Several clubs named Maccabi Nazareth Illit existed, mostly playing the lower ranks of the Israeli football league system.

The current club was established in July 2012[4] and was placed in the Jezreel division of Liga Gimel, finishing third in its first and second seasons.

In the Cup, the club twice progressed to the third round before falling, in both occasions to Hapoel Sandala Gilboa.

At the beginning of the 2014–15 season the club was ordered to pay the Nazareth Illit municipality a sum of 40,000 NIS for using Green Stadium[5] and, as a result, was facing closure.

[6] The club was named after Israel Prison Service Sergeant, Hanan Ohayon, who perished in the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire.