Maccabi Tel Aviv youth teams are heading into the final stages of their respective seasons with a few of them having a lot on stake this weekend.
Maccabi’s U-19s will face Hapoel Ramat Gan in Winter at noon. Ziv Arie’s team is currently first in the table and a combination of a win for Maccabi and a lose of points for Maccabi Haifa would crown Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ as the champions of the U-19s league.
Recent State Cup winners, the U-17s will play their final game this Saturday against Beitar Tubruk in Kiryat Shalom (1:00pm). Eliezer Ben Aharon’s team is currently second in the table, one point behind Maccabi Haifa, who is scheduled to play Hapoel in Haifa’s derby. A scenario of Maccabi ‘Oded’ Tel Aviv winning and Maccabi Haifa losing points would give the young Yellows the championship.
After winning the local derby in their midweek fixture, U-16s Maccabi ‘Eli Fuchs’ Tel Aviv will meet second place Hapoel Petah Tikva. Maccabi Tel Aviv holds a three point lead over their hosts. The game will be played oin Petah Tikva at 11:00am.
Maccabi ‘Eldad’ Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Ramat Gan in Kiryat Shalom (8:30am). The U-15s could become champions if second place Beitar Jerusalem loses points. U-15s second team will play away against Bnei Sakhnin at 3:00pm.
U-14s South will meet Hapoel Petah Tikva in Kiryat Shalom at 10:15am. Maccabi ‘Shlomo’ Tel Aviv will play away against Hapoel Ra’anana at 10:15am.
U-13s South will travel to Reshon LeZion to play local Hapoel at 8:30am. U-13s North will host Ironi Modi’in at 10:30am.
