Moenchengladbach - Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach will travel to Israel in December and play against the club coached by their former star Lothar Matthaeus, it was announced on Friday.

Moenchengladbach join a football delegation led by German nation's football supremo Theo Zwanziger to visit Israel for the state's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Moenchengladdbach will be in Israel December 13-15 and play the Maccabi Netanya club which is trained by Germany's record-capped Matthaeus. (dpa)