2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 111th season since its establishment in 1906, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2017–18 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerJordi Cruyff
StadiumNetanya Stadium (temporary)
State CupRound of 16
Toto CupWinners
Europa LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (13)
All: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (21)

First team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz
2 DF  ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF  ISR Yuval Spungin
5 DF  MTQ Jean-Sylvain Babin
6 MF  ESP José Rodríguez
7 MF  ISR Omer Atzili
9 FW  ISL Viðar Kjartansson
10 FW  ISR Barak Yitzhaki
11 FW  ENG Nick Blackman
13 MF  ISR Sheran Yeini (Captain)
15 MF  ISR Dor Micha
16 FW  ISR Eliran Atar
18 DF  ISR Eitan Tibi
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 GK  BRA Daniel Tenenbaum
20 DF  ISR Matan Baltaxa
21 DF  BLR Egor Filipenko
22 MF  ISR Avi Rikan
23 MF  ISR Eyal Golasa
25 FW  USA Aaron Schoenfeld
26 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim
27 DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada
28 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio
31 MF  BIH Tino-Sven Sušić
42 MF  ISR Dor Peretz
45 MF  ISR Or Dasa
95 GK  SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  ISR Egor Filipenko (on loan to F.C. Ashdod)
DF  ISR Matan Baltaxa (on loan to Hapoel Acre F.C.)
MF  ISR Or Dasa (on loan to Hapoel Ra'anana)
MF  BIH Tino-Sven Sušić (to Antwerp, his player card still belongs to Genk)

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Pre-season and friendlies

20 June 2017 Training Camp Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Trenčín Leoben, Austria
Azulay  75'
Kartzav  90'
Čataković  52'

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

29 June 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Tirana Netanya
21:00 Cohen  27'
Dasa  64'
Kërçiku  41'
Acquah  51'
Sentamu  74'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
6 July 2017 Second leg Tirana 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tirana
17:00 Sentamu  44'
Doka  90'
Davidzada  27'
Schoenfeld  49'
Itzhaki  80'  90'
Peretz  82'
Rikan  86'
Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium

Second qualifying round

13 July 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 KR Netanya
18:00 Schoenfeld  65'
Kjartansson  78'
Atzili  82'
Gunnarsson  15'
Pálmason  85'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
20 July 2017 First leg KR 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Reykjavík
22:10 Friðgeirsson  35' Tibi  15'
Atzili  57'
Peretz  66'
Stadium: KR-völlur

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Panionios Netanya
19:45 Kjartansson  25'  48'
Spungin  54'
Tapoko  30' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 August 2017 Second leg Panionios 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Athens
22:00 Korbos  58'  79' (o.g.) Battocchio  37'
Golasa  45'
Schoenfeld  50'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Playoff round

17 August 2017 First leg Rheindorf Altach 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Innsbruck
20:30 Ngamaleu  20'
Galvão  83'
Report Kjartansson  68'
Yeini  83'
Stadium: Tivoli-Neu
Attendance: 5,269
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
24 August 2017 Second leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2
(3–2 agg.)
Rheindorf Altach Netanya
19:00 Tibi  35'
Kjartansson  41'
Yeini  73'
Report Schreiner  63'
Ngamaleu  70'
Netzer  79'
Aigner  81'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Villarreal 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Astana 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 1 4 1 8 7 4
Source: UEFA
19 October 2017 3 Astana 4-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6) Muzhikov  13'
Twumasi  33' (pen.), 42'
Kabananga  47', 52'
Shitov  61'
Report Peretz  33'
Blackman  41'
Stadium: Astana Arena
3 November 2017 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Astana Netanya
20:05 Schoenfeld  66' Report Tagybergen  38'
Twumasi  57'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season

20 August 2017 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
21:00 Rajković  10'
Peretz  17'
Spungin  36'
Yitzhaki  45'
Shechter  10', 34'
Keltjens  30'
Heister  60'
Klaiman  69'
Vered  90'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 September 2017 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 Bnei Sakhnin Netanya
18:00 Kjartansson  54', 72'
Blackman  63'
Sagas  24'
Khalaila  54'
Ottman  55'
Mugrabi  64'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
18 September 2017 4 Maccabi Netanya 2-3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
21:00 Keita  20'
Saba  29'
Olsak  39'
Rodríguez  18'
Atzili  22'  52'
Davidzada  38'
Itzhaki  39'
Kjartansson  50'
Blackman  59'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
1 October 2017 6 Hapoel Ashkelon 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashkelon
21:00 Oremuš  56'
Raly  82'  90+2'
Smiljanić  84'
Ivančić  85'
Blackman  24'
Atzili  50' (pen.)
Yeini  90+2'
Stadium: Sala Stadium
23 October 2017 8 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Be'er Sheva
21:00 Abd Elhamed  15'  21'
Taha  49'
Nwakaeme  62'
Sahar  68'
Korhut  74'
Elo  90'
Rikan  29'
Davidzada  61'
Azili  89'
Babin  90'
Ben Haim  90+1'
Atar  90+3'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
29 October 2017 9 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-2 Hapoel Acre Netanya
20:10 Atar  28', 76', 90+2'
Rikan  30', 69'
Ben Haim  53'
Eliyahu  33'
Knaykovski  80'
Mulić  86'
Farhat  90'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
5 November 2017 10 Hapoel Ra'anana 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
20:30 Binyamin  30'
Shaker  39'
Nimni  40'
Tibi  40'
Dasa  10'  87'
Kjartansson  42'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
26 November 2017 11 Hapoel Haifa 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:15 Turgeman  33'
Kapiloto  45'  86'
Maman  48'  55' (pen.)
Babin  13'
Rikan  35'
Atar  45'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
2 December 2017 12 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 F.C. Ashdod Netanya
16:00 Micha  37'
Blackman  45'
Davidzada  67'
Atar  80'
Mauricio  30'
Kinda  67'
Asafa  79'
Moshel  79'
Edri  81'  90+2'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
18 December 2017 14 Beitar Jerusalem 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
21:00 Shechter  41'
Ferreira  55'
Sabo  90'
Rikan  1'
Golasa  11'
Blackman  42'  42'
Babin  54'
Peretz  72'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
23 December 2017 15 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Netanya
20:30 Kjartansson  19'  30'
Blackman  54'
Dasa  79'
Micha  84'
Brossou  39'  65'
Ryan  42'
Abed  44'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
1 January 2018 16 Bnei Sakhnin 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
21:00 Kandil  55'
Khalaila  75'
Sagas  90'
Peretz  39'
Kjartansson  56' (pen.)
Rodríguez  71'
Blackman  89'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
9 January 2018 17 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Netanya Netanya
21:00 Babin  20'
Micha  29'
Peretz  38'
Dasa  73'
Itzhaki  75'
Kjartansson  82', 90'
Blackman  87'
Mor  11'
Goldenberg  12'
Kougbenya  62'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
15 January 2018 18 Maccabi Haifa 1-3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 Levi  19'
Rukavytsya  66'
Gershon  68'
Allyson  74'
Kjartansson  1', 54'
Tibi  66'
Battocchio  85'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
21 January 2018 19 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Ashkelon Netanya
20:30 Davidzada  14'
Ben Haim  54'
Peretz  64'
Itzhaki  65'  67'
Atar  87' (pen.)
Gabay  7'
R. haddad  86'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
5 February 2018 21 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Netanya
21:00 Spungin  22'  40'
Atar  48'
Bitton  19'
Ogu  22'  25'
Taha  49'  89'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
11 February 2018 22 Hapoel Acre 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Acre
20:15 Ibeh  33'
Reichert  72'
Shish  79'
Peretz  17'
Blackman  32'  79'
Itzhaki  57'
Atar  72'
Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
17 February 2018 23 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Hapoel Ra'anana Netanya
16:00 Dasa  73'
Babin  90'
Tibi  90+1'
Zikri  28'
Nikolić  41'
Camara  71'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
24 February 2018 24 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
20:30 Blackman  13'
Rodríguez  33', 61'
Rikan  66'
Davidzada  83'
Arel  57'
Ben Basat  75'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
12 March 2018 26 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Netanya
21:00 Kjartansson  17'
Rikan  45+1'  62'
Rodríguez  74'
Kanyuk  76'
Soumah  50' Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 17 6 3 43 18 +25 57 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Beitar Jerusalem 26 17 5 4 60 30 +30 56
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 7 3 44 20 +24 55
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 15 7 4 36 21 +15 52
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 9 5 43 29 +14 45
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.[1]


