| Full name | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C. מועדון כדורגל מכבי קביליו יפו |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Bulgarians, Los Blancos |
| Founded | December 24, 2007 |
| Ground | Holon municipal Stadium, A.K.A "The Cemetery", Holon (capacity: 3,000) |
| Manager | Lior Zada |
| League | Liga Alef |
| 2010–11 | 4th |
Before the beginning of the 2008–09 season, some of Maccabi Jaffa's old fans gathered and reestablished the team under the name Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (the team is being called after its goalkeeper in the 1970s Herzl Kabilio who died from cancer at the age of 35). The club is a fan's club, and gains its money from the donations made by the fans. The team was registered for the season of 2008-2009 for the bottom league in Israel, Liga Gimel.
In that season, Jaffa won the Israeli State Cup for Liga Gimel, and finished in the first place, with only one lose. Jaffa played the promotion game against Irony Beit Dagan in Bloomfield Stadium in front of 9,000 fans.
Jaffa played in Liga Bet in the season of 2009-2010. in this season Jaffa made history when was the first team from Liga Bet, since 1963, to get to the Round of 16 to the Final of the Israeli State Cup. In the way to this phase, Jaffa won against Hapoel Hadera from Liga Alef and Ironi Kiryat Shmona who finished first in Israeli Second Division. In the Round of 16 to the Final, Jaffa lost 5-0 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv who in this season won the Israeli Cup and finished first in Israel's top division.
During the season, Jaffa won the Israeli State Cup for Liga Bet, and finished the season in the first place with no losses. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa was the only team in Israel, who hadn’t lost a single league game in the season of 2009-2010.
Jaffa started its third season in Liga Alef, the third league in Israel. In this season, Jaffa broke their winning sequence, when they lost to Ironi Rehovot in Rehovot. The loss came after 65 consistent games without a loss, the longest time an Israeli team played without losing.
Jaffa finished the season in fourth place, which gave the team the opportunity to play in the promotion playoff. Jaffa won the Liga Alef's playoffs (against Bnei Eilat, Maccabi Kiryat Malachi and Asi Gilboa) but lost to Hakoah Ramat Gan, who finished in the 14th place in Israel's second division (Jaffa lost 2-1 in their home stadium in Holon, and finished 1-1 in Ramat-Gan).
Maccabi Jaffa will play the next season (2011–2012) in Liga Alef again.
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