Emmanuel Scheffer

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emmanuel Scheffer
עמנואל שפר

| image = Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Coach Emanuel Shefer.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Weimar Republic

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|28|1924|2|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Ramat Hasharon, Israel

| position = Defender{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1947–1950

| clubs1 = Pionier Wrocław

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1950–1951

| clubs2 = Hapoel Haifa

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| years3 = 1951–1954

| clubs3 = Hapoel Kfar Saba{{cite web |url=http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1953-1954 |title=הפועל כפר סבא | עונת 1953-1954 | דריבליסט |access-date=24 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305022015/http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1953-1954 |archive-date=5 March 2014 }}

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 9

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Israel B{{Cite web |url=http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |title=The Israel Football Association |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930222716/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1957–1960

| managerclubs1 = Hapoel Kfar Saba

| manageryears2 = 1960–1961

| managerclubs2 = Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot

| manageryears3 = 1961–1962

| managerclubs3 = Hapoel Ra'anana

| manageryears4 = 1962–1963

| managerclubs4 = Bnei Yehuda

| manageryears5 = 1963–1967

| managerclubs5 = Israel U19

| manageryears6 = 1967

| managerclubs6 = Maccabi Netanya

| manageryears7 = 1968–1970

| managerclubs7 = Israel

| manageryears8 = 1978–1979

| managerclubs8 = Israel

| manageryears9 = 1979–1980

| managerclubs9 = Beitar Jerusalem

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Emmanuel Scheffer ({{langx|he|עמנואל שפר}}‎; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/the-last-word-long-live-the-foreign-coach-1.257063 |title=The Last Word / Long live the foreign coach |first=Eitan |last=Bekerman |newspaper=Haaretz |date=12 November 2008 |access-date=23 December 2010}}

He was twice the manager of the Israel national team (1968–70, 1978–79), and led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics,{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197099/teams/team=1889315.html |title=Tournaments: Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Mexico City 1968: Israel |publisher=FIFA |access-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623081633/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197099/teams/team%3D1889315.html |archive-date=23 June 2011 }} and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43984.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015133147/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43984.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2007 |title=1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Israel |publisher=FIFA |access-date=23 December 2010}}

Scheffer died on 28 December 2012.{{cite news|title=Former Israel national team manager Emmanuel Scheffer has died|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/210586.html|publisher=ONE|access-date=28 December 2012|date=28 December 2012|language=he}} He was 88.