NYCFC Confirm Departure of PV. Nice Confirm Arrival of PV as Manager.
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Why aren't we talking more about Jordi? He's done such a great job at Maccabi.
I know literally nothing about that league and nothing about him other than being the son of the GOAT
It is strange, we have an actual name outside the CFG circle coming from the local papers of Tel Aviv. And yet crickets. Wonder if it will be this quiet if he's announced?
Eh, Bartomeu probably wants the name on his staff to keep socis happy (or even just the rumor of the name, because Barça is ridiculous like that). On résumé grounds I'd prefer any current City assistant.
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Jordi came to the team in 2012. They were very successful under him, but not as manager.
In the 2010–11 season Maccabi enjoyed one moment of glory in Europe, beating a strong Greek Olympiacos side 1–0 in the home leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers. The victory sent Maccabi into the first round of the competition where, despite an exciting 4–3 victory in the home leg, Maccabi failed to surpass French giants Paris Saint-Germain after a 2–0 loss in the French capital. The following season Maccabi claimed a famous victory against Greek side Panathinaikos, beating them 3–0 at Bloomfield Stadium in the qualifying stages of the Europa League.[16] It was a year Maccabi actually did succeed in reaching the group stage of the competition but collected just two points in a group that contained Turkish side Beşiktaş, the Ukrainians Dynamo Kyiv and the English Stoke City.
The 2012–13 season finally put an end to Maccabi Tel Aviv's bad fortunes in the league as they won their first championship in a decade. Under the stewardship of New Director of Football Jordi Cruyff and Spanish head coach Óscar García, Maccabi dominated the league and claimed the title by thirteen points ahead of their nearest rival. They finished the season with the league's highest goal total of 78 while conceding the fewest with just 30 goals conceded. Leading that attack was the league's highest goal scorer, striker Eliran Atar with 22, but he was joined by midfielder Maharan Radi with eight (plus eleven assists), young striker Moanes Dabour with ten and Swedish striker Rade Prica (eight) and midfielder Eran Zahavi (seven) who both arrived at the club in the January transfer window. In defense the tone was set by Maccabi's two center halves, Eitan Tibi and the Spaniard Carlos García, backed up by the excellence of Maccabi Tel Aviv's Nigeriangoalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama.
The 2013–14 season saw a change in the club's Coach Position with Paulo Sousa replacing Oscar Garcia, as well as several players leaving and new players arriving. Notably Vincent Enyeama left for Lille with Goalkeeper Juan Pablo Colinas joining between the posts, and Nikola Mitrović joining from Videoton. The team continued its success in the league and claimed another championship behind Eran Zahavi's goal scoring.The Team's main rivals this season were Hapoel Be'er Sheva who came in second. The team also enjoyed relative success in the UEFA Europa League as they advanced to the round of 32 after a difficult group stage, before ultimately being ousted by Basel.[17]
The 2014–15 season was characterized by a difficult start. Operation Protective Edge meant that the qualifying games to the UEFA Champions League were held away from Israel, leading Maccabi to be ousted from both the Champions League and the Europa League. There was also a shake up at the coach position as Paulo Sousa left for Basel. Óscar Garcíareturned but left before the beginning of the season and was replaced by Pako Ayestarán. During the Tel Aviv Derby on 3 November 2014, a fan from Hapoel Tel Aviv broke onto the pitch with an intent to assault Maccabi Star Eran Zahavi who was shown a red card for defending himself.[18] In the aftermath of the event, both teams had 1 point redacted and forfeited the match. However, this event didn't stop Maccabi Tel Aviv from being the first Israeli Team to win all three local Trophies: the Israeli Premier League the Israel State Cup and the Toto Cup. Notable new players in the team were Nosa Igiebor and Eden Ben Basat. The best player in the squad was still Eran Zahavi who broke the Israeli Record for consecutive scoring games and scored 27 goals throughout the season.
