Maccabi Tel Aviv
The Maccabi of Tel Aviv Sport Club (in Hebrew: מכבי תל אביב) is a multi-sports society in Tel Aviv, Israel. It has sections in different sports, among which basketball, soccer, handball and volleyball stand out. The club also has teams for judo, swimming and other disciplines.
Basketball section
The Maccabi of Tel Aviv Basket Club, sponsored since 1969 by the Elite brand, is the most successful Israeli basketball team and one of the most prestigious in Asia, although it participates in the European competition.
Maccabi basketball was founded in the mid-1930s. Since then it has been the absolute dominator of basketball in its country, winning 45 League titles and 35 Cup titles. But Maccabi's great prestige is due, however, to their participation in international competitions. The Maccabees have won 6 of the 15 European Cup/Euroleague finals they have played. They also won the Intercontinental Cup on one occasion.
This Tel Aviv team is the FIBA team that has faced NBA franchises on the most occasions, having played 11 games; He won four of them. In 1978, they defeated the Washington Bullets; in 1984, to the New Jersey Nets and the Phoenix Suns, and, in 2005, to the Toronto Raptors in their own pavilion. In this way, Maccabi became the first FIBA team to defeat an NBA team on its own court. Great players such as the Croatian center Nikola Vujcic, Marcus Fizer, Will Bynum, etc. have played in it.
Main article - Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball) Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club is the club with the best achievements in sports and one of the leading basketball clubs in Israel and Europe. High-level club group of 51 Israeli championships, 41 cups and six European Cups. Since 1970, the team has won every Israeli championship except 1993, 2008, 2010 and -2013. Also Maccabi Tel Aviv is the only team in Europe to have won the NBA club on American soil, and it and Olympiacos are two unit groups since the early 90s that have won two consecutive European Cups.
The coach is Guy Goodes, and his assistant is Finnish Gershon. The owners are Shimon Mizrahi, David Federman, and the Recanati family. The group hosted the games Yad Eliyahu Sports Palace, located in Tel Aviv.
On August 3, 2008, the Maccabi club confirmed the acquisition of the services of Puerto Rican star point guard Carlos Arroyo in a one-year, $2.5 million contract, with two additional options.
Football section
The Football section, the Maccabi of Tel Aviv F.C., is one of the most important teams in the country having won 18 Leagues, 15 Cups and 2 Asian Cups. On seven occasions, Maccabi managed to do the double, that is, winning the League and the Cup in the same season.