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GALA EVENT 2014/15

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This evening Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted its Gala event for the 2014/15 season at the Trask Tel Aviv, starting a tradition to showcase its core values and vision

Around 400 guests attended the event at the Tel Aviv port. The club initiated this exclusive Gala evening in order to honour its history, strengthen the present and to build the future. Notable former players such as, Avi Nimni, Gadi Brumer, Eli Driks, Bonni Ginzburg, Zvika Rozen, Vicky Peretz and Dror Bar-Nur attended the event.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv CEO, Martin Bain, started the event by announcing the club’s latest partnership with UNICEF, a partnership tying Maccabi Tel Aviv with some of the most prestigious football clubs in Europe already affiliated with the UNICEF group.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv CEO, Mr. Martin Bain: “Football clubs vary in size and culture but in my opinion what makes a great football club truly unique is one which values its history, honors its great players, and legends of the past, celebrates former glories and uses that platform to celebrate the present”.

Furthermore, Martin Bain indicated that the club's vision to leverage itself not only commercially, but also socially, by contributing to the local communities through an academy and youth programs. From now on, together with UNICEF organization, the club will support the children of Israel and the rest of the world.

Mr. Bain shared another piece of news, in regards to the team’s pre-season plans this summer. Like many elite European clubs, Maccabi Tel Aviv will also venture to the United States as part of its preparation for the next season. The team is expected to stay in New York and to play exhibition games against the city’s three teams, the New York Red Bulls, NYCFC and the New York Cosmos. 

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UNICEF Israel CEO, Mr. Jonny Cline, said that he had already received an autographed jersey from the Maccabi Tel Aviv players with the UNICEF logo printed on it. He added "Firstly, UNICEF Israel is proud of its achievement bringing Team UNICEF to Israel. Secondly, I believe that our partnership with Maccabi Tel Aviv is an astonishing one, promoting both the club's core values as well as our own. We are thrilled to promote these values among the children of Israel and the entire world".

Maccabi Tel Aviv players, who also attended the Gala evening, headed by Sports Director Jordi Cryuff and Head Coach Pako Ayestaran will be wearing the UNICEF logo on their jerseys as from their next game against Maccabi Haifa.

An auction and a raffle also took place during the Gala evening raising more than 355,000 NIS which will be donated for UNICEF’s project for Israeli children.

The first item in the public auction was a framed championship jersey from 2012/13 season. This limited edition item was signed by all players and sold for 20,000 NIS. The second item was the football boot that Eran Zehavi wore while scoring his bicycle kick against Beitar Jerusalem was sold for 24,000 NIS. The third was an exclusive dinner with two Maccabi players at ‘The Place for Meat’ was sold for 8,000 NIS. Players Sheran Yeini, Eran Zehavi and Barak Itzhaki offered to auction the item for a second round, after winning it the first time around for 21,000 NIS.

The fourth item was a vacation package for two, including a trip to a European away game and a stay with the team was sold for 10,500 USD. The fifth item was a home game VIP package was sold for 3,000 NIS. The highest paid item in the auction was a trip to the Spanish Super El Clasico, including a meet and great with the players, was sold for 12,000 Euros. 

In addition, the club presented its annual awards to the players, a special committee including Gideon Brickman, team manager Benny Tabak and former players Bonni Ginzburg and Eli Driks was formed in order to select the winners.

The first category, presented by former Maccabi player Viki Peretz, was the “Youth Team Goal of the Year” was sponsored by Profit. The winner was Yonatan Cohen.

The second category, presented by former Maccabi player Gadi Brumer, was the “Rookie of the Year” award sponsored by Italy Gold. The winner was Dor Peretz.

The third category, presented by former Maccabi player Eli Driks, was the “Most Valuable Player” award sponsored by "Fritz". The winner was the team's captain Sheran Yeini.

The fourth category, presented by former Maccabi player Avi Nimni, was the “Goal of the Season” award sponsored by "Kopell Group". The winner was Eran Zahavi.

