About Maccabi Rehovot FC

Maccabi Rehovot Football Club is an Israeli football team based in the city of Rehovot. Founded in 1912, it is one of the oldest football clubs in the country and was part of the early development of the sport in the region. The club played in local competitions during the pre-state period and was among the founding members of the Israeli League in 1949.

Before the establishment of Israel, Maccabi Rehovot competed in the Palestine League and achieved one of its best early results by finishing as runners-up in the 1943–44 season. After independence, the club participated in the top division during the 1950s, generally finishing in mid-table positions. However, by the mid-1950s it began to decline, suffering relegation and missing opportunities to return to the top tier.

In the following decades, the club continued to drop through the league system and eventually settled in the lower divisions. Since the 1990s, Maccabi Rehovot has played in Liga Gimel, the fifth tier of Israeli football. Despite its reduced competitive level, the club remains historically significant as one of the early contributors to organized football in Israel.