The Norwegians failed to qualify in 2003, losing out to Deportivo La Coruña, but managed to qualify again in 2004 after beating Maccabi Haifa, and in 2005 – despite the disappointing season – they qualified for the tenth time after winning 4 – 3 against Steaua București.

He has previously managed: Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle, Wycombe Wanderers, Aston Villa, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, F. C.

Maccabi managed to win back-to-back Euroleague titles in 2005, becoming the first team to do so since 1991.

Davidovich suffered from 3 serious injuries but managed to recover and lead Maccabi Haifa to its 8th championship, winning the MVP title.

After beating FC Thun Stoke were handed a tough group containing Beşiktaş, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel Aviv which Stoke managed to progress through finishing in second position.

He managed to get his name on ths scoresheet too, scoring the solitary goal against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, as well as a brace in a 5 – 2 win over Atalanta.

Maccabi has won twelve Israeli titles, whilst Hapoel has won one.

The Maccabi Haifa 1993 / 4 squad including Eyal Berkovic, Reuven Atar, Alon Mizrahi and Serhiy Kandaurov, and is considered one of the best squads in Israeli football history.

Tal Brody came to Israel in 1966 from the United States, after having been drafted # 12 in the 1965 National Basketball Association Draft, originally just to take one year out of his life to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Tel Aviv went on to defeat Mobilgirgi Varese by one point, 78 – 77, in the European Cup finals.

Sharp's miracle three-pointer to survive the Top 16 that year has become one of the classic shots in European basketball history, unforgettable for any Maccabi fan.

Center Nikola Vujčić stayed with Maccabi for two more years playing one more final in the 2007 – 08 season before leaving the team and signing a multi million dollar deal with Olympiacos Piraeus.

Their first match was a friendly on 23 July 1949, against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Tel Aviv which ended in a 3 – 3 draw, one year after becoming a member of the world governing body FIFA.

The word Maccabi () used to refer to one of the Maccabees, whose story has become synonymous with courage, success and victory.

His transfer from Maccabi to Bolton in July 2004 is one of those about which the Stevens inquiry report in June 2007 expressed concerns because of the apparent conflict of interest between agent Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce – the then manager at Bolton – and the club itself.

There, Parker spent five seasons with the Israeli Super League basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and one season with the Italian Lega A club Lottomatica Roma.

The last one, the fourth victory in a row over Maccabi, was due to spectacular performances by Hollis Price ( 19 points ) and Chuck Eidson ( 28 points ).

Maccabi Tel Aviv left the league after one season, but the league expanded to 14 teams for 2003-04, and to 16 for 2004-05.

He is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever.

Whilst at Maccabi Nimni experienced much success becoming one of the most important players in side during this period.

In 1975, he played college basketball for UNLV in the United States, but he returned to Maccabi after just one year.

At the last moment, though, Huffman decided to return for one more season so Maccabi sent Vujčić on loan to French club ASVEL Villeurbanne.

Brody returned to Israel in 1966 to " take up that challenge ", help an entire country rather than just one team, and take one year out of his life to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Tel Aviv went on to defeat Mobilgirgi Varese by one point, 78 – 77, in the European Cup finals.

After spending one season with the Columbus Crew, Rozental left for Israel and signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva.

After failing to impress in one half season in Petah Tikva, Rozental signed a one year contract with Maccabi Netanya.

However, it did not stop the club to become the first ever Azerbaijani team that achieved a victory away from home in European competitions by defeating Israeli side Maccabi Haifa F. C.

As a result of that the referee ended the game and Maccabi were awarded a technical victory, thus winning a second double.

After a home loss to Rangers ( 2 – 3 ) and two 1 – 1 draws against Partizan in Belgrade ( where goalkeeper Marco Amelia scored in the 87th minute ) and Maccabi ( in Livorno ), the Tuscan side gained a 1 – 0 victory over Auxerre in the last game played in France, thus earning a spot in the Round of 32 of the competition.

Whitehead made his 100th appearance for Stoke on 3 November 2011 in a UEFA Europa League match against Maccabi Tev Aviv, Whitehead scoring the first goal in a 2 – 1 victory.

* Euroleague – Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel wins the final 118-74 over Fortitudo Bologna of Italy.

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.

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.

In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011 – 2012 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat FK Partizan over two legs and drew Maccabi Haifa in the play-Off Round.

In 1947-1948, due to Communist regime norms ( stating that all sport associations had to join a form of trade-union, or a governmental institution ), the team is taken over by Ministry of Internal Affairs and, on May 14, 1948, merged with another club, Ciocanul Bucureşti ( former Maccabi ), the new teams being named Dinamo " A " and Dinamo " B ".

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.

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.

Ben Dayan started his career at Maccabi Tel-Aviv, where he saw limited action over the span of 5 seasons.

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 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.

Maccabi played against former European champions: Juventus, Ajax Amsterdam and Bayern Munchen.