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'''Maccabi Haifa Football Club''' ({{langx|he|מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה|Moadon haKaduregel Makabi Ḥefa}}) is an Israeli professional [[Association football|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 F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]], is the second largest in Israeli football, with a capacity of 30,950.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and Numbers |url=https://www.haifa-stadium.com/Facts_and_Numbers |website=Sammy Ofer Stadium Haifa |access-date=13 November 2018 |language=he |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003141459/https://www.haifa-stadium.com/Facts_and_Numbers |url-status=live }}</ref>

Maccabi Haifa is one of the "Big Four" clubs in [[Football in Israel|Israeli football]]. The meaning of the name Maccabi – 'there is no one like you among the gods' – also refers to the [[Star of David]] in the team's logo. The side has won fifteen [[List of Israeli football champions|league titles]], second only to the club's biggest rivals, [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]], six [[Israel State Cup|State Cups]] and five [[Toto Cup]]s. Maccabi Haifa has won the championship and the cup in the same season (referred to as winning the "double") once, and was the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage of the [[UEFA Champions League]], in the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|2002–03 UEFA Champions League season]]. Maccabi Haifa holds the record, for the most Champions League group stage qualifications for an Israeli team in three occasions. In [[2020–21 Israeli Premier League|2020–21]], Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli Premier League, their first championship in a decade. The club won the next two titles on their way to three consecutive championships.

==History==

===Early years===
Maccabi Haifa Football Club was established in 1913 in the port city of Haifa in the [[Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem]] (present-day Israel). As the [[Israel Football Association|local football association]] wasn't founded in [[Mandatory Palestine]] until July 1928, there were no officially organized competitions during the season, and the club played only friendly matches.

After a period of inactivity, the club was re-organized in February 1923.<ref name="dh82">[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F02%2F08&id=Ar00404&sk=A5ECBBB5 Haifa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104085515/http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F02%2F08&id=Ar00404&sk=A5ECBBB5 |date=4 November 2018 }} [[Do'ar HaYom]], 8 February 1923, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}</ref> The club playing a handful of matches during the season, including taking part in a cup competition which was called "The Hebrew Cup". Due to its distance, the club was given a bye to the final,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/kaduregelvintage/photos/a.812148465569067.1073741828.812139235569990/960839020700010/?type=3&theater Maccabi Haifa First Final Loss] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722181729/https://www.facebook.com/kaduregelvintage/photos/a.812148465569067.1073741828.812139235569990/960839020700010/?type=3&theater |date=22 July 2020 }} 24 May 2016, Kaduregel Vintage {{in lang|he}}</ref> which it lost to [[Maccabi Nes Tziona F.C.|Maccabi Nes Tziona]] 0–2.<ref name="hebcup">[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F05%2F11&id=Ar00300&sk=A854C2AF The Football "Hebrew Cup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104085506/http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F05%2F11&id=Ar00300&sk=A854C2AF |date=4 November 2018 }} [[Do'ar HaYom]], 11 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}</ref><ref>[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F05%2F03&id=Ar00405&sk=C1490036 The Hebrew E.I. Cup in Football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104085520/http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1923%2F05%2F03&id=Ar00405&sk=C1490036 |date=4 November 2018 }} [[Do'ar HaYom]] 3 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}</ref><ref>[http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/history2.aspx The Football During the British Mandate Era] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520011656/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/history2.aspx |date=20 May 2014 }} Asher Goldberg, 28 September 2010, IFA {{in lang|he}}</ref>

The club was overshadowed by its [[Haifa Derby|city rival Hapoel Haifa]], but even in its first years adopted a very adventurous and offensive style of play based on technique and short passes.

In 1942, the club reached the [[Israel State Cup]] final, but was defeated 12–1 by [[Beitar Tel Aviv F.C.|Beitar Tel Aviv]] in the final.
 
Maccabi Haifa remained a small, struggling club that spent most of its time shifting between [[Liga Leumit]] and the lower leagues.

In 1962, the team defeated [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] 5–2 in the [[Israel State Cup|State Cup]] final, and won the first title of the club. In 1963 it reached the final again, but lost to [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]] 1–0 in the first [[Haifa derby]] in [[Israel State Cup|State Cup]] final.

===The 1980s===
In the 1980s Maccabi Haifa finally entered the 'Israeli' champions' club, clinching the title thrice (in 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1988–89 seasons).

In the [[Liga Leumit 1983-84|1983–84 season]] Maccabi Haifa won its first ever championship, under coach [[Shlomo Sharf]] and general manager [[Yochanan Vollach]], overcoming [[Beitar Jerusalem]] and [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]. The ''Yerukim'' (Greens) were known for their "all-around-offense" and flashy technique football style, often resulting in bad defensive formation and resultant losses.

Sharf's team played with 4 strikers, including: [[Moshe Selecter]], [[Zahi Armeli]] and [[Ronny Rosenthal]] who were positioned at point and midfield and managed to build their defense around the legendary goalkeeper [[Avi Ran]].

A year later, Maccabi Haifa won a second championship in a decisive performance. In 1986 Maccabi Haifa lost the championship in a controversial final match against runners-up [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]. The single goal scored in that match by [[Gili Landau]] was said to be scored from a passive offside position, which by the rules of the time should have resulted in a disqualification of the goal and a scoreless draw, guaranteeing Maccabi Haifa the title. Due to poor TV coverage, the issue has never been resolved.

In 1988, Maccabi Haifa decimated [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] 10–0 to earn its biggest win ever. That game, one of the more famous in Israeli's football lore, wasn't even televised. Furthermore, it probably was the beginning of the intense rivalry between the two clubs. In 1989, under the capable hands of [[Amazzia Levkovic]], the club won another championship.

===The 1990s===
[[File:MHFC-Reuven-Atar.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Reuven Atar]], played 10 years at the club.]]
In the 1990s Maccabi Haifa established itself as a dominant club in Israel. It began by winning the [[Double (association football)|Double]]&nbsp;– League championship and the national cup in the 1990–1 season and continued with the introduction of three talented young players: [[Eyal Berkovic]], [[Reuven Atar]] and [[Tal Banin]].

