Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ (U19’s)
Maccabi ‘Shahar’ recorded a victory on MD18 with Yakir Zilberman (27) opening the score following an assist by Agam Hanun. Mohamad Taha (75) doubled the lead with Bar Lin playing a key role in the build-up for the second goal. Maccabi are currently 4^th in the league standings and host Hapoel Be’ersheva for MD19 in their next match.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oded’ 3-0 Bnei Sakhnin (U17’s)
Maccabi’s U17’s side recorded a 2-0 victory at Bnei Sakhnin on MD15. Daniel Tieshler (19) put Maccabi in front with Nadav Haber (74) and Yahel Atias (85) completing the score for Zion Hen’s side remain second in the table three adrift of the leaders.

Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eli Fuchs’ (U16’s)
Maccabi’s U16’s recorded a 1-0 victory away to Hapoel Petah Tikva on MD15 with Yoav Chonio scoring the only of the game in the 10^thminute. Despite being reduced to 10 men from the 30^th minute, Maccabi held on to collect the points and remain second in the table with 39 points, level with the leaders but trail them on goal difference.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eldad’ 5-1 Hapoel Jerusalem (U15’s)
Maccabi kept their perfect record in midweek with another 5-1 victory at home over Hapoel Jerusalem on MD15. Ilay Ben Simon scored four goals and Roi Gafni completed the score as Maccabi comfortably lead the table with 45 points, 11 more than second place Maccabi Petah Tikva.

 Other matches:
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Baruch Ezrati’ 7-0 Beitar Tubruk (U14’s)
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shlomo’ 4-3 Maccabi Netanya (U14’s) north
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0 Hapoel Ramat Gan (U13’s south)
Hapoel Jerusalem east 0-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oz'(U12’s south)

Hapoel Hadera 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ (U19’s)
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Schahar’ suffered a 2-1 defeat away to Hapoel Hadera.
Ori Azu (45) scored an equalizer for Maccabi to cancel Berti Sulimani’s (18) early lead before Sa’ar Schwartz (65) successfully converted a penalty to award the hosts the three points.
Dedi Ben Dayan’s side suffered their 7th defeat from 17 matches as they are currently ranked 8th in the league standings.

Hapoel Jerusalem 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oded’ (U17’s)
Maccabi’s U17’s side were held to a 2-2 away to Hapoel Jerusalem on MD14. The hosts took the lead before Lior Mashansky levelled the score in the 21st minute. Jerusalem took the lead 15 minutes later before Said Abu Farhi scored for Zion Hen’s side to ensure the points are shared. Maccabi remain second in the table with 33 points, three adrift of the league leaders.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eli Fuchs’ 2-1 Hapoel Ra’anana (U16’s)
Maccabi’s U16’s recorded a 2-1 victory over Hapoel Ra’anana on MD14 with Yoav Chonio bagging a brace to record the 12th victory of the season. Maccabi remain second in the table with 36 points, level on points with the leaders but trail them having scored 2 goals less.

Hapoel Be’ersheva 2-3 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eldad’ (U15’s)
Maccabi continued their perfect run this season by recording their 14th league win from as many matches. A week after beating third placed Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ilay Ben Simon (2) and Koren Mamman scored to inflict fifth place Be’ersheva a defeat.

Other matches:
Hapoel Tel Aviv north 0-6 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Baruch Ezrati’ (U14’s)*
Beitar Tubruk 0-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shlomo’ (U14’s) north*
Beitar Jerusalem 0-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (U13’s south)*
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oz’ 3-0 Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon U12’s south)*
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Leibo’ 8-0 Hapoel Hod Hasharon U 12’s north)*

Maccabi reached an agreement with Ivorian outfit Bouake FC for the loan-deal of Abdallah Dao (18) who joined the club until the end of the season with an option to make the deal permanent.    

Dao, left a good impression on the Youth Academy’s coaching staff during a short spell at Kiryat Shalom’s training complex and has joined the Youth team squad.   

