2011–12 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Beitar Jerusalem's 43rd season in the Israeli Premier League. Until November 2011, Beitar played its home games at Ramat Gan Stadium because its home stadium, Teddy, was being renovated.

Beitar Jerusalem
2011–12 season
ChairmanRussia Arcadi Gaydamak
ManagerIsrael Yuval Naim
from March 2012 :
Israel Eli Cohen
Ligat Ha'Al9th
State CupRound of 32
Toto CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Amit Ben-Shushan(7)

All:
Amit Ben-Shushan(7)
Highest home attendance17,500 Vs. Maccabi Haifa (21 November 2011)
Lowest home attendance3,000 Vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. (17 December 2011)
Average home league attendance7,500

First team

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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 Ariel Harush
2 DF   ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF   ISR Haim Megrelashvili (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
4 DF   ISR Tal Kahila
5 DF   ISR Matan Barashi
6 DF   ISR Tomer Ben Yosef
7 FW   ISR Amit Ben Shushan (vice captain)
8 MF   ISR Aviram Baruchyan (captain)
9 MF   ISR Dan Einbinder
10 FW   ISR Liron Diamant
11 FW   BRA Leo
15 MF   ISR Shai Haddad
16 MF   ISR Evyatar Baruchyan
17 MF   ISR Zahi Elihen
18 MF   ISR Avi Rikan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   ISR Kobi Moyal
22 GK   ISR Ohad Saidof
23 MF   ARG Dario Fernandez
24 MF   ISR Ofir Kriaf
26 MF   ISR Steven Cohen
27 FW   ISR Omer Nachmani
28 MF   ISR Barak Moshe
39 DF   UKR Andriy Pylyavskyi (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
99 FW   ISR Eran Levy

Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)

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Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
9 Hapoel Acre 30 10 8 12 41 37 +4 38 Qualification for the relegation round
10 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 30 9 10 11 29 38 −9 37
11 Beitar Jerusalem[a] 30 10 6 14 22 39 −17 34
12 Hapoel Haifa 30 8 8 14 33 38 −5 32
13 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 30 9 5 16 33 54 −21 32
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
Notes:
  1. ^ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points for racist taunts from the crowd.[1]
27 August 2011 2 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 1 Hapoel Akko Ramat Gan, Israel
19:30 Ben Shushan   4,17'
E.Baruchyan   68'
Sallaich   65' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
11 September 2011 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Damari   83' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Meir Levi
17 September 2011 4 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Hapoel Haifa Ramat Gan, Israel
20:45 Einbinder   51' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asaf Keinan
21 September 2011 5 Maccabi Netanya 1 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya, Israel
20:35 Saba   63' Ben Shushan   53' Stadium: Kufsa Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Moshe Bohbot
24 September 2011 6 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Ramat Gan, Israel
19:30 Luzun   15'
Fishbein   16'
Harush   11'
Ben Shushan   78'
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
1 October 2011 7 FC Ashdod 3 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Ashdod, Israel
19:30 Revivo   48'
Shriki   56'
Ben Lulu   62'
Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
17 October 2011 8 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ramat Gan, Israel
20:00 A.Baruchyan   37' Gomez   23' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asaf Keinan
24 October 2012 9 Bnei Sakhnin 3 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin, Israel
20:50 Kadusi   7'
Damahau   61'
Azuruv   85'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Meir Levi
30 October 2011 10 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 1 Ramat HaSharon Ramat Gan, Israel
20:10 Ben Shabbat   7' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Menasha Mashiah
7 November 2011 11 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Ramat Gan, Israel
20:50 Ben Shushan   67' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
21 November 2011 12 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 4 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Cohen   10' Amashe   27,89'
Dvalashvili   61,65'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Meir Levi
11 December 2011 15 Bnei Yehuda 3 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:00 Galvan   31,45'
Pylyavskyi   89' (o.g.)
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Haim Yaa'kov
17 December 2011 16 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem, Israel
17:20 Reikan   30' Exbrad   83' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
25 December 2011 17 Hapoel Akko 1 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Acre, Israel
19:10 Falzuck   60' Einbinder   76' Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
28 December 2011 18 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Ramat Gan, Israel
20:50 Diamant   80' Tamuz   10' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium *redius game
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Liran Liani
1 January 2012 19 Hapoel Haifa 3 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa, Israel
20:00 Arel   13'
Avidor   75'
Kiwan   90+2'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ziv Adler
7 January 2012 20 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 1 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem, Israel
17:30 Cohen   26,86' Nahum   75' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eli Hakmon
15 January 2012 21 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva, Israel
19:45 Passos   5' Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Meir Levi
21 January 2012 22 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 FC Ashdod Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 Passos   21' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Haim Yaakov
28 January 2012 23 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Rishon LeZion, Israel
19:30 Musa   7'
Ubsinkov   11'
Stadium: Habarfeld Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Shai Shitrit
4 February 2012 24 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 3 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem, Israel
18:15 Kasoum   36'
Kadusi   70'
Elkayam   80'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Meir Levi
11 February 2012 25 Ramat HaSharon 2 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Ramat Gan, Israel
20:20 Masudi   68'
Barel   90+3'
Stadium: Winter Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Liran Vaksberger
20 February 2012 26 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
26 February 2012 27 Maccabi Haifa 1 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa, Israel
20:50 Gadir   33' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Liran Liani
3 March 2012 28 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Levy   90+3' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Meir Levi
10 March 2012 29 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva, Israel
20:00 Golan   17,72' Reikan   13,35'
Passos   20'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
19 March 2012 30 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 1 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Cohen   80'
Ben Shushan   90+2'
Raly   50' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ziv Adler

