The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Gal Ma'atook 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Bruno Centeno 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.
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Yuval Kretzo moves on
Hapoel Acre pay $250.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market24 Aug 2026
Tomer Peretz steps up from the Maccabi Petach Tikva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tomer Peretz 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ofir Melikson joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ofir Melikson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Maccabi Petach Tikva turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Alfredo Troncoso still has not settled
- Squad Somebody is after Eitan Tibi’s shirt
- Squad Alfredo Troncoso is finding his feet at Maccabi Petach Tikva