scintillating nature of Maccabi's performances throughout the decade, the club had a number of outstanding players, including Moti Ivanir, midfielder Alon Natan, goalkeeperBonni Ginzburg and strikerEli Driks who succeeded in leaving their mark on the club's history. Ivanir, who made his maiden performance for Maccabi aged 16, scored 67 times playing for the club throughout the decade, with the exception of the two years he spent at Dutch sideRoda JC Kerkrade. Alon Natan found the net 40 times before leaving the club for Bnei Yehuda at the end of the 1989–90 season. He was subsequently forced into retirement at age 23 due to injury.[10]
Bonni Ginzburg protected the Maccabi goal from the beginning of the decade until the 1987–88 season. He earned himself a place on thenational squad and two years later became the first Israeli goalkeeper to play abroad. Eli Driks, one of the club's all-time greatest strikers,[6] came through the youth ranks at the beginning of the 1980s and began a successful career at the fulcrum of the Maccabi Tel Aviv attack that lasted 20 years.
After the considerably less than spectacular decade of the 1980s, a young head coach by the name ofAvram Grant took over the reins at Maccabi Tel Aviv and brought with him a whole slew of young players that together brought about one of the most successful decades in the club's history. By the time the decade had reached its halfway point the team had already won an historic "double" along with two more championships, two State Cups and oneToto (League) Cup, to which two more would be added before the decade had drawn to a close.[2] Within a matter of a few short years, the glow surrounding Maccabi Tel Aviv, which had dimmed somewhat in the 80s, had returned and once again the yellow and blue of Maccabi became the national colours of Israel's football culture.
It all started in the 1991–92 season, when by virtue of exceptional talent and quality attacking football under the leadership of Avraham Grant, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the league championship for the first time in thirteen years. What contributed to this talent was, among other things, the arrival at the club of the Russian national goalkeeperAlexander Ubarov, who in time became a real Maccabi Tel Aviv legend. With him arrived defenderAlexander Polukarov, who also left an enduring mark at the club and together with midfielder Uri Malmilyan and the young midfielders Avi Nimni andItzik Zohar returned Maccabi Tel Aviv to the top of Israeli football. In the 1992–93 season, after winning the Toto (League) Cup, this talented and successful group of young players of the 1990s got their first taste of victory in the prestigious State Cup after goals by Itsik Zohar and fellow midfielderNir Klinger decided the final against arch rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv. But despite finishing an excellent season with 88 points, the league title, and hence an historic "double", remained beyond their grasp as Maccabi Haifa enjoyed a spectacular season that saw them play all 39 league matches without a loss and pip Maccabi Tel Aviv to the championship.[12] But the following season Grant and his charges compensated for their disappointment when defenderAlon Brumer's famous goal inBeer Sheva succeeded in returning the championship to Maccabi Tel Aviv in dramatic fashion.
At the end of the 1995 season the "Mofet" Group took control of Maccabi Tel Aviv and as a result of Avraham Grant's decision to leave the club, a new coach,Dror Kashtan, took over the reins for what would prove to be one of the best seasons in the club's history. Their chief rivals were once again Maccabi Haifa, and the team traveled to theirKiryat Eliezer Stadium for what will always be remembered as the must-win match of that season. As the players headed for the dressing room trailing 1–0 at half time, coach Kashtan controversially decided to return his players to await their Maccabi Haifa rivals on the pitch. In the second half, goals by striker Eli Dricks and midfielders Nir Klinger and Avi Nimni turned the match around, and that 1–3 victory not only handed Maccabi Tel Aviv the championship but also paved the way for the "double" after a 4–1 thrashing ofHapoel Rishon Lezion in the State Cup final.[12]
With Israel's entrance intoEuropean football in 1992,[13] Maccabi Tel Aviv also turned their attention to leaving their mark in this prestigious competition as well. The 1992–93 season marked the first time Maccabi Tel Aviv competed inUEFA Champions League qualifiers and in the first round they defeated the Maltese clubValletta but lost toBelgian sideClub Brugge in the second round. In the 1994–95 season, Maccabi were knocked out in the second round of theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup by German sideWerder Bremen on a 2–0 aggregate. The following season Maccabi once again tried their luck in the Champions League qualifiers and almost succeeded, but a 2–1 aggregate loss to theSwiss clubGrasshopper handed the latter the keys to the group stages. In 1996, it was the powerful Turkish sideFenerbahçe that stood between Maccabi and the group stages and in the resultantUEFA Cup competition they encountered, and subsequently lost to, the Spanish clubTenerife. In the 1999–00 season, Maccabi got past Lithuanian opponentsFBK Kaunas in the UEFA Cup qualifiers but then lost to French competitorsLens 4–3 on aggregate in round one.
