Maccabi Shefa-'Amr ( he, מכבי שפרעם) was an Israeli football club based in Shefa-'Amr.

History

The club was founded in 1968 and played in the lower divisions of

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until the late 1970s, when the club enjoyed a period of success, after they won Liga Bet North A division in the 1979–80 season and were promoted to Liga Alef. Two seasons later, they finished runners-up in Liga Alef North division and qualified for the promotion play-off, where they faced the South division runners-up,

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. After the first leg ended in a goalless draw, Shefa-'Amr made historic promotion to Liga Artzit, the second tier of Israeli football at the time, after they won the second leg by a result of 4–3 after

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, with all their four goals scored by

Zahi Armeli Zahi Armali ( ar, زاهي أرملي, he, זאהי ארמלי, born 25 October 1957) is a former Arab-Israeli footballer. He started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa. Early life and career Armali ...

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Maccabi Haifa who would later move to Maccabi Haifa and became their all-time top scorer.Zahi Armeli
Maccabi Haifa The club's spell in Liga Artzit lasted only one season, as they finished third bottom in the 1982–83 season, winning only five games, and relegated back to Liga Alef. In the 1985–86 season, the club suffered further relegation, after they finished bottom in Liga Alef North division and relegated to Liga Bet. By the mid-1990s the club had returned to Liga Alef, and came close to achieve promotion to Liga Artzit (then the third tier), after runners-up finish in the 2001–02 season. In the 2005–06 season, the club finished bottom in Liga Alef North division, relegated to Liga Bet and eventually folded. Later, the management rights of other Liga Alef club, Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya, were transferred to the Maccabi Shefa-'Amr association.The Lower leagues – News of the week – 11.9
Livegames, 11.9.2008 That club was folded as well, at the end of the 2008–09 season, after they were demoted to Liga Gimel by the Israel Football Association, following an attempt of match-fixing.Ironi Shlomi demoted to Liga Gimel
NRG, 17.6.2009

Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr

In 2009, a successor club, Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr ( he, מכבי צעירי שפרעם), was founded and joined Liga Gimel. Although the club's activity ceased after the 2010–11 season, it was re-established prior to the 2014–15 season and currently plays in Liga Gimel Lower Galilee division. Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr are still commonly known and referred as Maccabi Shefa-'Amr.Liga Gimel – The weekly forecast
Eli Shmueli, Doublepass, 22.1.2015

References

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