Yossi Abukasis is a former Israel

Israel

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i football

Football (soccer)

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 Midfielder and the manager of Bnei Yehuda.

Career

Abukasis played in the youth team of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and in 1987/1988 season arrived to the first team. In that year Hapoel won the championship

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

 and Abuhashissigned in the team for the next 5 years. In 1994/1995 season Abukasis played in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. , commonly known as just Bnei Yehuda, is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of Tel Aviv. The club is currently a member of the Israeli Premier League and plays its home matches at Bloomfield Stadium.-History:...

. A season after he played in Tzafririm Holon and in the next season he moved to Beitar Jerusalem FC

Beitar Jerusalem FC

Beitar Jerusalem Football club is an Israeli football club from Jerusalem. The club is based at the Teddy Stadium in the Malha neighborhood, and plays in black and yellow...

. Abukasis played in Beitar from 1995/1996 until 2000/2001, and in his time Beitar won two championships and the Toto Cup

Toto Cup

The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

. Abukasis also participated in the 2000 2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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 with the Israel national football team

Israel national football team

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In 2001/2002 season Abukasis came back to his youth team, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and won the Toto Cup. During 2003/2004 season he played half a year in F.C. Ashdod

F.C. Ashdod

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, but after that he went back to Hapoel Tel Aviv, in which he played to the end of his career.

In 14 June 2011, Abukasis was appointed as the mananger of Bnei Yehuda.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (3):
  • 1987-88, 1996–97, 1997–98
• Israel State Cup
  Israel State Cup
  The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
  
   (2):
  • 2006, 2007
• Toto Cup
  Toto Cup
  The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....
  
   (2):
  • 1997-98, 2001–02
• Liga Gimel
  Liga Gimel
  Liga Gimel is the fifth and bottom tier of Israeli football league system, a position it has held since 2009.-History:Between 1999 and 2009 it was the sixth tier after Liga Bet, Between 1974 and 1999 it was the fifth tier after the creation of Liga Artzit, and between 1949 and 1974 it was the...
  
   (1):
  • 2008-09
• Liga Bet
  Liga Bet
  -History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...
  
   (1):
  • 2009-10

External links

• Stats at IFA