Play-off

18 March 2018 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-2 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
21:00 Dasa  15'
Golasa  18'
Blackman  45'
Spugnin  52'
Mitrevski  19'
Barsky  49'
Plakuschenko  67'  90'
Megrelashvili  90+2'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 April 2018 28 Maccabi Netanya 4-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
19:30 Saba  17', 57', 90+3'
Avraham  33'
Safouri  45'
Glazer  47'
Levy  52'
Tiram  78'
Peretz  5'
Micha  66'
Ithzkai  69'  80' (pen.)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 April 2018 29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Netanya
21:00 Babin  50'
Ben Haim  84'
Golasa  85'
Itzhaki  90+5'
Maman  35'
Bitton  36'  53'
Haimov  83'
Einbinder  90+5'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
21 April 2018 31 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Netanya
20:30 Rodríguez  10'
Schoenfeld  44'
Davidzada  55'
Atzili  62'
Micha  72'
Soro  60'
Gordana  68'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
30 April 2018 32 Hapoel Haifa 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 Tamaș  46'
Ben Basat  88', 90+3'
Schoenfeld  31'  89'
Atzili  47'
Rikan  76'
Blackman  81'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Championship round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 24 8 4 70 27 +43 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 8 7 60 33 +27 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 36 20 8 8 75 51 +24 68
4 Hapoel Haifa 36 17 11 8 48 39 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 16 10 10 59 54 +5 58
6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 36 13 10 13 47 41 +6 49
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]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

State Cup

24 January 2018 round of 16 Maccabi Haifa 3-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
18:10 Kehat  54'
Sallalich  57'
Rukavytsya  76'
Dor Peretz  76'<Golasa  88' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Toto Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Qualified to Quarter-finals
2 Bnei Yehuda 4 2 0 2 4 5 1 6
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 6
4 Maccabi Netanya 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 4
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 1 0 3 5 7 2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
12 August 2017 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Netanya
21:00 Ben Haim  45'
Azulay  45'  55'
Kartzav  90'
Abuhatzira  3'
Shaker  11'
Hugi  83'
Mbola  86'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Quarterfinal

26 October 2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
19:00 Blackman  18'  77' (pen.)
Atar  42'
Sušić  44'
Spugnin  71'
Rikan  78'
Habshi  24'
Mori  41'
Balilty  66'
Hozez  76'

Semifinal

Final

Squad statistics

As of match played 15 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigat Ha'AlState CupToto CupUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Daniel Lifshitz 0000000000
2 DF Eli Dasa 242181101041
3 DF Yuval Spungin 340200104090
5 DF Jean-Sylvain Babin 400320102050
6 MF José Rodríguez 222192102000
7 FW Omer Atzili 311217100030112
9 FW Viðar Örn Kjartansson 462130131034124
10 FW Barak Itzhaki 256143214151
11 FW Nick Blackman 40123110103151
13 DF Sheran Yeini 3812101030131
15 MF Dor Micha 421281205070
16 FW Eliran Atar 368257203160
17 MF Gidi Kanyuk 5151000000
18 DF Eitan Tibi 4202501040120
19 GK Daniel 3000102000
22 DF Avi Rikan 5393461062121
23 MF Eyal Golasa 330200203080
25 FW Aaron Schoenfeld 3541901141112
26 DF Tal Ben Haim 3511901031120
27 DF Ofir Davidzada 5143132140140
28 MF Cristian Battocchio 4112510050110
42 MF Dor Peretz 412241107091
55 GK Haviv Ohayon 0000000000
95 GK Predrag Rajković 5503601040140
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
24 MF Yonatan Cohen 6100003031
17 MF Sagiv Yehezkel 5110004100
45 MF Eliel Peretz 5000003020
29 MF Marcelo 4000004000
21 DF Egor Filipenko 8000104030
44 DF Sean Goldberg 4000004000
20 DF Matan Baltaxa 4000004000
45 MF Or Dasa 6131101010
Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season:
16 MF Shlomi Azulay 5100003120
31 MF Tino-Sven Sušić 11040003040

References

  1. "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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