Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C.
| Full name | Maccabi Bnei Reineh Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 2016 | |||
| Ground | Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil | |||
| Capacity | 5,200 | |||
| Owner | Saeed Basoul | |||
| Chairman | Saeed Basoul | |||
| Head Coach | Lior Reuven | |||
| League | Israeli Premier League | |||
| 2025–26 | Israeli Premier League, 14th of 14 (relegated) | |||
| Website | maccabibneireineh | |||
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Maccabi Bnei Reineh (Hebrew: מכבי בני ריינה; Arabic: مكابي ابناء الرينة) is an Israeli football club based in Reineh. The club played its home matches at the Municipal Stadium. They were promoted to play with Bnei Sakhnin in the Israeli Premier League as its second Arab-Israeli football club for the 2022–23 season.
History
In the 1990s and 2000s, Maccabi Bnei Reineh played in Liga Gimel and didn't achieve significant achievements. In 2008 the club was folded. In 2016, the club refounded by a local businessman named Saeed Basul, and at the end of the 2016–17 season, the team finished in first place in Liga Gimel Jezreel, and promoted to Liga Bet.
At 2019–20 Israel State Cup qualified to the round of 16, there loss 1–3 to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of the season promoted to Liga Alef. On 23 September 2020, the club IFA's tribunal ruled, Reineh will play in the next season in Liga Alef, after the previous season stopped due to the COVID-19 epidemic.[1]
On 6 May 2022 the club promoted to the Israeli Premier League at the first time in the history of the team after 1–0 win against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.[2] In doing so, the team completed three consecutive league promotions in three seasons.
On 3 October 2022 the club achieved his first win in the Israeli Premier League after the 3–2 win against Beitar Jerusalem. In this season, it was the only club who neither lost nor conceded a goal from the champions Maccabi Haifa.
Stadium
Until 2021, Reineh played in the Municipal Stadium in Reineh. After the club was promoted to Liga Leumit, it moved to Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil because the Municipal Stadium wasn't approved to host matches in Liga Leumit. The stadium us still used by the club for its home matches in the Israeli Premier League.
Current squad
As of 31 July 2026
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Honours
- Liga Leumit
- Champions (1): 2021–22
Coaching staff
- As of 26 December 2025
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Lior Reuven |
| Assistant Manager | Fadi Abu Salih |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ihab El-Ghanim |
| Fitness Coach | Ayub Khalaila |
| Physiotherapist | Razzaq Khamis |
| Masseur | Mansour Mohammed |
References
- ↑ "בית הדין החליט: בני ריינה תשחק בליגה א'" (in Hebrew). ONE. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ↑ "בני ריינה לראשונה אי פעם בליגת העל, גם סקציה נס ציונה עלתה" (in Hebrew). Walla! sport. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links
- Maccabi Bnei Reineh at Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)