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U13 South named Pizza Prego Team of Month

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Maccabi Tel Aviv’s under-13 team from the southern section have been named the inaugural outstanding team of the month by the club’s Youth Academy, a prize sponsored by Pizza Prego.

Academy heads Patrick van Leeuwen and Guy Zuckerman picked the side that train at Kiryat Shalom and the boys celebrated with a meal sponsored by Pizza Prego on Thursday.

The U13 South are the first team to win this special prize, and each month Van Leeuwen and Zuckerman will pick their outstanding team for the period.

Results were not necessarily the main factor in making the choice, rather, the behaviour of the boys and their achievements off the field of play too.

“Since the beginning of the year we have been impressed by the way the boys have behaved and trained and by their demeanour when they arrive for training and when they leave at the end of their session,” Zuckerman said.

“These will be the criteria that we will use to determine our outstanding teams, whether at Kiryat Shalom or at our northern base at the university.”

Zuckerman added that “cooperation with Pizza Prego has been very fruitful from our perspective, and we are very pleased that we can reward the kids and give them a good feeling. It helps team bonding and shows commitment by both parties.”

U13S are coached by Tamir Tubul, his assistant is Tom Shalom and goalkeeping coach is Eliad Graf.

The team have registered three wins in their three league outings this season, a 2-0 away win over Maccabi Petah Tikva, a 7-0 home win over Ramat Hasharon and a 3-1 away win over Maccabi Beersheba. They also scored a whopping 9-1 win over Ironi Modiin in the State Cup.

Stats ahead of Hapoel Haifa: 100 minutes to the record

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Can Maccabi Tel Aviv maintain the run of victories without conceding a goal? The 2-0 win over Hapoel Ra’anana was the ninth consecutive match this season in which Maccabi kept a clean sheet, and 10th overall when including the final match last season when they beat Hapoel Beersheba 4-0.

The all-time record in one season is 10 full matches, held by Maccabi Haifa in 1988-89. During that period Haifa were awarded an additional 2-0 technical win over Hapoel Tel Aviv but this has not counted in the string of victories.

In order to overtake Maccabi Haifa’s record, which stands at 1,002 minutes without conceding a goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv will have to keep a clean sheet in the upcoming fixture against Hapoel Haifa and then hold on for at least another 10 minutes against Kiryat Shmona in the next match.

But the task is not going to be easy as Hapoel Haifa is the only current Premier League side who have scored at least one goal against Maccabi in each of their last four meetings.

Overall, there have been 115 meetings between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Haifa, of which Maccabi have won 51, 34 have been draws and Hapoel have won on 30 occasions. Maccabi have scored 177 goals compared to Haifa’s 111 strikes.

Maccabi have hosted Hapoel Haifa at Bloomfield 27 times and the record is 15 wins, seven draws and five defeats.

The biggest win was a 7-0 result in 1993-94 when Itzik Zohar netted a hat trick, Avi Nimni added two and Eli Driks and Meir Malika scored one each.

Maccabi’s most prolific scorer against Hapoel Haifa is Rafi Levy with 10 goals, while Shiye Glazer and Avi Nimni have nine each.

Yossele Merimovich, who hit four in the 6-0 win in 1954-55, hold the record for most goals in one match.

Maccabi have a perfect record from the penalty spot against Hapoel Haifa, having netted all 13 spot kicks. The next best record for Maccabi with 100 percent success is seven. This season, Maccabi have been awarded only one penalty in league play, during the opening fixture of the season.

Co-incidentally, this meeting in the 10th round of league action corresponds to meetings against the same opponents in the same round in 2013-14 and 2014-15. Maccabi won on both occasions, after which they won the next six matches.

Matan Hozez, Ruslan Barsky and Dor Peretz are current Maccabi squad members who have previously played for Hapoel Haifa.

Hapoel Haifa coach Haim Silvas has managed to mastermind one win against Maccabi in 11 meetings, which include a draw and nine defeats.

Glazer: We want positive vibes for the break

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After being picked by fans as Maccabi Tel Aviv’s player of the month for October, Dan Glazer will look to continue his and his teammates’ great recent form as they face Hapoel Haifa at Bloomfield on Saturday, kickoff 19:50 in the tenth round of the TASE Premier League.

Glazer’s great form has seen him picked by national team coach Andreas Herzog for the Israel squad for their upcoming fixtures against Poland and North Macedonia and the midfielder said he was thrilled. 

When asked about Maccabi’s opponents on Saturday, Glazer said: “What counts for us is how we approach this game and how we start, I just hope we are able to continue to display our fine form.”

He said the title race at the current stage of the season with Maccabi leading was “interesting” but that Maccabi were looking only at themselves and looking for another win.

“We have a tough game ahead and we will be very happy if we can go into the international break with good vibes so that we can continue the positive momentum we have created.”

He added also that Maccabi had found a way to break down opposition defences.

“I don’t know what our stats are but I can say that we have players with great shooting ability and we display exciting football to set up scoring situations against tight defences, I’m sure we will manage to score more goals as the season progresses.”

Upcoming age group fixtures

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Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar,” the club’s under-19 youth side, will be hosted by Maccabi Petah Tikva on Monday at 14:30 at the Petah Tikva ground in the ninth round of action because the home team has a fixture on Saturday in the youth champions league. Eliezer Ben Aharon’s charges will go into the clash in third place in their division after three wins on the trot, while Petah Tikva have won only once in their last five league outings.

Among the juniors, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded,”  the A side, are on an international break because the national junior side are playing in the European junior qualifying competition.

Maccabi Netanya will host Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs,” u16 team, at the Netanya Shapira ground on Saturday at 11:15. The boys lead their division after five straight wins, while Netanya are in seventh place in the league with six victories overall.

The U15 team, Maccabi “Eldad” host Maccabi Petah Tikva at 08:30 on the synthetic surface at Kiryat Shalom. Maccabi are in fourth place in the division after winning their last two matches, while Petah Tikva are in second place.

Fixtures dates published for rounds 15-17

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The TASE Premier League’s management on Thursday set the dates and times for matches in late December and early January and will see Bnei Yehuda hosting Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday, December 24 at Bloomfield at 20:15 in the 15th round of the league.

The following round of matches will be played on Saturday, Dec. 28 when Maccabi host Hapoel Kfar Sava at Bloomfield at 15:00 but the most intriguing fixture will be at the start of the New Year when Maccabi travel to Sami Ofer stadium where they will be hosted my Maccabi Haifa on Monday, Jan. 6 at 20:15.

Dan Glazer chosen as October player of the month

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The closest ever poll to choose a player of the month has seen Maccabi Tel Aviv fans pick Dan Glazer as October’s choice.

The midfielder has been a main part of Maccabi’s impressive defensive record in the past month and has contributed greatly to the nine clean sheets the team have managed to accrue in TASE Premier League play this season.

Glazer was chosen ahead of striker Chico Ofoedu, who achieved the second highest total of votes, but it was a close run thing as after the first count, the two players ended up with the same number of votes and an extension to the voting deadline was needed to determine the winner.

Goalkeeper Daniel Tenenbaum, who has kept his goal tightly shut, was third, also with a high number of votes.