Itzhak Shum

Infobox Football biography
playername = Itzhak Shum
יצחק שום


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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1948|09|1
cityofbirth = Flagicon|USSR Kiev
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
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currentclub =Flagicon|Greece Skoda Xanthi F.C.
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years = 1959-1983
clubs = Hapoel Kfar Saba
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nationalteam = Flagicon|ISR Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 76 (9)
manageryears = 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006 2007-2008 2008-Present
managerclubs = Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Haifa Panathinaikos PFC Litex Lovech Alania Vladikavkaz Hapoel Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem Skoda Xanthi F.C.

Itzhak Shum ( _he. יצחק שום, born 1 September 1948 in Kiev [http://wislakrakow.com/www/showarticle.php?articleid=18548] , Ukraine, ex-Soviet Union) is a retired Israeli football player and is currently manager of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

He played 76 times for Israel national football team and was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games.

In 2002/03, Shum was appointed to the manager of Maccabi Haifa replacing the next national manager Avraham Grant. With shum. Haifa became the first ever Israeli team to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage. However, he lost the Israeli championship to Maccabi Tel-Aviv because of better goal difference. In the end of the season he left to Greece.

He is one of Israel's most successful coaches ever working abroad, having lead Greek side Panathinaikos FC to the double in 2004 and was the first time that Panathinaikos had won the Greek championship since 1996 and the Greek cup since 1995. Nevertheless, Shum was given the sack early on in the following season.Shum has also unsuccessfully managed Bulgarian side Litex Lovech and Russian side Alania now named FC Spartak Vladikavkaz. Not only this but Shum has also been a successful manager in his homeland. In the 2002/2003 season Shum made history by leading Maccabi Haifa to become the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the UEFA Champions League. In the group phase, the team defeated Olympiacos CFP and the legendary Manchester United despite them not having there strongest team. Haifa finished the group in third place with 7 points, allowing Maccabi Haifa a place in the UEFA Cup.

Shum was most recently the manager of Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv FC, after he replaced the now Israeli National Football team manager Dror Kashtan. He lead Hapoel into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup after beating Ukrainian side FC Chernomorets Odessa 4-1 on aggregate in the first round, and progressing in 2nd place from their group.

Shum Coached Beitar Jerusalem for 1 year and was very successful by leading his team to the trofy . Same as in Panathinaikos FC, in the end of season 2007/08 He won with the team a Double: The Ligat ha'Al Championship and the Israeli State Cup - This was the first time Beitar Jerusalem takes both of the titles in the same season.