Maccabi Tel Aviv’s leading youth and junior teams achieved convincing results in their weekend fixtures at Kiryat Shalom. The youth side registered an important win over Ramat Hasharon while the junior A team beat Bnei Yehuda and the junior B team also beat their Ramat Hasharon counterparts

Maccabi “Shahar” Tel Aviv 3, Hapoel “Nir Ramat Hasharon 0– The youth team registered an important and clear-cut home victory over their opponents in the eighth round of the league which was played at Kiryat Shalom because the usual home venue at Ness Ziona was undergoing winter re-seeding. Eliezer Ben Aharon’s charges now have three consecutive wins under their belts and lie in third place in the standings, six points behind pacesetters Maccabi Haifa. Parfait Guiagon, Shaked Navon and Ronen Hanchis scored Maccabi’s goals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded” 3, Bnei Yehuda 0– A David Turgeman hat trick secured the points for Uri David’s high flyers who now have six wins after eight rounds of play.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs” 6, Hapoel “Nir” Ramat Hasharon 0– The junior B team thrashed their opponents and lead their division after 11 rounds of play as Yakir Silberman scored a hat trick, Niv Huber struck twice and Lior Aloni added another.

All three junior teams played away fixtures on Saturday and the A team, Maccabi “Oded,” were held to a goalless draw by their hosts, Maccabi Netanya. The Maccabi boys’ winning streak may have been halted, but they have temporarily, at least, retained the lead in their division with 16 points from seven matches. Maccabi Haifa, who are second in the table with 15 points, have a game in hand and will play on Tuesday against city rivals Hapoel Haifa.

The B team, Maccabi Eli Fuchs, came back from Hapoel Ramat Gan with a 3-1 win. Lior Aloni put Maccabi ahead in the fourth minute and two more goals by Orel Baya in the 22nd and 41st minute put the result beyond doubt even though the hosts scored a late consolation goal. The boys lead their division with 22 points from 10 matches.

The C team, Maccabi “Eldad” also won 3-1 at Hapoel Beersheba in a preview of sorts for the big game on Monday. It was their second consecutive win. Beersheba took an early lead but goals by Agam Hanoun in the 38th and 40th minutes and a third by Michael Merenstein in the 75th secured the win. The boys are in third place in their division with 12 points from four games.

 

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar”, the club’s under-19 side, on Saturday affirmed their fine form by registering a 1:0 win over Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the seventh round of the youth league.

Maccabi dominated from the start and already had the ball in the net in the 12th minute, but Tal Torgeman’s effort was ruled offisde.

In the 24th minute, Rishon were saved by the crossbar after a powerful Ronen Hanchkis shot but Torgeman, who was again in the fray, put his shot off the rebound wide.

Two more attempts late in the half by Asaf Hershko and Shai Balahssen tested Rishon’s goalkeeper, who managed to keep the ball out on both occasions.

Maccabi dominated after the restart and had several chances, with Nadav Nidam and Omer Itzhaki both threatening but the breakthrough finally came in the 81st minute when Rave Asayag controlled a rebounding ball in the area and swivelled to shoot put the ball in the net.

Nehorhi Biton almost added a second in injury time, but his shot narrowly missed the target.

Hapoel Rishon Lezion will host Maccabi “Shahar”, the under-19 side, at Haberfeld Stadium, kickoff at 11:00. Following last weekend’s dramatic win over Beitar Jerusalem, the youth team, who are on 10 points, will look to continue their winning momentum and seek to better their current third position in the standings. Rishon are in 11th place after six rounds of play with seven points. The race for the top is turning out to be very tight.

The junior A side, Maccabi “Oded” will be hosted by Maccabi Netanya “Yonatan” at the Shapira ground in Netanya, kickoff 15:30. The boys are having a good run and share the table lead with Maccabi Haifa, both have 15 points from six matches.

It’s another tight race and Netanya are three points behind in seventh position in the standings.

The junior B side, Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” will be hosted by Hapoel Ramat Gan at the Ramat Hashikma ground at 15:50. Maccabi’s boys are also at the top of the standings on 19 points, but they share the lead with three other clubs. A win will be crucial to keep up with the pacesetters. Ramat Gan are in 14th place with eight points.

The junior C side, Maccabi “Eldad” will play Hapoel Beersheba at the Wassermill stadium at 11:00 in what will be a preview of sorts of the TASE Premier League’s featured match on Monday at Bloomfield. The boys will look to add another victory after last week’s win, and after five matches, they lie in fifth place in their division with nine points, the same as Beersheba, but with a better goal difference that puts them one place above their hosts.

Maccabi “Shahar” Tel Aviv returned from a three-week break on Saturday to register an important victory over Beitar Jerusalem with central defender Itay Ben Hamo scoring the only goal of the contest in the 81st minute.

Constant pressure by the Maccabi players almost brought an early breakthrough in the first half and Beitar got their chance on a counter attack in the 23rd minute, although they were denied by the crossbar. 

Maccabi hosted the game in Ness Ziona and had several more chances in the second half before the breakthrough finally came in the 81st minute when Shai Balahssen crossed the ball in from the right and Ben Hamo found his way through to head in from close range.

Maccabi almost added a second, although they were also denied by the crossbar from a shot by defender Guy Mizrahi. 

Lineups – Maccabi: Ben Musayof, Guy Mizrahi, Omer Itzhaki, Itay Ben Hamo, Shachar Rosen, Niv Berkovitz, (Shaked Navon, 68), Shai Balahssen, Nadav Nidam (Asaf Hershko, 54), Rave Asayag (Omri Ram, 63), Parfait Guiagon, Ronen Hanchis (Afek Sapir Navot, 68)

Beitar: Nissim Hayek, Raz Bruchian, Adir Deri, David Huga, Aviel Zargari, Li-On Mizrahi, Gil Ben Chelouche, Eran Azoulai, Orel Cohen, Zid Konber, Tadagar Dego.

Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv, the club’s under-18 team scored a late equaliser against hosts Bnei Sakhnin on Saturday for a 1-1 draw.

Maccabi dominated proceedings and had a goal disallowed in the 45th minute but the visitors’ inability to score allowed the hosts to take the lead in the 64th minute.

Nadav Nidam, who came on as substitute in the second half, scored the equaliser in the 76th minute from a long-range free kick.

The result has seen Maccabi accrue seven points from their five matches so far in the league.

Maccabi’s lineup: Ben Musaiof, Guy Mizrahi, Itai Ben Hemo, Dan Lugasi, Shachar Rosen, Afek Sapir Navot, Omri Ram, Rotem Yatzkar, Niv Berkovitz, Or Roizman, Rave Assayag.

Among the junior teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded”, the A team registered a whopping 7-1 win over hosts Hapoel Beersheba. They led 4-0 at the break and wrapped up a comfortable victory with two goals from David Turgeman and one each by Aner Oshmandi, Uri Halevy, Mohammed Abu Iyash, Aviv Peles and Eliran Lazler.

The junior B team, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs” lost 3-2 to hosts Hapoel Hadera, with Orel Baia scoring twice for the visitors.

The junior C team, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eldad” also played away and scored a convincing 6-1 win over Ironi Modiin to maintain their perfect league record after three outings. Agam Hanoun and Ido Dalal got Maccabi off to a good start in the first half and Yoav Glikopf, Tal Scharfman with two and Osher Bruchim added the other goals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth academy raised a toast to the approaching Jewish New Year in a celebration at the Kiryat Shalom training complex on Sunday, with club CEO Ben Mansford wishing the club’s guests and training staff happiness and success. Youth department head Guy Zuckerman also added his blessings before all present joined in the celebrations and tasted from the holiday’s special treats.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s under-18 youth side and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona saw out a 1-1 draw in the fourth round of action in the youth premier league on Saturday, with Omri Ram scoring Maccabi’s goal in the 42nd minute.

Maccabi had several chances to score in the first half in which they dominated, but the match took on a more even tone in the second period and Kiryat Shmona equalised through Ron Peretz in the 52nd minute.

In other results, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded”, the junior A side, beat Beitar Tubruk 2-1 with goals through David Turgeman and Aner Oshmandi, the junior B team had an emphatic 5-0 away win over Ironi Nesher and the C team also registered a 5-0 win, this time at home, against Ashdod.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar” the club’s youth side registered its first win of the season on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Maccabi Netanya “Shlomi”.

The win followed two draws in the previous two fixtures of the current season. Farpa Guyagon scored twice and Raveh Assayag added a third goal before Amit Yaacov’s consolation effort for Netanya.

In other fixtures for the youth academy teams, hosts Ashdod beat Maccabi’s boys’ (under-17)  team 3-2 and the U16 team in the same category lost 2-1 at home to Beitar Tubruk but the U15 team scored a huge 15-0 away win over Hapoel Nahalat Yehuda in the cup. The goals included two hat tricks for Omer Dinar and Osher Bruchim and Yosef Lior, Tom Bloch and Agam Hanoch each scoring two goals. Additional goals were scored by Ido Dalal, Ron Rabinovitch and Yehezkel Ben.

Maccabi “Shahar” Tel Aviv’s youth team asserted their authority over Maccabi Netanya in the third round of the youth premier league on Saturday and registered their first win of the season following two draws as Farpa Guyagon scored twice and Raveh Assayag added a third goal before Amit Yaacov’s consolation effort for Netanya.

Guyagon settled Maccabi’s nerves already in the second minute after Assayag sent in a cross from the right for his the Ivory Coast midfielder to slot into the back of the net. He added a second strike in the 36th minute as Maccabi asserted their dominance.

Assayag added a third goal for coach Eliezer Ben Aharon’s side by rising high to head over Netanya goalkeeper Razi Abu Hamza into the net in the 51st minute.

Netanya’s Amit Yaacov scored a consolation goal for the visitors and the result was never in doubt.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s lineup: Ben Moussaioff, Guy Mizrahi, Omer Yitzhak, Dan Lugassi, Shahar Rosen,  Nadav Nidam (Assaf Hershko, 53), Omri Ram (Tal Turgeman, 78), Rotem Yatzker (Niv Berkovitz, 57), Raveh Assayag, Farpa Guyagon (Shai Balahsan, 67), Nehorai Biton (Shaked Navon, 46).