Maccabi Cernăuți was a Jewish football club from Czernowitz / Cernăuți, Austria-Hungary.
Founded in 1908, the club competed in the Romanian regional football championships and won the Cernăuți regional championship several times. Maccabi Cernăuți was active until 1940.
Maccabi Cernăuți was a Jewish football club based in Cernăuți (Czernowitz), in the historical region of Bukovina. The club was active in the city's football competitions during the period when Cernăuți was part of the Kingdom of Romania.
History
According to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF), Maccabi Cernăuți was founded in 1908. The club competed in the Cernăuți city championships until 1921 and subsequently participated in the first level of the regional championship. RSSSF records Maccabi Cernăuți as an active club from 1908 to 1931, with a separate Maccabi-Hakoah Cernăuți entity existing from 1931 to 1932, after which Maccabi Cernăuți continued from 1932 to 1940.
Early years
Maccabi Cernăuți participated in the Cernăuți city championships during the early decades of the 20th century. From 1921, the club competed in the first level of the Cernăuți regional championship.
1926–27
Maccabi won the Cernăuți regional championship in the 1926–27 season and qualified for the final stage of the Romanian national championship.
1930–31
Maccabi again won the Cernăuți championship in 1930–31 and subsequently won the Eastern League championship. The club therefore qualified for the national championship. In the national stage, Maccabi reached the semi-finals.
1931–32
During the 1931–32 season, Maccabi Cernăuți won the Cernăuți regional championship and subsequently won the Eastern League championship. The club qualified for the national championship for a second consecutive season.
In the national championship, Maccabi faced Venus București in the semi-final on 19 June 1932 in Bucharest. Venus won the match 5–0.
RSSSF records that Hakoah Cernăuți merged into Maccabi Cernăuți during the 1931–32 season. The combined club was recorded as Maccabi-Hakoah Cernăuți during this period before Maccabi Cernăuți continued as a separate club from 1932.
Later years and dissolution
Following the 1931–32 season, Maccabi Cernăuți continued to compete in the Cernăuți district championship. RSSSF records the club in the regional first level from 1932 until 1937, when it moved into Divizia C. In the 1937–38 season, Maccabi finished fifth in the third tier. Divizia C was subsequently discontinued.
Maccabi returned to the Cernăuți district championship for the 1938–39 season. RSSSF records the club as active in the district championship during 1939–40 and gives its period of existence as ending in 1940.
The end of the club coincided with the end of Romanian administration in Northern Bukovina in 1940. After the Soviet occupation and annexation of the region, Maccabi Cernăuți no longer participated in the Romanian football competitions.
Results During the interwar period participated in regional championships. At the end of the 1926–27 season, they became for the first time regional champions, and participated in the Divizia A national championship. They were eliminated in the preliminary round when they played with Mihai Viteazul Chișinău.
Preliminary Round (Eights of finals)
In late 20s, it merged with the other team Hakoah Cernăuți, to form a more competitive team, twice becoming regional champions and participated in the national championship, in the seasons 1930–31 and 1931–32.
1930–31 Semifinals
1931–32 Semifinals
Honours Liga I Semifinals (2): 1930–31, 1931–32
Bucovina Championship (Romanian: Campionatul Bucovinei) Winners (4): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1931–32
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