{"id":425400,"date":"2011-05-17T08:12:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T08:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/17\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T08:12:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T08:12:26","slug":"yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahaya Seidu Clinches Israel League Title With Maccabi Haifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"82\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29434\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/saidou\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29434\" title=\"Yahaya Seidu clinches Israel league title with Maccabi Haifa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/saidou.jpg\" alt=\"Maccabi Haifa midfielder Yahaya Seidu has become the second Ghanaian to win the league title in Europe this season after his club clinched the Israeli league title last night.\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seidu at the left bottom corner celebrates the title victory with his Maccabi team-mates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maccabi Haifa midfielder Yahaya Seidu has become the second Ghanaian to win the league title in Europe this season after his club clinched the Israeli league title last night.<\/p>\n<p>Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli league title with a game to spare after beating Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 2-0 Monday night, a result that put them six points clear of Hapoel Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>The influential midfielder joins Kevin Prince Boateng of AC Milan as the two Ghanaians to win the league title in Europe this term.<\/p>\n<p>Seidu has been one of the key players for Haifa as they conquered the league which has many Ghanaian players.<\/p>\n<p>The victory means he will play in the Uefa Champions League next season.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa\u2019s steady form in the 16-team Premier League secured a 12th title for the club from Israel\u2019s northern port city who along with Hapoel have consistently been one the country\u2019s top sides over the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with previous championships when they totally dominated their opponents, Haifa did not always produce sparkling performances this season but no other team could match their consistency.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29435\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/saidu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29435\" title=\"Yahaya Seidu clinches Israel league title with Maccabi Haifa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/saidu.jpg\" alt=\"Yahaya Seidu clinches Israel league title with Maccabi Haifa\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yahaya Seidu in white shirt celebrated with his team-mates late into the night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A capacity 15,000 crowd at Haifa\u2019s Kiryat Eliezer Stadium cheered the victory and witnessed a fireworks display from their seats, refraining from the pitch invasions that have been a regular feature of championship celebrations in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa needed one point to secure the title and, after a lacklustre first half, attacking midfielder Lior Refaelov scored with a 63rd-minute penalty and struck again 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa can complete the double when they play Hapoel Tel Aviv in the State Cup final next week, a first-ever meeting between the sides in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa, Israel\u2019s first representatives in the Champions League group stages in 2002, will play in the latter stages of the competition\u2019s qualifying rounds aiming to reach the group stage for the third time.<\/p>\n<p>Seidu has been one of the top Ghanaian performers in Europe this season but has not been given the chance to play in any of the national teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/\" title=\"Yahaya Seidu Clinches Israel League Title With Maccabi Haifa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahaya Seidu Clinches Israel League Title With Maccabi Haifa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Seidu at the left bottom corner celebrates the title victory with his Maccabi team-mates Maccabi Haifa midfielder Yahaya Seidu has become the second Ghanaian to win the league title in Europe this season after his club clinched the Israeli league title last night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":424274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yahaya Seidu Clinches Israel League Title With Maccabi Haifa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/yahaya-seidu-clinches-israel-league-title-with-maccabi-haifa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Yahaya Seidu Clinches Israel League Title With Maccabi Haifa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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