2016–17 Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Hapoel Be'er Sheva 82nd season since its establishment in 1934, and 69th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Champions League.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C
2016–17 season
ChairmanAsi Rahamim
ManagerBarak Bakhar
StadiumTurner Stadium
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Nwakaeme (5)
All: Lúcio Maranhão (6)

Current squad 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 David Goresh
22 GK   ISR Robi Levkovich
55 GK   ISR Guy Haimov

2 DF   ISR Ben Bitton
3 DF   ISR Ben Turjeman
4 DF   POR Miguel Vítor
5 DF   ISR Shir Tzedek
13 DF   ISR Ofir Davidzada
17 DF   ISR Matan Ohayon
20 DF   ISR Loai Taha
21 DF   ISR Noam Gamon
25 DF   BRA William Soares
26 DF   ISR Amit Bitton

7 MF   ISR Maharan Radi
11 MF   ISR Maor Buzaglo
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF   ROU Ovidiu Hoban
15 MF   ISR Vladimir Brown
19 MF   ISR Dan Bitton
24 MF   ISR Maor Melikson
28 MF   ISR Or Havivyan
30 MF   NGA John Ogu
MF   ISR Yuval Shabtay

4 FW   ISR Musa Tarabin
8 FW   ISR Liel Sportas
9 FW   NGA Anthony Nwakaeme
10 FW   ISR Elyaniv Barda (Captain)
14 FW   ISR Ben Sahar
16 FW   ISR Mohammad Ghadir

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

29 June 2016 Training Camp Hapoel Be'er Sheva   3–0   Śląsk Wrocław
18:30 Buzaglo   23'   31'
Radi   40'
5 July 2016 Training Camp Hapoel Be'er Sheva   1–0   Ruch Chorzów
Barda   62'

Israeli Premier League edit

20 August 2016 1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Be'er Sheva
20:10 Sahar   11'
Tzedek   37'
Radi   42'
Brown   73'
Summary Yarden Cohen   5'
Levy   40'
Mbola   58'
Mihelič   75' (pen.)
Mohammed Shaker   85'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Orel Grinfeeld
10 September 2016 3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 Bnei Sakhnin Be'er Sheva
20:10 Nwakaeme   49'   80'
Tzadek   73'
Lúcio Maranhão   85'
Report Falah   61' Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Eli Hacmon
19 September 2016 4 Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Haifa
20:45 Rukavytsya   22' (pen.)
Kahat   38'
Ryan   52'
Plet   80'
Report Buzaglo   14'
Turjeman   21'
Miguel Vítor   66'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Referee:   Eitan Shemeulevitch

State Cup edit

5 January 2017 Last 32 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Be'er Sheva
19:40 Melikson   55'
Ghadir   61'
Report Saar Dhahn   21'
Yonatan Yossipovich   75'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Menashe Mashiah
24 January 2017 Last 16 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Be'er Sheva
20:55 Melikson   45+2'
Brown   75'
Report Mauricio   6'   71'
Brossou   40'  
Nitzan   90'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Alon Yefet

Toto Cup Al edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ASH HBS HAS BEI
1 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Qualified to Quarter-finals 2–2 3–1
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6 0–1
3 Hapoel Ashkelon 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2 0–5 1–1
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2016. 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.
30 July 2016 Group 3 game 1 Hapoel Ashkelon 0–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Rishon LeZion
21:00 Lior Hidrian   49' Report Lúcio Maranhão   23'
Bitton   38'
Hoban   40'
Sahar   51' (pen.)
Buzaglo   59'
Biton   66'
Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium
Referee:   Alon Yefet
7 August 2016 Group 3 game 2 Beitar Jerusalem 2–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
19:00 Cohen   22'
Abuhatzira   45'
Moyal   66'
Atzili   79'
Report Lúcio Maranhão   35'
Bitton   58'
Radi   70'
Barda   81' (pen.)
Buzaglo   84'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Referee:   Eitan Shemeulevitch
9 August 2016 Group 3 game 3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 Ashdod Be'er Sheva
19:30 Shabtay   50' Report Bagarić   40'
Lior Inbrum   56'
David   66'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Gal Laibuvitz
22 September 2016 Quarter Final First Leg Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Haifa
21:00 Habshi   16'
Mugrabi   32' (pen.)
Gozlan   46'
Musa   52'
Menahem   59'
Report Korhut   43'
Gordana   72'
Taha   84'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Referee:   Orel Grinfeeld
30 November 2016 Quarter Final Second Leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1
(4–3 agg.)
Maccabi Haifa Be'er Sheva
19:00 Taha   36'
Nwakaeme   77'   78'
Report Kahat   21'
Gozlan   36'
Glazer   66'
Rukavytsya   88' (pen.)
Ryan   90'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee:   Orel Grinfeeld
15 December 2016 Semi Final Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
19:30 Barda   10'
Sahar   35'   44'   54' (pen.)
Shabtay   45'
Bitton   90'
Report Jazvić   10'
Fishler   38'
Serdal   63'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee:   Oren Siminyan
28 December 2016 Final Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Netanya
20:00 Sahar   34' (pen.)   36'
Radi   73'
Barda   90'
Report Amir Nassar   38'
N'Douassel   45'
Turjeman   70' (o.g.)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee:   Ziv Adler

