Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club plays in the Israeli Premier League. Maccabi Haifa home games are played at Sammy Ofer Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with rivals Hapoel Haifa, is the second largest in Israeli football, with a capacity of 30,942.
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. is an Israeli professional football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club among the Arab-Israeli clubs in the country, having won the State Cup in 2004.
Football, also known as Soccer, 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.
Hapoel Haifa Football Club is an Israeli professional football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups. The team is also known as "The Sharks". The club's home is the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, in which they have played since their departure from Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in 2014 and Kiryat Haim's Thomas D'Alesandro Stadium in 1955. The stadium, which is shared with rivals Maccabi Haifa, is the second largest in Israeli football, with a capacity of 30,942. The colours of the team's home kit are red throughout. The away colours are white shirts, and black shorts and socks.
Shlomi Arbeitman is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Michael Zandberg is an Israeli former football player. He is the current head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team.
The Israeli Premier League is a professional association football (soccer) league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league. This top tier 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.
Elyaniv Barda is an Israeli former football forward and winger, And the current manager of Hapoel Be'er Sheva. His former clubs include Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Belgian side Racing Genk, with whom he won four trophies during a successful six-year spell. Bards is considered by many to be Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s biggest player of all time.
Ran BenShimon is a former Israeli football player, and who manages the senior Israel national team.
The 2008–09 Liga Leumit season began on 29 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009.
Eran Levi is an Israeli footballer who plays as a striker for F.C. Or Akiva.
Rafi Cohen is a retired Israeli footballer who played for 26 years.
Omer Yosef Atzili is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Omonia.
Dia Saba is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for UAE Pro League club Emirates Club.
Dor Peretz is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.
Gregory Maxdier Vargas Díaz is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader in 2017 and 2020.
Sean Goldberg is an Israeli footballer who plays as a center-back or as a left-back for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.
Roi Reinshreiber is an Israeli football referee who officiates in the Israeli Premier League. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
Mahmoud Jaber is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.