In the 2015–16 season, the team qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in 11 years. They were a member of Group G, along with Chelsea, Porto and Dynamo Kyiv.[19] However, these three elite clubs proved to be too much for Maccabi Tel Aviv to handle, and they lost all 6 of their group stage matches, scoring just 1 goal while conceding 16. In the league, Maccabi's main rivals for the title were Hapoel Be'er Sheva.After a loss to Hapoel Be'er Sheva at Bloomfield Stadium thanks to two clinical touches from Elyaniv Barda and Maor Melikson, head coach Slavisa Jokanovic was signed by Fulham and he was replaced by Peter Bosz, who helped improve Maccabi's performances in the league. Be'er Sheva fell under huge pressure before the end of the season, which helped Maccabi fight back and get into the title race again. Maccabi managed to take advantage of Be'er Sheva's bad results, beating Beitar Jerusalem in a close and dramatic tie, where Eran Zahavi scored the winning goal for Maccabi in the 90th minute, breaking the goalscoring record of Nisim Elmaliah by scoring more than 31 goals in one league season. In the biggest game of the season, against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, a win would have brought Maccabi to 1st place because of their goal difference, while any other result would have left Hapoel Be'er Sheva alone at 1st place with a 3 points advantage and only 3 games to go. Maccabi tied the game 0-0, leaving Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 points ahead of Maccabi and top of the league. Maccabi continued their bad form and dropped points again in their next game, this time against Hapoel Ra'anana, drawing 1-1, and the title came closer to Hapoel Be'er Sheva, who had a 5 points advantage with only 2 games to go. The last game of the league season was a rollercoaster of emotions for Maccabi fans who were hoping for Be'er Sheva to lose against Sakhnin, and who needed to defeat Maccabi Haifa to win the championship. Sakhnin took the lead after 6 minutes, however Be'er Sheva responded quickly and got a goal after only 10 minutes. At that stage, Be'er Sheva were champions as Maccabi kept on searching for a goal, which finally came when Eran Zahavi scored, which meant Maccabi were the champions at the time. 12 minutes after Maccabi's goal, Be'er Sheva went 2-1 up. Maccabi got a 6-0 lead over Haifa, but were unable to win the title, as Be'er Sheva had scored a third goal and became champions. The cup final was Maccabi's last chance to win a trophy this season, and they faced Maccabi Haifa in the final. However, Haifa defeated Maccabi and won their first cup in 18 years, which caused Peter Bosz to go to Ajax as Maccabi had finished with no trophies. The 2015-16 season was called "the worst year in Jordi's Era". To make things worse, Eran Zahavi, the star player of Maccabi, was sold to Guangzhou R&F for 8.5 million dollars at the end of the season.
The following campaign Shota Arveladze was named Head Coach and successfully helped the Club advance to the Europa League Group stages where they played Zenit, Alkmaarand Dundalk. Over the course of the 2016/17 season Maccabi defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 5:0 which tied the biggest Derby victory set in 1969/70. Arveladze left the Club midway through the campaign and was replaced by Angolan Lito Vidigal as the squad ended the season in 2nd place while falling in the Cup Final.
I don't know how much I wish him well. As much as any other sentient being I guess. Perhaps also because it indirectly benefits us for him to flourish. I don't hope for him to fail, certainly. But I do hope we find a manager who we can build some kind of attachment to, the likes of which we have built with Villa, who is also open to building that connection with the fans in a way that I don't think Vieira ever truly was.
This probably had an impact on any possible summer signings. The only rumor of late was that Marchisio one. Other than that, it's been pretty quiet. As a player, I'd wait to see who was managing the team. Hopefully if we get someone of respect we can get a few agents making some calls again.
Should've known Vieira was gone from the start
Why does anyone listen to Araos?
“I called him on the phone to wish him a happy holiday, and to tell him that we’d see each other on July 2 for the resumption of training,” Vieira said.
Saw this Vieira quote on Football Italia speaking about Balotelli. Trying to timeline this call...what holiday could be be speaking of??
Saw this Vieira quote on Football Italia speaking about Balotelli. Trying to timeline this call...what holiday could be be speaking of??
Balotelli is a big MDW down the shore guy.
I have already opened a new thread for the appointment. Please take all discussion there...
http://nycfcforums.com/index.php?threads/domènec-torrent-appointed-nycfc-head-coach.6249/
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