SC Wiener Neustadt, SK Sturm Graz and SC Weiz will be Maccabi Tel Aviv's rivals during their summer training camp in Austria
Preparations for Maccabi Tel Aviv's 2014/15 season get underway next week when after two days of medical examinations squad members return to practice at the club's Kiryat Shalom training complex on Wednesday June 18th. A little over a week later, on June 27th, the reigning Israel Premier League champions will head off to their training camp, this year to be held near the Austrian city of Graz. During their stay, Maccabi will play four friendly matches against local rivals, the first of which a day after landing in Austria against SC Weiz of Austrian third-tier Regional League Central. The second friendly will take place on July first against SC Wiener Neustadt, who finished last season eighth in the Austrian top-tier Bundesliga. Three days later Maccabi will face SK Sturm Graz, who won the Bundesliga title in 2011 but only managed a fifth-place finish in the 2013/14 season. The team are scheduled to play a fourth friendly against a team yet to be determined on Sunday July 6th. The team will then return to Israel and on the 15th/16th of July the Israeli champions will begin their season 2014/15 European campaign in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. The draw for those encounters will be held on June 23rd.
Here follow the details of Maccabi Tel Aviv's pre-season training schedule starting with Monday June 16th:
June 16th: medical examinations
June 17th: medical examinations, press conference (Kiryat Shalom, noon)
June 18th: 9.30am – fitness tests, 6pm – training session open to the public and the press
June 19th (Thursday): 9.30am – fitness tests, 6pm – training session
June 20th: 9.30am and 6pm – training session
June 21st: day off
June 22nd: 9am – fitness tests, 6pm – training session
June 23rd: 9.30am – training session, draw for the second round qualifiers of the Champions League
June 24th: 9.30am, 6pm – training session
June 25th: 9.30am – training session
June 26th: day off
June 27th (Friday): departure for training camp in Austria, flight to Vienna and further journey to Graz, arrival at hotel and 6pm training session
June 28th: 10.30am – training session, 6pm – Maccabi Tel Aviv v SC Weiz
June 29th: 10.30am and 6pm – training session
June 30th: 10.30am – training session
July 1st: 10.30am – training session, 6pm – SC Wiener Neustadt v Maccabi Tel Aviv
July 2nd: 10.30am – training session
July 3rd: 10.30am – training session
July 4th: 10.30am – training session, 6pm – SK Sturm Graz v Maccabi Tel Aviv
July 5th: 10.30am – training session
July 6th: noon – friendly (opponent t.b.a.) followed by return to Israel
July 7th,8th: free
July 9th: 6pm – training session
July 10th: 9.30am – training session
July 11th: 9.30am – training session
July 12th: Israeli Super Cup – Maccabi Tel Aviv v Ironi Kiryat Shmona
