Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: מכבי ראשון לציון) is a handball team from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. competes in the Ligat Winner Big. The team's colors are yellow and blue, and it hosts its home games in the new 1500-seat bet maccabi in Rishon LeZion.

מכבי ראשון לציון
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Full nameMaccabi Rishon LeZion
Founded1950
Arenabet maccabi
Capacity1500
PresidentRaul Serugo
Head coachSahar Frankel
LeagueLigat Winner Big
2019/201
Home
Away

Maccabi have won 15 championships and 10 Israeli cups. After some bad years in the 1990s, the team returned to success: between 2003 and 2007 it won three championships and four cups.

The team's biggest achievement in the European Cups was on its first appearance there in 1983 when it reached the Cup Winner's Cup semifinal, losing to the Spanish team FC Barcelona Handbol.

Their biggest rival is Hapoel Rishon LeZion, another great Rishon LeZion team. The derby games between them have been very tense throughout the last two decades.

Titles

  • Israel Champions (15): 1959, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020
  • Israel Cup Holder (10): 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013

Squad

Updated on 11 January 2020

No.NamePositionBirth DateHeightWeightN.T. CapsN.T GoalsHome Club
2 Offer LuzonLine Player27.11.841.88903724H.C Ness Ziona
3 Yoav Neeman (C)Right Wing6.1.801.858055138Maccabi Rishon LeZion
5 Dor GevaaLeft Wing12.3.9000Maccabi Rishon LeZion
6 David AmarLine Player15.3.67Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
7 Yaniv LifshizRight Wing21.6.771.828900Rehovot
28 Nadav RubinCenter Back6.10.861.9490
9 Gal AvrahamLeft Wing15.8.811.79801558Maccabi Rehovot
10 Chen BirenbaumLine Player29.7.801.8782716Maccabi Rehovot
12 Vasile Iulian StratGoal Keeper1.1.751.89 Fibrex Săvineşti
13 Dov YeshuaLeft Back31.8.772.01Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan
14 Shachar HaberCenter Back16.1.75
15 Tom MatalonLeft Back30.6.831.89882462Maccabi Rishon LeZion
18 Duško MilinovićRight Back19.2.75 Sintelon
19 Ariel RosentalCenter Back3.8.861.807562Maccabi Rishon LeZion
29 Ivan KaračićCenter Back26.5.851.807568150 Zrinjski Mostar
84 Modi SordoGoal Keeper18.8.811.908240Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Eldar ShiklushiGoal Keeper00Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Roy BitonLeft Wing00Maccabi Rishon LeZion
  • Coach:
  • Fitnnes Trainer: Yoram Menachem
  • Administration Manager: Yankul Ruiter
  • Chair Man: Yossi Geva

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 London GD HC 38–14 41–22 79–36
R2 Red Boys Differdange 26–25 30–24 56–49
R3 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 23–35 26–28 49–63

Notable former players

References


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