In the fifth and last category, presented by former Maccabi player Tzvika Rosen, was the “Players' Player of the Year” award sponsored by Eurodrive. The winner was yet again 

Eran Zahavi. When receiving the award Eran Zahavi said: “I thank my team mates for choosing me, I couldn't have done it without you”.

In addition to the awards given to the players, there was an exceptionally emotional moment, as Yehuda Livne was granted a “Life Achievement” award sponsored by 'Yam Agodaiev' and Dorit Cohen, the widow of former Maccabi player Avi Cohen. Livne has been responsible for coaching and upbringing some of the clubs greatest players in the last 50 years. Currently, Yehuda Livne continues to train and groom the next generation of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Livne received the award from the team's Captain Sheran Yeini, was very moved by the award, and said: "I have been part of Maccabi for over 60 years, and now I want to thank all of you for your support. I would like to thank Nir Levin and Ariel Avram for their work in the Youth department during the past few years. I can only ask for one thing, to see Maccabi Tel Aviv playing in its own stadium".

 

 

 

 

Official Announcement: Tickets sale to the Cup Final

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Our main intention was to give Maccabi Tel Aviv season ticket holders first priority to purchase tickets to the State Cup Final. This was, unfortunately, not possible due various factors including the tight schedule as a result of demand of the IFA to sell the tickets as soon they were issued.

This is not the ideal way that we, as Maccabi Tel Aviv would opt to sell tickets, but we will do all that we can to ensure that in future there will be a more justified distribution of tickets between season ticket holders and people who want to purchase a ticket to a single game.

At present the club is working on setting up a CRM system and a digital database to make sure that situations such as these will not reoccur.

We will take every measure to ensure that additional tickets will be made available to our season ticket holders.

aRIE: “I had no doubt we will win the TITLE”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ theoretically won the league after a 3-0 victory against Hapoel Ramat Gan in Winter Stadium.

 

Coach Ziv Arie spoke about his team’s season: “We can’t imagine losing the title because of the great goal difference but we’ll wait patiently until next week to lift the silverware. We need to give credit to the other teams at the top of the league. We played great football for the majority of the season and I had no doubt we will win the league. We challenged ourselves unintentionally halfway through the season by losing points and allowing Haifa to join the race, but we managed to pull ourselves back with honors. The guys really evolved into champions in the last five matches. There are some talented players here and the club wants to promote them. If a player will be good enough, he’ll make his way into the first team. I had big shoes to fill after Amir left. He did a great job promoting players, as well as winning the league. The club is happy with the results, but we would have continued in the same way even if we lost the title”.

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The U-19s are might take part in UEFA’s Youth Champions League for the first time in Israeli football. “There are two ways to get into the Youth Champions League- if the first team qualifies to the Champions League we will enter automatically. If not, we will take the necessary steps to take part in the Youth League”, said Arie.

Team captain Dan Glazer celebrated the win by saying: “This is one of the happiest days of my life. I wish we’d have more moments like this in our careers. We told ourselves during the first half that we need to win what is ours. Hapoel Ramat Gan fought well. We told ourselves that nobody is going to hand us the title and we have to do it ourselves. Playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv’s first team is my biggest dream and I hope it will happen”.

Maccabi’s top scorer, Yonatan Cohen said at the end: “It was a very difficult season. We had some trouble halfway through but we knew we have a good team. We won the league by winning big games away in Be’er Sheva and Haifa. I’m happy I could contribute to the team. We’ll have easier training sessions this week and we’ll celebrate with the teammates. At the moment I am with the U-19s and not ready to decide on my personal future”. 

 

Youth Team Sealed The Title

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Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ is almost the certain league champions (due to a better goal difference) for the 2014/15 season after a 3-0 win over Hapoel Ramat Gan

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ theoretically won the league thanks to a better goal difference than second place Maccabi Haifa. Ziv Arie’s team 3-0 win over Hapoel Ramat Gan kept a three-point lead at the top of the table from Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Tel Aviv 'Shacher' will be official champions next weekend. 

Arie’s team knew before the game that their destiny is in their own hands. Hapoel Ramat Gan’s keeper denied attempts from Armeli and Kanikovski and kept the score level at half time.

