2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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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[edit]

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

Transfers[edit]

Summer[edit]

Winter[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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

UEFA Europa League[edit]

First qualifying round[edit]

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

Second qualifying round[edit]

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

Third qualifying round[edit]

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

Playoff round[edit]

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

Group stage[edit]

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

Israeli Premier League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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

Regular season table[edit]

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[edit]

3 April 2018 28 Maccabi Netanya 4-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
19:30 Saba 17', 57', 90+3'
Avraham Yellow card 33'
Safouri 45'
Glazer Yellow card 47'
Levy Yellow card 52'
Tiram Yellow card 78'
Peretz Yellow card 5'
Micha Yellow card 66'
Ithzkai Yellow card 69' 80' (pen.)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 April 2018 29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Netanya
21:00 Babin Yellow card 50'
Ben Haim Yellow card 84'
Golasa Yellow card 85'
Itzhaki Yellow card 90+5'
Maman 35'
Bitton Yellow card 36' Red card 53'
Haimov Yellow card 83'
Einbinder Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
30 April 2018 32 Hapoel Haifa 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 Tamaș Yellow card 46'
Ben Basat 88', 90+3'
Schoenfeld Yellow card 31' Red card 89'
Atzili 47'
Rikan Yellow card 76'
Blackman 81'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Championship round table[edit]

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[edit]

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

Toto Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

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 Yellow card 45' 55'
Kartzav Yellow card 90'
Abuhatzira Yellow card 3'
Shaker Red card 11'
Hugi 83'
Mbola Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Quarterfinal[edit]

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

Semifinal[edit]

Final[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 15 May 2018

Appearances and goals[edit]

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 Israel ISR Daniel Lifshitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Israel ISR Eli Dasa 24 2 18 1 1 0 1 0 4 1
3 DF Israel ISR Yuval Spungin 34 0 20 0 1 0 4 0 9 0
5 DF France FRA Jean-Sylvain Babin 40 0 32 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
6 MF Spain ESP José Rodríguez 22 2 19 2 1 0 2 0 0 0
7 FW Israel ISR Omer Atzili 31 12 17 10 0 0 3 0 11 2
9 FW Iceland ISL Viðar Örn Kjartansson 46 21 30 13 1 0 3 4 12 4
10 FW Israel ISR Barak Itzhaki 25 6 14 3 2 1 4 1 5 1
11 FW Israel ISR Nick Blackman 40 12 31 10 1 0 3 1 5 1
13 DF Israel ISR Sheran Yeini 38 1 21 0 1 0 3 0 13 1
15 MF Israel ISR Dor Micha 42 1 28 1 2 0 5 0 7 0
16 FW Israel ISR Eliran Atar 36 8 25 7 2 0 3 1 6 0
17 MF Israel ISR Gidi Kanyuk 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Israel ISR Eitan Tibi 42 0 25 0 1 0 4 0 12 0
19 GK Brazil BRA Daniel 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF Israel ISR Avi Rikan 53 9 34 6 1 0 6 2 12 1
23 MF Israel ISR Eyal Golasa 33 0 20 0 2 0 3 0 8 0
25 FW Israel ISR Aaron Schoenfeld 35 4 19 0 1 1 4 1 11 2
26 DF Israel ISR Tal Ben Haim 35 1 19 0 1 0 3 1 12 0
27 DF Israel ISR Ofir Davidzada 51 4 31 3 2 1 4 0 14 0
28 MF Italy ITA Cristian Battocchio 41 1 25 1 0 0 5 0 11 0
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz 41 2 24 1 1 0 7 0 9 1
55 GK Israel ISR Haviv Ohayon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 GK Serbia SRB Predrag Rajković 55 0 36 0 1 0 4 0 14 0
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
24 MF Israel ISR Yonatan Cohen 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1
17 MF Israel ISR Sagiv Yehezkel 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
45 MF Israel ISR Eliel Peretz 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
29 MF Brazil BRA Marcelo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
21 DF Belarus BLR Egor Filipenko 8 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 0
44 DF Israel ISR Sean Goldberg 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
20 DF Israel ISR Matan Baltaxa 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
45 MF Israel 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 Israel ISR Shlomi Azulay 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
31 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Tino-Sven Sušić 11 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 0

References[edit]

  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.