2015–16 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv

2015–16 season

Chairman

Mitchell Goldhar

Manager

Slaviša Jokanović (Untill 27 December 2015)
Peter Bosz (From 4 January 2016)

Stadium

Bloomfield

Toto Cup

Group Stage

Top goalscorer

League:
Eran Zahavi (24)
All:
Eran Zahavi (35)

Highest home attendance

Lowest home attendance

Average home league attendance

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015–16 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110th season since its establishment in 1906, and 68th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2015–16 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, Israel Super Cup UEFA Champions League.

On 25 August 2015, the club qualified for the Champions League group stage, after drawing with FC Basel 2–2 (away) and 1–1 (at home).

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Away

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Current squad

Maccabi Tel Aviv prior to its Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv on 9 December 2015.

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Daniel Lifshitz
2	DF	Eli Dasa
3	DF	Yuval Spungin
4	MF	Haris Medunjanin
6	MF	Gal Alberman
7	MF	Eran Zahavi
9	FW	Eden Ben Basat
10	FW	Barak Yitzhaki
11	FW	Tal Ben Haim II
14	DF	Yoav Ziv
15	MF	Dor Micha

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Shlomi Azulay
18	DF	Eitan Tibi
20	DF	Omri Ben Harush
22	DF	Avi Rikan
26	DF	Tal Ben Haim
31	DF	Carlos García
40	MF	Nosa Igiebor
42	MF	Dor Peretz
55	GK	Haviv Ohayon
70	FW	Orlando Sá
95	GK	Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Israeli football transfers summer 2015

In:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Tal Ben Haim (from Charlton Athletic F.C.)
		FW	Lanry Kahinda (was on loan to Hapoel Afula)
		MF	Moshe Lugasi (was on loan to Maccbi Petah Tikva)
		MF	Hasan Abu Zaid (was on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva)
		DF	Sean Goldberg (was on loan to Hapoel Tel Aviv)
		DF	Avi Rikan (from FC Zürich)
		DF	Eli Dasa (from Beitar Jerusalem F.C.)
		DF	Shlomi Yosef Azulay (from Beitar Jerusalem F.C.)
		DF	Dejan Radonjić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
		GK	Daniel Lifshitz (on loan from Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.)
		GK	Predrag Rajković (from Red Star Belgrade)
		DF	Oz Raly (on loan from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Sheran Yeini (to Vitesse)
		MF	Omri Altman (to Hapoel Tel Aviv)
		GK	Barak Levi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya)
		MF	Moshe Lugasi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya)
		FW	Gael Margulies (on loan to Maccabi Netanya)
		MF	Maharan Radi (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
		FW	Rade Prica (to Helsingborgs IF)
		FW	Lanry Kahinda (on loan to Hapoel Kfar Saba)
		MF	Hasan Abu Zaid (to FC Torpedo Armavir)
		GK	Juan Pablo (Released)
		GK	Sahar Hasson (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C.)
		MF	Sean Goldberg (on loan to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.)
		FW	Barak Badash (to Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.)

Winter

In:

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Orlando Sá (from Reading F.C.)
		MF	Haris Medunjanin (from Deportivo de La Coruña)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Oz Raly (to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.)
		MF	Nikola Mitrović (to Shanghai Shenxin)
		FW	Dejan Radonjić (to Hapoel Ra'anana)
		MF	Gil Vermouth (to Maccabi Haifa F.C.)
		MF	Dan Glazer (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C.)

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	FK Voždovac	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Ben Haim 51' Ben Basat 57', 75' (pen.)

3 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Diósgyőri VTK	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Micha 37', 49' Ben Haim 44' Igiebor 64'

7 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Ben Basat 85'		Boli 47'

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

14 July 2015 First leg	Hibernians	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Paola, Malta
21:00	Lima 47' 85' Jorginho 74' Dias 82'		Igiebor 22' Ben Harush 49' Ben Basat 52' Micha 84'	Stadium: Hibernians Ground

21 July 2015 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1 (6–3 agg.)	Hibernians	Jaffa
20:30	Ben Haim FW 21' 61' García 23' Jorginho 32' (o.g.) Zahavi 58' (pen.), 90' Igiebor 82' Ben Basat 86'		Borg 15' Lima 51' Soares 52' 57' Cohen 74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 13,000

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Jaffa
20:30	Ben Haim DF 3' Itzhaki 79' García 81'		Mahmutović 17' Petržela 21' Hrošovský 74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 13,420

5 August 2015 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Plzeň
21:45	Vaněk 22' Limberský 75'		Zahavi 28' 76' (pen.), 85' Itzhaki 50' Igiebor 70' Juan Pablo 90+3'	Stadium: Doosan Arena

Playoff round

19 August 2015 First leg	FC Basel	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Basel
	Elneny 20' Delgado 38' (pen.) Suchý 60' Embolo 88'		Zahavi 31', 90+6' Igiebor 69' Alberman 77'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

