U-17’s finished 3rd in Bensemann tournament
Maccabi’s U-17’s finished the Walther Bensemann tournament in 3rd place after beating Polish side Cracovia 1-0Maccabi Tel Aviv U-17’s Academy side completed a three-day tournament in Nuremberg in memory of Walther Bensemann in the respectable 3rd place. Zion Cohen’s side, were drawn into Group A’ together with Bayern Munich, Chelsea and hosts Nuremberg.
Yoav Fleishman and Ido Awali led Maccabi to a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich on the opening day, before suffering a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea. A 1-0 victory over hosts Nuremberg thanks to a Yahel Atias goal secured Maccabi’s place in the Semi Final. Italian outfit Bologna proved to be a tough opponents as no goals were scored in regular and extra time before the Italians won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out to reach the final. On the third and final day of the tournament Maccabi played Polish side Cracovia Krakow with Atias scoring a late winner to help the U-17’s secure 3rd place while Chelsea beat Bologna 3-1 to win the pre-season tournament.
Tournament final ranking:
1. Chelsea FC
2. FC Bologna
3. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC
4. MKS Cracovia Krakow
5. Eintracht Frankfurt
6. FC Nuremberg
7. Karlsruhe SC
8. FC Bayern Munich
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U-17’s travel to Germany for Walther Bensemann Tournament
Maccabi U-17’s Academy side travelled to Germany where they will participate in a tournament against senior European sides such as Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Frankfurt and moreMaccabi Tel Aviv’s Under 17’s travelled to Germany where they are set to hold a short pre-season training camp in Munich followed by the Walther Walther Bensemann tournament in Nuremberg.The lucrative tournament which will be staged at the training complex of FC Nuremberg between August 29th and 31st will involve eight clubs from five countries: FC Nuremberg, FC Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt and Karlsruher SC (Germany), Chelsea (England), Bologna (Italy), Cracovia Krakow (Poland) and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The tournament which has been played since 1937 and will be staged for the 32nd time, combines top level football as well as a unique educational program, in memory of Walther Bensemann. One of the pioneers of German and European football history, Bensemann (1873-1934) was a founder of football clubs and the organizer of the first international matches involving German clubs as well as the co-founder of the German Football Association. As one of the founders of “Kicker” sports magazine, Bensemann wrote about his favorite sport, but also published articles about the political issues of his time, writing against dangerous militarism, poisoning nationalism and against latent and open anti-Semitism. He was convinced that football had the power to bring the European family together and to promote peace between people.Besides the footballing program the tournament The aim of the educational program is to learn from history and to translate the approaches of Walther Bensemann, a pioneer of football and European unification, into the present day. The life and vision of Bensemann is conveyed to the young players in order to strengthen them as ambassadors for democracy and against discrimination.
The Bensemann campus is shaped by several Holocaust survivors who share their stories and leave a lasting impression on young people. The program includes a total of 19 workshops on Friday and Saturday mornings.
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Ben Dayan appointed as youth team coach
Dedi Ben Dayan (43) was appointed as the Youth team Coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ after spending the last two years as the Under 19’s Assistant Coach. Ben Dayan: “For me this is coming full circle”.
A product of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Youth Academy, Dedi Ben Dayan who made it all to the senior side where he played for five years (1997-2002) joined the Youth Academy several years ago and was the Under 19’s Assistant Coach over the past two seasons. Ben Dayan, who will coach the Youth Academy’s senior team said at the end of the opening training session: “For me this is coming full circle – as a player who made his first footballing footsteps at the academy and especially at the youth team – all the way to the appointment as the U19’s Head Coach. The target now is to work had on the pitch in order to reach all our targets”.Maccabi’s Youth Academy Director, Claudio Braga, added: “Dedi Ben Dayan has been working at Maccabi’s Youth Academy for several years now and developed his coaching skills in the various positions he held. During a very successful playing career both at club and national team levels, as well as his previous role as the U-19’s assistant coach Dedi proved has a lot to give the young generation of players and we are all certain he can help them develop into the future generation of players. Dedi’s coaching staff will support him with everything that is necessary to achieve our collective and individual goals and we wish him all the best as the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv Shahar”. 
Roee Amedi signs 5-year-deal at Maccabi
The 18 year old goalkeeper signed a 5-year-deal at Maccabi until the end of the 2026/27 seasonRoee Amedi (18) signed a new contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv as the tall goalkeeper (194cm) secured his future until the end of the 2026/27 season.
Amedi, who already trained with Maccabi’s senior side this season and featured in 8 matches for the U19’s, was part of the successful Youth Cup campaign named after Avi Ran. Amedi also represented Israel and U16 and U18 levels making a total of 3 international appearances.
