Maccabi Haifa news

Benson to be released or frozen: Maccabi Haifa will sign another foreign player

Following Manuel Benson's severe injury, Maccabi Haifa considers releasing or freezing him to sign Ghanaian Kwasi Sibo or a new winger.

|BySHLOMO WEISS
Maccabi Haifa Reconsiders Its Plans. Benson’s Injury Moment.
Peter Agba, Maccabi Haifa player.

Hungarian champions in talks to sign Maccabi Haifa's Peter Agba

As Ljubljana talks cool, Gyor enters the race for Peter Agba to help Maccabi Haifa solve its foreign player limit before Thursday.

|BySHLOMO WEISS
“Bread and Butter,” season-opening project on Maccabi Haifa.

What happened to Maccabi Haifa’s youth revolution?

After promising home-grown players first-team roles, Maccabi Haifa turns to veteran depth: "You cannot win titles with nine academy players."

|BySHLOMO WEISS
BEITAR JERUSALEM players are primed for a season-defining clash on Tuesday against Hapoel Beersheba at Teddy Stadium that could determine the title.

Do-or-die in Jerusalem: Beitar faces defining night in championship race

There is no reason to think that the yellow-and-black can’t do the unthinkable and take home the championship for the first time in close to two decades.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Maccabi Haifa goes from Ness Ziona to PSG

Messi & Co. visit Greens in Champions League • Hapoel beats Beitar for Jerusalem bragging rights.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
HAPOEL JERUSALEM (in red) was the better squad all around on Monday night against Beitar Jerusalem, winning the Israel Premier League derby 1-0 at Teddy Stadium

Maccabi Haifa tunes up for Champions League duel at Benfica

Greens get by Beersheba • Mac TA tops K8 • Beitar beats Ness Ziona • Hapoel Jerusalem blanks Ashdod

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Maccabi Haifa teammates Frantzdy Pierrot (9) and Omer Atzily celebrate after hooking up for the game-winning goal in the Greens’ 2-1 victory over Hapoel Beersheba ahead of tonight’s opening Champions League group stage showdown in Portugal against Benfica.

Greens flying high, at home and abroad

Beersheba books spot in Conference League group stage on penalties • Maccabi Tel Aviv eliminated

AUGUST 28, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Maccabi Haifa continued its torrid pace on Saturday, following up its qualifying for the Champions League group stage with a 4-1 win over Maccabi Netanya in local play.

Maccabi Haifa rejoices and looks ahead

With hero’s welcome to Israel after qualifying for Champions League, Greens captain Lavi reflects.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI HAIFA fans celebrate at Ben-Gurion Airport while they await the return of the team from Serbia following the Greens’ 5-4 aggregate victory over Red Star Belgrade to advance to the group stage of the Champions League.

Greens get by Red Star, into group stage

Maccabi Haifa nets pair of improbable goals at end of each half in away draw • 5-4 aggregate triumph

AUGUST 24, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
AFTER FALLING to Tottenham Hotspur in last year's Europa League qualifying, Sun Menachem (right) and Israeli champion Maccabi Haifa got their Champions League qualifying campaign off to better start on Wednesday night, playing to a 1-1 home draw with Kairat Almaty of Kazahkstan

Israeli winners Maccabi Haifa qualify for Champions League

This is the first time an Israeli side has qualified for the Champions League since 2015 • for Haifa, this is the third qualification in the club's history

AUGUST 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MACCABI HAIFA players had plenty to celebrate this week after beating host Olympiacos 4-0 in their Champions League second-leg duel to move on to the third qualifying round with a 5-1 aggregate victory

Reveling in Maccabi Haifa’s European exploits

The Green Apes travel to Serbia with precarious one-goal lead in playoff • Maccabi TA crushes Bnei Reineh.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI HAIFA is ready for a tough second-leg showdown with Red Star Belgrade tonight at the Marakana Stadium. The Greens beat the Serbian champ 3-2 last week in Israel and is eyeing a spot in the group stage of the Champions League

Maccabi Haifa notch 3-2 1st-leg home win over Red Star

“We started the game well, took a 1-0 lead and we could have scored even more.” - Maccabi Haifa coach Barak Bachar

AUGUST 18, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI HAIFA beat Red Star Belgrade 3-2 on Wednesday night at home in the first leg of their Champions League Play-Off duel.

Maccabi Haifa to have hands full with Red Star

Serbian side streaks into Champions League Play-Off clash vs Greens • 1st leg at Sammy Ofer

AUGUST 16, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI HAIFA will need all hands on deck for its Champions League Play-Off showdown against Red Star Belgrade, with the first leg kicking off tonight in Israel.

Enjoying Zahavi’s fairytale Maccabi return

After six years abroad in China and Holland, Israeli superstar striker thrilled to be back in Tel Aviv.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
ERAN ZAHAVI dribbles the ball against Aris Thessaloniki in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s 2-0 first-leg win over the Greek side in Conference Leagure third-round qualifying.