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).

Kit edit

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Current squad edit

 
Maccabi Tel Aviv prior to its Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv on 9 December 2015.

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   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 edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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 edit

Second qualifying round edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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)
29 September 2015 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv   0–2   Dynamo Kyiv Haifa
Report Yarmolenko   4'
Moraes   50'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer
Attendance: 27,100
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
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 Kyiv
Harmash   16' Report Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)[1]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Israeli Premier League edit

Regular season edit

  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
12 September 2015 3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
20:50 Fernandes   20' Report Garcia   55'
Alberman   72'
Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Stadium
Referee: Ziv Adler
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
3 October 2015 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Acre Tel Aviv
21:00 Kopitović   2' (o.g.)
Alberman   59'
Itzhaki   67'
Zahavi   69', 85'
Ben Haim FW   85'
Tzemah   87' Stadium: Bloomfield
17 October 2015 7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
20:00 Mununga   2'
Melamed   30'
Panka   84'
García   2'   20'
Ben Haim FW   64'
Zahavi   80' (pen.)
Rikan   84'
Lifshitz   86'
Stadium: HaMoshava
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
31 October 2015 9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
18:00 Reichert   38'
Pintilii   45'
Peretz   25'
Ben Haim FW   32'
Rikan   42'
García   86'
Stadium: Bloomfield
7 November 2015 10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
20:00 Zahavi   4' (pen.)
Peretz   29'
Ben Harush   54'
Ben Haim FW   68'
García   81'
Smiljanić   29'
Romário   74'
Mischenko   90+2'
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
29 November 2015 12 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Netanya
20:55 Azulay   55'
Zahavi   69', 75'
Ben Haim   85'
Ben Harush   90'
Kandil   51' Stadium: Netanya
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
10 January 2016 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
20:55 Zahavi   32'
Ben Haim FW   36'
García   68'
Habshi   24'
Obraniak   65'
Benayoun   70'
Stadium: Bloomfield
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
7 February 2016 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Micha   24'
Ben Harush   83'
García   89'
Schoenfeld   2'
Barry   36'
Vyntra   78'
Yehezkel   83'
Stadium: Bloomfield
14 February 2016 23 Maccabi Netanya 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Smiljanić   44'
Lugasi   47'
Benbenishti   49'
Harush   75'
Hassan   83'
Ben Basat   13'
Zahavi   61'
Medunjanin   66'
Ben Haim FW   84'
Stadium: HaMoshava
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 edit

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 edit

12 March 2016 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Bnei Sakhnin Tel Aviv
17:00   37'
Zahavi   80'   81'
Kanadil   35' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
3 April 2016 29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Tel Aviv
Zahavi   7' (pen.)
  12'
Spungin   29'
Ben Haim FW   67'   78'
Medunjanin   78'
García   85'
Vehaba   41' 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
17 April 2016 31 Maccabi Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:55 Romário   9'
Lavi   11'
Keinan   50'
Rajković   49'
Micha   82'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
25 April 2016 32 Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
Khalaila   47' García   40'
Itzhaki   57'
Zahavi   69'
Dasa   76'
Stadium: Doha 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
9 May 2016 34 Hapoel Ra'anana 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
20:55 Mihelič   44'
Badash   60'
Yanko   76'
Shaban   90'
Igiebor   58'
Zahavi   64'
Dasa   90'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
21 May 2016 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
21:00 Zahavi   28', 48' (pen.), 61'
Ben Haim   57'
Rikan   59'
García   63'
Medunjanin   66'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Championship round table edit

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[a] 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[b]
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) Champions
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Group C edit

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
10 August 2015 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
20:50 Ziv   69' Tomas   30'
Hugi   36'
Jakobovich   90+4'
Stadium: Bloomfield

References edit

  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.