e/Green Apes

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has gloss	eng: The Green Apes is the largest supporters club dedicated to Maccabi Haifa of Israel. The club was started in 2002. Its name reflects the degrading chants directed towards Haifa supporters. It is presumed that Maccabi Tel-Aviv fans used to degradingly call Haifa supporters "monkeys" ("kofim") in the 1980s, possibly reflecting the bitter feelings caused by the gradual diminishing of Tel-Aviv areas absolute football hegemony and rising of "periphery" teams like Maccabi Haifa. Hardcore Haifa supporters have adopted this name for themselves, possibly as an act of irony directed towards the Tel-Avivians.
lexicalization	eng: Green Apes
instance of	c/Israeli football supporters' associations