From Horvath to Peretz: 5 spectacular goals against Hapoel Haifa

Their words, our commemoration

In a special project for this Holocaust Remembrance Day, players Daniel Peretz, Idan Nachmias, Eylon Almog and Matan Hozez read texts that were written by Holocaust victims before they were murdered by the Nazis

Special project ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023: Several first team players including Eylon Almog, Matan Hozez, Idan Nachmias Dniel Peretz and Ofir Davidzada , joined together in a remembrance project called “Their words, our commemoration” in which they read passages of text written by Jewish victims of the Holocaust who were murdered by the Nazis.

Ofir Davidzada reads part of the Exodus poem written by Benjamin Fondane after. He was arrested with his sister in March 1944 as the two siblings were deported to the Drancy camp. Despite having an option to be released, Fondane refused to be separated from his sister and was sent to Auschwitz – Birkenau where they were both murdered.

Idan Nachmias read from a farewell letter written by Srul Shaya Kalezyk that was found in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1965.

Daniel Peretz recited a passage from the diary of 16-year-old Yitskhok Rudashevski from Vilnius. Between June 1941 and April 1943, Rudashevski detailed the hardship of life in the Vilnius ghetto. He was shot dead in the Ponary massacre during the liquidation of the ghetto in September–October 1943

Eylon Almog reads from Aharon Livrent’s final letter he wrote his daughter Bret and son Simon from a carriage of one of transport trains to France.

Matan Hozez, recited from a letter written in 1943 by Hulda to her parents that was discovered after the extermination of Poland’s Husiatyn Jewish population.

 

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Girl Power: Maccabi’s Girls academy. Watch

The International Women’s Day is a glorious opportunity to point the spotlight onto Maccabi’s Girls Academy and its’ contribution to the lives of the players. Watch the video

As the International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated all over the world today (Wednesday) Maccabi also raises the spotlight on gender equality as we embrace our feminine side. On this IWD we use the opportunity to focus our attention on the Club’s Girls Academy, as the video below shows at first hand how the next generation is inspired by the project.

Maccabi’s girls academy consists of 3 different age group teams. The most senior one includes 15 girls between the age of U19’s to U15’s (2004-2008). A younger team has girls between the age U14’s to U11’s (2009-2011) while the third team has 20 girls between U10’s to U8’s.

Every team has 3 weekly training sessions in addition to one fitness session for the two older teams. Just like any other youth team at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Academy, each team has a Head Coach, Goalkeepers Coach and a Fitness coach. 

One of the teams was recently named as the Academy’s PIZZA PREGO Team of the Week as the girls enjoyed trays of pizza from the club’s official sponsor.

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Youth Cup: U-19’s face Maccabi Haifa in Quarter Finals

Maccabi’s Under 19’s travel to Haifa for Youth Cup Quarter Final tie against Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday. The Cup tie will be played at Haifa’s Ketzef ground at 14:00

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Schahar’ have a tough Youth Cup Quarter Final Cup tie against Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday (Ketzef, 14:00).
After advancing past Maccabi Neve Sha’anan and Hapoel Be’ersheva in the earlier rounds, Claudio Braga’s side who are the current Cup holders face the Haifaites that knocked out Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Ramat Gan.

This will be the third encounter between the two sides this season as the first match which Maccabi hosted at Ness Ziona ended in a 2-2 draw. The reverse fixture at Haifa resulted with a 2-0 victory for the hosts that currently lead the table but will aim to avoid a Quarter Final exit similar to the one they suffered last season.

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Weekend results in the Youth Academy

The U17’s continue to impress with a victory at home over Hapoel Hadera, the U16’s were held to a 0-0 draw by Maccabi Netanya while the U15’s put 7 past Ness Ziona

The U-19’s side Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Schahar’ enjoyed a weekend off to the activity of the Israel’s national Under 19 team. On Tuesday, the youth team which is currently coached by Claudio Braga travel to Haifa for a tough Youth Cup Quarter Final tie against Maccabi Haifa.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oded’ 4, Hapoel Hadera ‘Moshe’ 1. (Under 17’s)
Maccabi’s U-17’s side continued their impressive good form with a convincing 4-1 victory over Hapoel Hadera on MD21. The victory took the point tally of Zion Cohen’s side to 54, three above second place Maccabi Petah Tikva. Said Abu Farhi (2), Ido Awali and Yuval Kfir scored the goals.
     

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eli Fuchs’ 0, Maccabi Netanya ‘Refaeli’ 0. (Under 16’s)
Maccabi’s U-16 side were held to a 0-0 draw by fourth place Maccabi Netanya on MD20. The point gained took the tally of Ido Harari’s side to 52 and kept the gap from second place Maccabi Haifa at seven and eight from Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Sektzia Ness Ziona 0, Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eldad’ 7. (Under 15’s)
Maccabi’s U-15’s recorded their 21^st victory from 22 matches with a convincing 7-0 win over Ness Ziona. Ilya Karsutin’s side remain top of the table with 63 points, eight more than second place Maccabi Petah Tikva. Ilay Ben Simon, Matan Zizov, Niv ALoni, Eran Ginat, Ido Yossef, Eden Hayat and Ido Hayut scored a goal each


Other matches:
Hapoel Ra’anana 1, Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shlomo’ 3 (Under 14’s North)
FC Ganei Tikva 0, Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Baruch Ezrati’ 9. (Under 14’s South)
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Leibo’ 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv ‘Yair Lerman’ 1 (Under 12’s North)
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oz’ 2, Hapoel Haifa 0. (Under 12’s South)

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Ben Dayan ends role as U19 coach

Dedi Ben Dayan has ended his tenure as coach of the U19 youth team Maccabi Tel Aviv 'Shahar'

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC reached an agreement with Dedi Ben Dayan for the end of his tenure as coach of the U19’s youth team Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’.

