Category: Youth Teams

Maccabi Under-15’s at Vienna Tournament

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The Club’s Under-15 teams will be participating in an exclusive tournament in Austria. The young Yellow & Blue will face some of the top clubs in Europe in order to expose the players to the highest level of play for their age group in Vienna. The competition will run for three days between June 2-4, 2017 and the teams will be split up into two groups of four. The top two sides in each group will advance to the finals stage on Sunday June 4th.

Participating Clubs include:
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Rapid Wien (Austria)
Austria Wien (Austria)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Gyori (Hungary)
Ferencvaros Budapest (Hungary)
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
AIK Stockholm (Sweden)

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Under-15 squad will be playing in Group B along with Austria Wien, Ferencvaros Budapest and AIK Stockholm.

Schedule of matches:
Friday June 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv – AIK Stockholm (19:15)
Saturday June 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv – Gyori (10:00)
Saturday June 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv – Ferencvaros Budapest (18:35)
Sunday June 4 Final Placement matches

The exclusive tournament will be attended by the professional staff along with players who will use this competition as part of the preparation for next season as the young Yellow & Blue will look to return to Israel with quality results and more experience.

The Youth Department wraps up the season in style

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After capturing the Double two weeks ago, the Under-17 side, Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv ended off the season in style. The young Yellow & Blue defeated Bnei Yehuda 2:0 in the final match of the season as Saar Barami and Tamir Glezer scored with Mufleh Shalata and Eyal Hen picking up assist. The win gives Eliezer Ben Aharon’s club four in a row as he summed up the victory: “We began the match well, but then the heat from the synthetic pitch slowed the game down a bit while the quality level dropped as well. We wanted to finish off the season with a win and act like true professionals and that’s what ending up happening.”

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv, the Under-16 club ended their regular season in the Southern District with a third place finish which allowed them to enter the Champions Cup tournament. The top three teams in the North and South districts were combined in a competition to determine who would earn the Champions Cup Title. The Under-16’s played three matches against the Northern district, a 5:0 win over Raanana, a 3:0 victory against Beitar Tubruk and a 4:3 win versus Maccabi “Yehoyachim” Haifa. Despite winning all three matches, the young Yellow & Blue finished in second place overall to Maccabi “Goldshenfeld” Haifa due to a superior goal differential goal.

Shachar Brickman z”l Annual Memorial Match

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The Annual Shachar Brickman z”l Memorial Match took place at the Kiryat Shalom Training Facility as his parents, Gideon and Shosh Brickman took part in the event along with their extended family. The Maccabi Tel Aviv Under-19 Club named for Shachar fell to their city rivals 2:1 in the Little Derby and were presented with the winners trophy. Sports Director Jordi Cruyff along with Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen were also present.

At the conclusion of the match, Gideon Brickman said: “We have the honor to be part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv family and we are proud to be part of the Under-19 Club year after year.”

Shachar was a loyal fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv and made sure to attend every match. Shachar battled cancer for three years and succumbed to the illness at the age of 38, leaving behind a daughter Roni.

The Under-19’s in Numbers: Streaks & More

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After 30 Youth Ligat Ha’Al matches the young Yellow & Blue under the direction of Head Coach Guy Tzarfati recorded 17 victories (8 home, 9 away), 4 draws and 9 losses which was an improvement over the 16 defeats from last season. The club averaged 1.6 goals per match (5th in the league) with an overall total of 49 goals. The squad averaged 0.9 goals against (3rd place) with a total of 28 goals overall during the campaign. Again, this marked another improvement over last season when the team scored 36 goals while giving up 31.

We also saw some interesting streaks this season:

  • 451 – minutes without giving up a goal
  • 31 – The most appearances by one single player – Eylon Almog
  • 5 – Match streak without a loss
  • 3 – Wins in a row
  • 3 – Matches in a row a specific player scored a goal: Eylon Almog, Or Dasa, Dor Galili and Netanel Peretz.

The biggest win took place on Matchday 2 when Maccabi “Shachar” defeated Hapoel Rishon Le’Zion 6:0. The side’s defense also took center stage recording 11 clean sheets over the course of the season. The Club also had two comeback victories on Matchday 17 versus Hapoel Rishon Le’Zion (2:1 win) and Matchday 21 3:2 in the away Derby.

The top scorer was Eylon Almog finding the back of the goal 15 times, good for 5th place in the league improving on last season’s total of 7 goals. His best match was in the 5:0 away win over Hapoel Ashkelon when he recorded a hat trick.

The League’s Over? It’s just begun!

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Yellow & Blue Saturday – Match Results May 20, 2017

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Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv 0:4 Kiryat Shemona
After five wins out of six games, the Under-19’s finished their season off falling to the Northern club 4:0 ending the campaign in third place. CLICK HERE for the full match report.

Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv 2:1 Hapoel Kiryat Shemona
Following a week where Eliezer Ben Aharon’s squad won the league title and the Israel State Cup, the Under-17’s kept up their fine play and won yet again thanks to goals by Sahar Barami via penalty (35th minute) and Mufleh Shalata (40th minute). Ben Aharon summed up his side’s performance: “It’s tough to make the mental switch after all of the celebrations, the match wasn’t played at a level that we were used to and that was something clear. We have one more match to finish off the season and I hope that we will do it in style.”

