Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.
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| Full name | Maccabi Sha'arayim Football Club |
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| Founded | 1950 |
| Ground | Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Owner | Eldad Perri |
| Chairman | Simcha Gad |
| Manager | Ofir Haim |
| League | Liga Leumit |
| 2015–16 | Liga Alef South, 1st (Promoted) |
Maccabi Sha'arayim (Hebrew: מכבי שעריים) is an Israeli football club from the city Rehovot, currently playing in Liga Leumit.
The club spent the past seven seasons in the top division from 1963 to 1969, and a single season in 1985–86.
The club was promoted to Liga Leumit (then the top division) for the first time in 1963. In their first season in the league they finished 11th out of 15. The following season the club finished sixth, which remains their highest ever league position.
In the 1965–66 season they narrowly avoided relegation, finishing one place above the relegation zone. In 1969 Maccabi reach the cup final for the first (and to date only) time, but lost 1–0 to Hakoah Ramat Gan. In the same season they finished second bottom of the league and were relegated back to Liga Alef.
The final match of the 1971–72 season saw the club have a chance to return to the top flight, but they lost 2–1 to Hapoel Marmorek, which were promoted instead. Two years later they qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs, but failed to win any of their five matches and finished bottom of the group.
At the end of the 1977–78 season they finished bottom of Liga Artzit (the second division) and were relegated to Liga Alef (now the third tier).
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