Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב‎; Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv) is an Israeli football club and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club.

Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as the HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association, it is the oldest, and most decorated football club in Israel. With the establishment of the city of Tel Aviv in 1909, the club changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1922, it became the first Jewish football club to participate in local competitions. The meaning of the name Maccabi – 'there is no one like you among the gods' – forms an integral part of the character of the team, which took the Star of David as their logo to represent the Jewish people. Maccabi Tel Aviv have won more titles than any other Israeli club, winning 24 League Championships (17 after Israeli independence), 24 prestigious State Cups (16 after Israeli independence) and an additional seven Toto (League) Cups, as well as two Asian Champion Club Tournaments until Israel were expelled from the AFC in 1974.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is the only Israeli football team that have never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League and one of only three Israeli teams to ever progress to the UEFA Champions League group stage. The club is named after the Maccabees and invest in the development and nurturing of young talent: the club runs three football academies in the Tel Aviv area as part of its youth programme, working with over 750 children aged 6–15, as well as running 17 youth teams with 400 players between 9 and 19 years old. These teams tend to compete very successfully in local and national leagues.

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