In the 1990s Maccabi Tel Aviv were blessed with many talented players, among them defendersAmir Shelach and the Brumer brothersGadi andAlon, midfielderNoam Shoham and strikers Meir Melika andNir Sivilia. Leading the team into battle was the genius of captain Nir Klinger, the free-kick artistry of Itzik Zohar and perhaps the greatest player in Maccabi Tel Aviv's history, midfielderAvi Nimni. In 1997, the "Mofet" Group broke up and the club was taken over by Loni Herzikovich.
With a particularly attacking style of football promoted by head coach Nir Klinger, the second millennium got off to a very good start for Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won two consecutive coveted State Cups. The first came in the 2000–01 season,[2] one that saw Maccabi finish just fourth in the table but with the highest number of goals of any club in the Israeli Premier League, 71. Particularly memorable was Maccabi's 7–0 demolition of Beitar Jerusalem towards the end of the season and the jaw-dropping total of 10 goals to just one reply against Hapoel Rishon Lezion in January of that same year. It was that exceptional attacking prowess that resulted in Maccabi's receiving the State Cup from thecountry's president after a 3–0 victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva in the final.[14]
The following season will largely be remembered for the tragic event that occurred on 26 January 2002 during a match against Beitar Jerusalem. Without a preceding incident, Maccabi defenderMeni Levi suddenly collapsed in the middle of the pitch, picked himself up and then collapsed again. He received treatment on the pitch for quite a long time before being rushed to a hospital. The game, in the meantime, was not resumed. For a number of years Levi received treatment at the rehabilitation facility Beit Levinstein inRa'anana but unfortunately was unable to recover and was returned to his family. Subsequently, the club decided to retire Levi's number twelve jersey entirely. As the year progressed the team succeeded in recovering from this tragic incident and ended the season with their second State Cup title in as many years. In the final, Maccabi Tel Aviv won a penalty shoot-out against that season's champion, Maccabi Haifa, after extra time saw the two sides locked in a goalless draw.
The following season Maccabi Tel Aviv won a dramatic league championship from title rivals Maccabi Haifa. On the eve of the last day of the season, head coachNir Klinger's lads led the league table on goal difference alone. On the day itself Maccabi Haifa led 0–5 at half time againstAshdod while Maccabi were still looking for their first goal against Hapoel Petah Tikva. Only in the second half did they score the three goals (to no reply) that pushed their goal difference past Maccabi Haifa and brought the Championship plate back to the Maccabi Tel Aviv trophy cabinet.[14]
Maccabi's most significant achievement of the decade came in the 2004–05 season when the team reached the group stages of the Champions League.[15] In the play-off stages they beat the Greek sidePAOK Thessaloniki and became Israel's second club, after Maccabi Haifa two years earlier, to reach the group stages. There they were drawn against three giants of European football, the GermanBayern Munich, the ItalianJuventus and the DutchAjax. Nonetheless, Maccabi succeeded in finishing the group stage with a precious four points after beating Ajax and drawing with Juventus at home. Paradoxically they ended an unstable league season eighth in the table but once again came away with the State Cup after winning a penalty shoot-out in a final againstMaccabi Herzliya that ended 2–2 after extra time.
