2015–16 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–16 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerSlaviša Jokanović (until 27 December 2015)
Peter Bosz (from 4 January 2016)
StadiumBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Premier League2nd
State Cup2nd
Toto CupGroup Stage
Super Cup2nd
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Eran Zahavi (35)

All:
Eran Zahavi (48)
Highest home attendance29,121 (vs Chelsea, 24 November 2015)

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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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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz
2 DF  ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF  ISR Yuval Spungin
4 MF  BIH Haris Medunjanin
6 MF  ISR Gal Alberman
7 MF  ISR Eran Zahavi
9 FW  ISR Eden Ben Basat
10 FW  ISR Barak Yitzhaki
11 FW  ISR Tal Ben Haim II
14 DF  ISR Yoav Ziv
15 MF  ISR Dor Micha
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ISR Shlomi Azulay
18 DF  ISR Eitan Tibi
20 DF  ISR Omri Ben Harush
22 DF  ISR Avi Rikan
26 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim
31 DF  ESP Carlos García
40 MF  NGA Nosa Igiebor
42 MF  ISR Dor Peretz
55 GK  ISR Haviv Ohayon
70 FW  POR Orlando Sá
95 GK  SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

Winter

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'

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

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 Tel Aviv
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 Tel Aviv
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 Tel Aviv
21:45 Zahavi 24'
Rikan  62'
Zuffi 11'  74'
Safari  49'
Lang  84'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 13,350

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHL DKV 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 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)
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)

Israeli Premier League

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2015 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Bnei Sakhnin Tel Aviv
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
20 September 2015 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Ra'anana Tel Aviv
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
26 October 2015 8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–4 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:55 Rikan  7'
Zahavi 32', 39'
Rukavytsya 17', 45+1', 57'
Claudemir  37'
Einbinder  47'
Cohen 65'
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
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 Tel Aviv
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 Tel Aviv
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
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 Tel Aviv
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 Atzili 35'
Keltjens 48'
Kachila  77'
Spungin  17'
Zahavi 24', 70'
Azulay  80'
Yitzhaki  90'
Igiebor  90+2'
Stadium: Teddy
Attendance: 19,000
20 February 2016 24 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
17:45 Zahavi 71' (pen.)
Ben Haim FW 80'
Baha  40'
Kijanskas  70'
Serdal  72'
Stadium: Bloomfield
Attendance: 11,900
5 March 2016 26 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
17:45 Micha 3'
32', 47'
Ben Haim FW  57'
Zahavi 58' (pen.)
Peretz  74'
Itzhaki 88'
Cohen  78' Stadium: Bloomfield

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 20 4 2 48 17 +31 64 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 4 3 59 20 +39 61
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 6 5 38 19 +19 51
4 Maccabi Haifa 26 10 8 8 33 25 +8 38
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 6 10 32 25 +7 36
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]


Play-off

12 March 2016 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Bnei Sakhnin Tel Aviv
17:00  37'
Zahavi 80'  81'
Kanadil  35' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
11 April 2016 30 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:55 Micha 10'
Zahavi 42', 90'
Dasa  89'
Rukavytsya 21' (pen.), 60'
Keltjens  51'
Klaiman  87'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
2 May 2016 33 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
20:55 Alberman  60' Barda  87' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 13,500

Championship round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 25 8 3 66 24 +42 83 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 24 9 3 76 24 +52 81 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1] 36 18 6 12 46 37 +9 58
4 Maccabi Haifa 36 14 11 11 45 42 +3 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 9 14 46 40 +6 48
6 Hapoel Ra'anana 36 11 9 16 38 48 10 42
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.[4]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.[3]
  2. Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

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'
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 2–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
21:00 Azulay 23'
Ben Basat 45' (pen.)  74'
Peretz  68'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
21 April 2016 semi final Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Bnei Sakhnin Haifa
20:30 Itzhaki 27'
Zahavi 67' (pen.)
Ben Haim FW 85'
Mugrabi 23'  30'
Abukasis  30'
Wanderson  49'
Azulay 52'
Khalaila  67'
Sagas  78'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
24 May 2016 final Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
20:50 Micha  32' Obraniak 36'  56'
Keinan  46'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium

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

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MPT BnY MTA HTA
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 3–0
2 Bnei Yehuda (A) 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 3–1 2–0
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 3 0–3
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 3 8 5 0 2–3 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2015. Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter finals

References

  1. "UEFA orders Dynamo Kyiv to play matches behind closed doors over racist fans". Kyiv Post. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. Ben Ziv, Guy (10 May 2016). "Two points deducted from Beitar for racial crys" (in Hebrew). ONE.
  4. "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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