The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Idan Dahan hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Maccabi Petach Tikva can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Maccabi Petach Tikva
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Aviv Salem falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva promote Tal Natcho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tal 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Eitan Weissman joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eitan Weissman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ofir Weissman steps up from the Maccabi Petach Tikva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ofir Weissman 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.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva
- Squad 6 new faces, and Maccabi Petach Tikva are still learning each other
- Boardroom Maccabi Petach Tikva turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Ignacio Panzariello still has not settled