What is Maccabi Haifa F.C.?
{{Infobox football club | clubname = Maccabi Haifa | image = | fullname = Maccabi Haifa Football Club<br />מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה | nickname = ''The Greens'' <br />''הירוקים'' ''(Hayerukim)'' | founded = 1913<ref>[http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=e/item&id=8388 History of Maccabi Haifa F.C.]</ref> | ground = [[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium|Sammy ofer]], [[Haifa]] | capacity = 30,858<ref>[https://www.haifa-stadium.com/Facts_and_Numbers Official stadium website]</ref> | chairman = {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Ya'akov Shahar]] | manager = | league = [[Israeli Premier League]] | season = [[Israeli Premier League 2008–09|2008-09]] | position = 1st (Champions) | pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=_whitesleevelinesandsides|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders| leftarm1=32AB66|body1=32AB66|rightarm1=32AB66|shorts1=32AB66|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b2=_greenarc |pattern_ra2=_shouldersonwhite| leftarm2=32AB66|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=32AB66|shorts2=000000|socks2= 32AB66 | pattern_la3=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b3=_stripesonwhite2|pattern_ra3=_shouldersonwhite| leftarm3=32AB66|body3=32AB66|rightarm3=32AB66|shorts3=32AB66|socks3=FFFFFF| }} '''Maccabi Haifa Football Club''' ({{lang-he|מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה}}, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa'') is an [[Israel]]i [[football team]] from the city of [[Haifa]], a section of [[Maccabi Haifa]] sports club. The club has won 11 championships, five State Cups and four Toto Cups. The club was founded in 1913, and it is one of the country's most successful teams in Europe, being the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage of the [[UEFA Champions League]]. ==History== ===First seventy years of obscurity=== Maccabi Haifa Football Club was established in 1913 in the port city of [[Haifa]]. It was a small, struggling club that spent most of its time between the [[Liga Leumit]] and the lower leagues. The club was overshadowed by their city rivals [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]], who were then the darling club of the city of Haifa and espe