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Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli association football club based in Haifa. The club was formed in 1913 as a local branch of the Maccabi movement, and played their first competitive matches before the establishment of the State of Israel. Since then, more than 300 players have made a competitive first team appearance for the club, of whom almost 100 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here, as well as those who have played fewer matches but have made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Haim Revivo and Yakubu).
For a list of all Maccabi Haifa players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players. For the current Maccabi Haifa first-team squad, see the First-team squad section of the club's main article.
Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; friendly matches are excluded.
GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RM | Right midfielder | OR | Outside right |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB | Central back | LB | Left back | LM | Left midfielder | OL | Outside left |
DF | Defender | FB | Full back | MF | Midfielder | W | Winger |
FW | Forward | HB | Half back | CM | Central midfielder |
Statistics correct as of match played 26 May 2024
Name | Nationality | Position | Maccabi Haifa career | Appearances | Goals |
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Bondy Klein | LB | 1947–1953 | 114 | 3 | |
Tibi Cohen | CB | 1949–1960 | 158 | 3 | |
Yisha'ayahu Held | FW | 1949–1964 | 284 | 72 | |
Jonny Hardy | FW | 1951–1963 | 221 | 91 | |
Zekharia Ben-Tzvi | LM | 1951–1966 | 228 | 34 | |
Avraham Menchel | RM | 1952–1964 | 257 | 83 | |
Asher Almani | LM | 1952–1968 | 307 | 50 | |
Aharon Amar | FW | 1956–1966 | 149 | 41 | |
Shalom Vano | RB | 1956–1970 | 141 | 0 | |
Itzhak Shapira | FW | 1957–1962 | 114 | 35 | |
Danny Shmulevich-Rom | FW | 1958–1971 | 326 | 98 | |
Yehezkel Gershoni | GK | 1958–1973 | 238 | 0 | |
Shmuel Hednes | HB | 1960–1970 | 264 | 6 | |
Didi Sasson | FW | 1962–1971 | 126 | 26 | |
Hassan Bostoni | FW | 1963–1969 | 118 | 23 | |
David Gozlan | LM | 1963–1970 | 221 | 7 | |
Yisha'ayahu Schwager | CB | 1963–1976 | 410 | 17 | |
Natan Hirsch | FW | 1964–1970 | 130 | 30 | |
Mordechai Lubezki | LB | 1964–1971 | 175 | 3 | |
Aharon Gershgoren | CM | 1964–1978 | 371 | 36 | |
Karol Rotner | RB | 1965–1987 | 217 | 5 | |
Haim Hazamos | RB | 1968–1973 | 127 | 7 | |
Haim Forte | FW | 1968–1975 | 205 | 20 | |
Yoav Levy | LM | 1968–1976 | 149 | 33 | |
Moshe Adler | FW | 1968–1980 | 269 | 54 | |
Motti Berger | CB | 1969–1978 | 231 | 5 | |
Shlomo Benado | HB | 1970–1974 | 118 | 10 | |
Itzhak Aharonovich | FW | 1971–1980 | 155 | 9 | |
Oded Baloush | CM | 1973–1981 | 132 | 16 | |
Aryeh Efroni | LB | 1973–1981 | 147 | 1 | |
Menashe Mizrahi | FW | 1973–1983 | 177 | 44 | |
Emmanuel Schwartz | GK | 1974–1978 | 134 | 0 | |
Baruch Maman | LM | 1974–1987 | 364 | 53 | |
Yossi Kramer | W | 1974–1990 | 371 | 9 | |
Meir Ben-Shitrit | FW | 1975–1982 | 160 | 24 | |
Ilan Luft | LB | 1976–1982 | 111 | 3 | |
Yaron Persalani | CB | 1977–1987 | 215 | 19 | |
Avraham Abukarat | HB | 1977–1995 | 518 | 13 | |
Eli Cohen | CB | 1979–1986 | 231 | 11 | |
Moshe Selecter | FW | 1979–1990 | 247 | 72 | |
Eitan Aharoni | RB | 1979–1994 | 478 | 12 | |
Ronny Rosenthal | FW | 1980–1986 | 164 | 47 | |
Rafi Osmo | FB | 1980–1992 | 253 | 8 | |
Avi Ran | GK | 1981–1987 | 191 | 0 | |
Zahi Armeli | FW | 1982–1992 | 233 | 119 | |
Zadok Malka | FW | 1983–1989 | 152 | 24 | |
Zion Merili | LB | 1983–1990 | 222 | 8 | |
Nir Klinger | RM | 1984–1990 | 184 | 20 | |
Lior Rosenthal | CB | 1984–1992 | 167 | 2 | |
Yaron Givol | LM | 1985–1991 | 204 | 11 | |
Offer Mizrahi | FW | 1986–1993 | 196 | 13 | |
Itai Mordechai | FW | 1986–1993 | 187 | 61 | |