Maccabi’s Academy Director, Claudio Braga told the club’s official website: “Abdallah is a talented central defender who left a very good impression on our coaching staff. He trained with us over the past month and we all believe that Abdallah could develop in the Academy and contribute to the club. Joining a club in the middle of the season is not easy but I believe that all the relevant departments will help him settle in fast in order to help his development”.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ played Spanish giants Real Madrid as part of the Mladen Ramljak international tournament in Zagreb, Croatia with both clubs ending their group in the runners up spot.

Maccabi were beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid as Agam Hanun (24) scored a temporary equalizer for Dedi Ben Dayan’s side with Julen Jon Guerrero (19) and Cesar Palacios Perez (42) scoring for the Spanish club that edged the Yellow and Blue to third place.

Drawn into Group B’ together with CR Flamengo (Brazil), Udinese Calcio (Italy) and Odense BK (Denmark), Maccabi began the tournament on Thursday with a match against the Rio de Janeiro club. Orel Baye put Maccabi in front before the Brazilians completed a two-goal comeback to win 2-1.
On Friday, Yakir Zilberman scored a second half equalizer against Italian outfit Udinese as Maccabi were held to a 1-1 draw. In the third and final match of the group stages Maccabi’s U-19’s beat Danish side Odense 4-1 with Orel Baye (2), Ido Ben Shushan and Ori Azu scoring the goals.
Real Madrid finished Group A’ that included hosts GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), PFC Ludogorets (Bulgaria) and SK Rapid Vienna (Austria) in second place – beat Maccabi in the match for third place.

Roee Amedi (18) signed a new contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv as the tall goalkeeper (194cm) secured his future until the end of the 2026/27 season.

Amedi, who already trained with Maccabi’s senior side this season and featured in 8 matches for the U19’s, was part of the successful Youth Cup campaign named after Avi Ran. Amedi also represented Israel and U16 and U18 levels making a total of 3 international appearances.

Maccabi’s Youth Academy Professional Director, Claudio Braga, told the club’s official website: “Roee is a talented young player with a lot of potential to develop into an excellent goalkeeper. We believe in Roee’s ability and hope he will prove the faith we showed in him both at club and national level””.

Ori Azu secured his future at Maccabi Tel Aviv after the club exercised the option on the 16-year-old who joined the club’s U-17’s earlier this year. Since joining Maccabi, Azu scored 9 goals in 16 appearances for the U17‘s before being promoted to the U19’s where he added another goal in 3 appearances.

A regular member of Israel’s young national teams (U15’s and U17’s) Azu made a total of 6 appearances scoring a single goal against Hungary in August 2021.

Maccabi’s Youth Department Manager, Guy Zukerman, said: “Ori is a talented forward who played at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Youth Academy five years ago. He returned to us in January as we believe he will continue his progress at the youth team as he has great potential to develop himself at the club in the future”.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ set a new Israeli record by winning the Youth Cup for the 14th time after beating Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-0 in Tuesday’s Youth Cup Final which was played at Netanya. Bar Lin (33,36) scored twice in the space of three first half minutes and Oscar Gloukh (79) who came off the bench sealed the victory for Peter van Den Berg’s side.

Maccabi ‘Shahar’ arrived at the Netanya stadium on the back of two successive defeats to Hapoel Be’ersheva and Bnei Sakhnin that saw them concede pole position in the table to Ashdod – the team they knocked out in the Semi Final.
Petah Tikva came close to score in the opening minute but Shalev Daniel’s shot shaved the crossbar. Bar Lin set up Orel Baye in the 13^th minute but the winger’s shot was caught by Petah Tikva’s keeper Maor Erlich. Four minutes later, Baye’s cut-back reached Lin in a dangerous position only for his shot to be blocked for a corner. Maccabi continued to look the dangerous side as Carlos Rivera’s through ball to Lin on 29 resulted with another save by Erlich in Petah Tikva’s goal.
Three minutes after the half hour mark, Erlich could do nothing to prevent Maccabi from taking the lead. Roei Nawai headed the ball towards Lin who cut inside from the right flank before unleashing a powerful shot that deflected off a Petah Tikva defender to loop over the keeper and put Maccabi in front.
Petah Tikva tried to level the score and sent players forward for a set piece but were caught on the counter attack. Baye charged forward and spotted Lin unmarked before the midfielder kept his calm and slotted in his and Maccabi’s second on 36.

