Maccabi Jerusalem F.C.
| Full name |
Maccabi Jerusalem Football Club מועדון כדורגל מכבי ירושלים |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1911 1970 (Refouned) |
| Dissolved | 1963 2005 |
| 2004–05 | Liga Bet South B, 5th |
Maccabi Jerusalem Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל מכבי ירושלים) was an Israeli football club based at Jerusalem. The club was disbanded in 1963, but was reformed in 1970, before withdrawing again in 2005.
The club was founded in 1911, the second football club to be formed in Palestine. At first, all of the team's matches were friendly matches against local teams, foreign-based visiting teams or visiting army units' teams. After the establishment of the British Mandate of Palestine, the club joined local cup and league competitions, such as the Jerusalem Cup and the Municipal Jerusalem Cup.
The club was disbanded briefly during 1924 or 1925, and was reformed when two local clubs, HaGibor and HaZvi merged to form a team called Hasmonean Jerusalem, and later took the name Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem.
During the 1920s the club participated in several nationwide competitions, including the Maccabi club competition of Magen Shimshon, in which the club finished as runners-up in 1926 and 1927 and the unofficial, pre-EIFA Palestine Cup. In 1928 the club took part in the first EIFA Palestine Cup, and made its way to the final, where it lost 0–2 to Hapoel Allenby Tel Aviv. However, the club appealed to the F.A., claiming that a Hapoel player, Moshe Meir wasn't registered. The appeal was accepted and the teams shared the cup.
The club advanced to the final of the next Palestine Cup competition, but lost 0–4 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. The club was also listed as the winner of the EIFA league in 1928. However, as no such league was held, this entry seems to be erroneous.
During the early 1930s, the club competed in the Palestine Cup and in the Palestine League, finishing fourth in 1931–32 and runners-up in 1933–34. The club had to pull out of the league as travelling conditions in Palestine got worse during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. In 1937, the club changed its name to Maccabi Bar Kokhva Jerusalem and won the 1940 Jerusalem Municipal league and finished runners-up in the 1941–42 Jerusalem League.
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