Bottom playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Beitar Jerusalem[a] 37 15 7 15 32 44 −12 50
10 Hapoel Acre 37 13 9 15 51 45 +6 48
11 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 37 11 13 13 37 45 −8 46
12 Hapoel Haifa 37 11 11 15 41 43 −2 44
13 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 37 12 7 18 41 61 −20 43
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva[b] (R) 37 11 10 16 39 57 −18 40 Relegation to Liga Leumit
15 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (R) 37 6 9 22 39 70 −31 27
16 Hapoel Petah Tikva[c] (R) 37 8 11 18 36 55 −19 26
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points for racist taunts from the crowd.[1]
  2. ^ Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted three points after the team staff headbutted and kicked Hapoel Haifa player Ali El-Khatib after the match.[2]
  3. ^ Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted nine points for entering administration.[3]
25 March 2012 31 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Ramat Gan, Israel
19:30 Einbinder   48'
Moyal   53'
Cohen   53'
Kabaha   50' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium *Redius game
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Meir Levi
31 March 2012 32 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Rishon LeZion, Israel
20:00 Ubisinkov   89' Levy   77,79' Stadium: Habarfeld Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
15 April 2012 33 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Hapoel Akko Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 Reikan   44' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Moshe Bohbot
29 April 2012 34 Ramat HaSharon 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Ramat HaSharon, Israel
20:00 Reikan   81' Stadium: Grondman Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Halim Zatma
5 May 2012 35 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Jerusalem, Israel
17:40 Elihen   15'
Diamant   91'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ido Bronstein
8 May 2012 36 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 0 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem, Israel
19:00 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alon Yeffet
12 May 2012 37 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva, Israel
21:00 Gabay   6,45'
Shivhon   15'
Einbinder   33' Stadium: Vasermil Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

State Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
7 February 2012 Round of 32 Bnei Lod A 0–0 (4-3p) 4,000

Toto Cup

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 F.C. Ironi Ashdod (A) 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A) 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3 Beitar Jerusalem 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
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 quarterfinals
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
30 July 2011 FC Ashdod A 2 – 2 Cohen 45',84' ; 2,500
6 August 2011 Hapoel Be'er Sheva A 3 – 0 3,000
14 August 2011 Rishon LeZion H 1 – 0 Nahmani 14' 2,000

Statistics

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Facts

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Top scorer in league : Amit Ben Shushan (7)
Top scorer in all competitions : Amit Ben Shushan and Steven Cohen (7)
Top assist in league : Steven Cohen (5)
Biggest Home Win : 3-1 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva (25 March 2012)
Biggest Away Win : 2-3 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva (10 March 2012)
Biggest Home Losing : 1-4 vs Maccabi Haifa (21 November 2011)
Biggest Away Losing : 3-0 vs Hapoel Haifa (1 January 2012)
Longest winning run : From 3 March - 8 May 2012 (8 games)
Longest unbeating run : From 3 March - 12 May 2012 (9 games)
Longest losing run : From 28 January - 20 February 2012 (3 games)
Longest winless run : From 7 November 2011 - 7 January 2012 (8 games)
Highest home attendance : 17,500 vs Maccabi Haifa (21 November 2011)
Lowest home attendance : 3,000 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva (17 December 2011)
Average home attendance : 6,500

Starting 11

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4–3–3 Formation

References

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  1. ^ a b "Heavy penalty for Beitar: a deduction of two points" (in Hebrew). ONE. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Three points were deducted to Maccabi Petah Tikva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Hapoel Petah Tikva entered administration" (in Hebrew). Sport5. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
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