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Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Football Club is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i football club based in Nazareth

Nazareth

Nazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...

. The club is currently in the Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

and plays at the Ilut Stadium

Ilut Stadium

The Ilut Stadium is a football stadium in Ilut, located near Nazareth in northern Israel. The stadium is the home ground of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth....

in Ilut

Ilut

Ilut is an Arab local council in the North District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1991. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , it had a population of 6,600 in 2006 with a growth rate of 2.5%....

on the outskirts of the city.

History

The club was formed in 1967, and played in Liga Gimel

Liga Gimel

Liga Gimel is the fifth and bottom tier of Israeli football league system, a position it has held since 2009.-History:Between 1999 and 2009 it was the sixth tier after Liga Bet, Between 1974 and 1999 it was the fifth tier after the creation of Liga Artzit, and between 1949 and 1974 it was the...

until 1975. In 1998 they were promoted to Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...

(then the second tier), finishing eighth in the league. In 1999–2000 and 2000–01 they finished one place above the relegation zone.

The 2002–03 season saw the club claim the Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

title, despite being deducted three points for playing an ineligible player, under the leadership of Azmi Nassar

Azmi Nassar

Azmi Nassar was an Israeli football manager and served as manager of the Palestinian national football team.-Palestinian National Team:In order to serve as manager of the Palestinian national football team, Nassar was required to obtain a Palestinian ID and passport to go along with his Israeli ID...

. They were promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in their history. Fellow Israeli Arab club Bnei Sakhnin were also promoted, marking the first time two Arab clubs had been in the top division.

However, in their first season in the top division, the club finished bottom and were relegated back to Liga Leumit. The following season they were relegated again (due to a two-point deduction), and dropped back into the third division. In 2005–06 they finished as Liga Artzit runners-up, to make an immediate return to Liga Leumit, where they have remained since.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League.

After one of the worst seasons in the Israeli Premier League the club finished in the last spot of the league, In the last match she lost to Hapoel Ramat Gan 7–0 and were directly relegated to Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

for the 2010–11 season

2010–11 Liga Leumit

The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011....

Current squad

As of March, 2010.

Staff Members

Shimon Hadari: Manager Najwan Ghrayib

Najwan Ghrayib

Najwan Ghrayib , is a Arab-Israeli former footballer, and was recently assistant manager of his hometown club - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth...

: Assistant manager Claude Biton: Goalkeeping coach Marwan Rayan: Head Coach Gai Tadmur: Physiotherapist Knana Toufik: Technical manager, contact person, doctor Eyal Wittenberg: Fitness trainer

Past managers

Azmi Nassar

Yehoshua Feigenbaum

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Lufa Kadosh Eli Mahpud

Eli Mahpud

Eli Mahpud is an Israeli former association football player and manager and is currently manager of Israeli side Hapoel Ashkelon.-Career:...

John Gregory

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Carlos Ceballos

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