Hapoel Raanana 2:2 Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv
The Under-15 North club entered the last Matchday with a two match win streak. Amir Sofer’s side took an early advantage but Raanana came back to take a 2:1 lead. However, Maccabi “Ilan” didn’t give up and found the tying goal as Tal Torgeman (penalty) and Yalli Lazar scored for the young Yellow & Blue. Sofer spoke about the match: “We missed a lot of chances and we should have won.”

Youth Department Saturday Action – May 20, 2017

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Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv – Hapoel Kiryat Shemona, 11:30 Ramle
Guy Tzarfati’s squad will look to pick up another win and end their season on a high note. The young Yellow & Blue will host the northern side who find themselves in 4th place on the final Matchday of the Youth Ligat Ha’Al campaign as they look to sew up 2nd place.

Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv – Hapoel Kiryat Shemona, 11:30 Kiryat Shalom
The Under-17 side will also face the northern club after taking home the Double by winning the league last Saturday and picking up the State Cup by defeating Maccabi Haifa this past Wednesday. With two Matchdays remaining in the season, Eliezer Ben Aharon’s team will look to keep up the positive momentum.

Hapoel Raanana – Maccabi “Ilan” Tel Aviv, 08:30 Raanana Park North Synthetic
Amir Sofer’s squad will play their last match of the season when they visit the Sharon Club. After back to back victories, the Under-15 North side will look to continue their fine play of late and end the season on a positive note as they will finish the campaign in 4th place regardless of Saturday’s result.

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv defeated Gadna “Roni” Tel Aviv 8:0 to end their season off in style. Bar Cohen and Raava Asayag scored braces while Gil Ben Shalosh, Asaf Hershko, Tal Yudayev and Omer Itzhak found the back of the goal as well. Head Coach Alon Brumer said: “We totally controlled the play and we took advantage of many opportunities while our defense didn’t allow our opponents any chances. We had a good match.” The Under-16’s finished their season in 3rd place.

Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv, the Under-15 South club ended their season in a respectable 3rd place.

It’s a Double: The Under-17’s win the State Cup

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The Under-17 squad took home the League Championship over the weekend and this evening they completed the Double by winning the Israel State Cup title. Eliezer Ben Aharon’s side defeated Maccabi Haifa 3:1 at the Moshava Stadium closing out a most successful campaign. An own goal by Amram Pellis and markers by Sahar Barami and Yarin Mesika helped the Yellow & Blue to the win.

First Half
The match opened up with both sides playing tentative football, however the Greens threatened the Maccabi goal in the 12th minute as keeper Daniel Peretz was forced to make a quality stop to keep the contest goalless early on. In the 24th minute, Amit Glezer led the attack leaving the ball for Mufleh Shalata who crossed it to Sahar Barami but the latter missed the in close opportunity.

Just two minutes later, the young Yellow & Blue took a 1:0 lead thanks to an own goal by Amram Pellis who tried to clear the ball out of danger, however put it behind his own keeper instead. But the advantage was short lived as Haifa drew even at 1:1 in the 30th minute via striker Shadi Masarva who took a terrific deep ball from Omer Levi and scored the equalizer. The Greens continued to press and almost took the lead right before the break but Atamit Mor’s opportunity hit the post as the sides went into the half even at 1:1.

Second Half
The Yellow & Blue came out strong to begin the second half as Yoav Hopenmeister’s effort just went over the bar. But just six minutes later, Shalata stole the ball on the right side and made a pinpoint cross right to Sahar Barami in the box who scored to give Maccabi “Oded” a 2:1 lead. Barami almost scored again in the 60th minute taking a terrific ball from the right but skied it over the bar. The Under-17’s looked for an insurance marker and would find just that in the 80th minute when substitute Yarin Mesika came into the box, got past his defender and scored into the left corner to give Maccabi a 3:1 advantage that would hold up to take home the State Cup Title and complete the Double!

Cruyff takes part in the Training Principles in Modern Football Course

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The Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Science Department and the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports are continuing their successful Training Principles in Modern Football course. The course which includes 60 academic hours over 12 meetings takes place at the Kiryat Shalom Training Facility. Lecturers include Dr. Antonio Dello Iacono, Course Coordinator, the Youth Department’s Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen, Raymond Atteveld and other coaches from the department.

This past week, the eighth meeting of the course took place. The first part of the lecture discussed goalkeeper training sessions and the youth department’s new philosophy concerning the subject. During the next portion of the class, Dr. Antonio Dello Iacono spoke about “Football Fitness” and explained how long-term training can be planned with a methodology based on scientific principles.

Jordi Cruyff, the Club’s Sports Director was the final speaker of the day and for the most part took a variety of questions in an open forum. The students asked about his management principles and philosophy such as changing Club policy or the youth department to professional elements including the principles of choosing a coach, the method and style of play and finding players that are available in the market to fit the needs of the club. Cruyff explained that the experience he gained by once being a player helps him tremendously in his current role especially when it comes to making changes.