Maccabi Herzliya
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| Surname | Maccabi Herzlia football club | |||
| Seat | Herzliya , Israel | |||
| founding | 1936 | |||
| Website | maccabiherzeliya.com | |||
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| Venue | Herzliya city stadium | |||
| Places | 9,000 | |||
| league | League Aleph | |||
| 2017/18 | 15th place in Liga Leumit | |||
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The football club Maccabi Herzlia ( Hebrew : מועדון כדורגל מכבי הרצליה, Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Herzlia ) - also listed as Maccabi Herzliya or Maccabi Herzeliya - is a football club from the Israeli coastal city of Herzliya , which is increasingly located in a posh suburb to the south Transforming the Mediterranean metropolis Tel Aviv . The club colors of the club founded in 1936 are black and yellow.
Maccabi Herzlia played from 2006 to 2008 in the highest Israeli league, the Ligat ha'Al , in whose game the club had participated from 1993 to 2000.
The Star of David in the execution of the Maccabi movement is prominent in the club's coat of arms, whose aim is to promote the awareness of Jewish youth for religious, cultural and national values. The term Maccabi is derived from the name of a priestly family, the Maccabees , whose members are viewed as freedom fighters.
history
The founding of the club can be formally traced back to 1936, but a sustainable sports business has only existed since the 1950s, when young people enthusiastic about sports were systematically recruited in Herzlia and neighboring towns.
In those years, a fierce rivalry soon developed with the local rival Hapoel Herzlia , who was close to the labor movement and who quite often experienced violent discharges.
For many years, both clubs played together in one of the lower amateur leagues and until the 1970s, Hapoel usually had the upper hand.
This was followed by the successive rise of the club, which led to the second division of Israel. An internal corruption scandal stopped this in the meantime. A general sell-out of the player material that had become necessary was followed by the crash into the fourth division. With the support of local business people and Mayor Landau, the club, which had been reorganized in this way, was soon able to recover and in 1993 even rose to the first division of Israel for the first time.
After Landau's withdrawal from the mayor's office and an otherwise declining budget, the club had to relegate back to the second division in 2000 after seven years. After Ariel Sheiman, a former goalkeeper of Maccabi, became the new president, a consolidation of the club's finances and a new sporting high flight followed.
The advance of the then second division into the final of the Israeli Cup in 2005 is a major highlight, here Maccabi Herzlia had to admit defeat after a score of 2: 2 after extra time on penalties against their more famous namesake Maccabi Tel Aviv . In the following year, they were finally promoted to the first division again.
Formally, the greatest success so far is winning the Israel League Cup - named after the sponsors Toto Cup , a pre-season tournament with a premium of around 100,000 US dollars . The title was won by a 2-1 win after extra time in the final against the neighboring local club Hapoel Kfar Saba .
Stadion
Maccabi Herzliya plays its home games in the Herzliya City Stadium, which was built in 1973 and is located near the center of town . The stadium, also popularly called Bomboniera ("Hbonbonira") based on the famous Buenos Aires stadium , has been gradually expanded to 9,000 seats over the last few decades and is jointly owned by Maccabi and local rival Hapoel Herzliya , who is currently in the fourth-rate league Alef (A-league) plays. The stadium is also home to the Israeli Olympic and youth national teams.
Before the stadium was built, Maccabi played its games on a sand facility on Hess-Strasse.
successes
- Israeli Football Cup : Finalist 2005
- Israel League Cup : 2007
player
The Brazilian central defender Marcio Giovanini , who played for 1. FC Saarbrücken in 2002 , joined Maccabi at the beginning of the 2007/08 season.
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Adi Sofer (2003-2006) youth, (2006-2011) player,