2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2017–18 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerJordi Cruyff
StadiumNetanya Stadium (temporary)
Premier League2nd
State CupRound of 16
Toto CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (13)
All: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (21)

The 2017–18 season was 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 competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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, Israel
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, Albania
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, Israel
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, Iceland
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, Israel
19:45 Kjartansson  25' 48'
Spungin  54'
Tapoko  30' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 August 2017 Second leg Panionios 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Athens, Greece
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, Austria
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, Israel
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 VIL AST SLP MTA
1 Villarreal 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 2–2 0–1
2 Astana 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 2–3 1–1 4–0
3 Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 0–2 0–1 1–0
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 1 4 1 8 −7 4 0–0 0–1 0–2
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, Israel
20:05 Schoenfeld  66' Report Tagybergen  38'
Twumasi 57'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Israeli Premier League

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
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
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

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
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[a]
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) Champions
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 Netanya
19:00 Blackman  18' 77' (pen.)
Atar 42'
Sušić  44'
Spugnin  71'
Rikan 78'
Habshi  24'
Mori  41'
Balilty  66'
Hozez  76'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Semifinal

Final

Squad statistics

As of match played 15 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League State Cup Toto Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  ISR Eli Dasa 24 2 18 1 1 0 1 0 4 1
3 DF  ISR Yuval Spungin 34 0 20 0 1 0 4 0 9 0
5 DF  FRA Jean-Sylvain Babin 40 0 32 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
6 MF  ESP José Rodríguez 22 2 19 2 1 0 2 0 0 0
7 FW  ISR Omer Atzili 31 12 17 10 0 0 3 0 11 2
9 FW  ISL Viðar Örn Kjartansson 46 21 30 13 1 0 3 4 12 4
10 FW  ISR Barak Itzhaki 25 6 14 3 2 1 4 1 5 1
11 FW  ISR Nick Blackman 40 12 31 10 1 0 3 1 5 1
13 DF  ISR Sheran Yeini 38 1 21 0 1 0 3 0 13 1
15 MF  ISR Dor Micha 42 1 28 1 2 0 5 0 7 0
16 FW  ISR Eliran Atar 36 8 25 7 2 0 3 1 6 0
17 MF  ISR Gidi Kanyuk 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF  ISR Eitan Tibi 42 0 25 0 1 0 4 0 12 0
19 GK  BRA Daniel 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF  ISR Avi Rikan 53 9 34 6 1 0 6 2 12 1
23 MF  ISR Eyal Golasa 33 0 20 0 2 0 3 0 8 0
25 FW  ISR Aaron Schoenfeld 35 4 19 0 1 1 4 1 11 2
26 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim 35 1 19 0 1 0 3 1 12 0
27 DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada 51 4 31 3 2 1 4 0 14 0
28 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio 41 1 25 1 0 0 5 0 11 0
42 MF  ISR Dor Peretz 41 2 24 1 1 0 7 0 9 1
55 GK  ISR Haviv Ohayon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 GK  SRB Predrag Rajković 55 0 36 0 1 0 4 0 14 0
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
24 MF  ISR Yonatan Cohen 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1
17 MF  ISR Sagiv Yehezkel 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
45 MF  ISR Eliel Peretz 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
29 MF  BRA Marcelo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
21 DF  BLR Egor Filipenko 8 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 0
44 DF  ISR Sean Goldberg 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
20 DF  ISR Matan Baltaxa 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
45 MF  ISR Or Dasa 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season:
16 MF  ISR Shlomi Azulay 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
31 MF  BIH Tino-Sven Sušić 11 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 0

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.