Maccabi piled the pressure on Ramat Gan’s goal in the second half and the first goal came at the 75th minute. Eliel Peretz scored a well placed header following an assist from Mavis Tchibota. Second half substitute Omri Haramati doubled the lead at the 80th minute with another assist from Tchibota. Maccabi sealed the victory with a 90th minute goal, which signaled the start of the celebrations.

Only an unlikely scenario may take away the title from Maccabi next weekend if they lose points. However, a 29-goal difference lead over Maccabi Haifa should make sure the title will return to Kiryat Shalom.

 

SATURDAY’S matches IN THE YOUTH DIVISION

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Maccabi Tel Aviv youth teams are heading into the final stages of their respective seasons with a few of them having a lot on stake this weekend.

Maccabi’s U-19s will face Hapoel Ramat Gan in Winter at noon. Ziv Arie’s team is currently first in the table and a combination of a win for Maccabi and a lose of points for Maccabi Haifa would crown Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ as the champions of the U-19s league.

Recent State Cup winners, the U-17s will play their final game this Saturday against Beitar Tubruk in Kiryat Shalom (1:00pm). Eliezer Ben Aharon’s team is currently second in the table, one point behind Maccabi Haifa, who is scheduled to play Hapoel in Haifa’s derby. A scenario of Maccabi ‘Oded’ Tel Aviv winning and Maccabi Haifa losing points would give the young Yellows the championship.

NAARIM

After winning the local derby in their midweek fixture, U-16s Maccabi ‘Eli Fuchs’ Tel Aviv will meet second place Hapoel Petah Tikva. Maccabi Tel Aviv holds a three point lead over their hosts. The game will be played oin Petah Tikva at 11:00am.

Maccabi ‘Eldad’ Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Ramat Gan in Kiryat Shalom (8:30am). The U-15s could become champions if second place Beitar Jerusalem loses points. U-15s second team will play away against Bnei Sakhnin at 3:00pm.

U-14s South will meet Hapoel Petah Tikva in Kiryat Shalom at 10:15am. Maccabi ‘Shlomo’ Tel Aviv will play away against Hapoel Ra’anana at 10:15am.

U-13s South will travel to Reshon LeZion to play local Hapoel at 8:30am. U-13s North will host Ironi Modi’in at 10:30am.

 

TICKET SALES FOR STATE CUP FINAL

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The ticket sales for Maccabi Tel Aviv's State Cup final match against Hapoel Be'ersheva will begin today (Thursday) at 19:00pm. The game will take place at "Sami Ofer" Stadium, 20.5, Wednesday 8.30pm. Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will seat at gates J,G,H,K and A. The sale is available at the official Maccabi merchandise shop (cash only) at 147 Dizengoff St. in Tel Aviv, Tickets can also be purchased 'Leaan' ticket agency at 101 Dizengoff St and also online or by phone. Each purchase is limited to a maximum of three tickets.

Tickets prices:

At the Maccabi shop and "Leaan" ticket office:

Upper south terraces 228-237, lower South terraces 123-130 (sold out)

Adult – 88 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 44 NIS

Upper east terraces 221-227, lower east terraces 120-122, lower south terraces 301-302, upper west terraces 238-240 (sold out)

Adult – 99 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 49.5 NIS

Silver area terraces 117-119, 303-304

Ticket price – 275 NIS

V.I.P terraces 401,402, 403

Entrance price – 385 NIS

Tickets prices at stadium offices if remain:

Upper south terraces 228-237, lower South terraces 123-130 (sold out)

Adult – 80 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 40 NIS

Upper east terraces 221-227, lower east terraces 120-122, lower south terraces 301-302, upper west terraces 238-240 (sold out)

Adult – 90 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 45NIS

Silver area terraces 117-119, 303-304

Ticket price – 250 NIS

V.I.P terraces 401,402, 403

Entrance price – 350 NIS

Tickets price via Internet or phone:

Upper south terraces 228-237, lower South terraces 123-130 (sold out)

Adult – 93 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 49 NIS

Upper east terraces 221-227, lower east terraces 120-122, lower south terraces 301-302, upper west terraces 238-240 (sold out)

Adult – 104 NIS

Women, soldiers, students, children – 54.5 NIS

Silver area terraces 117-119, 303-304

Ticket price – 280 NIS

V.I.P terraces 401,402, 403

Entrance price – 390 NIS

* Please notice that Children, soldiers and students will need to show a valid cardID to purchase special priced tickets.

* Home printing will be allowed. Please check the mail you inserted is correct. If the mail does not arrive after ten minutes, check your Spam Mail. Do not print more the one ticket per A4 page.

* Management and ticket prices for the State Cup final are under the responsibility of the Israeli Football Association

SAMI OFER

 

This week last year

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Ahead of next week’s game in Vasermil, we take a look back into last year’s meeting between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’er Sheva when the yellows won the league for the second year in a row

Monday, May 3rd 2014 at 4:00pm. A convoy of cars with yellow scarves is making its way down south to Vasermil Stadium in Be’er Sheva. Maccabi was scheduled to face Elisha Levi’s team later that evening and the yellow fans could already sense the victory celebrations at the end of the game, celebrations for winning the league title for the second year running.

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Paulo Sousa’s players walked onto the pitch for the first time at 7:20pm. While Maccabi fans did not enjoy the last two visits to Be’er Sheva, they felt something different in the air. Maccabi needed one point in order to clinch the title, but it wasn’t enough for Eran Zahavi.

Sousa sent the following 11 to the field: Juan Pablo, Sheran Yeini, Eitan Tibi, Carlos Garcia, Omri Ben Harush, Gal Albermann, Maharan Radi, Eran Zahavi, Tal Ben Haim, Dor Micha and Barak Basash.

Zahavi

It took only 12 minutes for Eran Zahavi to get on the scoring sheet following an assist from Dor Micha. The champagne was getting ready when Tal Ben Haim was fouled in the box in the 31st minute. Zahavi made it 2-0 from the spot, and his 23rd of the season. No one could have thought Zahavi would be so close to reach the all time record of goals per season.

The fans sang love to their beloved team during halftime, getting ready for the post game celebrations. A penalty by Dovev Gabay at the 84th minute did not spoil the festive mood and the fans were well prepared to rejoice with their players as soon as the referee called the game. Maccabi Tel Aviv would have just won the second championship in a row and its 21st overall.

Sousa

“It was an amazing season for the whole Maccabi family, but especially for the players”, said coach Paulo Sousa who had to change shirts after being showered with champagne. “I hope we continue to grow in the future in order to have greater consistency”.

Eran Zahavi, who scored the two winning goals, and the player to become the Winner League top scorer said: “It’s an incredible feeling. We are ecstatic. We’ve been waiting for this moment for so long. I believe in this team and in the club and I think this club deserves to return to the Champions League to enjoy the experience”. 

Arie: “preparing for our toughest game yet”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ will face Hapoel Ramat Gan this Saturday (12am,Sport5) with only two games left in the U-19s league.Arie: "we need to be cautious"

The 29th fixture of the U-19st league will kick-off this Saturday. With only two games left, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shacher” is in a terrific position to win the league, having a three points lead and a better goal difference over second in the table, Maccabi Haifa. While the young Yellows are preparing for the match, Coach Ziv Arie took some time to provide us with his insights towards the matchup with Hapoel Ramat Gan this Saturday at noon.

“We need to be cautious. We were complacent against Petah Tikva and it nearly cost us the game. Hapoel Ramat Gan needs the points as much as we do. In addition they’ll have something to prove after the heavy loss we inflicted on them in the previous round. It won’t be a simple game. The game against Hapoel Petah Tikva was an easy game on paper but we made it difficult on ourselves. It is hard to read the kids in these situations but we remain calm towards the game. We made a great tactical preparation. We know we are the better team, but sometimes its not enough in football”.

ARIE

Arie runs a very intensive training session. He takes the time to comment and to correct his players, and mostly makes sure to keep them their tensions high ahead of Saturday: “We have to cope with the pressure physically and mentally. The data showed us that our offense wasn’t running as much against Petah Tikva. Why did it happen? It could be a mental issue; complacency, pressure or over motivation. We might have heard some of the external voices saying we are already champions. It could easily transmit from your head to your feet. We want to think that we have a European approach in this area, but we were probably affected anyway. The best thing that happened against Petah Tikva is that we won. Young players find it sometimes difficult to peak as they did against Haifa”.

