View source for Elisha Levy

{{short description|Retired Israeli footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Elisha Levy<br>אלישע לוי
| image = 
| fullname = Elisha Levy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]
| position = [[Midfielder (football)|Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv]] (manager)
| youthyears1 = 1968–1974
| youthclubs1 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
| years1 = 1974–1982
| clubs1 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
| caps1 = –
| goals1 = –
| years2 = 1982–1983
| clubs2 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F2264%2F%40entity |title=וואלה! מכבי חיפה אלישע לוי |access-date=2022-07-08 |archive-date=2016-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624235213/http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F2264%2F%40entity |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1983–1987
| clubs3 = [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| caps3 = –
| goals3 = –
| years4 = 1987–1989
| clubs4 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
| caps4 = –
| goals4 = –
| manageryears1 = 1989–1995
| managerclubs1 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
| manageryears2 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs2 = [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
| manageryears3 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs3 = [[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]]
| manageryears4 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs4 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2001
| managerclubs5 = [[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]]
| manageryears6 = 2001
| managerclubs6 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears7 = 2001–2004
| managerclubs7 = [[F.C. Ashdod]]
| manageryears8 = 2004–2006
| managerclubs8 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears9 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs9 = [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
| manageryears10 = 2008–2012
| managerclubs10 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| manageryears11 = 2012–2015
| managerclubs11 = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]
| manageryears12 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs12 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| manageryears13 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs13 = [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| manageryears14 = 2020
| managerclubs14 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears15 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs15 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears16 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs16 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| manageryears17 = 2022–
| managerclubs17 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv]]
}}
'''Elisha Levy''' ({{langx|he|אלישע לוי}}; born on 18 November 1957) is a retired Israeli [[association football]]er and currently the manager of [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]].

==Career==
===Player===
Levy was born in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], to a [[Jewish]] family. In the beginning of the 1960s moved with his family to [[Beit She'an]], Israel. At the age of 11 he joined [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]] children's club. He continued to play for them through the ranks when in 1974 he started playing with the senior squad. Levy played for Beit She'an for four years in [[Liga Alef|third division]], and another four years in [[Liga Artzit|second division]] Before he moved to [[Liga Leumit|first division]] team [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]].

In 1982–83 Levy played as captain for Maccabi and reached [[Israel State Cup|State Cup]] semi final. After coach [[Jack Mansell]] left Levy was put on the bench and in the following season he moved to [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]].

After playing for Petah Tikva for four seasons he decided to return to his youth club Hapoel Beit She'an. He played for two seasons before he retired and was appointed as head coach of the team.
* Coach
Levy coached Bet She'an for six years in his first term. In season 1992–93 he won [[Liga Artzit|Second division]] promotion. The following year he made history when Beit She'an was promoted to the [[Liga Leumit]], then the top division. In season [[1995–96 Liga Leumit|1995–96]] he managed [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]], but after a bad season opening he was fired. In the following year he was coach of [[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]].
 
In season [[1997–98 Liga Leumit|1997–98]] He returned for a 2nd term at Hapoel Beit She'an. That season is famous for what was known to be the [[Shoelaces game]], where [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]] with Levy as manager, was accused of giving [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] a win on the final day of the league, consequently Beitar won the title.

Two years later Levy was appointed coach of [[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]] in [[1998–99 Liga Leumit|1998–99]] and lead the team to 6th place, a record position for the club. He continued to coach Rishon until he was fired at the end of [[2000–01 Israeli Premier League|2000–01]] with new owners Lior Shahar arrival. Two weeks later he was announced as the new [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] coach. Kfar Saba were placed last, 7 points from staying in the league. Even after a series of impressive victories Levy could not save Kfar Saba from relegation.

In [[2001–02 Israeli Premier League|2001–02]] as manager of [[F.C. Ashdod]] Levy managed to reach 4th place earning the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002|Intertoto]] spot. That year he reached the final of the [[Toto Cup]] but lost to [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]. He was replaced half season in [[2003–04 Israeli Premier League|2003–04]] by [[Yossi Mizrahi]]. He returned to [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] in 2005, then in the second league, and won promotion. Half way in the [[2005–06 Israeli Premier League|following season]] Levy resigned when Kfar Saba were at last place.

In 2006–07 he managed [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]], earning promotion to the [[Israeli Premier League]]. In [[2007–08 Israeli Premier League|2007–08]] Levy and Sakhnin reached record 4th place and the right to play in [[2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup 2nd round]]. On 2 April 2008 it was announced that Levy would be the next [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] manager. He signed a one-year contract and replaced former manager [[Ronny Levy]] and won the Israeli championship in 2008/2009 season, a feat repeated two years later.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=678800.html Levy given Haifa hot seat]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} UEFA, 3 April 2008</ref><ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207159747805&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Local Soccer: Elisha Levy to coach Maccabi Haifa]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Jerusalem Post, 3 April 2008</ref>

On May 23, 2018 Levi signed to [[Israeli Premier League]] club [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.]]

==Personal life==
Levy is married and a father of two. He lives in [[Kfar Saba]].
He also has a brother, [[Elias Levy (footballer)|Elias]] who also was a football player in [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]] that now works a manager. The Levy brothers worked together in Hapoel Beit She'an when Elias worked as Elisha's assistant and also in [[Maccabi Herzliya]] in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=/7/1213952|title=האחים אליאס ואלישע לוי חולמים על איחוד - וואלה! ספורט|date=25 December 2007}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''As Player'''
* With [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]:
** '''[[Liga Alef|Liga Alef (3rd League) Promotion]]''': 1977/78
'''As Coach'''
* With [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]:
** '''[[Liga Alef|Liga Alef (3rd League) Promotion]]''': 1992/93≤
** '''[[Liga Artzit|Liga Artzit (2nd League) Promotion]]''': 1993/94
* With [[F.C. Ashdod]]:
** '''Toto Cup''' Runner up: 2001/02
* With [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]:
** '''[[Liga Leumit|Liga Leumit (2nd League) Promotion]]''': 2004/05
* With [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]:
** '''[[Liga Leumit|Liga Leumit (2nd League) Promotion]]''': 2006/07
With [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]:
* '''[[Israeli Premier League|Israeli Premier League Champion]]: [[Israeli Premier League 2008–09|2008–09]], [[Israeli Premier League 2010–11|2010–11]]'''

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 9 October 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|Maccabi Haifa
|2008
|2012
|140
|87
|31
|22
|69.5
|-
|align=left|[[Israel national football team|Israel]]
|align=left|2016
|align=left|''Present''
{{WDL|12|4|1|7}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074642/http://www.abna-sakhnin.com/en/team/showteam.ASP?aid=510 Elisha Levy, on Bnei Sakhnin official site]}}

{{Navboxes
|title=Elisha Levy managerial positions
|list1=
{{F.C. Ashdod managers}}
{{Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers}}
{{Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers}}
{{Israel national football team managers}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Elisha}}
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Israeli men's footballers]]
[[Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople]]
[[Category:Footballers from Beit She'an]]
[[Category:Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. players]]
[[Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players]]
[[Category:Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players]]
[[Category:Liga Leumit players]]
[[Category:Israeli football managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Beit She'an F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers]]
[[Category:F.C. Ashdod managers]]
[[Category:Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Israel national football team managers]]
[[Category:Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Israeli Premier League managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen]]