The Maccabiah Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון המכביה Itztadion HaMakabiya) was a football stadium on the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Maccabiah Stadium
Maccabiah Stadium in 1935
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LocationTel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates32°6′01″N 34°46′35″E / 32.10028°N 34.77639°E / 32.10028; 34.77639
Capacity5,000 (original 20,000)
Construction
Opened28 March 1932
Closed~1960s
Construction cost£P3,000
Tenants
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1938–1969)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (1961–1962)
Israel national football team (1949–1950)
The Maccabiah Stadium in 2007
The Maccabiah Stadium in 1946

Maccabiah Stadium was built in 1932 for the first Maccabiah Games and was filled to capacity for the opening ceremony.[1] It was used by Maccabi Tel Aviv until 1969, when the team moved to the Bloomfield Stadium.

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  1. ^ ""Rule Britannia! The British Influence and the Maccabiah Games"". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2007-06-12.