After this third State Cup in five seasons, Maccabi's fortunes dipped drastically and other clubs took turns winning the league and the Cup. The 2005–06 season will be remembered in particular, earning the nickname "the Galacticos season", for a team that brought together the likes of Israeli internationalEyal Berkovic, Croatian starĐovani Roso and Maccabi all-time greatAvi Nimni. Despite the star-studded squad, Maccabi failed to translate that quality into winning form and ended the season in the bottom half of the table.
On 28 December 2007, during the 2007–08 season, the club was transferred to the hands of billionaireAlex Shnaider. Shnaider diverted large sums of money to the club, mainly for paying off debts and for developing the youth department. In 2008 alone, Shnaider invested nearlyNIS₪40 million from his own money into the club.[16] Overall, in just over a year's time, Shnaider had invested approximately US$20 million in the team.[17]
On 3 August 2009, Shnaider passed the team on to another Canadian billionaire's hands,Mitchell Goldhar. This handover was done for no cost, but against a commitment to pay off the team's debts to Loni Herzkovitz.[18]
In the 2010–11 season, Maccabi enjoyed one moment of glory in Europe, beating a strong GreekOlympiacos side 1–0 in the home leg of theUEFA Europa League qualifiers. The victory sent Maccabi into the first round of the competition where, despite an exciting 4–3 victory in the home leg, Maccabi failed to surpass French giantsParis Saint-Germain after a 2–0 loss in the French capital. The following season Maccabi claimed a famous victory against Greek sidePanathinaikos, beating them 3–0 at Bloomfield Stadium in the qualifying stages of the Europa League.[19] It was a year Maccabi actually did succeed in reaching the group stage of the competition but collected just two points in a group that contained Turkish sideBeşiktaş, the UkrainiansDynamo Kyiv and the EnglishStoke City.
The 2012–13 season finally put an end to Maccabi Tel Aviv's bad fortunes in the league as they won their first championship in a decade. Under the stewardship of the new Director of FootballJordi Cruyff and Spanish head coachÓscar García, Maccabi dominated the league and claimed the title by thirteen points ahead of their nearest rival. They finished the season with the league's highest goal total of 78 while conceding the fewest with just 30 goals conceded. Leading that attack was the league's highest goal scorer, strikerEliran Atar with 22, but he was joined by midfielderMaharan Radi with eight (plus eleven assists), young strikerMu'nas Dabbur with ten and Swedish strikerRade Prica (eight) and midfielderEran Zahavi (seven) who both arrived at the club in the January transfer window. In defense, the tone was set by Maccabi's two center halves,Eitan Tibi and the SpaniardCarlos García, backed up by the excellence of Maccabi Tel Aviv'sNigerian goalkeeper,Vincent Enyeama.
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The 2013–14 season saw a change in the club's Coach Position withPaulo Sousa replacing Oscar Garcia, as well as several players leaving and new players arriving. NotablyVincent Enyeama left forLille with GoalkeeperJuan Pablo Colinas joining between the posts, andNikola Mitrović joining fromVideoton. The team continued its success in the league and claimed another championship behindEran Zahavi's goal scoring. The Team's main rivals this season were Hapoel Be'er Sheva who came in second. The team also enjoyed relative success in theUEFA Europa League as they advanced to the round of 32 after a difficult group stage, before ultimately being ousted byBasel.[20]
The 2014–15 season was characterized by a difficult start. The2014 Israel–Gaza conflict meant that the qualifying games to theUEFA Champions League were held away from Israel, leading Maccabi to be ousted from both the Champions League and the Europa League. There was also a shake-up at the coach position asPaulo Sousa left forBasel.Óscar García returned but left before the beginning of the season and was replaced byPako Ayestarán. During the Tel Aviv Derby on 3 November 2014, a fan from Hapoel Tel Aviv broke onto the pitch with an intent to assault Maccabi StarEran Zahavi who was shown a red card for defending himself.[21] In the aftermath of the event, both teams had 1 point redacted and forfeited the match. However, this event didn't stop Maccabi Tel Aviv from being the first Israeli team to win all three local Trophies: thePremier League, theState Cup and theToto Cup. Notable new players in the team wereNosa Igiebor andEden Ben Basat. The best player in the squad was stillEran Zahavi who broke the Israeli Record for consecutive scoring games and scored 27 goals throughout the season.
