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Maccabi Los Angeles of California and Bethlehem Steel of Pennsylvania have both won the cup a record five times, while Greek American AA of New York and Seattle Sounders FC are tied for the record for most consecutive cup victories at three.
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# 1996: Doron Sheffer – Los Angeles Clippers, Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi and have
Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, and Hapoel Tel Aviv have competed in the UEFA Champions League, and Hapoel Tel Aviv reached the Quarterfinal in the UEFA Cup.
Most Maccabi head coaches have been former players of the club.
Yugoslavia was a Non-Aligned country that supported Palestine and with which Israel did not have diplomatic relations, and the El Al plane that brought the Maccabi Tel Aviv players over to it for the game was the first Israeli plane ever allowed to land there.
Ariel McDonald 1999 – 2002, Anthony Parker 2000 – 02 and 2003 – 06, Nate Huffman 1999 – 2002, Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2003 – 05, Maceo Baston 2003 – 06, Derrick Sharp 1996 – 2011, and Tal Burstein 2000 – 09 and 2010-today have been recognised as European All-Stars for their accomplishments with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Maccabi fans did not have to wait too much for another big title, as it all clicked in the 2003 – 04 season.
Maccabi have won the championship and the cup in the same season ( referred to as winning the " double ") six times, and are the only club in Israel never to have played outside the top division.
Maccabi fans have an agreement known as ' brotherhood ' with the fans of Ajax thanks to the hospitality of both sides from the 2004 / 2005 season until today.
Baskonia's arrival to its first Final Four in 2005 couldn ’ t have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semifinals, but couldn ’ t overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game.
The 1933 – 34 saw the club win the double, finishing as champions of the Palestine League, winning every match, the only Israeli club to have achieved such a feat, and winners of the cup, beating local rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 – 2 in the final.
Yugoslavia was a Communist country with which Israel did not have diplomatic relations, and the El Al plane that brought the Maccabi Tel Aviv players over to it for the game was the first Israeli plane ever allowed to land there.
Maccabi and both
The city's two main football clubs are Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa who both currently play in the Israeli Premier League and share the Kiryat Eliezer Stadium as their home pitch.
The city has two football clubs, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Herzliya, both of which are based at the 7, 100-capacity Herzliya Municipal Stadium.
After such an investment, Panathinaikos captured both the 1999 – 00 Greek Championship and the Euroleague trophies, the latter coming in a final versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In 1941 Maccabi won their first " double ", Winning both the league and State Cup, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 – 1 in the final.
Paintsil joined Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2002, where he was a member of the team that won both the Israeli title and reached the Cup semi-final.
Parker was signed to fill the void left by Doron Sheffer's retirement at the shooting guard position, but ended up featuring as a both scorer and playmaker for Maccabi.
He continued his fine form for the club in the 2001 – 02 season, averaging 16. 4 points per game and 5. 2 rebounds per game as Maccabi again won both domestic titles, and even reached the Euroleague 2001 – 02 Final Four.
Back with Maccabi, he helped his team accomplish two more Triple Crowns by winning the Israeli domestic championship, the Israeli National Cup, and the Euroleague championship in both 2004 and 2005.
The club finished as runners-up in both 1977 – 78 and 1978 – 79, also reaching the cup final in the latter season, winning 2 – 1 against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
On November 1, Lietuvos rytas defeated Maccabi for a third time in a row as Artūras Jomantas led the team with 19 points and became the week's co-MVP with Erazem Lorbek, both having performance index ratings of 29.
Johan Jordi Cruijff ( born 9 February 1974 in Amsterdam ), also known as Jordi Cruyff ( both forms are acceptable in Dutch ), is a Dutch former footballer and currently Maccabi Tel Aviv general manager of football.
When he turned 19, Giora Spiegel brought him to Bnei Yehuda after both Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Petah Tikva turned him down.
Maccabi and won
Maccabi has won twelve Israeli titles, whilst Hapoel has won one.
In the 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.
A year later, Maccabi Haifa won a second championship in a decisive performance.
In the 2003 / 4 season Maccabi Haifa, led by ex-Maccabi 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.
In the 2010 – 2011 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.
Maccabi won their first State Cup in 1929 after beating Maccabi HaShmona ' i. Maccabi won the State Cup for a second time in 1930, beating the 48th Platoon of the British Army 2 – 1, and a third in 1933 when Hapoel Tel Aviv were beaten 1 – 0.
In that year, Maccabi Tel Aviv also won their first league title.
In 1939, after the start of World War II, Maccabi won their second championship.
In 1947 the league resumed, and Maccabi won it, and also reached the cup final.
After Israel was established in 1948, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the first championship under the coach Jery Bet-Halevy, scoring a record 103 goals in 24 matches.
They won the league and cup double again in 1969 – 70, beating Maccabi Netanya 2 – 1 in the final.
During the 1980s the club failed to win the championship, although they won back-to-back State Cups in 1987 and 1988 with wins over Maccabi Haifa and local rivals Hapoel.
Maccabi and cup
After winning the 1993 cup, Maccabi Haifa gave a stunning performance in the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup ( CWC ), beating FC Torpedo Moscow 3 – 1 and Parma A. C. 1 – 0 in the last 16, only to lose on penalties.
In 2001 the club reached the cup final for the first time in 49 years, losing 3 – 0 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Problems due to political unrest in the region, did that leaders in the club asked to postpone matches in Intertoto cup in the Summer of 2008, Most of the stars of the team were sold, most notably Maor Buzaglo who signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In 1985 Dror Kashtan took over as manager and Beitar again finished as runners-up to Maccabi Haifa, but prevented Haifa from completing the double by beating them 1 – 0 in the cup final.
Although they beat Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem 2 – 0, Hapoel fielded an ineligible player, resulting in the cup being shared.
A hat-trick of cup final defeats was avoided when they beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 – 2 in the 1982 final.
The arena hosted the European champions cup final on April 2 1987, in which Tracer Milano prevailed over Maccabi Tel Aviv 71-69 in front of 10, 500 spectators.
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