In 1992, Maccabi Haifa was purchased by [[Ya'akov Shahar]], who became the owner and president of the club. Under Shahar's management, Maccabi Haifa enjoyed financial stability and professional working regulations on a par with European football clubs' standards. Maccabi Haifa's highlight season was [[Liga Leumit 1993-94|1993–94]]. After winning the 1993 cup, Maccabi Haifa gave a stunning performance in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] (CWC), beating [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] 3–1 and [[Parma A.C.|Parma]] 1–0 in the last 16, only to lose on penalties. During the season in the domestic league (then called [[Liga Leumit]]), the team became the first and only in Israeli football history to go unbeaten for the entire season, with an overall unbeaten streak of 48 games, thus winning a spectacular championship, and breaking many Israeli records. The Maccabi Haifa 1993–94 squad including [[Eyal Berkovic]], [[Reuven Atar]], [[Alon Mizrahi]] and [[Serhiy Kandaurov]], and is considered one of, if not the best squads in Israeli football history.

In 1995, Maccabi Haifa begun a period of seven years without winning the league championship, and most of its popular soccer superstar were sold to Europe. In 1996, [[Eyal Berkovic]] and [[Haim Revivo]], the latter had joined the team the previous season, both left Haifa for European clubs. While the two gained great personal success there, Maccabi Haifa went into a slump. The team's standards of maintaining the services of the manager for multiple seasons was thrown as the team went through several managers during 4 years. As result, the team failed to win the national championship title, despite securing the National cup in 1998.

In 1999, under the guidance of the [[Czech people|Czech]] manager [[Dušan Uhrin]], Maccabi Haifa beat French giants [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] and Austrian club [[SV Ried]] to reach the quarter-final of the [[Cup Winners' Cup]]. In the middle of the season, Haifa's excellent striker [[Alon Mizrahi]] left for French club [[OGC Nice|Nice]] resulting in a defeat in the CWC quarter-final and a slump in the club's league performance. The club's winning record continued to falter until the arrival of [[Avram Grant]].

===2000 and beyond===
[[File:Avram Grant 2012.jpg|right|thumb|210px|[[Avram Grant]], Manager, 2000–02.]]
[[File:MHFC-Arik-Benado.jpg|thumb|210px|[[Arik Benado]], team captain, 2000–2006.]]
Former [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]] Manager [[Avram Grant]] was appointed in 2000 as manager of Maccabi Haifa. Under Grant's guidance, the team regained its dominating offensive style. Grant, along with a much improved squad, led the club with an almost unstoppable team, winning the [[Israeli Premier League 2000-01|championship]]. At the center of attention were a series of virtuoso performances by [[Yossi Benayoun]], including what some consider to be several of the finest goals in Israeli league history. A spontaneous burst of celebrating fans onto the pitch caused a tragic disaster. A young fan, Amir Rand, was crushed against the guarding rails and left comatose.

A year later, Grant won a second [[Israeli Premier League 2001-02|championship]], relying on a veteran Israeli defense: [[Alon Harazi]], [[Arik Benado]] and [[Adoram Keise]], and on a trio of foreign footballers: [[Giovanni Rosso]] (Croatia), [[Raimondas Žutautas]] (Lithuania) and the young Nigerian striker [[Yakubu (footballer)|Yakubu]]. Following the 2nd championship, Avraham Grant left Haifa for the [[Israel national football team|Israeli national team]] and was replaced by then [[Israel national under-21 football team|Israel U-21]] manager [[Itzhak Shum]].

In 2002, Haifa made Israeli club history by becoming the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the [[UEFA Champions League]]. In the group phase, the team defeated [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Haifa managed 7 points overall scoring 12 goals, and finished in 3rd place, securing a place in the [[UEFA Cup]].

[[File:MHFC-Yaniv-Katan.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Yaniv Katan]], played 15 years in the club and was captain of the team, 2006–14.]]

In the [[Israeli Premier League 2003-04|2003–04]] season Maccabi Haifa, led by ex-Maccabi Haifa footballer [[Ronny Levy]], won the championship mainly due to the poor showing of the other league teams. Maccabi Haifa youth club (ages 16–18) won the domestic championship, and an Israel national kids team of Maccabi Haifa players won Fox Kids World Cup for 12-year-olds.

History was made during the [[Israeli Premier League 2005-06|2005–06]] season. After months of indecision regarding the contract of Ronny Levy, it was renewed and Levy guided the club to 11 straight victories in the first 11 games of the Israeli Premier League season. This was also the key to Maccabi Haifa taking the league title after building a strong lead. While the club enjoyed great domestic success, it was not as fortunate in European play. Though Haifa was a seeded team for the [[UEFA Champions League]] second qualifying round, it drew the strong Swedish club, [[Malmö FF]]. Haifa lost 3–2 in Sweden, and drew 2–2 at home.

In the [[2006-07 UEFA Champions League|2006–07]] season, the club played against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].
In the 1st game of the 3rd round of the qualifying matches held in England, Haifa's [[Gustavo Boccoli]] scored on the 29th minute, an advantage that lasted just 4 minutes. [[Craig Bellamy]] evened the score and in front of 40,000 local fans, Haifa stood bravely up to the 88th minute when [[Mark González]] scored the winning goal for the hosts. Due to the security situation in Israel, the return match was not held in [[Ramat Gan]] but in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the Valery Lobanovsky stadium, with 1,700 spectators. The game ended in a 1–1 tie. The last twenty minutes of the game were stressful for Rafa Benitez's players. After [[Peter Crouch]] gave the guests the advantage (54) and an away goal, but [[Roberto Colautti]] (63) tied the score and from here on the movement towards the host's goalpost became one-sided. The tie score sent Haifa to compete in the UEFA Cup.

In the return match in Bulgaria against [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]], Haifa played well: [[Xavier Dirceu]] scored an impressive goal from distance, [[Alain Masudi]] and [[Roberto Colautti]] left Eljendario Sanderinio one honor goal. In the group stage, Haifa faced strong opponents: The Scottish [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], the Serbian [[FK Partizan|Partizan Belgrade]], the French [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] and the Italian [[Serie A]] team [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]]. In the 88th minute, the Scots succeeded in doubling the score from another penalty kick given away by a Haifa defender. This time Charlie Adam scored and sealed the victory. Haifa returned home and hosted Partizan Belgrade. An early goal by [[Anderson Xavier]], the Brazilian midfielder, put Haifa in an excellent place with six points. Haifa needed one point in the away game in Italy against Livorno to complete the task successfully. At this stage Haifa was drawn against [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. The game was moved to the Spartak stadium in [[Vladikavkaz]] due to extreme weather in [[Moscow]]. 30,000 Russian fans crowded the stadium. Torpedo beat Haifa 1–0 and Lokomotiv beat it 3–0. Again Haifa did not score an away goal, but the result (0–0) signaled that Haifa might use its home advantage in the return match.