Marco Balbul | CB | 1986–2002 | 331 | 3 | |
Reuven Atar | LM | 1986–2002 | 375 | 102 | |
Tal Banin | LM | 1989–1992 | 121 | 24 | |
Yaniv Cohen | CM | 1990–1993 | 108 | 13 | |
Viktor Chanov | GK | 1991–1993 | 106 | 0 | |
Eyal Berkovic | CM | 1990–1996 | 276 | 50 | |
Alon Harazi | CB | 1991–2009 | 717 | 42 | |
Moshe Glam | LB | 1991–1997 | 184 | 23 | |
Arik Benado | CB | 1991–2011 | 522 | 13 | |
Alon Hazan | CB | 1992–1996 | 160 | 24 | |
Ronny Levy | HB | 1992–1997 | 204 | 21 | |
Rafi Cohen | GK | 1993–1996 | 132 | 0 | |
Haim Silvas | RM | 1993–1997 | 115 | 11 | |
Serhiy Kandaurov | HB | 1993–1997 | 173 | 60 | |
Haim Revivo | LM | 1994–1996 | 78 | 65 | |
Alon Mizrahi | FW | 1995–1999 | 129 | 97 | |
Avishai Jano | RB | 1995–2004 | 358 | 25 | |
Nir Davidovich | GK | 1995–2013 | 460 | 0 | |
Ofir Kopel | HB | 1996–1999 | 110 | 1 | |
Adoram Keisi | LB | 1991–2007 | 402 | 28 | |
Yossi Benayoun | RM | 1998–2002, 2014–2016 | 210 | 70 | |
Yaniv Katan | FW | 1998–2005, 2006–2014 | 557 | 94 | |
Serghei Cleşcenco | FW | 1999–2001 | 88 | 30 | |
Yakubu | FW | 1999–2003 | 73 | 39 | |
Raimondas Žutautas | HB | 1999–2003 | 125 | 7 | |
Rafi Cohen | FW | 1999–2003 | 153 | 56 | |
Nenad Pralija | CM | 2000–2003 | 121 | 33 | |
Walid Badir | HB | 2000–2005 | 204 | 45 | |
Đovani Roso | RM | 2001–2008 | 181 | 38 | |
Michael Zandberg | LM | 2002–2006 | 172 | 43 | |
Idan Tal | LM | 2003–2006 | 153 | 42 | |
Dekel Keinan | CB | 2003–2010, 2012–2017 | 321 | 21 | |
Haim Megrelashvili | LB | 2004–2007 | 106 | 2 | |
Xavier Dirceu | HB | 2004–2007 | 135 | 6 | |
Roberto Colautti | FW | 2004–2007 | 137 | 62 | |
Gustavo Boccoli | MF | 2004–2015 | 364 | 37 | |
Shlomi Arbeitman | FW | 2005–2010 | 150 | 38 | |
Lior Rafaelov | LM | 2005–2011, 2023– | 246 | 46 | |
Tomer Hemed | FW | 2005–2011, 2024 | 91 | 27 | |
Beram Kayal | CM | 2006–2010 | 101 | 7 | |
Eyal Meshumar | RB | 2006–2017 | 287 | 11 | |
Tsepo Masilela | LB | 2007–2011 | 88 | 2 | |
Eyal Golasa | CM | 2008–2014 | 121 | 13 | |
Jhon Culma | CM | 2008–2011 | 98 | 1 | |
Taleb Twatiha | LB | 2009–2016, 2020–2022 | 208 | 7 | |
Vladimir Dvalishvili | CM | 2009–2012 | 103 | 48 | |
Idan Vered | MF | 2010–2015 | 153 | 18 | |
Alon Turgeman | FW | 2011–2015 | 131 | 35 | |
Weaam Amasha | FW | 2011–2015 | 101 | 39 | |
Hen Ezra | AM | 2012–2016 | 136 | 30 | |
Raz Meir | RB | 2014–2023 | 147 | 3 | |
Neta Lavi | CM | 2015–2022 | 242 | 10 | |
Sun Menahem | LB | 2015–2024 | 213 | 11 | |
Nikita Rukavytsya | FW | 2016–2021, 2022–2023 | 209 | 75 | |
Rami Gershon | CB | 2017– | 122 | 2 | |
Ofri Arad | CB | 2017–2023 | 142 | 6 | |
Ernest Mabouka | RB | 2017–2021 | 128 | 1 | |
Mohammad Abu Fani | CM | 2017–2023 | 147 | 17 | |
Josh Cohen | GK | 2019–2023 | 161 | 0 | |
Tjaronn Chery | AM | 2019–2024 | 214 | 56 | |
Dolev Haziza | LM | 2019– | 176 | 31 | |
Mahmoud Jaber | CM | 2019– | 89 | 4 | |
Omer Atzili | RM | 2021–2023 | 127 | 59 | |
Dean David | FW | 2021– | 151 | 61 | |
Ali Mohamed | CM | 2021– | 149 | 2 | |
Sean Goldberg | CB | 2021– | 124 | 4 | |
Frantzdy Pierrot | FW | 2022– | 106 | 43 | |
Pierre Cornud | LB | 2022–2024 | 94 | 1 | |
Abdoulaye Seck | CB | 2022– | 82 | 10 |
Dates | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
1978–1979 | Oded Baloush | Had captain's armband taken away for getting into a dispute with management over wages |
2000–2006 | Arik Benado | |
2006–2014 | Yaniv Katan | |
2014–2016 | Yossi Benayoun | |
2016–2018 | Dekel Keinan | |
2018–2022 | Neta Lavi | |
2023–2024 | Tjaronn Chery | |
2024–present | Lior Refaelov |
Dates | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
2000–2009 | Alon Harazi | 2nd Captain until retiring in December 2009. |
2009–2013 | Nir Davidovich | 2nd Captain until retiring in June 2013. |
2013–2014 | Gustavo Boccoli | |
2014–2016 | Dekel Keinan | |
2016–2017 | Eyal Meshumar |
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