Maccabi Chernivtsi
| Maccabi Chernivtsi | |
| Full name | Sports and gymnastics club Makkabi Chernivtsi |
| place | Chernivtsi |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Dissolved | 1940 |
| Club colors | blue White |
| Stadion | Maccabi Square |
| Top league | Divizia A |
| successes | no |
Makkabi Chernivtsi ( Romanian: Macabi Cernăuți ) was a Jewish football club from Chernivtsi at the time when the Bukovinian capital belonged to Austria-Hungary and then to Romania .
history
Makkabi was founded in 1909 as the hiking association Blau-Weiß Chernivtsi . In May 1910 the club was renamed the Hakoah Chernivtsi Sports Club and in 1914 the Makkabi Chernivtsi Sports and Gymnastics Club . On February 25, 1932, the football department of Hakoah Chernivtsi joined the club. The invasion of Chernivtsi by Soviet troops in June 1940 led to the dissolution of Makkabi that same year.
Club balance sheet
| season | placement |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Unofficial vice-champion of the Bukovina |
| 1920 | Champion of the first Bucovina championship |
| 1921 | 3rd place in the Chernivtsi championship |
| 1922 | 4th place in the Chernivtsi Championship and qualification for the newly founded 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1922/23 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1923/24 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1924/25 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1925/26 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1926/27 | 1st place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship and participation in the final round of the Romanian soccer championship 1926/27 |
| 1927/28 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1928/29 | 3rd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1929/30 | 3rd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship |
| 1930/31 | 1st place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi championship, east league champions and participation in the final round of the Romanian football championship 1930/31 |
| 1931/32 | 1st place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship, East League champions and participation in the final round of the Romanian soccer championship 1931/32 |
| 1932/33 | 4th place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship |
| 1933/34 | 4th place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship (equal on points and goals with CFR Cernăuți ) |
| 1934/35 | 2nd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship |
| 1935/36 | 3rd place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship |
| 1936/37 | 5th place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship and promotion to the Divizia C |
| 1937/38 | 5th place in Divizia C, which was temporarily dissolved after this season |
| 1938/39 | 5th place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi district championship |
| 1939/40 | 5th place in the 1st class of the Chernivtsi Championship (intermediate result, not all results are available) |
Known players
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Isidor Gansl (the only Maccabi player to ever appear for the Romanian national soccer team)
Stadion
Until 1913 Makkabi did not have its own stadium. The club played its games from 1910 to 1913 on the Horeczaer Wiese and the Roscher Wiese. From 1913 to 1914 Maccabi played on the Tivoli course. From spring 1919 to July 8, 1922, the club again had no stadium of its own and played its home games on the Boisko Polskie. On July 9, 1922, Maccabia Square was opened. Its dimensions were 65 × 105 m. Record attendance: 12,000 spectators on September 3, 1922 at the international match Romania - Poland 1: 1 (0: 1). Record after renovation in the spring of 1929: 10,000 spectators on June 23, 1929 at the friendly game Chernivtsi - Hakoah Vienna 0-0.
Web links
- Makkabi Chernivtsi on Kopanyi-Myach.info (Ukrainian)