In the [[2007–08 Israeli Premier League|2007–08]] season, Maccabi Haifa finished 5th place in the league and was eliminated in the last-16 phase of the State Cup. Ronny Levy announced that he was leaving. Haifa won the Toto Cup after a 2–0 victory over [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei-Sakhnin]].

Haifa opened the [[Israeli Premier League 2008-09|2008–09]] season with hopes of remaining a top team. At the end of the season, coach [[Elisha Levy]] won his first personal title and Haifa made Israeli soccer history, winning six championships in one decade.

[[File:Bayern Munich vs Maccabi Haifa (4136842616).jpg|right|thumb|Maccabi Haifa against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage]].]]
Maccabi Haifa returned to the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] for the 2009–10 season. A 3–0 win over [[FC Red Bull Salzburg]] ensured its second win in the span of seven years, with goals by [[Vladimir Dvalishvili|Dvalishvili]], [[Eyal Golasa|Golasa]] and [[Mohammad Ghadir|Ghadir]]. Haifa entered the [[2009-10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10 Champions League]] group stage in Group A, competing against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and [[Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]. Haifa finished the competition with a record of 6 losses, conceding 8 goals and without scoring. The club subsequently lost the [[2009–10 Israeli Premier League|championship title]] to [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] on the last day of the season.

In the [[2010–11 Israeli Premier League]] season, Maccabi Haifa has won the Israeli Championship title but lost the chance to achieve the Double by losing to rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv in the State Cup final.

The 2011–12 season was a disappointing one. After winning the League title in the previous season, the team started the season with qualification
matches in the UEFA Champions League, but eliminated after a penalty defeat to the Belgian club [[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]].
Domestically, it was another disappointment. Maccabi Haifa struggled for the European football spot, and a draw
in the last round wasn't enough, as Maccabi Haifa finished in a disappointing 5th place.
Another failure was at the State Cup as the team lost in the Final to rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv from a controversial 93rd-minute goal.
The disappointing season caused owner [[Ya'akov Shahar]] to appoint former player and club icon [[Reuven Atar]] as the manager for the next season instead of [[Elisha Levi]], who left the club after clinching 2 championship titles in 4 years with the club.

With [[Reuven Atar]] on the sidelines, Haifa opened the season with 1 win, 4 draws, and 4 losses and was next to last, the worst start in club history. After the 9th round, [[Reuven Atar|Atar]] was fired and replaced by [[Arik Benado]], the youth team coach and former team captain. Under Benado, Haifa returned to the top of the table and showed good performances during the season. Haifa gave fight to [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] but finished 2nd.

On 25 July 2013, Maccabi Haifa defeated [[Khazar Lankaran FK|Khazar Lankaran]] 8–0 in the 2nd qualifying round of [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|UEFA Europa League]]. thus setting a new record for the largest win by an Israeli club in European competition.

On 24 May 2016, Maccabi Haifa defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 in the [[2016 Israel State Cup Final|Israel State Cup Final]], winning for the 1st time in 18 years and, thus, returning to European competition after 3 years.

[[File:Maccabi Haifa FC Logo 2020.png|thumb|Maccabi Haifa FC logo in 2020 with two stars, each star for 5 championship]]
In the start of the 2020/21 season, Maccabi Haifa reached the [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|UEFA Europa League play-off round]], beating [[FC Kairat|Kairat Almaty]] and [[FC Rostov]] in the qualifying rounds. In the play-off round, the team lost 2–7 to [[Tottenham Hotspur]], its biggest defeat ever in the tournament, and were eliminated.
On 30 May 2021, after 10 long tough years full of disappointments for the club and its fans, Maccabi Haifa has won the Israeli Premier league championship, its 13th in total, defeating [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]] 3–2 in the final fixture. Haifa's players [[Josh Cohen (soccer)|Josh Cohen]], [[Neta Lavi]] and [[Dolev Haziza]] won the league MVP titles, awarded by 3 major Israeli football organizations. Josh Cohen was voted [[Israeli Footballer of the Year|footballer of the year]], and the team's coach, [[Barak Bakhar]], won the "coach of the year" title unequivocally.

In the start of the 2021/22 season, the team was eliminated by Kairat in the early qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Two weeks later, the team won the [[2021 Israel Super Cup]], after a 2–0 victory against the [[2020–21 Israel State Cup|state cup]] winner [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. Despite its early elimination from the Champions League qualifiers, the team entered the [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round|Europa Conference League qualifiers]], and qualified to the group stage after beating [[Neftci Baku]] in the [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|play-off round]]. The team finished the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage in third place and did not advance to the knockout phase.

The club went on to win the [[2021–22 Toto Cup Al|league cup]], and at the end of the season it won the [[2021-22 Israeli Premier League]] championship, its second championship title in a row and 14th in total. [[Omer Atzili]] finished as the top scorer (20 goals) and top assister (10 assists), and was voted [[Israeli Footballer of the Year|footballer of the year]]. The team reached the [[2021–22 Israel State Cup|Israel State Cup]] final, but lost to [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]] in a penalty shoot-out, and lost to Hapoel Be'er Sheva in penalty shoot-out again in the [[2022 Israel Super Cup]].

In August 2022 the club advanced to the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage for the third time in its history, after beating [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[Apollon Limassol FC|Apollon Limassol]] in the qualifying rounds, and beating [[Red Star Belgrade F.C.|Red Star Belgrade]] in the [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round|play-off round]]. In the [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage|group stage]], the club was drawn into [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group H|Group H]] with European giants [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]. In matchday 2, Maccabi Haifa scored its first UEFA Champions League goal in 20 years, when [[Tjaronn Chery]] scored the opener against Paris Saint-Germain, a match which ended in a 1–3 loss. In matchday 4, Maccabi Haifa beat Juventus 2–0. In matchday 5, the team suffered a 7–2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, its biggest defeat ever in the tournament, and were eliminated.