25 August 2015 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1 (3–3 (a) agg.)	FC Basel	Jaffa
21:45	Zahavi 24' Rikan 62'		Zuffi 11' 74' Safari 49' Lang 84'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,350

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	DK	POR	MTA
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–2	1–0
3	Porto	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	0–2	—	2–0
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15	0		0–4	0–2	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2015 1	Chelsea	4–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	London
21:45	Willian 15' Oscar 45+4' (pen.) Costa 58' Fàbregas 78'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,684 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

29 September 2015 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Haifa
		Report	Yarmolenko 4' Moraes 50'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 27,100 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

20 October 2015 3	Porto	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Porto
21:45	Aboubakar 37' Brahimi 40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 35,209 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

4 November 2015 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–3	Porto	Haifa
21:45	Zahavi 75' (pen.)	Report	Tello 19' André 49' Layún 71'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 26,646 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

24 November 2015 5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–4	Chelsea	Haifa
21:45	Ben Haim I 45'	Report	Cahill 20' Willian 73' Oscar 77' Zouma 90+1'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 29,121 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

9 December 2015 6	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiev
	Harmash 16'	Report		Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)^[1] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Ligat Ha'al

Regular Season

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2015 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Bnei Sakhnin	Jaffa
17:45	Zahavi 22', 81' Peretz 45' Ben Haim FW 65' 67' Mitrović 87'	Report	Georginho 10' 27' Khalaila 45' Abu Saleh 66' Amasha 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Eli Hakmon

29 August 2015 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:55	Bitton 88'	Report	Zahavi 45+1' Dasa 81' Itzhaki 90+4'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

12 september 2015 3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
20:50	Fernandes 20'	Report	Garcia 55' Alberman 72'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler

20 September 2015 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Hapoel Ra'anana	Jaffa
20:15	Alberman 60' Ben Haim DF 67' Itzhaki 88'		Kangwa 32' Babayev 55' Yanko 79' Shuker 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield

26 September 2015 5	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:00	Obraniak 2' Menahem 87' Meshumar 90'	report	Dasa 16' García 57' Tibi 70' Ben Basat 82' Peretz 90+3'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 29 544 Referee: Eli Hacmon

3 October 2015 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Hapoel Acre	Jaffa
21:00	Kopitović 2' (o.g.) Alberman 59' Itzhaki 67' Zahavi 69', 85' Ben Haim FW 85'		Tzemah 87'	Stadium: Bloomfield

17 October 2015 7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:00	Mununga 2' Melamed 30' Panka 84'		García 2' 20' Ben Haim FW 64' Zahavi 80' (pen.) Rikan 84' Lifshitz 86'	Stadium: HaMoshava

26 October 2015 8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–4	Beitar Jerusalem	Jaffa
20:55	Rikan 7' Zahavi 32', 39'		Rukavytsya 17', 45+1', 57' Claudemir 37' Einbinder 47' Cohen 65'	Stadium: Bloomfield

31 October 2015 9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jaffa
18:00	Reichert 38' Pintilii 45'		Peretz 25' Ben Haim FW 32' Rikan 42' García 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield

7 November 2015 10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Maccabi Netanya	Jaffa
20:00	Zahavi 4' (pen.) Peretz 29' Ben Harush 54' Ben Haim FW 68' García 81'		Smiljanić 29' Romário 74' Mischenko 90+2'	Stadium: Bloomfield

21 November 2015 11	Hapoel Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
17:00	Dabour 21' Pinheiro 49' Malul 51'		Zahavi 50' (pen.) Igiebor 68' Rikan 77'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer

29 November 2015 12	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:55	Azulay 55' Zahavi 69', 75' Ben Haim 85' Ben Harush 90'		Kandil 51'	Stadium: Netanya

5 December 2015 13	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kfar Saba
20:00	Shitrit 90+1'			Stadium: Levita

14 December 2015 14	Bnei Sakhnin	0 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
20:30	Khalaila 41'		Zahavi 13', 54' Igiebor 42' Alberman 63' Ben Haim FW 88'	Stadium: Doha

21 December 2015 15	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Jaffa
21:00	Igiebor 49' Ben Haim FW 49' Dasa 58' 84' García 62' Itzhaki 66'		Barda 3' 61' Tzedek 31' Melikson 39' Turjeman 66' Ogu 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield

27 December 2015 16	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5-0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Jaffa
20:55	Zahavi 15', 33', 68', 87' Mitrović 39' Ben Harush 71'		Shukrani 64' Brown 75'	Stadium: Bloomfield

2 January 2016 17	Hapoel Ra'anana	0-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
17:00	Tiram 50' Nimni 89'		Zahavi 22' Ben Harush 25' Rikan 59' 89' Itzhaki 78' Alberman 88'	Stadium: Netanya Attendance: 4,000