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In the 2015–16 season, the team qualified for theUEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in 11 years. They were a member of Group G, along withChelsea,Porto andDynamo Kyiv.[22] However, these three elite clubs proved to be too much for Maccabi Tel Aviv to handle, and they lost all 6 of their group stage matches, scoring just 1 goal while conceding 16. Maccabi were eliminated in the group stage of theToto Cup AI. In the league, Maccabi's main rivals for the title wereHapoel Be'er Sheva. After a loss to Hapoel Be'er Sheva atBloomfield Stadium thanks to two clinical goals fromElyaniv Barda andMaor Melikson, head coachSlavisa Jokanovic was signed byFulham and replaced byPeter Bosz, who helped improve Maccabi's performances in the league. Be'er Sheva fell under huge pressure before the end of the season, which helped Maccabi fight back and get into the title race again. Maccabi managed to take advantage of Be'er Sheva's bad results, beatingBeitar Jerusalem in a close and dramatic tie, whereEran Zahavi scored the winning goal for Maccabi in the 90th minute, breaking the goalscoring record ofNisim Elmaliah by scoring more than 31 goals in one league season. In the biggest game of the season, against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, a win would have brought Maccabi to 1st place because of their goal difference, while any other result would have left Hapoel Be'er Sheva alone at 1st place with a 3 points advantage and only 3 games to go. Maccabi tied the game 0-0, leaving Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 points ahead of Maccabi and top of the league. Maccabi continued their bad form and dropped points again in their next game, this time againstHapoel Ra'anana, drawing 1-1, and the title came closer to Hapoel Be'er Sheva, who had a 5 points advantage with only 2 games to go. The last game of the league season was a rollercoaster of emotions for Maccabi fans who were hoping for Be'er Sheva to lose against Sakhnin, and who needed to defeat Maccabi Haifa to win the championship. Sakhnin took the lead after 6 minutes, however, Be'er Sheva responded quickly and got a goal after only 10 minutes. At that stage, Be'er Sheva were championed as Maccabi kept on searching for a goal, which finally came when Eran Zahavi scored, which meant Maccabi were the champions at the time. 12 minutes after Maccabi's goal, Be'er Sheva went 2–1 up. Maccabi got a 6–0 lead over Haifa but was unable to win the title, as Be'er Sheva had scored the third goal and became champions. TheState Cup Final was Maccabi's last chance to win a trophy this season, and they faced Maccabi Haifa in the final. However, Haifa defeated Maccabi 1-0 and won their first cup in 18 years, which caused Peter Bosz to be released to Ajax as Maccabi had finished with no trophies. The 2015–16 season was called "the worst year in Jordi's Era". Eran Zahavi, Maccabi's star player, was sold toGuangzhou R&F for 8.5 million dollars at the end of the season.
The following campaignShota Arveladze was named Head Coach and successfully helped the Club advance to the Europa League Group stages where they playedZenit,Alkmaar andDundalk. Over the course of the 2016/17 season, Maccabi defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 5:0 which tied the biggest Derby victory set in 1969/70. Arveladze left the Club midway through the campaign and was replaced by AngolanLito Vidigal as the squad ended the season in 2nd place while falling in the Cup Final.
Jordi Cruyff was appointed Head Coach for the 2017–18 season as the Sports Director moved down to the sidelines in his 6th season with the Yellow & Blue. The Club advanced to theEuropa League Group Stage for the second straight season where they facedAstana,Slavia Prague andVillarreal, defeating theLa Liga side in Spain 1:0. Maccabi captured the Toto Cup while finishing in second place in league play.
Vladimir Ivic was appointed head coach at the start of the 2018/19 season. Under the Serbian coach, Maccabi had an impressive season and set many records. The Yellow & Blue won the league championship by a 31-point margin, recorded 89 points (club record), and won the title by the end of March, the earliest ever. The club also won the Toto Cup for the second straight season with a 2:1 win over Maccabi Haifa in the final.