On 15 May 2023, the team won the [[2022–23 Israeli Premier League]] championship, the club's third championship title in a row and 15th in total, after a 1–5 victory over [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]], and became the first Israeli club to do so in a season which it also reached the UEFA Champions League group stage.

On 14 August 2025, during a [[UEFA Conference League]] match between Maccabi and Polish team [[Raków Częstochowa]], Israeli fans displayed a banner reading "Murderers since 1939," which provoked significant outrage both in Poland and internationally. The banner, perceived as an offensive reference to the atrocities committed during [[World War II]], sparked condemnation from various quarters. The [[Israeli Embassy in Poland]] described the action as "disgusting" and expressed that it did not reflect the views of the majority of Israeli fans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-15 |title=Israeli fans cause outrage in Poland with 'murderers' banner |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/israeli-fans-cause-outrage-poland-with-murderers-banner-2025-08-15/ |access-date=2025-08-26 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=UEFA Launches Disciplinary Proceedings Against Maccabi Haifa After Fans Display Anti-Polish Banner |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/15/uefa-launches-disciplinary-proceedings-maccabi-haifa-fans-display-anti-polish-banner/ |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Algemeiner.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2025-08-15 |title=Outrage as Maccabi Haifa fans hold ‘Murderers since 1939’ sign at match vs. Polish club |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/outrage-as-maccabi-haifa-fans-hold-murderers-since-1939-sign-at-match-against-polish-club/ |access-date=2025-08-26 |work=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Skandaliczny transparent kibiców Maccabi. Jest reakcja Kuleszy. "Nie ma zgody" |url=https://polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3565557,skandaliczny-transparent-kibicow-maccabi-jest-reakcja-kuleszy-nie-ma-zgody |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Polskie Radio 24 |language=pl}}</ref> The Polish government and President [[Karol Nawrocki]] swiftly condemned the banner, emphasizing the harm caused to the memory of Polish citizens and Jews who perished during the war.<ref name=":1" /> Maccabi Haifa, in turn, faced widespread criticism, with club president [[Ya'akov Shahar]] condemning the actions of the fans, asserting that such behavior did not reflect the club’s values.<ref name=":0" />
==Sponsorships, fan base and rivalries==

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|rowspan=2|[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
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|rowspan=4|[[Honda]]
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The club is sponsored by [[Ya'akov Shahar]], chairman of Mayer's Cars and Trucks Ltd., the official importer to Israel of [[Volvo]] and [[Honda]]. The fan base is mainly in Haifa and northern Israel, although the club is one of the most popular in Israel. Average attendance in the home matches since the move to Sammy Ofer Stadium in 2015 is approximately 24,000 fans, the most in Israel.
According to a [[Statistical survey|survey]] which had been conducted in 2010, Maccabi Haifa has the biggest number of fans of all the teams in Israel, approximately 25.8% of Israeli football fans. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100904135739/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?folderid=64&docid=84720&lang=HE 2]

On 30 June 2011, a ''[[Haaretz]]'' poll identified Maccabi Haifa as the most popular football team among [[Arab citizens of Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/soccer-mad-pro-hatikva-1.370388|title=Soccer-mad, pro-'Hatikva'|newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=30 June 2011|archive-date=3 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703084237/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/soccer-mad-pro-hatikva-1.370388|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another survey had been conducted in March 2012 by [[Yedioth]] confirmed that Maccabi Haifa is the most popular team among Israeli football fans (28%), female football fans (33%) and Arab citizens of Israel. Same survey revealed that 75% of Haifa residents support the team.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kuper|first=Uri|title=The real national team?|url=http://www.one.co.il/Msites/Biz/InsideArticle.aspx?id=197109|publisher=one.co.il|language=he|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324220006/http://www.one.co.il/Msites/Biz/InsideArticle.aspx?id=197109|archive-date=24 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Historically, the most loyal fans at home games in [[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]] were concentrated at stands 11–12, called also ''Yetzia Gimel (יציע ג')''&nbsp;– C Block&nbsp;– a term which has become synonymous with the most hardcore and dedicated fans.

In 1994, [[Uzi Hitman]] composed and wrote the team's championship song titled "Green in the eyes" (ירוק בעיניים) and gave it to [[Haim Moshe]], the song was a major hit amongst the club's fanbase and was later covered by [[Eden Ben Zaken]] in 2021 once again as a championship song.<ref>{{Citation |title=קליפ האליפות של מכבי חיפה עונת 1993/94 | date=10 March 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFhQuCK1xU |language=en-GB |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407103454/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFhQuCK1xU&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=עדן בן זקן & Triangle - רואה ירוק בעיניים 2020/21 - שיר האליפות הרשמי | date=June 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9yPwfYh16k |language=en-GB |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315162404/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9yPwfYh16k |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2004, following Hitman's death, a minute of silence was given to Hitman during a match against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, which was followed by supporters singing the chorus of the famous championship song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=מכבי חיפה מול בני יהודה |url=https://mhaifafc.com/gameZone.asp?gameID=3948 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Maccabi Haifa FC - The Official Page |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113175810/http://mhaifafc.com/gameZone.asp?gameID=3948 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2002, The fans established an organization named Green Apes, which supports both soccer and basketball. Members usually sit in the bleachers section 11.<ref>{{Cite web |title=על הארגון |url=https://green-apes.com/aboutgreen-apes/about |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=הקופים הירוקים |language=he-IL}}</ref>

In addition, Maccabi Haifa has an official fan club which was founded in the first decade of the 21st century, and has about 20,000 members. The club is also supported overseas and is able to keep in touch with supporters overseas via the club website and online store.

At the 2008–09 Championship season the Maccabi Haifa audiences won the title of Fair Audience of the Year.

In 2010, another organization of fans was established for Maccabi Haifa, and named Inferno Verde, whose members sit in the stands section 5a. The organization's goal is not to outdo the Green Apes, but rather to join forces for victories and championships of the team.

Maccabi Haifa supporters have friendly relations with supporters of other clubs: Green Apes are in good relations with [[AZ Alkmaar]]'s Alkmaar Fanatics and Avant Garde are in good relations with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]'s Ultra Boys

Number of surveys made during the first decade of the 21st century found that Maccabi Haifa is Israel's most favorite team.

