This Saturday the Under-19s head off to play Hapoel Rishon Lezion and both the Under-16's and the Under-15 Team 1 face rivals at the top of their tables in this week-end's feature matches of Maccabi Tel Aviv's Youth Division
The national Under-19 Premier League season is entering its critical phase with Maccabi Tel Aviv "Shachar" holding fast near the top of the table. Trailing league leaders Maccabi Haifa by just four points, second-placed "Shachar" will head off on Saturday for a tricky away tie against Hapoel Rishon Lezion at 11am at "Superland" Field hoping to stay in the running. Maccabi Tel Aviv "Oded" will be at home at 8.30am at Kiryat Shalom training ground to host Hapoel Kfar Saba, currently holding up the national Under-17 Premier League table. Four days later "Oded" will face their Under-17 counterparts from Bnei Yehuda in the semi-finals of the prestigious Under-17 State Cup.
The Division's Under-16's, who will also play a State Cup (quarter final) match next week, will first have to face Hapoel Jerusalem in the league on Saturday at 10.30am at their Kiryat Yovel playing field. Both of Maccabi's Under-15 teams will face interesting opposition this Saturday, with Team 1 "Eldad" poised to face municipal rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv at 8.30am at their Kiryat Wolfson training ground. Team 2 will head off to face fellow pacesetter Maccabi Haifa at the Ketzef training complex at 11am.
Like their Under-16 counterparts, Maccabi's Under-14 Team South will also be on the road at Kiryat Yovel this week-end to face Hapoel Jerusalem, playing Friday at 3pm. Team North will host Hapoel Petach Tikva on the synthetic pitch at Kiryat Shalom at noon on Saturday. The Under-13 Team South will precede them at 10.15am to host Hapoel Ramat Gan while team North head off to play Hapoel Hod Hasharon at 8.30 on Saturday morning.
