Maccabi Tel-Aviv

An Amsterdam District Court Tuesday sentenced five men to up to six months in prison on Tuesday for violence that erupted around a UEFA Europa League match between the Dutch side Ajax and Israel's Maccabi Tel-Aviv in November.

The Europa League match between Turkish club Besiktas and Maccabi Tel-Aviv from Israel on Nov. 28 will be contested in a neutral territory in Hungary, UEFA said on Monday.

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema condemned violence in the city on Thursday as "antisemitic hit-and-run squads" after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were attacked during their team's Europa League game with Ajax.

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters and apparent pro-Palestinian protesters clashed before and after a Europa League match against Ajax in Amsterdam on Thursday night.

Israel will not host any UEFA-sanctioned matches until further notice, Europe's governing body said Thursday.

Jordi Cruyff says the timing must be right if he is to return to Barcelona as the club's sporting director in the future.

McClaren, who worked alongside head coach Jordi Cruyff, said his time at the Israeli club had been "a wonderful experience."

Steve McClaren has joined Maccabi Tel Aviv's coaching staff as a consultant, the Israeli Premier League club have confirmed.

Iran has barred two players from national team duty for life after they faced an Israeli club in the Europa League, a government official said.

Maccabi Tel Aviv have appointed former Barcelona and Manchester United midfielder Jordi Cruyff as their new manager.