At the beginning of the 21st century the club website was upgraded, at [[Walla!]]. The edits were made by the historian of the club, Isaac Haverman, and include breaking news, articles, information about the club, officials, staff, players and former players, information on past games, galleries, statistics, multi–seasonal Guinness Book of club and depth articles, some of which also include a unique research statistic, work of Haverman. The site also includes an online forum, online store and club fans.

Starting in 2011 Haifa operates an official [[Facebook]] page, which includes information, news, pictures, online ticketing- online and update time – real game results. The Facebook page has 83,000 registered fans.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Mhfootballclub/?locale=he_IL Maccabi Haifa official Facebook page]</ref> In February 2011, the club opened an official [[YouTube]] page, which puts up interviews of players and the coach before and after games. The club has uploaded about 373 movies and has approximately 3200 subscribers, and approximately 550,000 video views (as of May 2014).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/@mhfootballclub Maccabi Haifa official YouTube page]</ref>

===City rivalry with Hapoel Haifa===
''For more information see: [[Haifa derby]]''

===The rivalry with Maccabi Tel Aviv===
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The strong rivalry between the two Israeli football clubs (sometimes called “the Israeli Classico” and “the derby of Israel”) is about the dominance among the various [[Maccabi World Union|Maccabi]] football clubs, as well as in Israeli football in general, and the title of the best football club in Israel.

Maccabi Haifa aspires to oust Maccabi Tel Aviv from this position, which is the club with the largest number of titles in Israel, and to become the leading club in Israel by winning many titles and qualifying for the European Cup stages (Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup). Haifa and Tel Aviv have competed against each other for the championship title, and Haifa beat Maccabi Tel Aviv in a number of games, including a 10–0 win in 1988 - a game seen as a "revenge" for the loss of 2–10 in 1949 (another large defeat, at 0–7, took place in 1952). Haifa beat Tel Aviv 5–0 in the 1993–94 season (in which Haifa won the championship without a single defeat, but was eliminated from the State Cup competition three days later following Maccabi Tel Aviv's 1–1 draw at Kiryat Eliezer). Maccabi Haifa became dominant in the Israeli Premier League in the first decade of the 21st century, as Maccabi Tel Aviv's positions weakened (except for the 2002–03 season). The rivalry between them somewhat cooled down at the end of that decade due to the renewed rise of Hapoel Tel Aviv, which competed at the top of the table during this period and won several championship titles. The rivalry focus thus briefly shifted to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

In the 2019–20 season, the rivalry between the two heated up once again, as after almost a decade of Macabbi Tel Aviv's dominance exacerbated by Maccabi Haifa's series of failures, the teams competed head-to-head for the championship. It ended with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning that year's campaign. In the following 2020–21 season, the two teams battled out for the league title once again, this time ending with Maccabi Haifa winning the championship. During the past few years, the two have produced some unforgettable matches, including a dramatic 4–3 win for Maccabi Tel Aviv and an incredible 3–2 win for Maccabi Haifa after a big comeback.

== Club crest ==
The origin of the club crest is the World Zionist sports organization "Maccabi". The basis of the crest is the stylized Hebrew word מכבי ("Maccabi") in the shape of the [[Star of David]], symbolizing Judaism. This is in common with most other Maccabi teams in Israel and worldwide, which all use this symbol in one way or another. In most years only this stylized "Maccabi" star with the word חיפה ("Haifa") beneath it was the emblem of the club. Depending on the kit, it was green on white or white on green. With the success of the club at the end of the 1980s, an image of a lion was added next to the symbol, but this figure was removed later. At the beginning of the 1990s, after the club began competing in the European arena, the crest assumed its modern form - the image of a football inside a circular green band with the words מכבי חיפה מכ ("Maccabi Haifa FC") in Hebrew and English on it, with the original Maccabi symbol at the top right corner. At the end of 2005/2006 season, when the team won its 10th championship, a gold star was added above the symbol. At the end of the 2009 season winning its 11th championship, the team played its inaugural game with the traditional symbol of the club as it was in the early '80s. At the end of the 2013 season (on the 100th anniversary of the club's foundation), laurel leaves were temporarily added around the emblem, symbolizing victory and glory. In addition, a golden plaque was added indicating the year of the establishment of the club and the current year (100th club).
After the 2019/20 season, the [[Israel Football Association]] administration decided that each championship star on the member clubs' crests should represent 5 championship titles. Since Maccabi has won 12 championships in total until then, the crest was updated with another championship star. After winning its 15th championship title at the end of the [[2022-23 Israeli Premier League]] season, the club added a third star to its crest.

==Grounds==

===Kiryat Eliezer Stadium===
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[[File:Haifa-WM01 - Kiryat Eliezer Stadium during a local derby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Kiryat Eliezer during derby match against [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]]]
Maccabi Haifa originally played in [[Thomas D'Alesandro Stadium|Kiryat Haim]], which is the main training grounds of [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]. In 1955, a gift from the Italian Labour Union was a football pitch in the heart of the city of Haifa, which would become the new home of Maccabi Haifa. The opening match was a Haifa derby, won by Maccabi Haifa 4–1 over Hapoel Haifa.

Kiryat Eliezer missed out on staging a historic event when Maccabi Haifa reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. It was the first time an Israeli club had made it that far in the competition, though the lucrative gate receipts expected to have been made by hosting matches in Israel were lost when UEFA forced Maccabi Haifa to look for an alternative in Europe but outside of Israel because of security concerns. The choice was to host the matches at [[Neo GSP Stadium]] in [[Nicosia]], Cyprus.
After Israel had increased the security and proved stability, Maccabi Haifa was allowed to play their European matches in the State of Israel. Because Kiryat Eliezer was not up to par with UEFA's demands, the team played their European home matches in [[Tel Aviv District]] at Bloomfield Stadium, as well as Ramat Gan Stadium due to the high demand of Maccabi Haifa fans wanting to attend the matches. Finally, Maccabi Haifa was allowed to host European matches at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium. In 2013, Maccabi Haifa played in the Europa League against [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] (Greece), [[AZ Alkmaar]] (Netherlands), and [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]] (Kazakhstan).

On 14 May 2014, the last match was played in the stadium, in which Maccabi Haifa hosted [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in the Israeli Premier League.

