Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C.

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Maccabi Rishon LeZion ( _he. מכבי ראשון לציון) was an Israeli football club based in Rishon LeZion. The club spent two seasons in the top division at the start of the 1950s and was part of the wider Maccabi Rishon LeZion sports club which still exists today.

The club took part in the first post-independence league during 1949-50, finishing second from bottom with just eight points and conceding 117 goals (the second highest to date, exclusing the double season of 1966-68), twice conceding more than ten goals; they lost 10-1 at Hapoel Ramat Gan and 13-0 at home to champions Maccabi Tel Aviv, a result that remains the largest defeat in the top division. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/isratrivia.html Trivia on the Israeli League 1949/50-2004/05] RSSSF]

The following season (1951-52), they finished bottom with just four points and another 100 goals conceded, and were relegated to Liga Bet alongside city rivals Hapoel.

The club folded during the 1953-54 season. [ [http://www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il/cgi-bin/SheepWool/sheepwool.pl?act=view&wiki=4028840 1953-54] Bnei Yehuda he icon]

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