Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad F.C.

History

During his reserve duty in the IDF, Maccabi Neve Sha'anan player

Eldad Regev Eldad Regev (; 16 August 1980 – 12 July 2006) was an Israeli soldier captured by Hezbollah fighters along with Ehud Goldwasser on 12 July 2006 in Israel near the Lebanon, Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War. His rank was Sergeant F ...

was abducted by

Hezbollah Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...

forces. From that moment on, the club printed on its shirts, "Eldad, we're waiting for you on the pitch." In his honour, the club is considering changing its name to Maccabi Eldad Haifa and out of respect of Regev's father, a religious Jew, they will move all games to Fridays before the Jewish Sabbath.

Club Officials

Coaching Staff

* Manager: Yosef Shriki

Front Office

* Club Official: Eli Dahan * Club Official: Eli Hadadi * Club Official: Moshe Birnbaum * Club Official: Dini Ben-Simon

References

External links

Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad
Israel Football Association website {{Liga Bet Football clubs in Haifa Neve Sha'anan Eldad Neve Sha'anan Eldad Association football clubs established in 1965 1965 establishments in Israel