2019–20 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 113th season since its establishment in 1906, and 72nd since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2019–20 campaign the club competed in the Israeli Premier League, the State Cup, the Toto Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2019–20 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerVladimir Ivic
StadiumBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Premier League1st
State CupEighth round
Toto CupRunners-up
Super CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Yonatan Cohen (12)
All: Yonatan Cohen (13)

First team edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF   POR Jair Amador
4 DF   ESP Enric Saborit
6 MF   ISR Dan Glazer
7 FW   ISR Omer Atzili
10 FW   NGA Chikeluba Ofoedu
11 FW   ISR Itay Shechter
15 MF   ISR Dor Micha
16 FW   ISR Eliran Atar
18 DF   ISR Eitan Tibi
19 GK   BRA Daniel Tenenbaum
20 FW   ISR Matan Hozez
21 MF   ISR Sheran Yeini (Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   ISR Avi Rikan
23 MF   ISR Eyal Golasa
24 FW   ISR Yonatan Cohen
25 FW   USA Aaron Schoenfeld
27 DF   ISR Ofir Davidzada
28 MF   ITA Cristian Battocchio
30 DF   ISR Maor Kandil
31 DF   ISR Shachar Piven
41 GK   ISR Daniel Peretz
42 MF   ISR Dor Peretz
55 GK   ISR Haviv Ohayon
77 MF   ISR Ruslan Barsky
95 GK   SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

No. Date Pos. Player From Fee Source
17 1 July 2019 GK Andreas Gianniotis Olympiacos Free transfer [1]
9 14 July 2019 FW Nick Blackman Derby County Free transfer [2]
31 July 2020 MF Eden Karzev Hapoel Hadera Loan returns
2 July 2019 FW Prince Okraku Dreams Undisclosed [3][4]
30 June 2020 DF Alon Shtrozberg Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam Loan returns
31 July 2020 DF Amit Glazer

Out edit

No. Date Pos. Player To Fee Source
27 August 2019 MF Tomas Prince Hakoah Amidar Undisclosed
95 1 July 2019 GK Predrag Rajković Stade de Reims ₤4,500,000 [5]
1 August 2019 GK Sahar Hasson Ramat haSharon Undisclosed
9 January 2020 FW Prince Okraku Dreams Free Transfer
2 1 July 2019 DF Eli Dasa Free Agent
9 September 2019 Vitesse Undisclosed [6]
1 July 2019 MF Younes Jabarin Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Undisclosed
11 July 2019 MF Or Dasa Hapoel Ra'anana €175,000
17 July 2019 MF Eliel Peretz Hapoel Hadera €100,00 [citation needed]
1 July 2019 FW Sagiv Yehezkel F.C. Ashdod Free Transfer [citation needed]

Loans in edit

No. Pos. Player From From date Until Fee Source
28 RB André Geraldes Sporting CP 21 July 2019 31 July 2020 €150Th. [7]

Loans out edit

No. Pos. Player Loan To From date Until Fee Source
GK Daniel Peretz Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
DF Michael Chilaka Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
DF Tomer Machluf Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Tamir Glazer Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Yoav Hofmeister Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Eyal Hen Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Omer Barami Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Ido Shahar Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Mofleh Shala'ata Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
MF Bar Cohen Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
FW Eduardo Guerrero Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan
FW Prince Okraku Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan [citation needed]
FW Amir Berkovich Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 1 August 2019 31 July 2020 Loan

Pre-season and friendlies edit

9 July 2019 Friendly Saint-Gilloise   2-0   Maccabi Tel Aviv Forest, Brussels
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Bouekou   12'
Selemani   44'
Report Stadium: Training camp
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ron Van De Ven
11 July 2019 Friendly Genk   4-1   Maccabi Tel Aviv Horst
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Dewaest   12'
Théo Bongonda   57'
Piotrowski   75'
Gano   90+1'
Report Ofoedu   72', pen.' Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray
Attendance: 125
14 July 2019 Friendly Sparta Rotterdam   1-2   Maccabi Tel Aviv Mierlo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ache   21' Report Rikan   49'
Shechter   55'
Stadium: Sportpark De Ark
Attendance: 130

