Five Academy players called up for Euro qualifiers
Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth academy has five representatives among the national squad playing in the UEFA Under-17 Championship in IrelandFive Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Academy players, Ariel Belson, Amit Kodman, Aner Oshmandi, Elad Kaplan and Dor Turjeman, are currently playing with the national team at the UEFA Under-17 Championship in Ireland.
Israel began the event with a 1-0 win over Montenegro in their group on Tuesday. They will face Andorra on Friday and conclude with a clash against hosts Ireland on Monday.
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Weekend juniors’ results
Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team register a fourth win on the trot and beat Maccabi Petah Tikva in under-19 action while the U16 beat Maccabi Netanya 3-1 away while the U15 drew 2-2 with Maccabi Petah Tikva at homeMaccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar,” the club’s under-19 side, crushed Maccabi Petah Tikva 5-2 on Monday and notched their fourth win in a row in the youth league which has kept them in third place in the standings Click here for more details.
The boys’ U16 team, Maccabi Eli Fuchs, gained a sixth win in a row which kept them at the top of the standings after their 3-1 win at Maccabi Netanya in the 12th round of action as Oscar Gloch and Amit Tzur with two goals scored for the visitors. The team now has a three-week break.
The boys’ U15 team, Maccabi Eldad, drew 2-2 at home with Maccabi Petah Tikva in the seventh round of their division. Agam Hanoun scored both goals for Maccabi.
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Confident Maccabi put 3 past Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv roll on with another convincing performance and a tenth clean sheet thanks to goals by Yonatan Cohen (26), Dor Micha (54) and Itai Shechter (90). Eyal Golasa showed his class with two assists for the first two goals that cut through the Haifa defenceMaccabi Tel Aviv notched another convincing win in the TASE Premier League on Saturday and put three goals without reply past Hapoel Haifa.
Goals by Yonatan Cohen in the first half and by Dor Micha and Itai Shechter in the second half secured the points for the hosts, although there was never any doubt throughout who were the better of the two teams.
Maccabi started the first half strongly and looked as if they were ready to take the game to their opponents from the opening whistle but Haifa were not cowered and mounted a few attacks of their own. 
Probably more than in any other league fixture so far this season, Maccabi were also on the back foot early as Haifa stormed forward but poor finishing ensured that Daniel Tenenbaum, who has now kept ten consecutive clean sheets since the start of the season, was never under threat.
Cohen broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when after a string of passes on the right of the area, Eyal Golasa found him in space and the in-form forward’s curling right-foot shot evaded Haifa goalkeeper Yasmin Boric’s fingertips and ended up on the far side of the net.
Early pressure in the second half, with Maccabi’s players controlling all the play, culminated in the second goal in the 54th minute after Micha latched onto another good Golasa pass from the left and he made no mistake and struck the ball firmly into the roof of the net from 10 metres out. 
Maccabi should have added a third in the 64th minute when referee Eli Hachmon awarded a penalty after a VAR check following a foul on Chico Ofoedu, but Cohen’s spot kick was well saved by Boric as he dived to his right to parry the ball.
Itai Schechter, who came on as substitute late in the game after Ofoedu went off injured, secured the result in injury time when he slotted the ball home after Maccabi’s forward line broke free of the Haifa defence and Atzili passed an easy ball to Shechter who was unmarked and had no pressure in slotting the ball into the net.
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U13 South named Pizza Prego Team of Month
Every month, Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Academy's heads will choose their outstanding team. In their inaugural pick this month, the under-13 team got the nod for the title sponsored by Pizza PregoMaccabi 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.
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Upcoming age group fixtures
Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team will be in action on Monday against Maccabi Petah Tikva while the U16 and 15 sides respectively play away in Netanya and at home against Maccabi Petah TikvaMaccabi 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.
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Youth academy teams celebrate wins
Maccabi Tel Aviv's leading youth and junior teams achieved convincing results in their weekend fixtures at Kiryat ShalomMaccabi 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.
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Maccabi march on with a comfortable 2-0 win at Ra’anana
Daniel Tenebaum keeps another clean sheet as Vladimir Ivic’s boys register their seventh league victory of the campaign. Watch the highlightGoals from Chico Ofoedu (10) and Yonatan Cohen (74) led Maccabi Tel Aviv to a 2-0 victory over struggling Hapoel Ra’anana in the ninth round of the Israel Premier League.
Goalkeeper Daniel Tenebaum kept another clean sheet to extend his outstanding record of not conceding a league goal to a highly impressive 810 minutes. It took Maccabi just 10 minutes to break the deadlock as Dan Glazer released Chiekluda Ofoeduwith a clever pass and the Nigerian scored with a powerful shot from the edge of the area. 
Maccabi created further chances as Eyal Golasa – on his first appearance in a year – saw his shot slide wide of the post and Enric Saborit hit the woodwork.
Golasa came off for Ruslan Barsky shortly after the interval as Ra’anana pressed, and they came close to finally beating Tenenbaum as Yoav Tomer’s shot deflected off a defender and rattled the crossbar. 
But Maccabi sealed the points in the 74th minute when a well worked goal involving seven players was neatly finished by Cohen who fired past Ra’anana keeper Assaf Tzur. 
The win sees Maccabi go six points clear at the top of the table with fellow championship hopefuls Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beersheba yet to play their ninth games.
After the game coach Vladimir Ivic was said he was pleased with today’s performance. “We started well and got the early goal, created chances and we were in control of the game.bWe were not as dominant in the early stages of the second half and Ra’anana came at us, but we finished with confidence after the second goal went in. I am happy with the three points.”
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Draw and two wins for juniors
Maccabi Tel Aviv's three junior sides continued their unbeaten runs on Saturday and added to the youth team's victory as the B and C sides won and the A side registered a goalless drawAll 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.
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Youth team beat Hapoel Rishon 1:0
Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon's Maccabi Tel Aviv "Shahahr" beat Hapoel Rishon Lezion 1-0 to continue their positive momentum and a second victory in a row thanks to an 81st minute goal by Rave Asayag
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.
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Upcoming weekend youth fixtures
Maccabi Tel Aviv youth and junior sides will look to repeat a sweep of victories achieved last weekend. The youth team will play away at Hapoel Rishon LezionHapoel 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.
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