Maccabi Netanya F.C.

Maccabi Netanya Football Club was founded in 1934 and initially played in green and white stripes. The club played their first game against Beitar Netanya in 1935 at the Maccabi stadium, which was located in the center of the city. The club's first season was in 1935–36 when they played in Liga Gimel which back then was the third tier in Israeli football. After three seasons in Liga Gimel the club won promotion to Liga Bet (second tier), and in the 1941–42 season they won Liga Bet to secure promotion to the top division which back then was known as the Palestine League. During the early to mid 1940s, a number of British players who served in military bases near Netanya played for the club. The most famous were Bertie Mee and Tom Finney, who were the first foreigners to play for the club. The 1943–44 season of the Palestine League was the first season that Maccabi Netanya played a full season in the top tier of football in the country, they finished the season in the sixth place. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, four of the club's players were killed – Israel Arbaitman, Yehuda Blecher, Haim Goldstein, David Liebster and coach Baruch Feuer. After the establishment of the State of Israel, Maccabi Netanya was among the 13 teams that formed the senior league in Israel. In the 1949–50 season, Netanya finished in ninth place. In 1954 the club qualified for the Israel State Cup for the first time and the next season the club finished in fourth place in the league. After two rather…

Domestic

League

Israeli Premier League Champions (5): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83 Runners-up (5): 1974–75, 1981–82, 1987–88, 2006–07, 2007–08 Liga Leumit Winners (5): 1941–42, 1963–64, 1998–99, 2013–14, 2016–17 Runners-up: 2004–05

Cups

State Cup Winners (1): 1977–78 Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1969–70, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2022–23 League Cup Winners (2): 1982, 1983 Toto Cup Winners (1): 2022–23 Runners-up: 1986–87, 1988–89 Toto Cup Leumit Winners: 2004–05 Israeli Supercup Winners (5): 1971, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983

Minor honours

Nesher Cup Winners: 1941 Netanya Cup Winners: 1953