Itzhak Shum (; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev,

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) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba.

Playing career

He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for

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and was a participant at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

and the

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and

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

Olympic Games.

Manager career

In the 2002–03 season, Shum was appointed to the manager of Maccabi Haifa replacing the next national manager Avram Grant. With shum. Haifa became the first ever Israeli team to reach the

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group stage. However, he lost the Israeli championship to Maccabi Tel Aviv because of better goal difference. In the end of the season he left to

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. He is one of

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's most successful coaches ever working abroad, having led Greek side Panathinaikos to the double in 2004 and was the first time that Panathinaikos had won the

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since 1996 and the Greek cup since 1995. Nevertheless, Shum was given the sack early on in the following season. Shum has also unsuccessfully managed Bulgarian side Litex Lovech and Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. Not only this but Shum has also been a successful manager in his homeland. In the 2002–03 season Shum made history by leading Maccabi Haifa to become the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the

. In the group phase, the team defeated

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and the legendary

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3:0 , that is still one of the greatest wins of an Israeli team ever. Haifa finished the group in third place with 7 points, allowing Maccabi Haifa a place in the

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. Shum was most recently the manager of Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv, after he replaced Dror Kashtan. He led Hapoel into the Knockout stage of the

2006–07 UEFA Cup The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th edition of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club association football, football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla FC, Sevilla won their second consecu ...

after beating Ukrainian side Chornomorets Odesa 4–1 on aggregate in the first round, and progressing in 2nd place from their group. In the 2007–08 season, Shum managed Beitar Jerusalem for a year and was very successful by leading the team to a double. the

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championship and the Israeli State Cup, Making it the first time that Beitar Jerusalem toke both of the titles in the same season. In the 2009–10 season, Shum returned as Beitar Jerusalem manager, alongside the new assistant manager David Amsalem. On 26 January 2010 he won

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, but did not finish that season in his role. David Amsalem replaced him. On 21 October 2010, Shum was appointed as the manager of Alki from the

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Honours

As player

Hapoel Kfar Saba *

: 1981–82 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''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 involves clubs of all standards ...

: 1975, 1980

As manager

Hapoel Kfar Saba * Israeli Second Division: 2001–02 Panathinaikos *

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 2003–04 *

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: 2004 Beitar Jerusalem *

: 2007–08 *

: 2008 *

: 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shum, Itzhak 1948 births Living people Footballers from Chișinău Soviet Jews Moldovan Jews Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Israeli football managers Israel men's international footballers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Israel Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. managers Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. managers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers Panathinaikos F.C. managers PFC Litex Lovech managers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Alki Larnaca FC managers Russian Premier League managers Israeli people of Moldovan-Jewish descent Moldovan emigrants to Israel Soviet emigrants to Israel Footballers from Kfar Saba Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Russia Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Men's association football midfielders Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Israeli expatriate football managers 20th-century Israeli sportsmen