Israel Halivner ( he, ישראל חליבנר; 10 January 1928-11 December 2013) was a former

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i footballer, who played for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, and football manager. He was the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv when the club won its second

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Career

Playing career

Halivner joined

at the age of 12 and four championships and two cups during the 1950s. In 1957 Halivner moved to Maccabi Ramat Gan, where he served as coach as well as playing. In 1958, at the age of 30, Halivner retired from active play and returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv, to serve as coach for the youth team.

Managerial career

In 1962, as Halivner was still coaching Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team, the club board decided to sack coach Ignác Molnár and to install Halivner as coach for the senior team. Halivner stayed as head coach until the end of the

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, saved the team from relegation and coached the team in the cup final, losing to

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

in a replay. Halivner next took managerial positions in Maccabi Sha'arayim (where he led the team to promotion to

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

), Bnei Yehuda and

, before returning to

as head coach for at the beginning of the double season. The club won the championship and qualified to the

, but Halivner moved on to coach

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerus ...

. In 1970 Halivner returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv and guided the club to its second

title, as well as its 14th

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(as the previous season's cup played out in the first half of the season). However, poor results in the league and the new cup competition led Halivner to leave the post. Halivner coached

Shimshon Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

,Halivner Was Allowed to Arrive Late to the Coaches Meeting With Shmilo
Davar, 17 December 1972, Historical Jewish Press Beitar Jerusalem and

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, but late retired from coaching altogether to concentrate on running his family's travel agency business.

Honours

As player

* League Championship (4): ** 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56 *

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(2): **

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

As Manager

(1): **

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

* League Championship (1): **

(1): **

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halivner, Israel 1928 births 2013 deaths Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Givatayim Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C. players Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C. managers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. managers Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. managers Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. managers Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. managers Men's association football midfielders Israeli football managers Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine