 the club has played the 2001–02 season in the Premier League under the management of Gili Landau, and during the season, recorded their biggest win in their history, when Maccabi won 4–0 against Maccabi Haifa, in Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.The club finished last in that season and returned to the Liga Leumit.Maccabi remained in the Second Division, Liga Leumit, until 2004, when the club was forced to relegated to Liga Alef due to heavy financial debts.