Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C.

Summary

Maccabi Bnei Reineh (Arabic: مكابي ابناء الرينة, Hebrew: מכבי בני ריינה) is an Israeli football club based in Reineh. The club played its home matches at the Municipal Stadium. They were promoted to play with Bnei Sakhnin in the Israeli Premier League as its second Arab-Israeli football club for the 2022–23 season.

Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Full nameMaccabi Bnei Reineh Football Club
Founded2016
GroundGreen Stadium, Nof HaGalil
Capacity5,200
OwnerSaeed Basoul
ChairmanSaeed Basoul
ManagerSharon Mimer
LeagueIsraeli Premier League
2022–23Israeli Premier League, 11th of 14
WebsiteClub website

History edit

In the 1990s and 2000s, Maccabi Bnei Reineh played in Liga Gimel and didn't achieve significant achievements. In 2008 the club was folded. In 2016, the club refounded by a local businessman named Saeed Basul, and at the end of the 2016–17 season, the team finished in first place in Liga Gimel Jezreel, and promoted to Liga Bet.

At 2019–20 Israel State Cup qualified to the round of 16, there loss 1–3 to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of the season promoted to Liga Alef. On 23 September 2020, the club IFA's tribunal ruled, Reineh will play in the next season in Liga Alef, after the previous season stopped due to the COVID-19 epidemic.[1]

On 6 May 2022 the club promoted to the Israeli Premier League at the first time in the history of the team after 1–0 win against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.[2] In doing so, the team completed three consecutive league promotions in three seasons.

On 3 October 2022 the club achieved his first win in the Israeli Premier League after the 3-2 win against Beitar Jerusalem. In this season, it was the only club who neither lost nor conceded a goal from the champions Maccabi Haifa.

Stadium edit

Until 2021, Reineh played in the Municipal Stadium in Reineh. After the club promoted to Liga Leumit moved to Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil because the Municipal Stadium wasn't approved to host matches in Liga Leumit. The stadium still used by the club for his home matches in the Israeli Premier League.

Current squad edit

As to 5 February, 2024

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ISR Gad Amos
2 DF   ISR Niv Fliter
3 DF   GNB Sambinha
4 DF   ISR Tarek Boshanek
5 DF   ISR Mor Barami
7 MF   VEN Freddy Vargas
8 FW   PAN Freddy Góndola
9 FW   ISR Shlomi Azulay
10 MF   NGA Muhammed Usman Edu
11 FW   ISR Loai Hilef
12 FW   ISR Qays Ghanem
14 DF   PLE Abdallah Jaber
15 MF   ISR Amit Meir
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ISR Bassel Amer
18 DF   ISR Dor Elo
19 FW   HUN Márk Koszta
20 FW   ISR Nawaf Bazea
21 MF   ISR Noor Aladeen Othman
22 GK   ISR Mahran Ghaddir
26 DF   SRB Nemanja Ljubisavljević
27 DF   ISR Ashraf Rabah
29 DF   ISR Eyad Hutba
30 GK   PLE Omar Nahfaoui
36 FW   ISR Osher Eliyahu
55 MF   ISR Roei Shukrani
99 FW   ISR Mohamed Khatib

Honours edit

Coaching Staff edit

As of 7 September 2022
Position Staff
Manager   Sharon Mimer
Assistant Manager   Oded Kouter
Goalkeeper Coach   Rami Nasseradin
Fitness Coach   Tarek Natour
Physiotherapist   Guy Tadmor
Masseur   Dror Shino

References edit

  1. ^ "בית הדין החליט: בני ריינה תשחק בליגה א'" (in Hebrew). ONE. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "בני ריינה לראשונה אי פעם בליגת העל, גם סקציה נס ציונה עלתה" (in Hebrew). Walla! sport. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links edit

  • Maccabi Bnei Reineh Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)