Tel Aviv

Tel-Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew תֶּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ (without niqqud: ?? ????-???); Arabic تَلْ اَبِيبْ-يَافَا Tal-Abīb-Yāfā) is an Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tel-Aviv is also part of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, known as Gush Dan ("Dan Aggregate"). Tel-Aviv is located at 32°5' North, 34°48' East (32.08333, 34.8). http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

Sports

Tel-Aviv holds some of the top sports teams in Israel, and in one case even in the world. Tel-Aviv is the only city ever to have 3 clubs in the Israeli football premier league.

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The Maccabi Tel-Aviv Sports Club was founded in 1906 and houses over 10 sport branches, such as the Maccabi Tel-Aviv basketball club (45 times Israeli champion, 35 times Israeli cup holder and 5 times European Champions cup holder), the Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC soccer club (18 times Israeli champion, 22 times Israeli cup holder, twice Israeli Toto cup holder and twice Asia cup holder), and a Judo club (Yael Arad of Maccabi Tel-Aviv won a silver medal in the 1992 Olympic Games).

Related Topics:
Maccabi Tel-Aviv - 1906 - Maccabi Tel-Aviv basketball club - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Judo - 1992 - Olympic Games

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Hapoel Tel-Aviv's basketball club (5 Israeli championships, 4 Israeli cups) and soccer club (13 Israeli championships, 10 Israeli cups, one Toto cup and once Asia champion) have always been amongst the top Israeli clubs.

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Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv's soccer club (once Israeli champion, twice Israeli cup holder and twice Israeli Toto cup holder) is the only Israeli soccer team on the highest Israeli soccer league (Ligat Ha'al) that represents only a neighbourhood - Shechunat Hatikva ("The Hope Neighborhood") in Tel Aviv - and not an entire city.

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Other minor soccer clubs of mainly historical importance include Shimshon Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv.

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