The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva rebuffed over Daniel Dappa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hapoel Tel Aviv have kept their man, and Maccabi Petach Tikva go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adar Ratner stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adar Ratner and Maccabi Petach Tikva agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Maccabi Petach Tikva training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ofek Biton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva promote Guy Natcho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guy Natcho has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Omer Natcho joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Omer Natcho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sagiv Cohen steps up from the Maccabi Petach Tikva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sagiv Cohen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Almog Refaelov joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Almog Refaelov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Eitan Tibi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Maccabi Petach Tikva are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Thiago Perruisset is in the works
- Transfer targets Maccabi Petach Tikva ask about Pietro
- The dugout Adar Ratner knocks on the manager's door