As part of the "Together for the Community" activity and in collaboration with the Israel Olympic Committee, the fifth round of games of the Premier League in soccer will be dedicated to commemorating fifty years since the massacre of the eleven athletes at the Munich Olympics under the slogan to the bereaved families - today we are all 11.
As part of the collaboration, the Premier League players will take to the field dressed in black and white shirts with the number 11 and the names of the athletes in Hebrew and English.
David Berger, Yosef Gutfreund, Moshe Weinberg, Eliezer Halpin, Mark Slavin, Zeev Friedman, Yosef Romano, Kehat Shor, Andrey Spitzer, Amitsur Shapira and Yaakov Springer.
The referees of the game will come up with gray shirts with the inscription "We are all 11", to the ceremonies that will be held in the league games on Saturday and Sunday, the members of the families of the murdered will also come accompanied by members of the Olympic Committee.
The names and photos of the murdered will be projected onto the screens at the Teddy, Bloomfield, Sami Ofer, Petah Tikva and Green stadiums in the Galilean landscape hosted by Bnei Raina.
The chairman of the league management Erez Kalfon:
"We were all moved and hurt with the families of the eleven athletes last week marking the 50th anniversary of the horrible massacre.
This event, which is deeply engraved in the history of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, must be noted so that we all do not forget those who ended their lives in such a tragic way.
I am happy that the families' recent understandings with the German government will give them some peace after such painful years and I am proud to take part together with the ONE ZERO League in marking this important event."
Chairman of the Israel Olympic Committee Yael Arad:
"We are all 11 is a significant awareness campaign initiated by the Israel Olympic Committee in collaboration with the Bauman Bar advertising agency with the intention of connecting the Israeli public in general and the youth in particular to the terrible tragedy that occurred at the 1972 Munich Games."
11. Our heroes were young people, with dreams, character, personality and lives full of action.
Their legacy is excellence, determination, love of people and Zionism, and during 'Kuluna 11' we are making the people who were and their story accessible to the general public for the first time."
"As an athlete, I drew motivation and inspiration from the story of the Israeli delegation to Munich in 1972, from the heroes who were murdered, and every achievement of each of us Israeli athletes is always dedicated to their memory. I thank the director of the soccer leagues, headed by Erez Kalfon, the dedicated team, and all the teams that reached out to the 'Kuluna 11' movement with a willing heart May the memory of the Munich martyrs be blessed."
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