Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli professional 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, is the second largest in Israeli football, with a capacity of 30,942.
Reuven Atar, played 10 years at the club.
Avram Grant, Manager, 2000–02.
Arik Benado, team captain, 2000–2006.
Yaniv Katan, played 15 years in the club and was captain of the team, 2006–14.
The Israeli Premier League is a professional association football (soccer) league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league. This top tier league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv celebrating their league winners title at the end of the 2012–13 season