Maccabi Haifa-Carmel is one of the leading and most popular sports associations in Israel, with teams based in the city of Haifa. The association has approximately 3,500 registered athletes, both adults and youth, in its various teams and clubs. The association is part of the Maccabi Israel movement.
The Maccabi Haifa Association was founded in December 1912 as “Maccabi Bat Galim.” The first activists of the association were Dr. Eliyahu Auerbach and teacher Neumann from the Ezra Association school. The founders believed in the ideological ideas of the Maccabi movement and wanted to establish a branch in Haifa. The leading sports of the club in its beginnings were swimming and water polo. Among the additional sports activities were soccer and basketball.
Maccabi Haifa athletes recorded impressive achievements in many sports, including: soccer, basketball, volleyball, handball, ice hockey, swimming, water polo, track and field, gymnastics, weightlifting, fencing, tennis, table tennis, boxing, chess, judo and more.
