Hapoel Petah Tikva announced today (Thursday) the appointment of Eyal Berkovich – one of the greatest Israeli footballers of all time – as a professional manager. The club clarified that Berkowitz will not own a percentage owned by the club and the Blue Association will remain with 100 percent ownership.
Berkowitz will also invest money to strengthen the team this season and in the coming years, in amounts agreed in the contract. At the same time, he will serve as the professional manager of the unpaid alumni group.
“In order to achieve better professional achievements,” the statement said, “the association has worked on two key levels of recruiting and retaining sponsors during a challenging economic period. And locating people with extensive knowledge in football. We are happy that after great efforts, “.
For Berkowitz, this will be his fourth off-field role: the first time was about eight as the professional manager of Maccabi Netanya at the beginning of the 2006/07 season under Daniel Yamar, so he left the team before the season began; In the 2014/15 season, he was appointed the professional manager of Hapoel Tel Aviv (when the owner was Haim Ramon), and left during the season; In May 2015, he became the owner of Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the national league, but this affair also ended three years later.
Hapoel Petach Tikva started the season very weakly: after 18 rounds, they are below the red line in the national league, with only 13 points – 3 wins since the beginning of the season, four results and 11 losses. During the season, she parted ways with Masai Dego as the team’s coach, and today the one who stands on the lines is Haim Shabu.