Maccabi’s Youth Academy Professional Director, Claudio Braga, told the club’s official website: “Roee is a talented young player with a lot of potential to develop into an excellent goalkeeper. We believe in Roee’s ability and hope he will prove the faith we showed in him both at club and national level””.
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Maccabi send 7 representatives to U19’s EURO
Seven Maccabi players were named in the Israel squad that for 2022 European Under-19 Championship finals in Slovakia. Israel play Serbia (19.6), Austria (22.6) and England (25.6)The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals gets underway at the weekend as Israel qualified to the tournament hosted by Slovakia between June 18th and July 1st. Seven Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Academy players were named in the Israel 20-man squad for the European U19 finals: Ilay Tomer, Shon Edri, Roy Revivo, Roy Nawi, Oscar Gloukh, Orel Baye, Dor Turgeman
Israel were drawn into Group B together with England, Serbia and Austria as matches begin on Sunday (June 19th) with Israel playing Serbia and England facing Austria.
Group A consists of Italy, Romania and hosts Slovakia as the fixtures continue until Saturday (June 25th) with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals three days later.
All four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup in Indonesia, along with the winner of a play-off between the team sides finishing third in the two groups, filling UEFA’s five slots.
Group B:
Sunday June 19th : Serbia vs Israel (17:30, Žiar nad Hronom)
Wednesday June 22nd: Israel vs Austria (17:30, Žiar nad Hronom)
Saturday June 25th: Israel vs England (20:00, Žiar nad Hronom)
The groups
Group A: Slovakia (hosts), Romania, Italy, France
Group B: England, Israel, Serbia, Austria
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Maccabi activate option on Ori Azu
Maccabi Tel Aviv exercised the option on the 16-year-old forward who joined the Youth Academy in January.Ori Azu secured his future at Maccabi Tel Aviv after the club exercised the option on the 16-year-old who joined the club’s U-17’s earlier this year. Since joining Maccabi, Azu scored 9 goals in 16 appearances for the U17‘s before being promoted to the U19’s where he added another goal in 3 appearances.A regular member of Israel’s young national teams (U15’s and U17’s) Azu made a total of 6 appearances scoring a single goal against Hungary in August 2021.Maccabi’s Youth Department Manager, Guy Zukerman, said: “Ori is a talented forward who played at Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Youth Academy five years ago. He returned to us in January as we believe he will continue his progress at the youth team as he has great potential to develop himself at the club in the future”.
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For the 14th time: Maccabi ‘Shahar’ wins Youth Cup
A Bar Lin brace and a second half goal from Oscar Gloukh helped Maccabi’s U-19’s win the Youth Cup with a 3-0 victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva in the final. Maccabi won the Cup for the first time since the 2010/11 season and for the 14 time in the club’s history.Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ set a new Israeli record by winning the Youth Cup for the 14th time after beating Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-0 in Tuesday’s Youth Cup Final which was played at Netanya. Bar Lin (33,36) scored twice in the space of three first half minutes and Oscar Gloukh (79) who came off the bench sealed the victory for Peter van Den Berg’s side.
Maccabi ‘Shahar’ arrived at the Netanya stadium on the back of two successive defeats to Hapoel Be’ersheva and Bnei Sakhnin that saw them concede pole position in the table to Ashdod – the team they knocked out in the Semi Final. Petah Tikva came close to score in the opening minute but Shalev Daniel’s shot shaved the crossbar. Bar Lin set up Orel Baye in the 13th minute but the winger’s shot was caught by Petah Tikva’s keeper Maor Erlich. Four minutes later, Baye’s cut-back reached Lin in a dangerous position only for his shot to be blocked for a corner. Maccabi continued to look the dangerous side as Carlos Rivera’s through ball to Lin on 29 resulted with another save by Erlich in Petah Tikva’s goal. Three minutes after the half hour mark, Erlich could do nothing to prevent Maccabi from taking the lead. Roei Nawai headed the ball towards Lin who cut inside from the right flank before unleashing a powerful shot that deflected off a Petah Tikva defender to loop over the keeper and put Maccabi in front.Petah Tikva tried to level the score and sent players forward for a set piece but were caught on the counter attack. Baye charged forward and spotted Lin unmarked before the midfielder kept his calm and slotted in his and Maccabi’s second on 36.