10 January 2016 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-1	Maccabi Haifa	Jaffa
20:55	Zahavi 32' Ben Haim FW 36' García 68'		Habshi 24' Obraniak 65' Benayoun 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield

18 January 2016 19	Hapoel Acre	0-3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Acre
20:00	Obieda 5'		Ben Haim FW 43' 56' Igiebor 70' Azulay 82'	Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium

23 January 2016 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3 - 1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Jaffa
20:00	Zahavi 17' (66) Igiebor 22' Ben Haim DF 29' Dasa 73'		Hugi 44' Danino 52' Kanyuk 72' Twito 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield

1 February 2016 21	Beitar Jerusalem	2-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
21:00	Spungin 17' Zahavi 24', 70' Azulay 80' Yitzhaki 90' Igiebor 90+2'		Atzili 35' Keltjens 48' Kachila 77'	Stadium: Teddy Attendance: 19,000

7 February 2016 22	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Jaffa
	Micha 24' Ben Harush 83' García 89'		Schoenfeld 2' Barry 36' Vyntra 78' Yehezkel 83'	Stadium: Bloomfield

13 February 2016 23	Maccabi Netanya	v	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya

20 February 2016 24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v	Hapoel Haifa	Jaffa
				Stadium: Bloomfield

27 February 2016 25	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	v	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jaffa
				Stadium: Bloomfield

5 March 2016 26	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jaffa
				Stadium: Bloomfield

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Q)	23	18	3	2	42	14	+28	57	Qualification to Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q)	23	16	4	3	51	19	+32	52
3	Beitar Jerusalem (Q)	23	12	6	5	31	18	+13	42
4	Hapoel Ra'anana	23	9	5	9	27	28	−1	32
5	Maccabi Haifa	23	8	7	8	27	23	+4	31

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2016. Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

State Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Israel State Cup

14 January 2015 Eighth round	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	1 - 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat HaSharon
21:00	Zur 9' Netzer 49' Shivhon 67' (pen.) Tchalisher 79'		Itzhaki 11' Ziv 67' Ben Basat 71' Zahavi 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Grundman Stadium

28 January 2015 Round of 16	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rishon LeZion
21:00	Abu Alhija 22' Bachar 37' Strool 97' Berihon 100'		Ben Basat 63' Sá 74' Alberman 96' Zahavi 101' Ben Harush 104'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium

10 February 2016 Quarter final first leg	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0 - 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kfar Saba
21:00	Škvorc 41'		Medunjanin 33' Ben Basat 55' Igeibor 56' Micha 89'	Stadium: Levita Stadium

1 March 2016 Quarter final second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jaffa
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Israel Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Israel Super Cup

14 August 2015	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2 (4–5 p)	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Netanya
20:50	Zahavi 70', 103'		Gutiérrez 59' Maimoni 73' Abed 115'	Stadium: Netanya Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Oral Greenfeld
		Penalties
	Zahavi Ben Haim Ben Haim II Azulay Itzhaki Micha		Abed Kassio Shamir Maimoni Brown Balilti

Toto Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Toto Cup Al

Group C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva (A)	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Bnei Yehuda (A)	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Updated to games played on 28 October 2015.
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away	Bnei Yehuda !BnY	Hapoel Tel Aviv !HTA	Maccabi Petah Tikva !MPT	Maccabi Tel Aviv !MTA
Bnei Yehuda !Bnei Yehuda		2–0		3–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv			2–3	1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv			0–3

Updated to games played on 28 October 2015.
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group Stage

1 August 2015 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jaffa
21:00	Abu Abaid 49'		Igiebor 67' Zahavi 71' Ben Haim FW 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield

10 August 2015 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Jaffa
20:50	Ziv 69'		Tomas 30' Hugi 36' Jakobovich 90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield

28 October 2015 3	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	3–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jaffa
20:30	Buzaglo 8' Agayov 25' Kadousi 63'		Ben Basat 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield

References

↑ "UEFA orders Dynamo Kyiv to play matches behind closed doors over racist fans". Kyiv Post. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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History	History of Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in European football

Home stadium	Maccabiah Stadium (1906-1969) Ramat Gan Stadium (1980-2000) Bloomfield Stadium

Related articles	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (women) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Tel Aviv derby

2015–16 in Israeli football

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Domestic leagues

Israeli Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel

Ligat Nashim Israeli Noar Premier League

Domestic cups

State Cup
- Final
Toto Cup
- 2015–16 Al
- 2015–16 Leumit
Super Cup

Youth State Cup

Women's Cup

European competitions

Transfers

Summer 2015
Winter 2016

Related to national team

Results
2016 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group B)

Club seasons

Premier League

Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda
Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Ra'anana
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Liga Leumit

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Afula
Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Bnei Lod
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Maccabi Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Maccabi Yavne

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