The Maccabiah Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון המכביה Itztadion HaMakabiya) was a football stadium on the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel.
.jpeg) Maccabiah Stadium in 1935 | |
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| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Coordinates | 32°6′01″N 34°46′35″E / 32.10028°N 34.77639°E |
| Capacity | 5,000 (original 20,000) |
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| Opened | 28 March 1932 |
| Closed | ~1960s |
| Construction cost | £P3,000 |
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| Maccabi Tel Aviv (1938–1969) Hapoel Tel Aviv (1961–1962) Israel national football team (1949–1950)
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Maccabiah Stadium was built in 1932 for the first Maccabiah Games and was filled to capacity for the opening ceremony.[1] It was used by Maccabi Tel Aviv until 1969, when the team moved to the Bloomfield Stadium.
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