The Under-19 side will already start getting ready for the 2016/17 campaign next week when they head out to the annual Ramljak Tournament in Croatia. The competition is named for Mladen Ramljak who played for Dinamo Zagreb during the 1960’s and 70’s but tragically passed away in an automobile accident in 1978. This will be the second year in a row that Maccabi will be a part of the exclusive tourney where many scouts and football professionals come to check out the latest up and coming stars.
Ori Uzan will make his Maccabi “Shachar” head coaching debut when he faces Real Madrid in the club’s first match that will take place on June 2. The Under-19 team will then kick off against Dinamo Zagreb and the finish off the group stage against Slovenian side Maribor. You can find all of the latest news from Zagreb right here on the Official Website.
The new coach spoke about his first challenge: “I’m very happy that I was appointed as coach. I’m taking over from Ziv Arie who is an excellent coach and did a terrific job over the last three years. I hope that I’ll be able to do as well as he did, but the most important part is to help the players continue to advance just like I did with the Under-17 side. Hopefully along the way I’ll pick up some titles also.”
Looking ahead to the tournament:
“It’s a great opportunity for me to get to know the players born in 1998. It’s a challenge to play these type of matches at a much higher level than the league, especially when the first contest is against Real Madrid which should be very interesting.”
Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv Squad
Goalkeepers
Hen Ozeri, Daniel Peretz
Defenders
Bar Galili, Ran Vaturi, Nadav Amran, Ron Gabai, Noam Cohen, Moshe Peleg
Midfielders
Tomer Altman, Shay Golam, Amit Shapira, Netanel Malca, Eden Kartzev, Yarin Sharabi, Thomas Prince
Attackers
Eylon Amog, Mahmoud Awesat, Or Dasa
