After 12 years in the First Division South - Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa qualified tonight (Wednesday) for the national league.
The team that was re-established as a fan group in 2008 defeated Maccabi Yavneh 0: 2 in the final round of the season, finishing first in the table with 75 points, two more than Hapoel Kfar Shalem II and Samson Kfar Qassem III.
Jaffa has reached the final round when it knows that a victory will lift it to the national team, for the first time since it was established as a fan group.
After 13 minutes, Dovev Gabay missed Pendel when in the corresponding game Kfar Shalem dismantled Urbani Ashdod (0: 8) and rose to the top of the table, and the pressure in the stadium in Ramla increased.
Eran Levy, Photo: Udi Citation
A tense 20 minutes ended in a goal by Dovev Gabay (33), who repaid the debt for missing the penalty and put Itzik Baruch's team to a fragile advantage.
In the 79th minute, Gabay had already completed a pair that closed a story and gave the signal for the celebrations of the fans in the stands, who did not know their souls from happiness.
Maccabi Jaffa, which is affiliated with the Bulgarian Jewish community in the city, played in the senior league in Israel for 32 seasons.
In 1962, 1964 and 1977 she recorded her record when she finished as runner-up, and in 1957 she finished as runner-up in the trophy.
In 2000, the team disbanded due to financial difficulties, and was re-established 8 years later as the Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa fan team.
Since 2010 she has been playing in the first division and has been close to promotion several times, but has only just completed the task and been active for the national team.
Jaffa celebrates, Photo: Udi Citiat
Dovev Gabay, Photo: Udi Citiat
The fans in a frenzy, Photo: Udi Citiat
Haida Bee, Haida Bo, Photo: Udi Citation
Eran Levy, Photo: Udi Citation
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