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{{Short description|Israeli footballer (1924–2012)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Emmanuel Scheffer<br>עמנואל שפר
| image = Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Coach Emanuel Shefer.jpg
| full_name = 
| 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 (association football)|Defender]]{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1947–1950
| clubs1 = [[Śląsk Wrocław|Pionier Wrocław]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1950–1951
| clubs2 = [[Hapoel Haifa]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1951–1954
| clubs3 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1953-1954 |title=הפועל כפר סבא &#124; עונת 1953-1954 &#124; 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 }}</ref>
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 9
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = [[Israel national football team|Israel B]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1957–1960
| managerclubs1 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
| manageryears2 = 1960–1961
| managerclubs2 = [[Hapoel Marmorek F.C.|Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot]]
| manageryears3 = 1961–1962
| managerclubs3 = [[Hapoel Ra'anana]]
| manageryears4 = 1962–1963
| managerclubs4 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
| manageryears5 = 1963–1967
| managerclubs5 = [[Israel national under-19 football team|Israel U19]]
| manageryears6 = 1967
| managerclubs6 = [[Maccabi Netanya]]
| manageryears7 = 1968–1970
| managerclubs7 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| manageryears8 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs8 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| manageryears9 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs9 = [[Beitar Jerusalem]]
}}

'''Emmanuel Scheffer''' ({{langx|he|עמנואל שפר}}&lrm;; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli [[association football|football]] player and coach who was born in Germany.<ref name=lastword>{{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}}</ref>

He was twice the manager of the [[Israel national football team|Israel national team]] (1968–70, 1978–79), and led the team at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, [[1970 FIFA World Cup|in 1970]].<ref name=lastword/><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Scheffer died on 28 December 2012.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was 88.

==Honours==
===As a player===
* [[Liga Leumit|Israeli Second Division]]: 1951–52

===As a manager===
* [[AFC U-19 Championship]]: 1964, [[1965 AFC Youth Championship|1965]], [[1966 AFC Youth Championship|1966]], [[1967 AFC Youth Championship|1967]]

==References==
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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Berlin]]
[[Category:Israeli men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Śląsk Wrocław players]]
[[Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players]]
[[Category:Israeli football managers]]
[[Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Israel national football team managers]]
[[Category:1970 FIFA World Cup managers]]
[[Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Israel]]
[[Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen]]

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