Maccabi Haifa Registers Nigel Lonwijk as Trialist to Bypass Foreign Player Limit

Maccabi Haifa announced their lineup for the Toto Cup match against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in Netanya, featuring new signing defender Nigel Lonwijk making his debut. Due to the club already having eight foreign players on their roster, Lonwijk was registered as a trialist, a status permitted in the Toto Cup competition. This bureaucratic move allows Haifa to field Lonwijk despite the foreign player quota being full. The club will need to release one foreign player before the transfer window closes. The current foreign players on the squad include Tsunami, Yella Betay, Peter Agba, Nahuel, Pedrão, Andrej Novaković, Bruninho, and Cedric Don.