- Itzhak Shum
Infobox Football biography
playername = Itzhak Shum
יצחק שום
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1948|09|1
cityofbirth = Flagicon|USSRKiev
countryofbirth =Soviet Union
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currentclub =Flagicon|GreeceSkoda 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 PanathinaikosPFC Litex Lovech Alania Vladikavkaz Hapoel Tel AvivBeitar Jerusalem Skoda Xanthi F.C. Itzhak Shum ( _he. יצחק שום, born
1 September 1948 inKiev [http://wislakrakow.com/www/showarticle.php?articleid=18548] ,Ukraine , ex-Soviet Union ) is a retiredIsrael i 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 the1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games.In
2002 /03, Shum was appointed to the manager ofMaccabi Haifa replacing the next national managerAvraham Grant . With shum. Haifa became the first ever Israeli team to reach theUEFA Champions League group stage. However, he lost the Israeli championship toMaccabi Tel-Aviv because of better goal difference. In the end of the season he left toGreece .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 thatPanathinaikos had won the Greek championship since1996 and the Greek cup since1995 . Nevertheless, Shum was given the sack early on in the following season.Shum has also unsuccessfully managed Bulgarian sideLitex Lovech and Russian side Alania now namedFC 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 theUEFA Champions League . In the group phase, the team defeatedOlympiacos CFP and the legendaryManchester United despite them not having there strongest team. Haifa finished the group in third place with 7 points, allowing Maccabi Haifa a place in theUEFA Cup .Shum was most recently the manager of Israeli side
Hapoel Tel Aviv FC , after he replaced the now Israeli National Football team managerDror Kashtan . He lead Hapoel into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup after beating Ukrainian sideFC 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.
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