Category: Match day program EN

Blast from the past: 7:0 against Beitar

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May 6, 2001. Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted an always entertaining match against Beitar Jerusalem at Bloomfield Stadium in front of 7,000 fans as Nir Levin’s side had a streak of good matches after starting the season poorly. The Starting XI included the likes of keeper Liran Strauber, Amir Shalach, Gady Brumer and Dedi Ben Dayan on the defense while Tal Benin, Guy Tzarfati, Baruch Dego all manned the middle with Avi Nimni, Eli Biton and Rodrigo Goldberg rounding out the team.

משחק מהעבר: 0-7 נגד בית”ר י-ם מ-2000/01

This Date in History: Sidibe’s Scorcher at Wassermil

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Just five years ago, Maccabi Tel Aviv faced Hapoel Beer Sheva on Matchday 15 of the WINNER League at Wassermil Stadium. Prior to kick-off the Israeli football world was saddened to learn of the sudden death of Avi Cohen who had died in a serious traffic accident. Avi Nimni and Yossi Mizrachi manned the Yellow-and-Blue sidelines as Nir Klinger did the same for the hosts with Maccabi sitting in 3rd place on the table, five positions above Beer Sheva.

 The guests from Tel Aviv controlled the flow of the match with a number of quality chances. Both teams that day had a number of players who still ply their trade for their respective sides today, including Gal Alberman and Yoav Ziv for Maccabi while Ofir Davidzada and William Soares are part of the desert side’s squad. The deciding blow came in the 58th minute as Djibril Sidibe’s beautiful scorcher of an effort beat Beer Sheva keeper Ohad Cohen to give the victory to Maccabi which you can watch in the video below.

The Numbers Against Beer Sheva

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Match records
There have been 106 matches between the two sides in league play. The Record: 50 Maccabi wins, 31 draws and 25 Beer Sheva victories. Goal Differential: 156:95 for Maccabi

Maccabi’s record against Beer Sheva in Playoff/3rd Round matches: 8 wins, 6 draws, 2 losses (both last season).

Prime Time
The upcoming contest will be the 21st straight time that the club’s will be featured as the “Match of the Week” on TV. This is the longest record ever since the broadcasts began in the 1990’s!
The first match between the clubs: 3:0 win for Maccabi in the State Cup Semifinal in 1961/62.
The biggest win: 5:0 twice – in 1995/96 and 2012/13.

Top Players
There have been 60 players to date who have scored for Maccabi against Beer Sheva. The goal scoring leader: Benny Tabak with 9 goals.
Three players in Yellow & Blue have scored a hat-trick against Beer Sheva in league action: Yevgeni Kashentsev in 1995/96, Benny Tabak in 1988/89 and Moshe Schweitzer.
Appearance leader: Eli Driks and Benny Tabak with 28 appearances each.
In the current squad: Sheran Yeini with 22 appearances. (4th all-time)
17 Maccabi players made their Yellow & Blue debuts against Beer Sheva, four of them are part of the current squad: Sheran Yeini, Avi Rikan, Aaron Schoenfeld and Predrag Rajikovic.
The youngest player to appear against Beer Sheva: Boni Ginzburg -16 years & 1 month.
The oldest player to appear against Beer Sheva: Shura Uvarov – 38 years & 1 month.

Race to the World Cup goes International

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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans worldwide – GET READY! The Race to the World Cup contest via the Maccabi App and HISENSE is coming to you!

4 ימים של ‘רצים למונדיאל’

This coming weekend Maccabi Tel Aviv and HISENSE an Official Sponsor of the 2018 World Cup in Russia is continuing to give out some great prizes including:

Ticket to a 2018 World Cup Match!

What do you need to do to win?
The most important thing you have to do is download the Official Maccabi Tel Aviv App, the most crucial tool in the Race for the World Cup in order too receive push notifications and updates by the minute.

On Thursday march 29th we’ll send a Push Notification with a hint to a place somewhere around the world where we will be waiting for you. The first fan to find the location, shows that they have the App on their mobile and answers a trivia question will win a ticket to a 2018 World Cup Match. The second fan will win a Retro Kit signed by all of the Maccabi Tel Aviv players.