The second period was dominated by Petah Tikva’s attempts to cut the deficit and claw their way back into the game, while Maccabi tried increasing their lead. Rivera came close in the 66th minute but forced a save from Erlich before Tomer Alon denied Ariel Lugasi at the opposite end two minutes later.Twenty four hours after playing 78 minutes at Bloomfield in the first team’s 5-0 derby victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv, Oscar Gloukh was given a chance to re-join his fellow young teammates as he replaced Ori Halevi in the 72nd minute. Four minutes after his introduction, Gloukh exchanged passes with Linonly for a Petah Tikva defender to block the shot and deny the midfielder a hat trick. In the 78th minute however, Maccabi took the tie beyond Petah Tikva’s reach after Rivera and Baye had their initial efforts blocked as Gloukh pounced on the rebound and blasted in the third.With Maccabi’s owner’s representative Jack Angelides watching from the stands alongside the club’s management and the entire first team coaching staff, the U-19’s lifted the Avi Ran Youth Cup. Having won the Cup for the first time since the 2010/11 season, Maccabi ‘Shahar’ could now return to focus their efforts on the league in an attempt to emulate the achievement of that season by winning the double. Maccabi Tel Aviv: Tomer Alon, Ilay Tomer (Ari Merenstein 85), , Shon Edri, Adir Cordoba, Roy Revivo, Roei Nawi, Yonatan Paz (Anar Ushmandi 66), Bar Lin (Mohamad Abu Ayash 85), Ori Halevi (Oscar Gloukh 72), Orel Baye, Carlos Rivera (Ido Mizrahi 85).
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“The door to the first team is a very special one. It is not for everyone”
Eight months after being appointed as Academy Director, Claudio Braga speaks in a special interview about the work with our next generation and what he would regard as a success ("We would like players to create higher value to Maccabi's senior side")
Four academy players qualify to U-19’s EURO
The Israel Youth national team qualified to the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship as Maccabi’s academy had four representatives in the side that reached the achievement.An outstanding achievement for Israeli football after Israel’s youth national team qualified to the UEFA European U-19 final tournament to be played in Slovakia in June 2022. A dramatic late 1-0 victory over Scotland thanks to a Roy Revivo 88th minute goal, helped Israel win Group 1 ahead of hosts Hungary, Scotland, and Turkey.Midfielder Oscar Gloukh together with defenders Ilay Tomer and Shon Edri were also part of the squad that was held to a 0-0 draw by Hungary in the opening match and then beat Turkey 3-1 on the second Match day.Israel joined France, England, Romania, Italy, Austria as the team that qualified together with hosts Slovakia for the final tournament which will be played between June 18 and July 1st. The draw that will split the final tournament into two groups is set to take place on April 28th in Samorin-Cilistov with the top two in each section progressing to the semi-finals. Those four teams will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia along with the winner of a play-off between the sides finishing 3rd in the two groups, filling UEFA’s five slots.
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U19 reach Cup Semi Final after a 3-2 win over Rishon Lezion
A Yonatan Paz (111) long range winner in Extra Time earned Maccabi's U19 a 3-2 victory over Rishon Lezion to reach the Semi Final Cup. Oscar Gloukh (15) put Maccabi in front following an Orel Baye assist who scored himself (59)Maccabi Tel Aviv ‘Shahar’ met Ironi Rishon Lezion in the Quarter Final of the Youth Cup. Two and a half months after Maccabi recorded a 6-3 victory over Rishon in the league, both teams faced each other as coach Peter van Den Berg made several changes from his side that beat bottom of the table Ironi Nesher 2-0 last weekend.
Maccabi took the lead after 15 minutes at the end of a spectacular team effort as a cross from the right was teed-up by Orel Baye for Oscar Gloukh whose clinical finish broke the deadlock. Rishon levelled the score 10 minutes later as Yuval Sasson beat Tomer Alon with a shot into the top corner on 25. On the half-hour mark Baye came close but shot wide. Alon kept Maccabi in the game with a save that denied Roy Telio.Nine minutes after the restart, Bar Linn managed to beat Rishon’s keeper Dvir Nir but his shot crashed against the crossbar. Baye restored Maccabi’s lead in the 59thminute swapping roles with Gloukh who turned provider. In the 77th minute however Rishon were back on level terms for the second time in the game. Roy Nawai was penalized for fouling Rishon’s forward in the penalty area before Ohad Almagor successfully converted the spot kick past Alon to make it 2-2. The full time whistle sent both teams to extra time, as the winner was scored in the 111th minute by Yonatan Paz. The substitute who was introduced by Peter Van den Berg for Carlos Rivera in the 70th minute blasted a shot from outside the area that gave Maccabi the 3-2 lead which booked their place in the final four of the competition.
The Semi Final draw which took place at the IFA Headquarters on Sunday (6.3), will see Peter van Den Berg’s side face Ashdod on April 13th. Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Petah Tikva will also compete for a place in the final as the venue has to be announced.
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Tomer Alon, Ilay Tomer (Ari Merenshtein 105), Adir Cordoba (Omer Gerafi 62), Shon Edri, Roy Revivo, Roy Nawi, Ori Halevi (Amit Zur 62), Bar Linn (Yakir Zilberman 85), Oscar Gloukh, Orel Baye (Anar Oshmandi 113), Carlos Rivera (Yonatan Paz 70).
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