Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)

For the basketball team, see Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball).
מכבי ראשון לציון‎
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Full name Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Founded 1950
Arena bet maccabi
Capacity 1500
President Raul Serugo
Head coach Sahar Frankel
League Ligat Winner Big
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Maccabi Rishon LeZion (Hebrew: מכבי ראשון לציון) is a handball team from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel that 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.

Maccabi have won 16 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 (17): 1959, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
  • Israel Cup Holder (10): 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013

Squad

Updated on 11 January 2020

No. Name Position Birth Date Height Weight N.T. Caps N.T Goals Home Club
2 Offer Luzon Line Player 27.11.84 1.88 90 37 24 H.C Ness Ziona
3 Yoav Neeman (C) Right Wing 6.1.80 1.85 80 55 138 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
5 Dor Gevaa Left Wing 12.3.90 0 0 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
6 David Amar Line Player 15.3.67 Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
7 Yaniv Lifshiz Right Wing 21.6.77 1.82 89 0 0 Rehovot
28 Nadav Rubin Center Back 6.10.86 1.94 90
9 Gal Avraham Left Wing 15.8.81 1.79 80 15 58 Maccabi Rehovot
10 Chen Birenbaum Line Player 29.7.80 1.87 82 7 16 Maccabi Rehovot
12 Vasile Iulian Strat Goalkeeper 1.1.75 1.89 Fibrex Săvineşti
13 Dov Yeshua Left Back 31.8.77 2.01 Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan
14 Shachar Haber Center Back 16.1.75
15 Tom Matalon Left Back 30.6.83 1.89 88 24 62 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
18 Duško Milinović Right Back 19.2.75 Sintelon
19 Ariel Rosental Center Back 3.8.86 1.80 75 6 2 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
29 Ivan Karačić Center Back 26.5.85 1.80 75 68 150 Zrinjski Mostar
84 Modi Sordo Goalkeeper 18.8.81 1.90 82 4 0 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Eldar Shiklushi Goalkeeper 0 0 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Roy Biton Left Wing 0 0 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Branko Kankaraš Goalkeeper 17 7 Jugović
  • 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