Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club is an Israeli football club and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club.
Football is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport, first developed in the United Kingdom, who controlled Mandatory Palestine during the days of the British Mandate.
The AFC Champions League, commonly known as the Asian Champions League, is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Introduced in 2002, the competition is a continuation of the Asian Club Championship which had started in 1967. It is the premier club tournament in Asia, equivalent to the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores, and the UEFA, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC Champions League competitions.
Hapoel Tel-Aviv Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club's traditional home ground is Bloomfield Stadium. To date, the club has won thirteen championships and sixteen State Cups. In 1967 Hapoel Tel Aviv became the first club to win the Asian Club Championships.
The Israeli Premier League, officially The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange League for sponsorship purposes, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season. Five matches are played on Saturdays, with one match played on Sundays and the last one on Mondays.
The State Cup of Israel, is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.
The 1985–86 Asian Club Championship was the 5th overall edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first Championship in 14 years.
The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
The 1998–99 Asian Club Championship was the 18th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
The 1995 Asian Club Championship was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani bin Minhat was a football player who represented the team Selangor FA and Negeri Sembilan FA in the 1950s until the late 1960s. He played as a striker and winger while representing Singapore and Malaysia. He was sent by FAM to undergo a training session at Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany and other countries. He was known as the Raja Bola and is considered one of Malaysia's greatest football players.
The 1951–52 Israel State Cup was the 16th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the first after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 1954–55 Israel State Cup was the 18th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the third after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The1956–57 Israel State Cup was the 19th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the fourth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 1957–58 Israel State Cup was the 20th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the fifth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 1963–64 Israel State Cup was the 25th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 10th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 1967–68 Israel State Cup was the 29th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 14th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 1955–56 season was the 8th season of competitive football in Israel and the 30th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
The 1958–59 season was the 10th season of competitive football in Israel and the 32st season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
Israeli football clubs have competed in international football tournaments since 1967, when Hapoel Tel Aviv played in the inaugural Asian Champion Club Tournament. Israeli clubs Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv competed in all four editions of the Asian Champion Club Tournament before it was discontinued after 1971. The Israel Football Association was excluded from AFC competitions, and Israeli clubs were not invited to take part in the competition when it was renewed as the Asian Club Championship, which is now the AFC Champions League.