===Sammy Ofer Stadium===
{{further|Sammy Ofer Stadium}}
Due to the recent success of the club in European competitions, the municipality of Haifa offered the club land by the beach for a brand new stadium at the southern entrance to the city. In the fall of 2008, the final plans were approved. Sammy Ofer Stadium was completed in November 2013. Constructions costs are estimated $135,000,000.00 with a seating capacity of 30,950.
The stadium is named after naval-mogul Sammy Ofer, who donated $20,000,000 to build the stadium and the rights to name it after himself. The Sammy Ofer Stadium is developed and built by the Haifa Economic Corporation and managed by Adv. Gal Peleg. It is the home ground of Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa. It also hosts the international matches of the [[Israel national football team]] along with [[Teddy Stadium]].
[[File:Sammy Ofer Stadium panorama.JPG|center|thumb|800px|Sammy Ofer Stadium]]

===Kfar Galim Training Facility===
Kfar Galim training facility is a training ground for Maccabi Haifa. It is located in [[Kfar Galim]] village.<ref>[http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=e/item&id=8535 Our Green Home]</ref>

==Honours==
===Domestic competitions===
====League====
* '''[[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Championships]]'''
** '''Winners (15)''': [[1983–84 Liga Leumit|1983–84]], [[1984–85 Liga Leumit|1984–85]], [[1988–89 Liga Leumit|1988–89]], [[1990–91 Liga Leumit|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Liga Leumit|1993–94]], [[2000–01 Israeli Premier League|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Israeli Premier League|2001–02]], [[2003–04 Israeli Premier League|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Israeli Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Israeli Premier League|2005–06]], [[2008–09 Israeli Premier League|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Israeli Premier League|2010–11]], [[2020–21 Israeli Premier League|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Israeli Premier League|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Israeli Premier League|2022–23]]
** ''Runners-up (10)'': [[1985–86 Liga Leumit|1985–86]], [[1994–95 Liga Leumit|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Liga Leumit|1995–96]], [[1999–2000 Israeli Premier League|1999–00]], [[2002–03 Israeli Premier League|2002–03]], [[2009–10 Israeli Premier League|2009–10]], [[2012–13 Israeli Premier League|2012–13]], [[2018–19 Israeli Premier League|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Israeli Premier League|2019–20]], [[2023–24 Israeli Premier League|2023–24]]
* '''Second Division'''
** '''Winners (4)''': [[1944–45 Liga Bet|1944–45]],<ref>[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1945/06-24-1945.pdf Maccabi (Michael) in the South and Maccabi Haifa in the North, First Place in Liga Bet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524115758/http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1945/06-24-1945.pdf |date=24 May 2016 }} HaBoker, 24 June 1945, via archive.football.org.il {{in lang|he}}</ref> [[1946–47 Liga Bet|1946–47]], [[1965–66 Liga Alef|1965–66]], [[1974–75 Liga Alef|1974–75]]

====Cups====
* '''[[Israel State Cup|State Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (6)''': [[1961–62 Israel State Cup|1961–62]], [[1990–91 Israel State Cup|1990–91]], [[1992–93 Israel State Cup|1992–93]], [[1994–95 Israel State Cup|1994–95]], [[1997–98 Israel State Cup|1997–98]], [[2015–16 Israel State Cup|2015–16]]
** ''Runners-up (11)'': [[1942 Palestine Cup|1942]], [[1962–63 Israel State Cup|1962–63]], [[1970–71 Israel State Cup|1970–71]], [[1984–85 Israel State Cup|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Israel State Cup|1986–87]], [[1988–89 Israel State Cup|1988–89]], [[2001–02 Israel State Cup|2001–02]], [[2008–09 Israel State Cup|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Israel State Cup|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Israel State Cup|2011–12]], [[2021–22 Israel State Cup|2021–22]] 
* '''[[Toto Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (5)''': 1994, [[2002–03 Toto Cup Al|2002–03]], [[2005–06 Toto Cup Al|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Toto Cup Al|2007–08]], [[2021–22 Toto Cup Al|2021–22]]
* '''[[Israeli Supercup]]'''
** '''Winners (5)''': 1962, [[1985 Israel Super Cup|1985]], [[1989 Israel Super Cup|1989]], [[2021 Israel Super Cup|2021]], [[2023 Israel Super Cup|2023]]

===European competitions===
* '''[[UEFA Champions League]]'''
** ''Group stage (3)'': [[2002-03 UEFA Champions League|2002–03]], [[2009-10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10]], [[2022-23 UEFA Champions League|2022–23]]
* '''[[UEFA Europa League]]'''<ref>includes [[UEFA Cup]]</ref>
** ''Round of 16 (1)'': [[2006-07 UEFA Cup|2006–07]]
** ''Third round (1)'': [[2002–03 UEFA Cup|2002–03]]
** ''Group stage (3)'': [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]], [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]], [[2023–24 UEFA Europa League|2023–24]]
* '''[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]'''
** ''Round of 16 (1)'': [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League|2023–24]]
** ''Group stage (1)'': [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League|2021–22]]
* '''[[UEFA Cup Winners Cup]]'''
** ''Quarter-finals (1)'': [[1998-99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]]
** ''Second round (1)'': [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993–94]]

====Youth====
* '''[[UEFA Youth League]]'''
** ''Play-offs'': 2016–17
** ''Group stage'': 2022–23
* '''Sukkot Cup'''
** ''Winners (1)'': 1958
* '''[[Lilian Cup]]'''
** ''Winners (1)'': 1984
* '''[[Milk Cup]]'''
** ''Winners (1)'': 2004
* '''Insel Cup'''
** ''Winners (1)'': 2016

==Records and statistics==
* Record home win: '''10–0''' v [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] (1988)
* Record league defeat: '''0–9''' v [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]] (1953)
* Record cup defeat: '''1–12''' v [[Beitar Tel Aviv F.C.|Beitar Tel Aviv]], Israel State Cup, Final (1942)
* Record home attendance: '''39,120''' v [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] (2009)
* Most league appearances: '''419''' [[Alon Harazi]]
* Most appearances in one season: '''66''' [[Adoram Keise]]
* Most league goals: '''90''' [[Zahi Armeli]]
* Most league goals in a Season: '''28''' [[Alon Mizrahi]] (Liga Leumit, 1993–94) and [[Shlomi Arbeitman]] (2009–10)
* Most goals scored in a Match: '''6''' [[Aharon Gershgoren]] v [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] (1965)
* Most league goals in a Season: '''97''' (1993–94)
* Most points in a season: '''95'''&nbsp;– 39 games (1993–94)
* Most league assists in a season: '''16''' [[Eyal Berkovic]] (1993–94) and [[Yossi Benayoun]] (1999–00)
* Most Games without a loss: '''46''' (throughout 3 seasons) (1993, 1993–94, 1994)
* Most games in a row scoring at least one goal: '''39''' (1993–94)
* Most away games without losing: '''30''' (1993–94)
* Least conceded goals per game: '''16''' goals in 35 games (average: 0.46), Ligat Ha'Al (2009–10)