Academy Director, Claudio Braga, will coach the team at this stage.

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The Youth department’s State Cup draw

The State Cup draw for the various Youth Department teams took place at the IFA on Monday as Maccabi’s U-19’s were drawn away to Maccabi Haifa in the Quarter Finals while the U-17’s will face Hapoel Ra’anana in the Semi Finals. For all the draw results

Maccabi’s Youth Academy teams were drawn for their respective State Cup ties at the Israel Football Association Headquarters. Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shachar’ were drawn away to Maccabi Haifa in the Quarter Final of the U19’s State Cup. Dedi Ben Dayan’s side began their journey in the Cup with a 7-0 victory at Haifa over Maccabi Neve Sha’anan in the round of 32 before knocking Hapoel Be’ersheva out on penalties in the round of 16.

Youth Department teams State Cup draw:
Under 19’s Quarter Finals:
7.2.23 Maccabi Haifa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar

Under 17’s Semi Final:
4.4.23 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oded’ vs Hapoel Ra’anana

Under 14’s Quarter Finals:
18.2.23 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Baruch Ezrati’ vs Maccabi Netanya
18.2.23 Hapoel Jerusalem vs Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shlomo’

Under 13’s Quarter Finals:
18.2.23 Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa

Under 12’s Round of 16:
Beitar Jerusalem ‘Tzav Piyus’ vs Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oz’

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A Cup weekend at the Youth Academy

The U19's advanced to the quarter final of the Cup after beating Hapoel Be’ersheva in a penalty shoot-out. The U-17’s booked their place in the next round after beating Maccabi Haifa away while the U-15’s were knocked out by Hapoel Haifa

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ 0-0 Hapoel Be’ersheva (Maccabi win 3-2 on pens) (U19’s)
Goalkeeper Roei Amedi saved three penalties to help Maccabi’s U-19’s reach the Quarter Final at the expense of Hapoel Be’ersheva. With no goals in 90 minutes as well as 30 minutes of extra time, both teams faced each other for a penalty shoot-out. Yakir Zilberman and Bar Lin had their spot kicks saved by Be’ersheva’s keeper, but Maccabi’s custodian Roei Amedi saved the next three spot kicks and Roei Nabi successfully converted his penalty to send Dedi Ben Dayan’s side to the Quarter Finals.
  
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oded’ (U17’s)
Ori Amayof’s 82^nd minute header helped Maccabi’s U-17’s return from Haifa with a ticket to the next round after beating Maccabi Haifa 1-0. Zion’s Cohen’s side could now face in the Semi Finals: Maccabi Neatnya, Hapoel Ra’anana or another Haifa club – Neve Yossef SC.   

Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Eldad’ 2-3 Hapoel Haifa (U15’s)
Roy Gafni and Ilay Ben Simon were on the scoresheet but that wasn’t enough as Maccabi’s U-15’s suffered a 2-3 defeat at home to Hapoel Haifa which denied them a place in the Quarter Finals of the Cup.

Other matches:
Beitar Jerusalem 0-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Baruch Ezrati’ (U14’s) south.
Hapoel Mate Asher 1-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shlomo’ (U14’s) north
Maccabi Tel Aviv (south) 5-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Ofer Dekel’ north (U13’s)
Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Oz’ 3-1 Maccabi Haifa (U12’s south)

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Agam Hanun signs new 3-year-deal at Maccabi

The 17-year-old forward signed a three-year-deal at the Maccabi Tel Aviv

Agam Hanun (17) who scored 3 goals and assisted two others in 18 appearances for the U-19’s Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’, signed a new three-year-deal at the club. Hanun, is also a member of the Israel U-18’s national side for which he made 3 international appearances.

Maccabi’s Youth Department Manager, Guy Zuckerman told the club’s official website: Agam is a talented player who has been part of our Youth Academy since the age of 12 and during that time played at every age group. Agam is set to continue his progress at our youth team as we believe he has a lot of potential to continue his development at the club in the future.”

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Sali Fahima joins Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’

The 17-year-old midfielder signed a contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv and will join the club’s U-19 side

Yisrael ‘Sali’ Fahima (17) joins Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Schahar’ U-19 side after signing a contract at the club. The midfielder, in his first season at Under 19 level, scored 1 goal in 8 appearances this season at Maccabi Haifa.

Maccabi’s Youth Department Manager, Guy Zuckerman told the club’s official website: “We believe that Sali will continue his progress at the Youth Team as we are certain he has a great potential to develop at the club in the future”.

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The Youth Academy’s weekend results

The U19's were recorded a 2-0 league victory over Ramat Hasharon. The U17's beat Bnei Sakhnin at home while the U16’s beat Hapoel Petah Tikva away

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 Nir Ramat Hasharon 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ ...