 Maccabi Rishon started 2012–13 season with Effi Birnbaum as head coach.After 11 games, with only 5 wins, the board decided to terminate Birnbaum's contract and appoint former player and coach, Roni Bosani, as head coach.The team finished the regular season in the 6th place and lost 3–2 to Hapoel Eilat in the quarterfinals series.