THE BEGINNING:
I have had a certain degree of support for the Israeli national team. Dominant in AFC, Israel was a national team in exile beginning in 1974 after Kuwait's proposal to exclude them. For the rest of the 70s & 80s, the team mainly played friendlies and entered WCQ under the OFC. They came close to the 1990 WC in Italy, but fell to Colombia over two legs. In 1991, Israeli clubs began participating in European club competitions, and entered UEFA in 1994, 20 years after its exclusion from the AFC. From then on, Israeli football has been full of near-misses for the Euros and WC. Currently, Israeli clubs only have 1 spot for the CL & 3 for the Europa League.
The Aim of this story/save.
- Make Israel a powerhouse - both clubs and internationally
- Qualify for Euro 2016 & beyond with the National team
- Build up teams facilities/junior coaching to get better regens for National Team
- Rise up club coefficent rankings & eventually have one of the best leagues in Europe (Top 5 at least)
- Try to sell players to Israeli clubs to improve them too
- Have a competitive league (not having a team win 5 yrs in a row, etc.)
In Israel, the most popular clubs are known as the Big Four. Between them, they have won every season except 2 since the inception of the current first division, the Ligat Winner (Israeli Premier League) in 1999
Currently, the largest & richest club in Israel is Maccabi Tel Aviv. Chelsea fans will remember them from this year's CL group stage. They have won 3 titles (all in the past 4 years).Maccabi Haifa, the most successful club of the Big Four comes up next. Winning seven titles, they are the most dominant, yet have not won one since the 2010-11 season.After them comes Hapoel Tel Aviv. "Hapoel" translates into "The Worker" and combined with the sickle, represents socialism and the Israeli working class. The club has managed wins against PSG, Chelsea, Milan, & Benfica.Rounding up the Big Four is the capital club, Beitar Jerusalem. Achieving back-to-back titles in 2007 & 2008, their last triumph was the Israeli Cup in 2009. Beitar has fallen under hard times as of late, nearly being relegated in the past few years.
And current champions, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, another club representing the worker's class.INTERNATIONAL SCENE
Israel is in 3rd in Euro 2016 Qualifying in Group B, with Belgium, Wales, & Bosnia as threats to Israel not qualifying. WC Qualifiers will be drawn later on in the year. Key players include Brighton striker Tomer Hemed, CSKA Moscow midfielder Bibras Natkho, & captain Eran Zahavi from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Conclusion:
I will take charge of Beitar Jerusalem, they are the team that is in most need, so I am going to upgrade their facilities for better regens, reach Europe, & improve the country's coefficent ranking first trying to rebuild them. The National team will also be under my command. I will try to reach Euro 2016 and hopefully WC 2018 with a good qualifying draw
.DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Maccabi: Refers to the leaders of the Jewish rebels that took Judea in 164 BC.
Hapoel: The Worker; Socialism & the Working Class
Bnei: Children
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I won't be posting frequently, due to end of year stuff, but once mid-june rolls around, updates for dayzz.
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