Maccabi Holon is an Israeli women's football club from

Holon Holon ( he, חוֹלוֹן ) is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. ...

competing in the

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and the

Israeli Women's Cup The Israeli Women's Cup ( he, גביע המדינה נשים, ''Gvia HaMedina Nashim'') is the annual knock-out tournament of women's football teams in Israel. It is equivalent to the men's Israel State Cup, and organized by the Israel Football A ...

. Maccabi dominated Israeli women's football through much of the 2000s, winning six championships and seven cups between 2003 and 2010, including five doubles in a row.List of champions
in

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.com It has represented Israel in the UEFA Women's Cup in seven occasions. In recent years it has been surpassed by

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History

The club was established in 1999 under the name Maccabi Ironi HolonWomen's Football History
Avraham Kochan, Women's Football in Israel and joined the

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in its second season, finishing 11th. In 2002, after the collapse of Maccabi Tel Aviv and

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, the club signed several of their top players, allowing it to challenge for titles, eventually winning both

and

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. The club signed more top players after the collapse of Maccabi Haifa a year later, and went on to win all league titles and cups until 2009, after which the club remained at the top of Israeli women's football, and managed to win two cups, in 2009–10 and

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, while finishing as runners-up three times in the league.

Honours

* Israeli 1st League (6) ** 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

Israeli Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

(9) ** 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

UEFA competitions record

References

External links

Maccabi Holon
Israeli Football Association {{Football in Israel Women's football clubs in Israel Association football clubs established in 1999 Sport in Holon 1999 establishments in Israel