Maccabi Yavne F.C.

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne

Full name

Maccabi "Zvi" Yavne Football Club

Founded

1962

Ground

Yavne Municipal Stadium, Yavne

Capacity

2,500

Chairman

Shuki Nagar

Manager

Shay Maor

League

Liga Alef South

2015–16

Liga Leumit, 15th (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

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

History

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

As of 18 October 2016

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Galil Ben Shanan
2	DF	Tsion Azulay
5	MF	Omri Cohen
6	MF	Avihay Vodga
7	FW	Sharon Gormezano
8	FW	Daniel Tasao
9	MF	Lior Bertkovski
10	MF	Yonatan Revivo
11	FW	Moshe Avitan
12	DF	Omer Hazom

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Amit Lugasi
16	FW	Amit Farhi
17	FW	Moshe Abuhatzira
18	DF	Sagiv Solomon
19	FW	Oren Asif
20	MF	Adir Finish
22	GK	Ofir Karatzo
23	FW	Rotem Golan
55	MF	Micha Louta
	DF	Elad Halimi

Honours

Cups

Toto Cup
- Winners 1984–85

League

Second Division:
- Runners-up 1988–89, 1990–91
Third Division:
- Champions 1975–76, 1979–80, 2011–12
- Runners-up 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
Fourth Division:
- Champions 1970–71, 2000–01

References

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

External links

Maccabi Yavne Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Karmiel Safed F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Liga Artzit

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