==Players==
===Current squad===
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{{updated|21 September 2025|<ref name=MaccabiHaifa>[https://en.mhaifafc.com/players?tab=Our%20squad First Team]</ref>}}
{{Fs start|hidenote=yes}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=[[Zohar Zasno]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=[[Sean Goldberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=NIG|pos=MF|name=[[Ali Mohamed (footballer)|Ali Mohamed]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Goni Naor]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=[[Ayi Silva Kangani|Silva Kani]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Dolev Haziza]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=JAM|pos=FW|name=[[Trivante Stewart]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=[[Matías Nahuel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=CUW|pos=FW|name=[[Kenji Gorré]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Lior Kasa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Kenny Saief]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=[[Suf Podgoreanu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=[[Guy Melamed (footballer, born 1992)|Guy Melamed]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Ethan Azoulay]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Lisav Eissat]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=[[Jelle Bataille]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Michael Ohana]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Pierre Cornud]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SEN|pos=DF|name=[[Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1992)|Abdoulaye Seck]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Elad Amir}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Omer Dahan}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=ISR|pos=GK|name=[[Shareef Keouf]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=[[Pedrão (footballer, born 1997)|Pedrão]]}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=ISR|pos=GK|name=Glenn Alvin}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ISR|pos=GK|name=Roee Fucs}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=Peter Agba}}
{{Fs player|no=89|nat=UKR|pos=GK|name=[[Heorhiy Yermakov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=SRB|pos=FW|name=[[Đorđe Jovanović (footballer)|Đorđe Jovanović]]|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Basel|Basel]]}}}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start|hidenote=yes}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Liam Hermesh|other=at {{flagicon|MDA}} [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Gatachao Yavalo|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Itay Ehud|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Adir Waheb|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Tomi Ziziashvili|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Joulani]]|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ironi Tiberias F.C.|Ironi Tiberias]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Ronny Laufer|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[F.C. Kiryat Yam]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Sarel Cohen|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Hadera F.C.|Hapoel Hadera]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Amit Arazi|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=[[Yarin Levi]]|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Jad Shibli|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Adi Tzur|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ANG|pos=MF|name=[[Show (footballer)|Show]]|other=at {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Kocaelispor]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Eyad Khalaily|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C.|Maccabi Bnei Reineh]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CUW|pos=FW|name=[[Xander Severina]]|other=at {{flagicon|POR}} [[Casa Pia A.C.|Casa Pia]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=[[Hamza Shibli]]|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehunda]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=[[Nehorai Ifrach]]|other=at {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C.|Hapoel Nof HaGalil]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers===
{{Main|List of retired numbers in association football}}<!--{{Further|Retired numbers in association football}}-->
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=ISR|name=[[Yaniv Katan]] (1998–2005, 2006–2014)}}
{{Fs end}}

===Captains===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Years
!Captain
|-
|align=center|1963–77
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yisha'ayahu Schwager]] ([[Defender (association football)|DF]])
|-
|align=center|1978–79
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Oded Baloush]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1979
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Yaron Persalani ([[Defender (association football)|DF]])
|-
|align=center|1979–82
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Menashe Mizrahi ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1982–83
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Elisha Levy]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1983–85
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Baruch Maman]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1985–86
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Avraham Abukarat ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1991–94
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eitan Aharoni]] ([[Defender (association football)|DF]])
|-
|align=center|1994–96
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Alon Hazan]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1996–97
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Ronny Levy]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1997–98
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Kandaurov]] ([[Midfielder|MF]])
|-
|align=center|1998–00
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Alon Mizrahi]] ([[Striker (association football)|FW]])
|-
|align=center|2000–06
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Arik Benado]] ([[Defender (association football)|DF]])
|-
|align=center|2006–14
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yaniv Katan]] ([[Striker (association football)|FW]])
|-
|align=center|2014–16
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yossi Benayoun]] ([[Midfielder (association football)|MF]])
|-
|align=center|2016–18
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Dekel Keinan]] ([[Defender (association football)|DF]]) 
|-
|align=center|2018–19
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Rami Gershon]] ([[Defender (association football)|DF]]) 
|-
|align=center|2019–23
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Neta Lavi]] ([[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]) 
|-
|align=center|2023–24
|{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Tjaronn Chery]] ([[Midfielder (association football)|MF]])
|-
|align=center|2024–25
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Lior Refaelov]] ([[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]) 
|-
|align=center|2025–
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Dolev Haziza]] ([[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]) 
|}

==Personnel==

===Current coaching staff===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" scope="col"|Position
! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;" scope="col"|Staff
|-
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head Coach |s={{flagicon|Israel}} [[Barak Bakhar]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|Israel}} [[Guy Tzarfati]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|Israel}} [[Adrian Rochet]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Guy Weisinger}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping Coach |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Itay Zilfa}} 
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physical trainer |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Dror Shimshon}} 
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physical trainer |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Uri Harel}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physical trainer |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Gal Vaknin}} 
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Video analyst |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Eyal Gabay}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Video analyst |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Gal Avidan}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Sport Director |s={{flagicon|Israel}} [[Lior Refaelov]]}} 
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Club Administrator |s={{flagicon|Israel}} Gil Ofek}}
{{Fb cs footer|u=22 October 2025|s=[https://mhaifafc.com/management?CatId=2&lang=en F.C. Maccabi Haifa Official Website] |date=Jun 2025}}

