Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli association football club based in Haifa. The club was formed in 1913 as a local branch of the Maccabi movement, and played their first competitive matches before the establishment of the State of Israel. Since then, more than 300 players have made a competitive first team appearance for the club, of whom almost 100 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here, as well as those who have played fewer matches but have made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Haim Revivo and Yakubu).
For a list of all Maccabi Haifa players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players. For the current Maccabi Haifa first-team squad, see the First-team squad section of the club's main article.
Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; friendly matches are excluded.
List of players
Table headers Apps – Number of games played as a starter Sub – Number of games played as a substitute Total – Total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute
+Positions keyGKGoalkeeperRBRight backRMRight midfielderOROutside rightCBCentral backLBLeft backLMLeft midfielderOLOutside leftDFDefenderFBFull backMFMidfielderWWingerFWForwardHBHalf backCMCentral midfielder
Statistics correct as of match played 26 May 2025
NameNationalityPositionMaccabi HaifacareerAppearancesGoalsBondy KleinLB1947–19531143Tibi CohenCB1949–19601583Yisha'ayahu HeldFW1949–196428472Jonny HardyFW1951–196322191Zekharia Ben-TzviLM1951–196622834Avraham MenchelRM1952–196425783Asher AlmaniLM1952–196830750Aharon AmarFW1956–196614941Shalom VanoRB1956–19701410Itzhak ShapiraFW1957–196211435Danny Shmulevich-RomFW1958–197132698Yehezkel GershoniGK1958–19732380Shmuel HednesHB1960–19702646Didi SassonFW1962–197112626Hassan BostoniFW1963–196911823David GozlanLM1963–19702217Yisha'ayahu SchwagerCB1963–197641017Natan HirschFW1964–197013030Mordechai LubezkiLB1964–19711753Aharon GershgorenCM1964–197837136Karol RotnerRB1965–19872175Haim HazamosRB1968–19731277Haim ForteFW1968–197520520Yoav LevyLM1968–197614933Moshe AdlerFW1968–198026954Motti BergerCB1969–19782315Shlomo BenadoHB1970–197411810Itzhak AharonovichFW1971–19801559Oded BaloushCM1973–198113216Aryeh EfroniLB1973–19811471Menashe MizrahiFW1973–198317744Emmanuel SchwartzGK1974–19781340Baruch MamanLM1974–198736453Yossi KramerW1974–19903719Meir Ben-ShitritFW1975–198216024Ilan LuftLB1976–19821113Yaron PersalaniCB1977–198721519Avraham AbukaratHB1977–199551813Eli CohenCB1979–198623111Moshe SelecterFW1979–199024772Eitan AharoniRB1979–199447812Ronny RosenthalFW1980–198616447Rafi OsmoFB1980–19922538Avi RanGK1981–19871910Zahi ArmeliFW1982–1992233119Zadok MalkaFW1983–198915224Zion MeriliLB1983–19902228Nir KlingerRM1984–199018420Lior RosenthalCB1984–19921672Yaron GivolLM1985–199120411Offer MizrahiFW1986–199319613Itai MordechaiFW1986–199318761Marco BalbulCB1986–20023313Reuven AtarLM1986–2002375102Tal BaninLM1989–199212124Yaniv CohenCM1990–199310813Viktor ChanovGK1991–19931060Eyal BerkovicCM1990–199627650Alon HaraziCB1991–200971742Moshe GlamLB1991–199718423Arik BenadoCB1991–201152213Alon HazanCB1992–199616024Ronny LevyHB1992–199720421Rafi CohenGK1993–19961320Haim SilvasRM1993–199711511Serhiy KandaurovHB1993–199717360Haim RevivoLM1994–19967865Alon MizrahiFW1995–199912997Avishai JanoRB1995–200435825Nir DavidovichGK1995–20134600Ofir KopelHB1996–19991101Adoram KeisiLB1991–200740228Yossi BenayounRM1998–2002, 2014–201621070Yaniv KatanFW1998–2005, 2006–201455794Serghei CleşcencoFW1999–20018830YakubuFW1999–20037339Raimondas ŽutautasHB1999–20031257Rafi CohenFW1999–200315356Nenad PralijaCM2000–200312133Walid BadirHB2000–200520445Đovani RosoRM2001–200818138Michael ZandbergLM2002–200617243Idan TalLM2003–200615342Dekel KeinanCB2003–2010, 2012–201732121Haim MegrelashviliLB2004–20071062Xavier DirceuHB2004–20071356Roberto ColauttiFW2004–200713762Gustavo BoccoliMF2004–201536437Shlomi ArbeitmanFW2005–201015038Lior RafaelovLM2005–2011, 2023–202529458Tomer HemedFW2005–2011, 20249127Beram KayalCM2006–20101017Eyal MeshumarRB2006–201728711Tsepo MasilelaLB2007–2011882Eyal GolasaCM2008–201412113Jhon CulmaCM2008–2011981Taleb TwatihaLB2009–2016, 2020–20222087Vladimir DvalishviliCM2009–201210348Idan VeredMF2010–201515318Alon TurgemanFW2011–201513135Weaam AmashaFW2011–201510139Hen EzraAM2012–201613630Raz MeirRB2014–20231473Neta LaviCM2015–202224210Sun MenahemLB2015–202421311Nikita RukavytsyaFW2016–2021, 2022–202320975Rami GershonCB2017–20251252Ofri AradCB2017–20231426Ernest MaboukaRB2017–20211281Mohammad Abu FaniCM2017–202314717Josh CohenGK2019–20231610Tjaronn CheryAM2019–202421456Dolev HazizaLM2019–21234Mahmoud JaberCM2019–20251244Omer AtziliRM2021–202312759Dean DavidFW2021–202518480Ali MohamedCM2021–1802Sean GoldbergCB2021–1474Frantzdy PierrotFW2022–202410643Pierre CornudLB2022–2024, 2025–941Abdoulaye SeckCB2022–11511
Club First Captains Dates Name Notes 1978–1979 Oded Baloush Had captain's armband taken away for getting into a dispute with management over wages 2000–2006 Arik Benado 2006–2014 Yaniv Katan 2014–2016 Yossi Benayoun 2016–2018 Dekel Keinan 2018–2022 Neta Lavi 2023–2024 Tjaronn Chery 2024–2025 Lior Refaelov 2025– Dolev Haziza
Club Vice Captains Dates Name Notes 2000–2009 Alon Harazi 2nd Captain until retiring in December 2009. 2009–2013 Nir Davidovich 2nd Captain until retiring in June 2013. 2013–2014 Gustavo Boccoli 2014–2016 Dekel Keinan 2016–2017 Eyal Meshumar
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