UEFA Champions League edit

Second qualifying round edit

12 July 2016 First leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva   3–2   Sheriff Tiraspol Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
19:50 Hoban   4'
Ogu   43'
Barda   52' (pen.)
Taha   61'
Melikson   87'
Radi   90' (pen.)
Report Aliti   9'   26'
Ivančić   22'
Dupovac   51'
Brezovec   64'
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
19 July 2016 Second leg Sheriff Tiraspol   0–0   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
20:00 Kvržić   20'
Metoua   21'
Galešić   77'
Ivančić   87'
Ogu   20'
Goresh   84'
Hoban   42'   90+4'

Third qualifying round edit

27 July 2016 First leg Olympiacos   0–0   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Piraeus
Botía   49'
Figueiras   53'
Ogu   27'
Brown   46'
Vitor   56'
Bitton   68'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
3 August 2016 Second leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva   1–0   Olympiacos F.C. Be'er Sheva
21:00 Lúcio   68'
Tzedek   79'
Bouchalakis   5'
Figueiras   49'
Botía   78'
Milivojević   85'
Cost   86'
Stadium: Turner Stadium

Play-Off Round edit

17 August 2016 Play-Off Round Celtic   5–2   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Glasgow, Scotland
Rogic   9'
Sinclair   30'
Griffiths   39', 45+1'
Dembélé   73'
Brown   85'
Touré   87'
Forrest   90+1'
Report Goresh   10'
Tzedek   45'
Maranhão   55'
Melikson   57'
Taha   90+4'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 52,659
Referee:   Damir Skomina
23 August 2016 Play-Off Round Hapoel Be'er Sheva   2–0
(4–5 agg.)
  Celtic Be'er Sheva, Israel
Sahar   21'
Hoban   48'
Shabtay   90+3'
Report Janko   14'
McGregor   56'
Lustig   66'
Gordon   90+2'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,383
Referee:   Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Europa League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPP HBS SOU INT
1   Sparta Prague 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 1–0 3–1
2   Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 0–1 0–0 3–2
3   Southampton 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8 3–0 1–1 2–1
4   Internazionale 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6 2–1 0–2 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
15 September 2016 1 Internazionale   0–2   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Milan
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) Murillo   53' Report Buzaglo   36',   69'
Bitton   43'
Vítor   54'
Turjeman   85'
Taha   90+1'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 16,778
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
29 September 2016 Group Stage Hapoel Be'er Sheva   0–0   Southampton Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST Vitor   62'
Sahar   86'
Report Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee: Stefan Johannesson
20 October 2016 Group Stage Hapoel Be'er Sheva   0–1   Sparta Prague Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST Summary Juliš   28'
Holek   67'
Pulkrab   71'
Dočkal   90'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,607
Referee:   Ivan Bebek
3 November 2016 Group Stage Sparta Prague   2–0   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Prague
20:05 BST Bitton   23' (o.g.)
Lafata   38'
Karavayev   71'
Pulkrab   88'
Summary Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,891
Referee:   István Vad
24 November 2016 Group Stage Hapoel Be'er Sheva   3–2   Internazionale Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST Korhut   19'
Lúcio Maranhão   42'   58'
Bitton   55'
Nwakaeme   64'   71' (pen.)
Sahar   90+3'
Summary Icardi   12'
Brozović   25'
Handanović   45'  
Nagatomo   87'
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,973
Referee:   Javier Estrada
8 December 2016 Group Stage Southampton   1–1   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Southampton
20:05 BST Bertrand   48'
van Dijk   90+1'
Summary Ogu   42'
Miguel Vítor   45+1'
Tzedek   61'
Buzaglo   78'
Goresh   81'
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 30,416
Referee:   Paolo Tagliavento

Knockout Phase edit

16 February 2017 Round of 321st leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva   1–3   Beşiktaş Be'er Sheva
22:05 (IST)
Report
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,347
Referee:   Martin Atkinson
23 February 2017 Round of 322nd leg Beşiktaş   2–1
(5–2 agg.)
  Hapoel Be'er Sheva Istanbul
20:00 (IST)
Report
Stadium: Vodafone Park
Attendance: 27,892
Referee:   Matej Jug