Arie mentions the game against Maccabi Haifa for a good reason. The coach who was promoted from the U-17s holds a perfect record against Haifa in the last two seasons. The 4-2 victory against Haifa in ‘Ketzef’ gave Maccabi Tel Aviv a great push towards winning the U-19s league. If they do clinch the title, Maccabi would become the record holder with eight championships: “We are not at a point to discuss football philosophy. After losing to Be’er Sheva (1-0), we decided that we have to win every game in order to achieve our goals.  We had a good tactical performance against Haifa and we knew how to take our risks".

ARIE

A short while before the game against Haifa, Maccabi’s staff struggled with the team’s finishing in front of goal. Arie’s team would create many chances but would miss many of them, a fact that caused them to lose points against Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Be’er Sheva: “In the first round we cruised through games against teams like Nes Ziona and Beiter Jerusalem. In the second round however, we found it more difficult to score, although we managed to pull through. Against Haifa we knew that they are planning to attack, which meant that we had more space to play our game. The players were calm in front of goal and it was reflected by the final score”.

 

Arie is about to finish his second season in the U-19s. He promoted no less than 12 players from his former U-17s, which might explain the good season the young Yellows are going through. The U-19s had already broken the record for goals per season and now are looking towards their next goal, to become champions.

Season tickets renewal

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Season tickets renewal 

The renewals of Season Tickets for 2015/16, is just around the corner.
In order to make the online process of the Season Ticket renewal and ticket purchase safer, the old password was changed.
The season ticket number for the 2014/15 season should be used as the Username while the Password will be sent via SMS to the mobile number which is in the system.

Once entering the website you will be asked to:
1. Change your password.
2. Enter the new password

A season ticket holder who didn’t receive the SMS with the new password by the end of the week should contact support@leaan.co.il via Email and leave their full details.
 

U-14s won the ‘Besser’ tournament

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Maccabi Tel Aviv U-14s South team took part this week in a tournament to commemorate Dr. Michael Besser, who was part of Maccabi Haifa’s staff for many years. Maccabi Tel Aviv U-14s team was invited to the ceremonial tournament and was led by coaches Uri David and Aviv Rein.

UNDER-14S

The tournament was built on two groups combined from three teams. Maccabi Tel Aviv was drawn to play Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Haifa “Nahalal”. The young yellows beat Maccabi Netanya 4-1 in the first game. The next game against Maccabi Haifa “Nahalal” ended in a 1-1 draw, which sent our U-14s to the final against Maccabi Haifa “Ketzef”.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the final with 1-0. A single goal by David Dego was enough for David’s and Rein’s team. Head coach Uri David spoke about the tournament and about his team’s spirit: “We took part at an impressive tournament on many levels with the senior management from Maccabi Haifa in attendance”. 

Under-14s

 

This is the second cup Uri David’s team lifts this season, after recently winning the State Cup. “It’s great to win the “Ketzef” Cup, especially with a team that keeps proving its strong character. For me, the indication of our strength is not only trophies. We see our strength it in the dedication to play in the same philosophy that Nir Levin guides us to. The team proves it in every game, every week. During the derby against Hapoel last Saturday we came back from a goal deficit to win 2-1 in the last ten minutes. I am very proud of the boys performances and by the fact that many of them are being promoted to U-15s teams, coached by Eyal Tzachi and Erez Belfer”.

 

Maccabi Tel Aviv U-14s will play today (Tuesday, 5:30pm) an away game against Hapoel Haifa in Kiryat Haim. The U-14s second team will face MS Kadima Zoran in Kiryat Shalom at 5:00pm. The U-16s Tel Aviv derby, which was postponed because of the international break, will take place on Wednesday in Kiryat Shalom at 4:00pm. The U-13s North are schedule to play Maccabi Shoam in Hadar Yosef at 5:20pm.