Maccabi Be'er Sheva ( he, מכבי באר שבע - לי) is an Israeli
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football (hannah jones ).
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's ...
club from
Be'er Sheva competing in the
Israeli women's league and the
Israeli Women's Cup.
History
The club was established in 2004
[Maccabi Lee Be'er Sheva Women's Club](_blank)
Maccabi Israel and first competed in
Ligat Nashim
Ligat Nashim ( he, ליגת נשים, lit. ''Women's League'') is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998.
Format
The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division, titl ...
in
2004–05, which then consisted of one tier only. The club came close to relegation from the first division at the end of the
2006–07 season, in which the club finished second from bottom. However, during the season break, three of the five second division clubs folded, and, in order to ensure its first division status, the club bought out
Bnot Kiryat Gat, and remained in the first division, which once again became the only tier of the league.
[The Bad Business: Corruption in Football (Ma'ariv Research)](_blank)
Eyal Levi, 7 October 2009, nrg.co.il
The club kept its first division status until the end of
2013–14 season, twice reaching 4th, its best placing, during this period (in
2010–11
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and
2011–12. In
2014
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the club finished bottom of the first division and dropped to the second division.
[Finished: Maccabi Be'er Sheva Dropped to the Second Division](_blank)
Shai Mugilevski, 24 April 2014, Eyoya However, the club bounced back as it won the second division the
following season and was promoted back to the top division.
[Maccabi Be'er Sheva Returned to the First Division](_blank)
Shai Muguilevski, 12 May 2014, Eyoya
In the
Israeli Women's Cup, the club reached the cup final in
2010
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, overcoming local rivals
Hapoel Be'er Sheva and
Bnot Sakhnin, before losing in the final itself 0–5 to
Maccabi Holon[For the 8th Time in a Row: Holon Won the Women's Cup](_blank)
Limor Spiegel, 24 May 2010, ynet.co.il The club reached the cup semi-finals twice more, in
2006–07 and
2010–11
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, in both times losing to Maccabi Holon.
Titles
*
Ligat Nashim
Ligat Nashim ( he, ליגת נשים, lit. ''Women's League'') is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998.
Format
The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division, titl ...
Shniya (1):
**
2014–15
''Runners-up'':
*''
Israeli Women's Cup (1)''
**
2010
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References
External links
Maccabi Be'er Sheva LeeIsraeli Football Association
{{Football in Israel
Women's football clubs in Israel
Association football clubs established in 2004