2025–26 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
2025–26 season
PresidentYa'akov Shahar
Head coach Diego Flores
StadiumSammy Ofer
Ligat Ha'AlPreseason
State CupRound of 32
Toto CupEuropean qualification route
Conference LeagueSecond qualifying round
All statistics correct as of 6 June 2025 (2025-06-06).

The 2025–26 season is Maccabi Haifa's 68th season in the Israeli Premier League, and their 44th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Squad

Squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
3 CB Sean Goldberg 30 2021/2022 153 4 2025/2026 Free Second nationality:Italy
4 DM Ali Mohamed (vice captain) 29 2021/2022 186 2 2026/2027 1,400,000€ Second nationality:Israel
5 DM Goni Naor 26 2022/2023 44 1 2024/2025 542,000€
7 RW Xander Severina 24 2024/2025 26 6 2026/2027 1,300,000€ Second nationality:Netherlands
8 LW Dolev Haziza (captain) 32 2019/2020 223 34 2026/2027 310,000€ Second nationality:France
9 LW Matías Nahuel 28 2024/2025 14 1 2028/2029 2,500,000€ Second nationality:Argentina
10 AM Dia Saba 32 2021/2022 72 31 2027/2028 Free
15 DM Lior Kasa 19 2023/2024 11 0 2027/2028 1,100,000€ Second nationality:Ethiopia
16 LM Kenny Saief 31 2023/2024 57 3 2023/2024 Free Second nationality:Israel
17 LW Suf Podgoreanu 23 2019/2020 40 3 2025/2026 Free Originally from youth system
Second nationality:Romania
18 CF Guy Melamed 32 2024/2025 15 4 2026/2027 1,500,000€
19 DM Ethan Azoulay 23 2024/2025 34 2 2028/2029 1,500,000€
24 CB Lisav Naif Eissat 19 2023/2024 0 0 2025/2026 Youth system Second nationality:Romania
26 AM Michael Ohana 29 2019/2020 0 0 2025/2026 Free
27 LB Pierre Cornud 28 2025/2026 94 1 2028/2029 €850,000
28 LW Ilay Hagag 23 2021/2022 42 3 2026/2027 Youth system
30 CB Abdoulaye Seck 33 2022/2023 118 11 2025/2026 400,000€
31 DM Amit Arazi 20 2024/2025 4 0 2026/2027 Youth system
36 LW Eyad Khlaily 19 2024/2025 15 2 2027/2028 Youth system
37 CB Elad Amir 19 2024/2025 2 1 2026/2027 Youth system
38 CF Đorđe Jovanović 26 2025/2026 0 0 2025/2026 1,400,000€
40 GK Shareef Kayouf 24 2021/2022 87 0 2028/2029 Youth system
42 RB Roey Elimelech 22 2023/2024 21 0 2027/2028 Youth system
44 CB Pedrão 28 2024/2025 18 0 2027/2028 1,300,000€
77 GK Roee Fucs 26 2020/2021 3 0 2025/2026 Youth system
89 GK Heorhiy Yermakov 23 2025/2026 0 0 2026/2027 200,000€ Second nationality:Israel
GK Glenn Alvin 18 2024/2025 0 0 Youth system
  • Last updated: 5 June 2025
  • Source: mhaifafc.com
  • Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Diego Flores[1]
Assistant Coach Luciano Theiler
Assistant Coach Rubén Rodríguez
Goalkeeping Coach Itay Zilpa
Physical trainer Dror Shimshon
Physical trainer Uri Harel
Physical trainer Gal Vaknin
Mental coach Elad Ashkenazi
Sport Director Lior Refaelov
Club Administrator Gil Ofek

Last updated: 4 June 2025
Source: F.C. Maccabi Haifa Official Website

Kits

New contracts and transfers

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Age Expires Source
9 June 2025 CB Tomer Lannes Arbel 19 June 2029 [2]
11 June 2025 CM Yarin Levi 19 June 2028 [3]

Transfers in

Date Pos. Player Age From Fee Source
25 June 2025 AM Michael Ohana 29 Ironi Tiberias Free [4]
22 August 2024 LB Pierre Cornud 28 Saint-Étienne €850,000 [5]

Loans in

Date Position Player Age From Fee Source
4 July 2025 CF Đorđe Jovanović 26 FC Basel 1,400,000€ [6]

Loans return

Date Position Player Age From Fee Source
5 June 2025 CB Lisav Naif Eissat 20 Hapoel Hadera Free [7]
LW Suf Podgoreanu 23 Heracles
DM Lior Kasa 19 Genoa
DM Goni Naor 26 Hapoel Tel Aviv
6 June 2025 GK Heorhiy Yermakov 23 Oleksandriya [8]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Player Age Type To Fee Source
20 May 2025 LW Lior Refaelov 39 Retired [9]
10 June 2025 RB Maor Kandil 31 End of Contract Free [10]
GK Tomás Sultani 27 Tigre
17 June 2025 DM Mahmoud Jaber 25 Transfer Saint-Étienne 2,000,000€ [11]
24 June 2025 LB Vital Nsimba 32 Release Free [12]
15 June 2025 CF Erik Shuranov 23 Release FC Schweinfurt Free [13]
31 June 2025 CB Rami Gershon 36 Retired
6 July 2025 CF Dean David 29 Transfer Yokohama Marinos 1,000,000€

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age To Fee Source
11 June 2025 CM Yarin Levi 19 Beitar Jerusalem Free [14]
3 July 2025 DM Manuel Cafumana "Show" 26 Kocaelispor Free

End of loan

Date Pos. Player Age To Fee Source
5 June 2025 CF Ricardinho 24 FC Viktoria Plzeň Free [15]
31 June 2025 CB Oleksandr Syrota 25 Dynamo Kyiv Free

Pre-season and friendlies

3 July 2025 Maccabi Haifa 1–0 Budapest Honvéd
18:30 (19:30 IDT)
  • David 80' (pen.)
Report
6 July 2025 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Diósgyőri Felcsút
18:00 (19:00 IDT)
Report
Stadium: Pancho Aréna
9 July 2025 Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Győri Győr
18:30 (19:30 IDT)
Report Stadium: ETO Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligat Ha'Al 23 August 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
State Cup December 2025 TBD Round of 32 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Toto Cup 19 July 2025 TBD European qualification route TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Europa Conference League 24 July 2025 TBD Second qualifying round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: 4 June 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 August 2025 2 Beitar Jerusalem v Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
13 September 2025 3 Maccabi Haifa v F.C. Ashdod Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
20 September 2025 4 Hapoel Haifa v Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
27 September 2025 5 Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
4 October 2025 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
18 October 2025 7 Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
25 October 2025 8 Ironi Tiberias v Maccabi Haifa Nof HaGalil
Stadium: Green Stadium
1 November 2025 9 Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Jerusalem Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
8 November 2025 10 Bnei Sakhnin v Maccabi Haifa Sakhnin
Stadium: Doha Stadium
29 November 2025 11 Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
2 December 2025 12 Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
6 December 2025 13 Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
13 December 2025 14 Maccabi Bnei Reineh v Maccabi Haifa Nof HaGalil
Stadium: Green Stadium
20 December 2025 15 Maccabi Haifa v Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
30 December 2025 16 F.C. Ashdod v Maccabi Haifa Ashdod
Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
3 January 2026 17 Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
10 January 2026 18 Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Haifa Be'er Sheva
Stadium: Turner Stadium
17 January 2026 19 Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
24 January 2026 20 Maccabi Netanya v Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
31 January 2026 21 Maccabi Haifa v Ironi Tiberias Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
7 February 2026 22 Hapoel Jerusalem v Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
14 February 2026 23 Maccabi Haifa v Bnei Sakhnin Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
21 February 2026 24 Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
28 February 2026 25 Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
7 March 2026 26 Maccabi Haifa v Ironi Kiryat Shmona Haifa
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Overall

Results overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Regular season
Home score Away score
Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Ironi Tiberias
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 4 June 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Result
Position
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

Round of 32

December 2025 Round of 32 v

Toto Cup

19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) European Route Maccabi Haifa v Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:30 Stadium: Sammy Ofer

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24) Second qualifying round – 1st leg v Maccabi Haifa
31 July 2025 (2025-07-31) Second qualifying round – 2nd leg Maccabi Haifa v

Statistics

Squad statistics

Ligat HaAl State Cup Toto Cup UCEL Total
Nation No. Pos. Name App. Goals. App. Goals. App. Goals. App. Goals. App. Goals.

Goals

Rank Position Player Ligat HaAl State Cup Toto Cup UCEL Total

Assist

Rank Position Player Ligat HaAl State Cup Toto Cup UCEL Total

Clean sheets

Rank Pos. No. Name Ligat HaAl State Cup Toto Cup UCEL Total

Disciplinary record for Ligat Ha'Al and State Cup

No. Pos Nat Name Ligat Ha'Al State Cup Total
     

Suspensions

Player Date Received Offence Length of suspension

Penalties

Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition

Overall

Total Home Away
Games played 0 0 0
Games won 0 0 0
Games drawn 0 0 0
Games lost 0 0 0
Biggest win 0 0 0
Biggest loss 0 0 0
Biggest win (League) 0 0 0
Biggest loss (League) 0 0 0
Biggest win (Cup) 0 0 0
Biggest loss (Cup) 0 0 0
Biggest win (Toto) 0 0 0
Biggest loss (Toto) 0 0 0
Biggest win (Europe) 0 0 0
Biggest loss (Europe) 0 0 0
Goals scored 0 0 0
Goals conceded 0 0 0
Goal difference 0 0 0
Average GF per game
Average GA per game
Clean sheets 0 0 0
Yellow cards 0 0 0
Red cards 0 0 0
Most appearances
Most goals
Most Assist
Penalties for 0 0 0
Penalties scored 0 0 0
Penalties against 0 0 0
Penalties saved 0 0 0

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "לנס חתם על חוזה חדש" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ^ "ירין לוי חתם על חוזה ל-5 שנים" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  4. ^ "ברוך הבא אוחנה!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. ^ "ברוך השב, פייר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  6. ^ "וולקאם ג'ורג'ה!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "עדכוני העברות" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ^ "וולקאם ירמקוב" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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  10. ^ "תודה ובהצלחה!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  11. ^ "תודה, ג'אבר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  12. ^ "תודה, ויטאל" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  13. ^ "תודה, אריק" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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