Maccabi Shefa-'Amr F.C.

Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr
Full name	Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr Football Club; מכבי צעירי שפרעם
Founded	2009; 2014 (Re-established)
Ground	Shefa-'Amr Stadium, Shefa-'Amr
Chairman	Mounir Natour
Manager	Nazia Odeh
League	Liga Gimel Lower Galilee
2015–16	1st
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr
Full name	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr Football Club; מכבי שפרעם
Founded	1968; 2009; 2014
Dissolved	2018
Ground	Shefa-'Amr Stadium, Shefa-'Amr
League	Liga Bet North A
2017–18	9th
Home colours	Away colours

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr (Hebrew: מכבי שפרעם) was an Israeli football club based in Shefa-'Amr.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1968 and played in the lower divisions of Israeli football until the late 1970s, when the club enjoyed a period of success, after they won Liga Bet North A division in the 1979–80 season and were promoted to Liga Alef. Two seasons later, they finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division and qualified for the promotion play-off, where they faced the South division runners-up, Hapoel Bat Yam. After the first leg ended in a goalless draw, Shefa-'Amr made historic promotion to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time, after they won the second leg by a result of 4–3 after extra time, with all their four goals scored by Zahi Armeli,^[1] who would later move to Maccabi Haifa and became their all-time top scorer.^[2]

The club's spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season, as they finished third bottom in the 1982–83 season, winning only five games, and relegated back to Liga Alef. In the 1985–86 season, the club suffered further relegation, after they finished bottom in Liga Alef North division and relegated to Liga Bet.

By the mid-1990s the club had returned to Liga Alef, and came close to achieve promotion to Liga Artzit (then the third tier), after runners-up finish in the 2001–02 season. In the 2005–06 season, the club finished bottom in Liga Alef North division, relegated to Liga Bet and eventually folded. Later, the management rights of other Liga Alef club, Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya, were transferred to the Maccabi Shefa-'Amr association.^[3] That club was folded as well, at the end of the 2008–09 season, after they were demoted to Liga Gimel by the Israel Football Association, following an attempt of match-fixing.^[4]

Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr[edit]

In 2009, a successor club, Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr (Hebrew: מכבי צעירי שפרעם), was founded and joined Liga Gimel. Although the club's activity ceased after the 2010–11 season, it was re-established prior to the 2014–15 season and currently plays in Liga Gimel Lower Galilee division.^[5]

Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr are still commonly known and referred as Maccabi Shefa-'Amr.^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

^ Zahi Armeli: Racism will be defeated once it will not be treated Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
^ Zahi Armeli Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
^ The Lower leagues – News of the week – 11.9 Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Livegames, 11.9.2008 (in Hebrew)
^ Ironi Shlomi demoted to Liga Gimel NRG, 17.6.2009 (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Shefa-'Amr opens its home ground with a victory against Maccabi Tamra Ala'a Badarneh, Goler1, 10.11.2014 (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Gimel – The weekly forecast Eli Shmueli, Doublepass, 22.1.2015 (in Hebrew)

[Zahi_Armeli:_Racism_will_be_defeated_once_it_will_not_be_treated-1] Zahi Armeli: Racism will be defeated once it will not be treated Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)

[Zahi_Armeli-2] Zahi Armeli Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)

[The_Lower_leagues_-_News_of_the_week_-_11.9-3] The Lower leagues – News of the week – 11.9 Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Livegames, 11.9.2008 (in Hebrew)

[Ironi_Shlomi_demoted_to_Liga_Gimel-4] Ironi Shlomi demoted to Liga Gimel NRG, 17.6.2009 (in Hebrew)

[5] Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[6] Maccabi Shefa-'Amr opens its home ground with a victory against Maccabi Tamra Ala'a Badarneh, Goler1, 10.11.2014 (in Hebrew)

[7] Liga Gimel – The weekly forecast Eli Shmueli, Doublepass, 22.1.2015 (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Bet
North A	Ahi Acre Ahli Tamra Ahva Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Nahariya F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Shefa'-Amr F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Karmiel Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Abu Sna'an Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab Maccabi Bnei Jadeida Maccabi Ironi Tamra Maccabi Ironi Yafa
North B	Beitar Haifa Bnei Qalansawe Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel F.C. Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Qalansawe Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Hapoel Yafa Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ahva Fureidis Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel
South A	Beitar Ramat Gan Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Jaffa F.C. HaMakhtesh Giv'atayim Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Inter Aliyah Tel Aviv Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Sporting Tel Aviv Tzeirei Tira
South B	Beitar Kiryat Gat Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Ramla F.C. Sderot F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ar'arat an-Naqab Hapoel Bnei Ashdod Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon Hapoel Gedera Hapoel Segev Shalom Hapoel Yeruham Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Ramla
Seasons (fourth level)	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24