Mifalot and Hapoel Tel Aviv join our network

Mifalot and Hapoel Tel Aviv join our network

The European Football for Development Network is pleased to announce that Mifalot, Education and Society Enterprises and FC Hapoel Tel Aviv join our network.

Hapoel Tel-Aviv Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. The club currently competes in the Israeli Premier League and plays its home matches at the Bloomfield Stadium. To date, the club has won thirteen championships and sixteen State Cups. Since 1995 the club has competed in European club competitions, and has the highest rank among all Israeli clubs, with some outstanding achievements. It is also one of only 3 Israeli teams to have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, and one of the 2 which are ordinary members of the European Club Association.

Mifalot, Education and Society Enterprises, is the largest and most diverse organization in the Middle East that uses sports as a platform for social change. Mifalot was founded in 1997 by the then owners of F.C. Hapoel Tel Aviv. In Israel they reach out to over 30,000 beneficiaries annually in over 400 programs from varying demographic backgrounds, with a focus on underserved peripheral communities.

Their educational sports programs are designed to be life-changing: through the programs children, adolescents and adults develop essential social skills and behavioral norms. They attune each program to the specific needs of the local community and the beneficiaries: some programs focus on stimulating self-efficacy, others on employability, whereas other focus on tolerance and coexistence. Following Mifalot’s growing experience in Israel and the Middle East, they have come to understand that their know-how is worth sharing world-wide.

EFDN is proud to be joigned by Mifalot Education and Society Entreprises and FC Hapoel Tel Aviv, and is looking forward to working with these organisations.