Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)

מכבי ראשון לציון Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Full name	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Founded	1950
Arena	bet maccabi
Capacity	1500
President	Raul Serugo
Head coach	Sahar Frankel
League	Ligat Winner Big
2016/17	2

Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a handball team from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. competes in the Ligat Winner Big. The team's colors are yellow and blue, and it hosts its home games in the new 1500-seat bet maccabi in Rishon LeZion.

Maccabi have won 14 championships and 10 Israeli cups. After some bad years in the 1990s, the team has returned to success: between 2003 and 2007 it won three championships and four cups.

The team's biggest achievement in the European Cups was on its first appearance there in 1983 when it reached the Cup Winner's Cup semifinal, losing to the Spanish team FC Barcelona Handbol. So far in the 2008-9 season it has made the last 16 in the EHF Cup, where it is due to meet the Russian team Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan.

Their biggest rival is Hapoel Rishon LeZion, another great Rishon LeZion team. The derby games between them have been very tense throughout the last two decades.

Updated in December 2008

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