Career
Scharf managed Maccabi Haifa to three championships, and was Israel national football team manager from 1992 to 1999. As manager of the national team in Israel, Scharf is remembered for beating France 3-2 on French soil. This was just the glorious end of his first European cycle of the national team
What was most impressive during his tenure as Israeli national coach was that defeats were transformed to draws, and later into victories.
His contract was always running for the next two years, and because of the visible improvement in the side, extensions followed. On the negative side were both losses to Cyprus as visitors, as well as the humiliation against Denmark in the Euro 2000 playoffs, which ended the experienced trainer"s spell as National team boss.
Following a short spell with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be"er Sheva, Scharf retired, ending a very prominent coaching career, which is still respected in the local media, and his opinion is periodically required to define what"s new and old in Israeli football. His catchphrase on the Israeli "Sport5" channel is "Out of the ordinary, good" when he enjoys a certain football team or player.
As a Player As a Manager.