The following season under Ivic the team continued their successful run in the league and won a second successive league title. During that season, Maccabi kept a clean sheet for 14 matches, conceded a total of only 10 league goals thus shattering the all-time Israeli top-flight records. At the end of the season, Ivic ended his role as Maccabi's Head Coach.
Ahead of the 2020–21 season Maccabi appointedGiorgos Donis of Greece as the successor of Ivic before the league season had begun.[citation needed] The club added two titles to their trophy cabinet by winning the Super Cup and Toto Cup.[citation needed]
In June 2023 Maccabi appointedRobbie Keane to as their next coach.[23]
| Period | Kit manufacturer[24] | Shirt partner[24] |
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| 2021– | Fila | Israel Canada |
| 2019–21 | Penguin Pickup | |
| 2018–19 | Self Made | |
| 2017–18 | None | |
| 2016–17 | Adidas | |
| 2015–16 | UNICEF | |
| 2014–15 | UNICEF (from May 2015) | |
| 2013–14 | Macron | None |
| 2011–13 | Under Armour | |
| 2010–11 | Puma | Paygea |
| 2009–10 | Kappa | |
| 2008–09 | Diadora | Chevrolet |
| 2007–08 | Cellcom | |
| 2006–07 | Chevrolet (2006)/Sony Bravia (2006–07) | |
| 2005–06 | Resido | |
| 2001–05 | Bezeq | |
| 2000–01 | Adidas | |
| 1999–00 | Sony | |
| 1998–99 | Visa | |
| 1993–98 | Diadora | |
| 1991–93 | Ruffles (potato chips) | |
| 1990–91 | First International Bank of Israel | |
| 1987–88 | Puma | Delta Textile |
| 1982–87 | Baruch Fashion | |
| 1978–79 | Umbro | Goldstar |
Last updated: 30 Jan 2023
Source:MaccabiPedia/Uniform portal
A survey conducted in March 2012 byYedioth showed that Maccabi Tel Aviv was the second-most popular team among Israeli football fans (23%) right after rivalsMaccabi Haifa (28%). The same survey revealed that 33% of Tel Aviv residents support the team.[25]
Reports by theNew Israel Fund have found Maccabi Tel Aviv as having the second-most racist fans in Israel, behindBeitar Jerusalem.[26][27][28]
Fans have been known to yell racist slurs and insults at Arab and black players.[29][30][31][27] Players on the team often face racist abuse from the team's own fans.[31][32] Fans would yell anti-Arab slurs atMaharan Radi, anArab player,[33][34] and yell monkey noises atBaruch Dego, anEthiopian-Jewish player.[35][32]
During the2020–2021 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu, Maccabi fans attacked protestors with batons and broken bottles.[34][36]
In November 2024, Maccabi fansclashed with pro-Palestinian protestors inAmsterdam after a match againstAjax.[37] Prior to the clashes Maccabi fans attacked Arab residents of the city, stole and burned Palestinian flags, and yelled anti-Palestinian chants.[38][39]
Maccabi has one main fan organization, "Maccabi Fanatics", which are located in Gate 11. Maccabi Fanatics are close friends withVAK410 (Ajax ultras) since the 2000s.[40]
Maccabi's main rivals areHapoel Tel Aviv. The matches between the teams gain a lot of attention in the Israeli public and are referred to as the "Tel Aviv derby".
Another strong rivals isMaccabi Haifa, because they are the two most successful Israeli football clubs (something called "the Israeli Classico" and "the derby of Israel") competing on the hegemony of Maccabi as well as Israeli soccer in general.
The Palms Ground that was located in theFlorentin was used by Maccabi in 1923–1926.
The Maccabi Ground that was located betweenNeve Sha'anan andShapira was used by Maccabi in 1926–1935.