==Youth department==
===2025–26 squad===
<!--Please do not add or remove players to this list until such news is officially confirmed. Also arrange all players in respective groups according to seniority. -->
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=GK|name=Glenn Alvin}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=GK|name=Mark Golonkov}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Elad Ben Simhon}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Artyom Demchuk}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Arad Geist}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Noam Shtaifman}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Tomer Lannes Arbel}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Yinon Fainegezict}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Elad Amir}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Daniel Adar}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Ilay Roash}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Noam Stifman}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Raz Vaknin}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Itay Solomon}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Liam Vatemahter}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Itay Roach}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Daniel Darzi}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Oral Alkaly}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Noam Yisrael Alok}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Liam Luski}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Adam Grimberg}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Navot Ratner}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Oren Shuval}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Liam Karagula}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=FW|name=Niv Gabay}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Current coaching staff ===


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#008000; color:white;"|Position
! scope="col" style="background:#008000; color:white;"|Staff
|-
| Head Coach || {{flagicon|Israel}} Itay Mordechai
|-
| Assistant Coach || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Zadok Malka]]
|-
| Physical trainer || {{flagicon|ISR}} Dan Bamban
|-
| Goalkeeping Coach || {{flagicon|ISR}} Daniel Sad'ia
|-
|}

==Notable players and managers in club history==

===Former players===
''For details on former players, see [[List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. players]] and [[:Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players]].''

===Most appearances===
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Name
! Period
! Games
! Goals
|-
|align="center"|1||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Alon Harazi]]|| 1990–97<br>1998-09 || align="center"|495 || align="center"|29
|-
|align="center"|2||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yaniv Katan]] || 1998–2005<br>2006–2014|| align="center"|440 || align="center"|79
|-
|align="center"|3|||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Arik Benado]] || 1990–94<br>1996–2006<br>2010–11|| align="center"|399 || align="center"|9
|-
|align="center"|4||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Avraam Abukarat]]|| 1977–93|| align="center"|396 || align="center"|9
|-
|align="center"|5||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Nir Davidovich]] || 1994–2013 || align="center"|386 || align="center"|0
|-
|align="center"|6||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eitan Aharoni]] ||1978–89<br>1990–94|| align="center"|368 || align="center"|7
|-
|align="center"|7||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yisha'ayahu Schwager]] ||1962–76|| align="center"|360 || align="center"|11
|-
|align="center"|8||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Aharon Gershgoren]] ||1964–78|| align="center"|334 || align="center"|27
|-
|align="center"|9||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Baruch Maman]] ||1974–85|| align="center"|303 || align="center"|45
|-
|align="center"|-||{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yosi Kramer]]||1974–85<br>1988–89|| align="center"|303 || align="center"|
|-
|}

===Managerial history===
''See also'': ''[[List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers]]''

{{div col|colwidth=25em|small=yes}}
* {{flagicon|British Mandate for Palestine}} Yisrael Schwartz (1946–47)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} Taurentauer (1950–52)
* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Otto Schlefenberg]] (1952–54)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eli Fuchs]](1954–56)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} Andor Kisch (1956–57)
* {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Ariyeh Koch (1957–59)
* {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[David Farkash]] (1959–61)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex Forbes]] (1961–62)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} Andor Kisch (1962)
* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Otto Schlefenberg]] (1962–63)
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Vasil Spasov (1963–65)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel Halivner]] (1965)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Avraham Menchel]] (1965–69)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Edmond Schmilovich]] (1969–70)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Jonny Hardy]] (1970–72)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Avraham Menchel]] (1972–74)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Ori Weinberg (1974–75)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Shimon Shinar (1975–77)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Moshe Sasson (1977)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eli Fuchs]] (1977)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Jonny Hardy]] (1977–78)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eran Kulik]] (1978–79)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Mordechai Spiegler]] (1979)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Jonny Hardy]] (1979–83)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Mansell]] (1982–83)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Shlomo Scharf]] (1983–87)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Dror Kashtan]] (1 July 1987&nbsp;– 30 June 1988)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Amazzia Levkovic (1988–90)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Shlomo Scharf]] (1990–92)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Giora Spiegel]] (1993–98)
* {{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Daniel Brailovsky]] (1 July 1998&nbsp;– 30 June 1999)
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Dušan Uhrin]] (1999–00)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eli Cohen (footballer born 1951)|Eli Cohen]] (2000)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Avram Grant]] (1 July 2000&nbsp;– 30 June 2002)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Itzhak Shum]] (1 July 2002&nbsp;– 30 June 2003)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ronny Levy]] (30 June 2003&nbsp;– 22 December 2008)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Elisha Levy]] (2 April 2008&nbsp;– 16 May 2012)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Reuven Atar]] (16 May 2012&nbsp;– 13 November 2012)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Arik Benado]] (17 November 2012&nbsp;– 18 May 2014)
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Stanojević]] (1 July 2014&nbsp;– 28 December 2014)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Marco Balbul]] (28 December 2014&nbsp;– 30 May 2015)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ronny Levy]] (30 May 2015&nbsp;– 27 July 2016)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Shmulik Hanin (caretaker) (28 July 2016&nbsp;– 8 August 2016)
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[René Meulensteen]] (9 August 2016&nbsp;– 13 February 2017)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Guy Luzon]] (13 February 2017&nbsp;– 9 December 2017)	
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Fred Rutten]] (24 January 2018&nbsp;– 1 November 2018)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Eli Guttman]] (8 November 2018&nbsp;– 3 December 2018)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Marco Balbul]] (19 December 2018 – 7 July 2020)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Barak Bakhar]] (8 July 2020 – 29 May 2023)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Messay Dego]] (30 May 2023 – 26 May 2024)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Barak Bakhar]] (1 June 2024 – 4 May 2025)
* {{flagicon|Israel}} Itai Mordechai (caretaker) (4 May 2025 – 4 June 2025)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Diego Flores (footballer)|Diego Flores]] (4 June  2025 – 20 October 2025 )
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Barak Bakhar]] (21 October 2025 – Present)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Maccabi Haifa F.C. in European football]]
* [[Football in Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Maccabi Haifa F.C.}}
* {{official website|http://mhaifafc.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110423220025/http://www.mhaifa.co.il/English/ Maccabi Haifa online] (archived 23 April 2011)
* [http://www.ga2002.com/ Green Apes]
* [https://aaddi19.wixsite.com/maccabi-haifa Maccabi Haifa fans songs]
* [https://www.facebook.com/Mhfootballclub/?locale=he_IL Maccabi Haifa official Facebook page]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@mhfootballclub Maccabi Haifa official YouTube page]

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