After 30 years of ownership of Maccabi Haifa, this morning (Wednesday) the club's president, Yaakov Shachar, was recognized by the city of Haifa, when a cornerstone laying ceremony was held for a street named after him, near the Sami Ofer Stadium.
Haifa Mayor Dr. Einat Klish Rotem, league chairman Erez Kalfon, former players of the club, coach Barak Bachar, outgoing CEO Assaf Ben Dov, incoming Itzik Ovadia and all the current players of the current team attended the ceremony. Shahar looked excited and arrived Together with his wife Nili, his children, grandchildren and family.
"In the mid-1980s, we came to Haifa as sponsors of the Maccabi Haifa football team," said Shahar at the beginning of his remarks. "For 8 years we were partners in victories, titles and also disappointments. "We tried and also implemented things we saw in big clubs in Europe."
Shahar added in his speech: "Other clubs in the country, which have gone our way, have learned quite a bit from us. We have turned our football team into a leading club in Israel, known and respected even outside the borders of our country. "
Yaakov Shachar is honored,
Shahar continued to be excited: "We brought respect to Israeli football in general and to the city of Haifa in particular. For our blessed activity over time, today the city of Haifa cherishes and places a cornerstone on the street in our name.
"I was not mistaken when I said our name. Our successes are caused by our managers and club members, coaches, players and the wonderful crowd that accompanies us at home, and in outdoor games and of course our families including my family and my wife Nili that football sometimes comes at the expense of other important things.
"They are all full partners in the honor that the municipality gives me by naming a street after me. That is why I said all of us and especially I meant Uzi Moore who accompanies me from my first days at the club and Bnei Or who play a significant part in running the club." , Without his consent I would not have entered this long episode.
"Thank you to the committee that recommended and to the Haifa Municipality for approving the name of the street that will lead into the new neighborhood that will be built here, and thank you all for coming to celebrate this special event with us."
Later in the event, Shahar proceeded to the signing ceremony of the first football museum in Israel, which will be established at the Sami Ofer Stadium with an investment of millions of shekels.
Shahar worked to establish the museum years ago, but for various reasons the project did not materialize.
Mayor Dr. Einat Klish at an event in honor of Yaakov Shachar, Photo: Michel Dot Com
The mayor added: "Dear Yaakov, thanks to your great contribution, the Maccabi Haifa Football Club has become a world-renowned football empire, whose achievements have brought great honor to the city, which today honors you immensely. To greet you for many more years of doing and to say to you, in my name and in the name of everyone - thank you. "
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