Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)
| מכבי ראשון לציון Maccabi Rishon LeZion | |||
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| Full name | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||
| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Arena | bet maccabi | ||
| Capacity | 1500 | ||
| President | Raul Serugo | ||
| Head coach | Sahar Frankel | ||
| League | Ligat Winner Big | ||
| 2015/16 | 2 | ||
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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 13 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.
Titles
- Israel Champions (13): 1959, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Israel Cup Holder (10): 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013
Squad
Updated in December 2008
| No. | Name | Position | Birth Date | Height | Weight | N.T. Caps | N.T Goals | Home Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Offer Luzon | Line Player | 27.11.84 | 1.88 | 90 | 37 | 24 | H.C Ness Ziona |
| 3 | Yoav Neeman (C) | Right Wing | 6.1.80 | 1.85 | 80 | 55 | 138 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 5 | Dor Gevaa | Left Wing | 12.3.90 | 0 | 0 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||
| 6 | David Amar | Line Player | 15.3.67 | Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin | ||||
| 7 | Yaniv Lifshiz | Right Wing | 21.6.77 | 1.82 | 89 | 0 | 0 | Rehovot |
| 28 | Nadav Rubin | Center Back | 6.10.86 | 1.94 | 90 | |||
| 9 | Gal Avraham | Left Wing | 15.8.81 | 1.79 | 80 | 15 | 58 | Maccabi Rehovot |
| 10 | Chen Birenbaum | Line Player | 29.7.80 | 1.87 | 82 | 7 | 16 | Maccabi Rehovot |
| 12 |  Vasile Iulian Strat | Goal Keeper | 1.1.75 | 1.89 | Fibrex Săvineşti | |||
| 13 | Dov Yeshua | Left Back | 31.8.77 | 2.01 | Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan | |||
| 14 | Shachar Haber | Center Back | 16.1.75 | |||||
| 15 | Tom Matalon | Left Back | 30.6.83 | 1.89 | 88 | 24 | 62 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 18 |  Duško Milinović | Right Back | 19.2.75 | Sintelon | ||||
| 19 | Ariel Rosental | Center Back | 3.8.86 | 1.80 | 75 | 6 | 2 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 84 | Modi Sordo | Goal Keeper | 18.8.81 | 1.80 | 82 | 4 | 0 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Eldar Shiklushi | Goal Keeper | 0 | 0 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||||
| Roy Biton | Left Wing | 0 | 0 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
- Coach:
- Fitnnes Trainer: Yoram Menachem
- Administration Manager: Yankul Ruiter
- Chair Man: Yossi Geva
Notable former players
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Milorad Krivokapić -
Andrey Starykh - Duško Milinović
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Renato Vugrinec