Maccabiah Stadium, which was located nearYarkon River in Tel Aviv, had a capacity of 20,000, and was used by Maccabi for 26 seasons. (except for the1963–1964,1964–1965 and1965–1966 seasons when Maccabi played at Bloomfield Stadium)
Ramat Gan Stadium with a capacity of 41,583 was used by Maccabi in the late 1980s and 1990s, except for the1986–1987 and1995–1996 seasons when Maccabi played at Bloomfield Stadium.
Bloomfield Stadium inTel Aviv with a capacity of 29,400 has been the team's stadium since 1969, Maccabi's main fans gate is gate 11 where the Maccabi Fanatics lead the cheering.
The Maccabi Tel Aviv Training Ground is located in south Tel Aviv, near the Holon Intersection and on the outskirts of theKiryat Shalom neighbourhood. The various Maccabi Tel Aviv teams began practicing at the complex in the mid-1970s, starting with the Youth Division teams, and joined later by the senior team. The facility consists of four pitches that serve all the Maccabi Tel Aviv teams and includes two gyms, treatment rooms and classrooms. The senior team practice at the western facility, near the locker rooms, on an area one and a half times larger than a regular football pitch, with renovated terraces that seat approximately 100 fans.
On 6 March 2012, the Youth Division Complex was officially re-dedicated in the name of the lateAvi Cohen.[citation needed]
Not far from the senior team's training ground is a synthetic pitch, one of the first of its kind in Israel, which serves as the training ground for all the teams in the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division. At the northern end of the complex is the central pitch of the Youth Division, lined by two terraces with a seating capacity of over 200 and equipped for television broadcasts. The central pitch is used primarily by the Maccabi Tel Aviv Under-19 squad, but the club's youth teams also make use of the facility. The fourth and smallest of the pitches is the eastern one, used mainly for training and frequently for matches of the children's teams. The Youth Division complex has ten dressing rooms, one of which is used by visiting teams and one extra room for the referees on match days. During the 2011–12 season an exercise room was also built on the ground for the use of the entire Youth Division.[citation needed]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 58[a] | Qualification for theChampionship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 57 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 47[b] | |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 46 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 41 |
–Avi Nimni,Second striker (1990–97, 1998–03, 2005–08) –Meni Levi,Right back
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Only up to six non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad (only five can play at the same time). Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.[citation needed]
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| Tier | League | Pos. | State Cup | Toto Cup | Super Cup | |||
| 1928–29 | x | x | x | Quarter-finals | x | x | — | — |
| 1929–30 | x | x | x | Champion | x | x | — | — |
| 1930–31 | x | x | x | Champion | x | x | — | — |
| 1931–32 | 1 | Eretz Israel League | 5th place | x | x | x | — | — |
| 1932–33 | x | First Round | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | 5th place | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | 5th place | Runner-Up | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Champion | First round | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | x | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1937–38 | Champion | Semi-finals | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Runner-Up | Runner-Up | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1939–40 | Champion | Semi-finals | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1940–41 | 3rd place | Runner-Up | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Runner-Up | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | x | Semi-finals | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | 4th place | Round of 16 | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | 4th place | Round of 16 | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | x | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Champion | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Runner-Up | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | 1 | Israeli League | x | x | x | x | — | — |
| 1949–50 | Champion | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | x | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | 1 | Liga Alef | Champion | Runner-Up | x | x | — | — |
| 1952–53 | x | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Champion | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | Runner-Up | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | 1 | Liga Leumit | Champion | x | x | x | — | — |
| 1956–57 | 3rd place | Semi-finals | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Champion | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | 3rd place | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Runner-Up | x | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1960–61 | 4th place | Round of 16 | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | 10th place | Runner-Up | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | 7th place | Round of 16 | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | 5th place | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | 4th place | Champion | x | Champion | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Runner-Up | Quarter-finals | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Champion | Champion | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Round of 16 | x | Champion | — | — | |||
