Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C.

The club was formed in 1968, and played in Liga Gimel until 1975. In 1998 they were promoted to Liga Artzit (then the second tier), finishing eighth in the league. In 1999–2000 and 2000–01 they finished one place above the relegation zone.

The 2002–03 season saw the club claim the Liga Leumit title, despite being deducted three points for playing an ineligible player, under the leadership of Azmi Nassar. They were promoted to the Israeli Premier League for the first time in their history. Fellow Israeli Arab club Bnei Sakhnin were also promoted, marking the first time two Arab clubs had been in the top division.

However, in their first season in the top division, the club finished bottom and were relegated back to Liga Leumit. The following season they were relegated again (due to a two-point deduction), and dropped back into the third division. In 2005–06 they finished as Liga Artzit runners-up, to make an immediate return to Liga Leumit, where they have remained since.

In 2008–09, the club was promoted to the Israeli Premier League. After one of the worst seasons in the Israeli Premier League the club finished in the last spot of the league, In the last match she lost to Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–7 and were directly relegated to Liga Leumit for the 2010–11 season.

In the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, the club reached the Semi-finals for the first time in their history, after eliminating Maccabi Netanya, FC Ashdod, and Hapoel Kfar Saba. However, in the Semi-finals, they were beaten 0–3 by the eventual cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv in Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem.

As of 14 February 2024.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ISR Omar Salem 2 DF   ISR Idan Oz 4 DF   ISR Bashar Udda 5 DF   ISR Farnas Ali Issa 6 MF   ISR Habib Jaber 7 FW   ISR Moamen Salah 8 MF   ISR Amjad Sliman 9 FW   ISR Alaa Baker 10 MF   ISR Ibrahim Abu Ahmed 11 MF   ISR Mahmoud Abu Ahmed 14 DF   ISR Ben Sterling 15 MF   ISR Karem Megamesa 16 DF   ISR Mohammed Shadida

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   ISR Fahed Sharari 20 MF   ISR Sfouan Hilo 21 DF   ISR Ali Shadafna 22 GK   ISR Roee Rabinovich 23 MF   ISR Habiballah Jabarin 33 DF   ISR Adham Abu Nasser 70 MF   ISR Ryan Ashmuz 77 MF   ISR Shalev Kaplan 82 DF   ISR Bil Vertheim 99 FW   ISR Yasser Abu Nasser — DF   ISR Mohammed Nakhash — MF   ISR Firas Talhmi

•   Azmi Nassar
•   Yehoshua Feigenbaum
•   Michael Kadosh
•   Eli Mahpud
•   John Gregory
•   Adham Hadiya
•   Motti Ivanir
•   Shlomi Dora
•   Tal Banin
•   Rifaat Turk

• Liga Alef:
  • Winners (1): 1997–98
• Liga Leumit:
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• Liga Artzit:
  • Runners-up (1): 2005–06

• Maccabi Ahi Nazareth at Israel Football Association (in Hebrew) (archived)