Maccabi Holon () was an Israeli football club based in

Holon Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the List of cities in Israel, tenth most populous city in Isra ...

. The club played five seasons in

Liga Alef Liga Alef () is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Howe ...

, then the second tier of

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History

The Maccabi sport club in Holon was founded in 1942, and the football section was opened 1945, playing mostly in

friendlies An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...

during its early years.The tiring journey in the sands (Page 3)
Hadshot HaSport, 8 June 1964, archive.football.co.il After the

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, the club joined

Liga Gimel Liga Gimel (, lit. ''League C'') is, since 2009, the fifth and bottom division of Israeli football league system, Israeli Football League. From Liga Alef and downwards, including Liga Gimel, each league is separated by region. History Liga Gimel ...

of the

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for the 1954–55 season. At the end of the 1959–60 season, Maccabi were promoted to

Liga Bet Liga Bet () is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions. History League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. However, the financial ...

, the third tier of Israeli football at the time, after they finished at the top four of the Promotion play-offs for

clubs.Maccabi Holon and Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv promoted to Liga Bet (Page 4)
Hadshot HaSport, 10 July 1960, archive.football.co.il In 1963–64, the club finished runners-up in Liga Bet South B division, and were promoted to

for the first time in their history. In 1965–66, the club's second season at the second tier, they reached their best placing ever, which was eighth. In 1968–69, the club finished at the bottom of the South division and relegated back to Liga Bet. After four seasons in Liga Bet, Maccabi won the South A division in the 1972–73 season and made a return to Liga Alef. However, their second spell at Liga Alef lasted only one season, after they finished bottom of the South division in the 1973–74 season, and relegated to Liga Bet after lost all of their five matches in the

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. The club suffered further relegation in the following season, this time to Liga Gimel, after finished bottom of Liga Bet South A division. The club folded at the summer of 1980, and all of its players were released and were free to join other clubs, mostly for Lazarus Holon.Striker for playing ground
Maariv, 6 August 1980, Historical Jewish Press Although the club was re-established in the 1990s, it merged later with

Bat Yam Bat Yam ( ) is a city on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In , it had a population of . History British Mandate Bat Y ...

clubs, Beitar and Maccabi, to form

Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam () was an Israeli football club based in Bat Yam. The club played home matches at the 3,100-capacity Bat Yam Municipal Stadium. History The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Bat Yam and Maccabi Bat Yam. Following anot ...

.Ironi Bat Yam – The hope and the disappointment
Guy Goldfarb, Livegames

Honours

: ** Winners (1):

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** ''Runners-up'' (1): 1963–64 *

: ** Winners (1): 1959–60

References

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Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Association football clubs disestablished in 1980 1980 disestablishments in Israel Sport in Holon