Full name | Maccabi Tel-Aviv Sport Club מכבי תל אביב |
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Founded | 1906 |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv (Hebrew: מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv, which compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, judo, swimming, handball, and others.
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. is the titled club in Israeli football, and the most successful Israeli football club outside the country, having won the AFC Champions League twice. Its derby with city rivals Hapoel Tel Aviv is considered one of the most heated derbies in Israeli sports. Maccabi was the second Israeli club to reach the coveted group stage of the UEFA Champions League, and the only team in Israel to never been relegated from the Israeli league top division.
Maccabi "Fox" Tel Aviv B.C. is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Europe, having won the Euroleague competition six times, and been runner-up a further eight times.
The handball team of Maccabi Tel Aviv was founded in the 1930s, with the arrival of handball to Israel and was split initially to three different associations: Maccabi Tel Aviv North (which was one of Israel's most prominent handball team and won 3 Cups in a row, 1963-1965), Maccabi Tel Aviv and Soviet Maccabees. These associations united over the years under the name of Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2013/2014 season Maccabi Tel Aviv win in the first champion in Israeli league.