- Maccabi Rehovot F.C.
infobox Football club
clubname = Maccabi Rehovot
fullname = Maccabi Rehovot Football Club
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chrtitle = Chairman
chairman = Meir Nahmani
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league =Liga Gimel Central
season = 2007-08
position = 13thMaccabi Rehovot F.C. ( _he. מכבי רחובות) is an
Israel i football club based inRehovot . The club competed in the top division during the 1950s, but today plays inLiga Gimel , the sixth and lowest level of Israeli football.History
Maccabi Rehovot took part in the first post-independence league in 1949-50, finishing 8th out of 13. After several mid-table finishes, the club was relegated to
Liga Alef at the end of the 1955-56 season after finishing second from bottom. The following season the club finished second inLiga Alef , which usually resulted in automatic promotion to the top division. However, that season promotion/relegation play-offs were held and Maccabi finished bottom of the group, remaining in the second tier.In 1960 the club was relegated to
Liga Bet , the third division, and in the 1990s they dropped into Liga Gimel.Notable former players
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Nir Levine - went on to play for Israel
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