Dinamo Tbilisi will the first match on UEFA Europa Conference League against Maccabi Haifa. The first will be held in Tbilisi on July 22 and will start at 20.30.
Maccabi Haifa was founded in 1913 and is considered to be one of the titled members of Israeli football.
Maccabi plays home matches at Sammy Ofer Stadium with the capacity of 30,000 spectators. The club played at Kiriat Eliezer Stadium since 1955. It played the last match at this arena in 2014 against a Tel Aviv. White and green are considered to be the club colors of Haifa. Football club Maccabi Haifa is sports club that includes football, basketball, swimming, weightlifting, tennis, volleyball, water polo, hockey, boxing, etc.
Maccabi Haifa is the 13-time champion of Israel. For the first time, the team won the 1983/84 season, and this year, Maccabi won gold medals after ten years. The team has won the Country Cup for 6 times (last in 2016). Maccabi has won the Toto Cup for 4 times (1994, 2003, 2006, 2008) and the Israeli Super Cup for 3 times (1962, 1985, 1989). Maccabi played twice on the group stage of Champions League in 2002/03 and 2009/10. In 2011/12 and 2013/14 it played on Europa League group stage.
41-year-old Barack Bahar, a local football specialist is the head coach of the team since the last season. He came to the club after a rather successful five-year tenure at Hapoel Beersheva. In total, as a coach, Bahar has won 4 championship gold medals. Barak Bachar's football career has been spent mainly in Kiriat Shmona Iron, before which he was in Fetah Tikva Hapoel.
Lado Dvalishvili, forward of the Georgian national team, played for Maccabi Haifa in 2009/12, and Giorgi Daraselia worked as the assistant head coach.
Like Dinamo, Maccabi also appeared on Conference League after Champions League. Maccabi competed with Kairat Almaty and played draw 1-1. In the second leg match held in Almaty, our rival lost with the score 2-0.