Maccabi Rishon LeZion () was an Israeli football club based in

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( , "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who were ...

. The club spent six seasons in the top division, before and after the

Israeli Declaration of Independence The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708), at the end of the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war phase and ...

and was part of the wider Maccabi Rishon LeZion sports club which still exists today.

History

Maccabi Rishon LeZion was founded in 1912. During the British Mandate, the club reached the top division for the first time in the 1941–42 season, where they finished at the top of the South division, but lost the championship play-offs, which was played against Jerusalem division champions Homenetmen Jerusalem and South division runners-up

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.League and Cup Committee Meeting 1.11.43
Israeli Football Association The club took part in the first post-

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league during 1949–50, finishing second from bottom with just eight points and conceding 117 goals (the second highest to date, excluding the double season of 1966–68), twice conceding more than ten goals; they lost 10–1 at Hapoel Ramat Gan and 13–0 at home to champions

, a result that remains the largest defeat in the top division. The following season ( 1951–52), they finished bottom with just four points and another 100 goals conceded, and were relegated to

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alongside city rivals

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. The club folded during the 1953–54 season.1953–54
Bnei Yehuda

References

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Association football clubs disestablished in 1953 Rishon LeZion F.C.

1953 disestablishments in Israel Association football clubs established in 1912 1912 establishments in the Ottoman Empire