The second period was dominated by Petah Tikva’s attempts to cut the deficit and claw their way back into the game, while Maccabi tried increasing their lead. Rivera came close in the 66^th minute but forced a save from Erlich before Tomer Alon denied Ariel Lugasi at the opposite end two minutes later.

Twenty four hours after playing 78 minutes at Bloomfield in the first team’s 5-0 derby victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv, Oscar Gloukh was given a chance to re-join his fellow young teammates as he replaced Ori Halevi in the 72^nd minute. Four minutes after his introduction, Gloukh exchanged passes with Linonly for a Petah Tikva defender to block the shot and deny the midfielder a hat trick. In the 78^th minute however, Maccabi took the tie beyond Petah Tikva’s reach after Rivera and Baye had their initial efforts blocked as Gloukh pounced on the rebound and blasted in the third.

With Maccabi’s owner’s representative Jack Angelides watching from the stands alongside the club’s management and the entire first team coaching staff, the U-19’s lifted the Avi Ran Youth Cup. Having won the Cup for the first time since the 2010/11 season, Maccabi ‘Shahar’ could now return to focus their efforts on the league in an attempt to emulate the achievement of that season by winning the double.

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Tomer Alon, Ilay Tomer (Ari Merenstein 85), , Shon Edri, Adir Cordoba, Roy Revivo, Roei Nawi, Yonatan Paz (Anar Ushmandi 66), Bar Lin (Mohamad Abu Ayash 85), Ori Halevi (Oscar Gloukh 72), Orel Baye, Carlos Rivera (Ido Mizrahi 85).

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ met Ironi Rishon Lezion in the Quarter Final of the Youth Cup. Two and a half months after Maccabi recorded a 6-3 victory over Rishon in the league, both teams faced each other as coach Peter van Den Berg made several changes from his side that beat bottom of the table Ironi Nesher 2-0 last weekend.

Maccabi took the lead after 15 minutes at the end of a spectacular team effort as a cross from the right was teed-up by Orel Baye for Oscar Gloukh whose clinical finish broke the deadlock.
Rishon levelled the score 10 minutes later as Yuval Sasson beat Tomer Alon with a shot into the top corner on 25. On the half-hour mark Baye came close but shot wide. Alon kept Maccabi in the game with a save that denied Roy Telio.
Nine minutes after the restart, Bar Linn managed to beat Rishon’s keeper Dvir Nir but his shot crashed against the crossbar. Baye restored Maccabi’s lead in the 59^thminute swapping roles with Gloukh who turned provider. In the 77^th minute however Rishon were back on level terms for the second time in the game. Roy Nawai was penalized for fouling Rishon’s forward in the penalty area before Ohad Almagor successfully converted the spot kick past Alon to make it 2-2.
The full time whistle sent both teams to extra time, as the winner was scored in the 111^th minute by Yonatan Paz. The substitute who was introduced by Peter Van den Berg for Carlos Rivera in the 70^th minute blasted a shot from outside the area that gave Maccabi the 3-2 lead which booked their place in the final four of the competition.

The Semi Final draw which took place at the IFA Headquarters on Sunday (6.3), will see Peter van Den Berg’s side face Ashdod on April 13th. Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Petah Tikva will also compete for a place in the final as the venue has to be announced.

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Tomer Alon, Ilay Tomer (Ari Merenshtein 105), Adir Cordoba (Omer Gerafi 62), Shon Edri, Roy Revivo, Roy Nawi, Ori Halevi (Amit Zur 62), Bar Linn (Yakir Zilberman 85), Oscar Gloukh, Orel Baye (Anar Oshmandi 113), Carlos Rivera (Yonatan Paz 70).