Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva
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Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני עמישב פתח תקוה) is an Israeli football club based in the Amishav neighbourhood of Petah Tikva.It currently competes in Liga Bet South A division, playing home matches at the Sportek Stadium in Kfar Sirkin.
History
Since the 1960s, the football club which have operated in the Amishav neighborhood was Hapoel Amishav Petah Tikva. however, they were folded after failed attempt of merging with other Petah Tikva clubs, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Beitar Petah Tikva. one season later, in 1997, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was founded, and started in Liga Gimel, the lowest tier of Israeli football.
In the 2004–05 season, the club won Liga Gimel Sharon division, and promoted to Liga Bet, after 19 wins and one draw, scoring 88 goals and conceding 11. in their first season in Liga Bet, former Israeli top flight players, Liron Basis and Alon Mizrahi joined the club, and at the end of the season, Maccabi Amishav won Liga Bet South A division, and made another successive promotion, this time to Liga Alef. the club played two seasons in Liga Alef, and relegated back to Liga Bet at the 2007–08 season, after finished second bottom. in the following season in Liga Bet, the club finished second, and even though they lost in the promotion play-offs to the third bottom club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda, they were eventually promoted, as one spot in Liga Alef was vacated, after Hapoel Umm al-Fahm folded.
Following their return to Liga Alef, the club have also established a youth section.
De club is vernoemd naar de Israëlische politicus en militair Moshe Amishav. Amishav was een van de oprichters van de stad Petach Tikva en was ook de eerste burgemeester van de stad.
Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva heeft in zijn geschiedenis nog nooit een grote prijs gewonnen. De club heeft echter wel enkele successen geboekt, waaronder het winnen van de Liga Leumit in 1962 en 1976.
In de afgelopen jaren is Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva een stabiele club in de Liga Leumit. De club heeft de afgelopen jaren geen grote successen geboekt, maar is ook niet gedegradeerd naar de Liga Alef, de derde divisie van Israël.