| 1968–69 | Runner-Up | Semi-finals | x | — | 1Asian Champion Club Tournament —Champion | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Champion | Champion | x | Runner-Up | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | 10th place | Semi-finals | x | — | 1Asian Champion Club Tournament —Champion | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Champion | Semi-finals | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | 4th place | Quarter-finals | x | x | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Runner-Up | Semi-finals | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | 4th place | Round of 32 | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | 7th place | Runner-Up | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Champion | Champion | x | Champion | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | 3rd place | Round of 16 | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Champion | Runner-Up | x | Champion | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | 5th place | Quarter-finals | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | 8th place | Round of 32 | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | 8th place | Round of 16 | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | 5th place | Runner-Up | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | 5th place | Semi-finals | x | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | 7th place | Round of 16 | Group stage | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | 3rd place | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | 3rd place | Champion | Semi-finals | x | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | 12th place | Champion | Group stage | Champion | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | 8th place | Round of 16 | — | — | — | |||
| 1989–90 | 4th place | Round of 16 | — | — | — | |||
| 1990–91 | 5th place | Round of 16 | x | — | — | |||
| 1991–92 | Champion | Runner-Up | Runner-Up | x | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Runner-Up | Runner-Up | Champion | x | 1UEFA Champions League —First Round | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Runner-Up | Champion | x | — | — | |||
| 1994–95 | Champion | Round of 16 | x | — | 2UEFA Cup Winners' Cup —First Round | |||
| 1995–96 | Champion | Champion | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Q | — | |||
| 1996–97 | 6th place | Runner-Up | Semi-finals | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Q | 3UEFA Cup —First Round | ||
| 1997–98 | 6th place | Round of 16 | x | — | — | |||
| 1998–99 | Runner-Up | Round of 16 | Champion | x | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | 1 | Israeli Premier League | 6th place | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | x | — | 3UEFA Cup —First Round |
| 2000–01 | 4th place | Champion | Round of 16 | x | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | 3rd place | Champion | Semi-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Cup —Second Round | ||
| 2002–03 | Champion | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Cup —First Round | ||
| 2003–04 | Runner-Up | Quarter-finals | Group stage | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Q2 | — | ||
| 2004–05 | 8th place | Champion | Quarter-finals | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Group Stage | — | ||
| 2005–06 | 6th place | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Cup —Q2 | ||
| 2006–07 | 3rd place | Round of 16 | Group stage | x | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | 6th place | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Cup —Q2 | ||
| 2008–09 | 6th place | Round of 32 | Champion | x | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | 3rd place | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | x | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | 3rd place | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Europa League —PO | ||
| 2011–12 | 6th place | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | x | — | 2UEFA Europa League —Group Stage | ||
| 2012–13 | Champion | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | x | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Champion | Round of 32 | x | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Q3 | 2UEFA Europa League —Round of 32 | ||
| 2014–15 | Champion | Champion | Champion | x | 1UEFA Champions League —Q3 | 2UEFA Europa League —PO | ||
| 2015–16 | Runner-Up | Runner-Up | Group stage | Runner-Up | 1UEFA Champions League —Group Stage | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Runner-Up | Runner-Up | Quarter-finals | — | — | 2UEFA Europa League —Group Stage | ||
| 2017–18 | Runner-Up | Round of 16 | Champion | — | — | 2UEFA Europa League —Group Stage | ||
| 2018–19 | Champion | Semi-finals | Champion | — | — | 2UEFA Europa League —PO | ||
| 2019–20 | Champion | Round of 32 | Runner-Up | Champion | 1UEFA Champions League —Q2 | 2UEFA Europa League —Q3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Runner-Up | Champion | Champion | Champion | 1UEFA Champions League —PO | 2UEFA Europa League —Round of 32 | ||
| 2021–22 | 3rd place | Semi-finals | 6th place | Runner-Up | — | 3UEFA Europa Conference League —Knockout round play-offs | ||
| 2022–23 | 3rd place | Semi-finals | 7th place | — | — | 3UEFA Europa Conference League —PO | ||
| 2023–24 | Champion | Quarter-finals | Champion | — | — | 3UEFA Europa Conference League —Round of 16 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ongoing | Round of 16 | Champion | Champion | 1UEFA Champions League —Q2 | 2UEFA Europa League —League Phase | ||
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | State Cup | Toto Cup | Super Cup | International | |
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There was controversy regarding the number of championships the team won prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
According to the official lists of theIsrael Football Association, Maccabi won four pre-1948 championships for 23 total championships, while according to the team's records, Maccabi won five pre-1948 championships and 24 total championships.
