Israel Halivner

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| name = Israel Halivner
ישראל חליבנר

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| fullname = Israel "Halaula" Halivner

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|11 |1928|1|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Givatayim, Israel

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1940–1948

| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| years1 = 1948–1956

| clubs1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

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| years2 = 1957–1958

| clubs2 = Maccabi Ramat Gan

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| manageryears1 = 1957–1958

| managerclubs1 = Maccabi Ramat Gan

| manageryears2 = 1962

| managerclubs2 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| manageryears3 = 1962–1964

| managerclubs3 = Maccabi Sha'arayim

| manageryears4 = 1964

| managerclubs4 = Bnei Yehuda

| manageryears5 = 1965

| managerclubs5 = Maccabi Haifa

| manageryears6 = 1966–1968

| managerclubs6 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| manageryears7 = 1968–1970

| managerclubs7 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears8 = 1970–1971

| managerclubs8 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| manageryears9 = 1972–1973

| managerclubs9 = Shimshon Tel Aviv

| manageryears10 = 1975

| managerclubs10 = Beitar Jerusalem

| manageryears11 = 1975–1976

| managerclubs11 = Hapoel Jerusalem

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Israel Halivner ({{langx|he|ישראל חליבנר}}; 10 January 1928[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=DAV/1972/01/09&PageLabelPrint=14&EntityId=Ar01402&ViewMode=HTML Celebrating]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Davar, 9 January 1972, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}-11 December 2013) was a former Israeli footballer, who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, and football manager. He was the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv when the club won its second Asian Club Championship.[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=DAV/1971/04/06&PageLabelPrint=4&EntityId=Ar00425&ViewMode=HTML Asian Football Champion, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Returned Yesterday…]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Davar, 6 April 1971, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}

Career

=Playing career=

Halivner joined Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 12 and four championships and two cups during the 1950s. In 1957 Halivner moved to Maccabi Ramat Gan, where he served as coach as well as playing. In 1958, at the age of 30, Halivner retired from active play and returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv, to serve as coach for the youth team.

=Managerial career=

In 1962, as Halivner was still coaching Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team, the club board decided to sack coach Ignác Molnár and to install Halivner as coach for the senior team.[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=HRT/1962/03/20&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00307&ViewMode=HTML Molnár Deposed from Maccabi Tel Aviv]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Herut, 20 March 1962, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} Halivner stayed as head coach until the end of the season,[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=HRT/1962/06/24&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00323&ViewMode=HTML Stankovic to Coach Maccabi Tel Aviv]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Herut, 24 June 1962, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} saved the team from relegation and coached the team in the cup final, losing to Maccabi Haifa in a replay.

Halivner next took managerial positions in Maccabi Sha'arayim[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1962/07/17&PageLabelPrint=6&EntityId=Ar00606&ViewMode=HTML Movements Among the Coaches and Players in Football]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ma'ariv, 17 July 1962, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} (where he led the team to promotion to Liga Leumit), Bnei Yehuda[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1964/07/14&PageLabelPrint=19&EntityId=Ar01906&ViewMode=HTML 8 Foreign Managers Will Coach in Liga Leumit Next Season]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ma'ariv, 14 July 1964 Historical Jewish Press, {{in lang|he}}[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1964/12/21&PageLabelPrint=19&EntityId=Ar01906&ViewMode=HTML Bnei Yehuda and Halivner – Separated]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Yair Stern, Ma'ariv, 21 December 1964, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} and Maccabi Haifa,[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1965/04/13&PageLabelPrint=19&EntityId=Ar01901&ViewMode=HTML Spasov Deposed, Halivner in His Place]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Yehuda Goren, Ma'ariv, 13 April 1965, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} before returning to Maccabi Tel Aviv as head coach for at the beginning of the double season.[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1966/10/20&PageLabelPrint=22&EntityId=Ar02201&ViewMode=HTML Halivner- Coaching Maccabi T.A. a First Rate Challenge for Me]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ma'ariv, 20 October 1966, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} The club won the championship and qualified to the Asian Club Championship, but Halivner moved on to coach Beitar Jerusalem.[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1969/01/01&PageLabelPrint=5&EntityId=Ar00510&ViewMode=HTML I See Players Who Are Out of Shape]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ma'ariv, 1 January 1969, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} In 1970 Halivner returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1970/05/04&PageLabelPrint=5&EntityId=Ar00515&ViewMode=HTML Halivner Signed With Maccabi T.A.]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ma'ariv, 4 May 1970, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} and guided the club to its second Asian Club Championship title,[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1971/03/15&PageLabelPrint=5&EntityId=Ar00505&ViewMode=HTML I Believe That Maccabi T.A. Will Rise in Bangkok Tournament]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Ma'ariv, 15 March 1971, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} as well as its 14th cup (as the previous season's cup played out in the first half of the season). However, poor results in the league and the new cup competition led Halivner to leave the post. Halivner coached Shimshon Tel Aviv,[http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=DAV/1972/12/17&PageLabelPrint=12&EntityId=Ar01206&ViewMode=HTML Halivner Was Allowed to Arrive Late to the Coaches Meeting With Shmilo]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Davar, 17 December 1972, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem, but late retired from coaching altogether to concentrate on running his family's travel agency business.