UEFA Champions League edit

Second qualifying round edit

24 July 2019 First leg CFR Cluj   1-0   Maccabi Tel Aviv Cluj-Napoca
21:00 CEST (UTC+3) Ormani   22'
Đoković   43'
Report Kandil   80' Stadium: CFR Stadium
Attendance: 11,150
Referee: José Sánchez (Spain)
30 July 2019 Second leg Maccabi Tel Aviv   2-2
(2–3 agg.)
  CFR Cluj Netanya
20:00 IDT (UTC+3) Blackman   15'
Đoković   48'
Atar   74'
Report Deac   14'
Culio   19' (pen.)
Rondón
Burcă
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 11,947
Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

UEFA Europa League edit

Third qualifying round edit

8 August 2019 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv   1-2   Sūduva Netanya
20:30 IDT (UTC+3) Peretz   63'
Ofoedu   84'
Report Kerla   37'
Cadjenovic   49'
Jankauskas   76'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Neil Doyle (Ireland)
15 August 2019 Second leg Sūduva   2-1
(4–2 agg.)
  Maccabi Tel Aviv Marijampolė
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Topčagić   12'
Švrljuga   45'
Cadjenovic   73'
Report Schechter   41'
Cohen   62'   90+4'
Blackman   86'
Stadium: Arvi Arena
Attendance: 5,337
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

Competition edit

Israeli Premier League edit

Regular season table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 7 0 48 7 +41 64 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 4 4 58 20 +38 58
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 4 7 42 25 +17 49
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 13 5 8 33 23 +10 44
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 5 10 24 36 −12 38
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: 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.[8]



Regular season edit

24 August 2019 1 Sektzia Nes Tziona 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT (UTC+3) Etou   33' Report Micha   22'
Atar   28'
Blackman   35'
Tibi   45+2'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 5,654
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
1 September 2019 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:00 IDT(UTC+3) Glazer   28'
Peretz   42'   45'
Cohen   45+3'
Ofoedu   61'
Geraldes   87'
Report Cohen   20'
Soro   74'
Tambi   90+1'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 26,513
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
14 September 2019 3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
20:00 IDT(UTC+3) Kuku   26'
Raynshtein   35'   87'
Gamoun   45'
Report Micha   37'
Davidzada   58'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ohad Asulin
21 September 2019 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
20:30 IDT (UTC+3) Sainsbury   37' (o.g.)
Micha   45+3'
Piven   57'
Itay Shechter   84'
Ofoedu   86'
Report Habshi   14'
Shua   45'
Plakuschenko   78'
Menahem   86'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 26,234
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
28 September 2019 5 Beitar Jerusalem 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:30 IDT (UTC+3) Garcia   21'
Conte   52'
Kinda   54'
Konstantini   70'
Nitzan   76'
Grechkin   79'
Report Ofoedu   45+1', 58'
Cohen   50'
Barsky   61'
Barsky   63'
Tibi   71'
Cohen   76'
Glazer   85'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 15,930
Referee: Liran Liany
5 October 2019 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Hapoel Hadera Tel Aviv
18:00 IDT (UTC+3) Nikolić   90' Report Hagay   14'
Maranhão   38'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 24,829
Referee: Gal Leibovich
21 October 2019 7 Ashdod 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashdod
20:00 IDT (UTC+3) Moshel   6'
Abu Akel   40'
Bardea   44'
Brihon   73'
Report Saborit   73'
Glazer   84'
Shechter   89'
Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
Attendance: 5,090
Referee: Igal Frid
28 October 2019 8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
21:15 IDT (UTC+3) Taha   45+4' (o.g.)
Scechter   90+4'
Scechter   90+5'
Report Vitor   9'   32'
Bitton   41'
Shamir   76'
Ben   90'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 27,566
Referee: Ziv Adler
2 November 2019 9 Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
17:30 IST (UTC+2) Dasa   33'
Cohen   62'
Mateos   74'
Levy   90+3'
Report Ofoedu   10'
Cohen   74'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: David Fuxman
9 November 2019 10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2) Cohen   26'
Cohen   29'
Micha   55'
Saborit   87'
Schechter   90+3'
Report Sardal   58'
Vahaba   71'
Kanuk   90+1'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 23,125
Referee: Eli Hacmon
30 November 2019 11 Kiryat Shmona 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
17:30 IST (UTC+2) Ben-Shimon   5'
Diniz   26'
Karzev   33'   76'
Shaker   33'
Ryan   39'
Golan   90'
Report Cohen   33' (pen.)
Golasa   71'
Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
4 December 2019 12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Spirovski   13'
Abaid   39'
Lax   45'
Dgani   88'
Report Glazer   13'
Rikan   15'
Schoenfeld   63'
Shechter   80'
Rikan   87'
Cohen   88' (pen.)
Almog   90+4'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
7 December 2019 13 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 21,519
28 December 2019 16 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
15:00 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 9,459
6 January 2020 17 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
15:00 IST (UTC+2) Sallalich   56'
Rukavytsya   60'
Wildschut   62'
Awaed   87'
Rikan   5',   14'
Glazer   26'
Golasa   48'
Cohen   69   69', 90+3',   90+3'
Tenenbaum   80'
Atzili   81'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 30,071
Referee: Liran Liany
13 January 2020 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 20,448
18 January 2020 19 Hapoel Hadera 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
19:50 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 4,536
25 January 2020 20 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Ashdod Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 15,942
29 January 2020 21 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Be'er Sheva
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 10,346
3 February 2020 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 15,462
8 February 2020 23 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
19:50 IST (UTC+2) Altman   48'
Tapoko   56'
Mizrahi   62'
Zamir   90+3'
Report Shechter   37' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 4,443
Referee: Eli Hachmon
16 February 2020 24 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Kiryat Shmona Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 15,890
24 February 2020 25 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 26,301

Championship edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 26 9 1 63 10 +53 87 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Haifa 36 22 7 7 73 32 +41 73 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 36 16 11 9 51 35 +16 59
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva[a] 36 15 10 11 44 33 +11 55
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 14 6 16 31 55 −24 48 Can't qualify for international competitions[9]
6 Hapoel Haifa 36 12 11 13 39 46 −7 47
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.[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified due to winning the 2019–20 Israel State Cup


30 May 2020 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
20:00 IDT (UTC+3) Hozez   45'
Shechter   55'
Report Siroshtein   32'
Kapiloto   68'
Júnior   82'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
3 June 2020 28 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
20:45 IDT (UTC+3) Eyal Golasa   18'
Shechter   55'
Hozez   86'
Atzili   88'
Plakuschenko   25'
Chery   32'
Lavi   49'   82'
Haziza   88'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
23 June 2020 32 Hapoel Haifa 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:50 IDT (UTC+3) Burić   18'
Zamir   19'
Balilty   87'
Report Piven   18'
Almog   44'
Davidzada   71'
Cohen   80' (pen.)
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Liran Liani
4 July 2020 35 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 IDT (UTC+3) Plakuschenko   24'
Sainsbury   36'
Saborit   24'
Eylon Almog   51'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Igal Frid

Super Cup edit

20 July 2019 Final Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT (UTC+3) Zenati   14'
Rustum   58'
Report Schoenfeld   80'
Maor Kandil   88'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 8,169
Referee: Eli Hacmon

State Cup edit

21 December 2019 Round of 16 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 3–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Afula
19:50 IDT (UTC+3) Kijanskas   42'
Piven   49' (o.g.)
Mesika   78'
Report Rikan   13'
Almog   32'
Stadium: Afula Illit Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Liran Liani

Toto Cup edit

18 August 2019 Semi-finals Kiryat Shmona 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
19:00 IDT (UTC+3) Report Bartkus   49' (o.g.) Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham
24 September 2019 Final Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:15 IDT (UTC+3) Report Varenne   87'
Magbo   90+3'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 11
Referee: Ziv Adler

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Top scorers edit

Assists edit

Clean sheets edit

Disciplinary edit

References edit

  1. ^ מכבי תל אביב: אנדראס יאניוטיס חתם לשלוש שנים Yaniv Tukman, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב Raz Amir, 14 July 2019 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Amir, Raz (25 June 2019). "אוקראקו הצטרף למכבי ת"א ויושאל לבית"ר ת"א" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.
  4. ^ Amir, Raz (14 July 2019). "שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.
  5. ^ רשמית: ראיקוביץ' נמכר ממכבי תל אביב לריימס Raz Amir, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ ליגיונר חדש: אלי דסה חתם בוויטסה ארנהם Raz Amir, 9 September 2019 (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ רשמי: ז'ראלדש מצטרף למכבי תל אביב בהשאלה Raz Amir, 21 July 2019 (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ a b "Ligat ha'AL 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Hapoel Tel-Aviv can't qualify for European Competitions". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 9 May 2020.