This discrepancy stems from the title won by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the1939 season: the Tel Aviv District League, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv played and won the district championship, was the strongest of the three district leagues that season.
The controversy arises in regards to two points:
In 2024, the controversy was resolved after theIsrael Football Association recognized the team's 1939 championship as an official championship.[48]
Management
Last updated: 14 June 2017 | First team staff
Last updated: 14 June 2024 | Youth division
Last updated: 29 November 2016 | Logistical staff
Last updated: 18 August 2015 | Medical staff
Last updated: 18 August 2015 |
Emanuel Gur-Arie (1910s)
Shimon Ratner (192?–34)
Egon Pollack (1934–39)
Armin Weiss (1939–41)Egon Pollack (1941–47)Jerry Beit haLevi (1947–52) Gaul Mechlis (1952–53)Jerry Beit haLevi (1953–57) Yosef Tessler (1957–59)Yosef Merimovich (1959–61)
Ignac Molnár (1961–62)Israel Halivner (1962–62) Slabolo Stankovic &Jerry Beit haLevi (1962–64)Eliezer Spiegel (1966–67) Zvi Erlich (1967–67)Israel Halivner (1967–68)Yosef Merimovich (1968–69)David Schweitzer (1969–70)Israel Halivner (1970–71)Itzhak Schneor (1971–72)Yosef Merimovich (1972–73)Itzhak Schneor (1973–76)Ya'akov Grundman (1976–78) Nissim Bachar (1978–79)Zvi Rozen (1979–80)Ze'ev Seltzer (1980–81)Ya'akov Grundman (1981–82) Nissim Bachar (1982–83)David Schweitzer (1983–85)Itzhak Schneor (1983–85) Shimon Shenhar (1985–87)Giora Spiegel & Dror Bar-Nur (1987–88)Yosef Merimovich (1988–89) Nissim Bachar (1989–90)Zvi Rosen (1990–91)Avram Grant (1 July 1991 – 30 June 1995)Dror Kashtan (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996)Avram Grant (1 July 1996 – 30 June 2000)Shlomo Sharf (2000)Nir Levine (2000–02)Nir Klinger (1 July 2002 – 5 December 2005)
Ton Caanen (25 Dec 2005 – 30 May 2006)Eli Cohen (2006–07)Nir Levine (2007–08)Ran Ben Shimon (2008)Marco Balbulcoach underAvi Nimni (1 July 2008 – 21 October 2009)Nir Levinecoach underAvi Nimni (2009–10)Yossi Mizrahicoach underAvi Nimni (1 July 2010 – 4 January 2011)Motti Ivanir (10 Jan 2011 – 6 December 2011)Nir Levine(caretaker) (12 Dec 2011 – 13 May 2012)
Óscar García (23 June 2012 – 22 May 2013)
Paulo Sousa (12 June 2013 – 27 May 2014)Óscar García (2 June 2014 – 26 August 2014)Pako Ayestarán (26 Aug 2014 – 1 June 2015)
Slaviša Jokanović (14 June 2015 – 27 December 2015)Peter Bosz (4 Jan 2016 – 24 May 2016)
Shota Arveladze (16 June 2016 – 4 January 2017)
Lito Vidigal (11 February 2017 – 13 June 2017)Jordi Cruyff (14 June 2017 – 31 May 2018)Vladimir Ivić (31 May 2018 – 6 July 2020)
Giorgos Donis (11 August 2020 – 23 December 2020)Patrick van Leeuwen (24 December 2020 – 26 October 2021)Mladen Krstajić (9 December 2021 – 24 May 2022)Vladimir Ivić (12 June 2022 – 3 January 2023)Aitor Karanka (4 January 2023 – 25 June 2023)
Robbie Keane (26 June 2023 – 7 June 2024)Žarko Lazetić (24 June 2024 – )
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