2016–17 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
2016–17 season
Chairman	Ya'akov Shahar
Manager	Ronny Levy; (until 27 July 2016); Itay Mordechai (interim); (until 15 August 2016); René Meulensteen; (until 13 February 2017); Guy Luzon; (from 13 February 2017)
Stadium	Sammy Ofer
Ligat Ha'Al	6th
State Cup	Round of 32
Toto Cup	Quarter-final
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Israel Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Eliran Atar (7); All: Eliran Atar and Gili Vermouth (7)
Highest home attendance	29,214 (vs Beitar Jerusalem, 5 December 2016)
Lowest home attendance	2,500 (vs Bnei Sakhnin, 6 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	21,202 (League); 2,680 (Toto Cup); 9,632 (State Cup)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Maccabi Haifa's 59th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Club edit

Kits edit

Provider: Nike, Inc.
Main sponsor: Honda
Secondary sponsor: Pointer and Variety Israel

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Squad information edit

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Ohad Levita	30	EU	2014/15	33	0	2017	Free	Second nationality: Germany
3	CB	Shay Ben David	19	Non-EU	2015/16	12	0	N/A	Youth system
4	CB	Marc Valiente	29	EU	2015/16	59	1	2018	€300,000
5	RB	Eyad Abu Abaid	21	Non-EU	2016/17	17	0	2019	€260,000
6	CB	Gary Kagelmacher (vice captain)	28	EU	2016/17	35	1	2019	Free	Second nationality: Germany
7	LB	Sun Menahem	22	Non-EU	2015/16	40	2	2017	Free
8	MF	Enis Alushi	31	EU	2016/17	8	0	2017	Loan
9	FW	Fitim Azemi	24	EU	2016/17	6	0	2019	Free
10	FW	Omer Damari	27	Non-EU	2016/17	5	2	2019	Free
11	LW	Ismaeel Ryan	22	Non-EU	2011/12	63	3	2017	Youth system
13	FW	Nikita Rukavytsya	29	EU	2016/17	27	8	2019	€400,000	Israel Resident
14	LW	Gili Vermouth	31	Non-EU	2015/16	43	8	2018	Free
15	CB	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	26	EU	2016/17	11	0	2021	€1,000,000
16	LW	Eliran Atar	29	Non-EU	2014/15	65	25	2018	Free
19	AM	Roi Kahat	24	Non-EU	2016/17	28	3	2018	Free
21	CB	Dekel Keinan (captain)	31	Non-EU	2002/03	414	27	2017	€450,000
22	GK	Gil Ofek	30	Non-EU	2015/16	0	0	2017	Free
25	CM	Kamil Vacek	29	EU	2016/17	27	0	2018	Free
28	DM	Yaniv Brik	21	Non-EU	2013/14	11	0	N/A	Youth system
29	CF	Mohammed Awaed	19	Non-EU	2014/15	14	1	2019	Youth system
31	DM	Neta Lavi (3rd captain)	19	Non-EU	2015/16	65	0	2019	Youth system
32	LW	Amit Zenati	19	Non-EU	2016/17	17	0	N/A	Youth system
34	LB	Yahav Gurfinkel	18	Non-EU	2016/17	3	0	2020	Youth system
40	CB	Yonathn Levi	18	Non-EU	2015/16	8	0	N/A	Youth system
55	GK	Omri Glazer	20	Non-EU	2016/17	22	0	2020	Free

Last updated: 2 April 2017
Source: mhaifafc.com, Israel Football Association, UEFA Players transfer,
Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff edit


Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Tor-Kristian Karlsen
Manager	Guy Luzon
Assistant Manager	Mick Priest
Assistant Manager	Asaf Nimni
Goalkeeping Coach	Giora Antman
Fitness Coach	Sholmo Yasiknovki
Fitness Coach	Uri Harel
Club Administrator	Rafi Osmo
Scout	Gustavo Boccoli
Club doctor	Dr. Ami Berber
Club doctor	Dr. Doron Kopelman
Club doctor	Dr. Bezalel Fskin
Physiotherapist	Alon Persi
Equipment Manager	Ze'ev Ikshin

Last updated: 3 March 2017
Source: F.C. Maccabi Haifa Official Website

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
26	AM	Firas Mugrabi	25	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Maccabi Haifa
13	FW	Nikita Rukavytsya	29	EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Transfer	Summer	2019	€400,000	Maccabi Haifa
6	CB	Gary Kagelmacher	28	EU	1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	2019	€250,000	Maccabi Haifa
55	GK	Omri Glazer	20	Non-EU	Hapoel Ra'anana	Transfer	Summer	2020	€250,000	Maccabi Haifa
5	RB	Eyad Abu Abaid	21	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Transfer	Summer	2018	€260,000	Maccabi Haifa
19	AM	Roi Kahat	24	Non-EU	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2018	€1,000,000	Maccabi Haifa
25	CM	Kamil Vacek	29	EU	Sparta Prague	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Maccabi Haifa
3	LB	Mario Musa	26	EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
15	CB	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	26	EU	Rosenborg	Transfer	Winter	2020	€1,000,000	Maccabi Haifa
10	FW	Omer Damari	27	Non-EU	RB Leipzig	Loan	Winter	2019	Free	Maccabi Haifa
9	FW	Fitim Azemi	24	EU	FK Bodø/Glimt	Transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Maccabi Haifa
8	DM	Enis Alushi	30	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	Winter	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa

Total spending: 3,160,000 €

Transfers out edit

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
6	CM	Ran Abukarat	27	Non-EU		Retirement	Summer	Free	Sport5
7	DM	Ofir Kriaf	25	Non-EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Release	Summer	Free	Maccabi Haifa
8	LW	Hen Ezra	27	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	End of contract	Summer	Free	Maccabi Haifa
12	CB	Orel Dgani	27	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Release	Summer	Free	Sport5
13	LB	Taleb Tawatha	24	Non-EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000	Eintracht Frankfurt
15	AM	Yossi Benayoun	36	EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	End of contract	Summer	Free	Walla!
28	RB	Yuval Yosipovich	22	Non-EU	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Loan Out	Summer	Free
29	CF	Shimon Abuhatzira	29	EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Release	Summer	Free	Maccabi Haifa
32	DM	Kobi Moyal	28	Non-EU	Beitar Jerusalem	End of contract	Summer	Free
52	DM	Romário Pires	27	Non-EU	Maccabi Petah Tikva	End of contract	Summer	Free
19	FW	Shahar Hirsh	23	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan out	Summer	Free
30	CM	Eran Biton	20	Non-EU	Maccabi Sha'arayim	Loan out	Summer	Free
10	CM	Ludovic Obraniak	31	EU	Auxerre	Release	Summer	Free
38	GK	Vladimir Stojković	33	EU	Nottingham Forest	Transfer	Summer	Free
3	LB	Mario Musa	26	EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan return	Winter	Free
17	FW	Shoval Gozlan	23	Non-EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Loan out	Winter	€25,000
23	DM	Jaber Ataa	22	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Release	Winter	€270,000	Ynet
26	AM	Firas Mugrabi	25	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Release	Winter	€15,000
27	RB	Eyal Meshumar	33	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Release	Winter	Free
9	FW	Glynor Plet	29	EU	Alanyaspor	Release	Winter	Free
2	CB	Ayid Habshi	21	Non-EU	Hapoel Ra'anana	Loan out	Winter	€19,000

Total Income : 1,829,000 €

Players out on loan edit


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Tal Bomsthein (at Ironi Nesher until 30 June 2017)
2	DF	ISR	Ayid Habshi (at Hapoel Ra'anana until 30 June 2017)
28	DF	ISR	Yuval Yosipovich (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2017)
—	DF	ISR	Alaa Jafar (at Hapoel Bnei Lod until 30 June 2017)
30	MF	ISR	Eran Biton (at Maccabi Sha'arayim until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	ISR	Raz Meir (at Hapoel Ashkelon until 30 June 2017)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ISR	Shoval Gozlan (at Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ISR	Or Eiloz (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ISR	Shon Weissman (at Maccabi Netanya until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ISR	Omer Cohen (at F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	ISR	Alon Turgeman (at Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv until 30 June 2017)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Postponed

29 June 2016 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	Saalfelden, Austria
18:30	Ryan 23' Obraniak 53'	Report	Kvilitaia 29' Otar Kiteisvhili 34' Lasha Parunashvili 53'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

2 July 2016 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Saalfelden, Austria
19:00		Report	Campanharo 10' Prepeliță 32'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

5 July 2016 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Saalfelden, Austria
19:00	Mugrabi 8' Yonatan Levi 68' Levita 70' Zenati 73' Gozlan 79'	Report	Lilaj 80' (p)	Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligat Ha'Al	Matchday 1	-	6th	20 August 2016	20 May 2017
State Cup	Round of 32	–	Round of 32	7 January 2017
Toto Cup	Group stage	-	Quarter-final	30 July 2016	30 December 2017
Europa League	Second qualifying round	–	Second qualifying round	14 July 2016	21 July 2016
Israel Super Cup	Final	–	Runners-up	11 August 2016

Overview edit

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligat Ha'Al	32	12	8	12	34	36	−2	037.50
State Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Toto Cup	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	050.00
Europa League	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Israel Super Cup	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total	42	15	12	15	47	51	−4	035.71

Ligat Ha'Al edit

Regular season edit

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2016 1	Maccabi Haifa	1–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:50	Plet 56' Yonathn Levi 90'	Report	Gotlieb 74' Simić 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 27,754 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

27 August 2016 2	Bnei Sakhnin	1–0	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
20:10	Georginho 23', 24'	Report	Yonathn Levi 43' Valiente 80' Ryan 90' Vacek 90'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alon Yefet

10 September 2016 3	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
18:00	Abu Zaid 27' Daniel Avital 38' Azuz 57' Turgeman 59'	Report	Rukavytsya 58' (p) Vacek 59' Habshi 68'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^[1] Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ziv Adler

19 September 2016 4	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:55	Rukavytsya 22' (p) Kahat 38' Rayn 53' Plet 80'	report	Buzaglo 14' Turjeman 22' vitor 66'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 25,623 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

26 September 2016 5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–2	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:30	Zhairi 25', 73' Dor Elo 28' Peser 53'	Report	Kahat 27' Vacek 38' Ryan 57' Gozlan 90+3' Keinan 90+5'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

1 October 2016 6	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
18:00	Lavi 15' Atar 90'	Report	Biton 73' Elkayam 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Avraham Ben-Sahlom

24 October 2016 7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
20:45		Report	Atar 16' Kahat 42' Kagelmacher 73'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium^[1] Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Orel Grennfeld

29 October 2016 8	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Hapoel Ashkelon	Haifa
20:30	Menahem 17' Plet 22' Atar 45' (p), 81' Vermouth 51' (p)	Report	Lugasi 34'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Igal Ferid

5 November 2016 9	Hapoel Haifa	0–0	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
21:00	Bahia 68'	Report	Keinan 20' Menahem 59' Lavi 65'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Ziv Adler

19 November 2016 10	Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Haifa
18:15	Atar 16' Menahem 20', 83'	Report	Cohen 34' Kachuba 47' Dilmoni 89'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 23,824 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

26 November 2016 11	F.C. Ashdod	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
19:30	David 14' Tom Mond 24' Beckel 78' Bručić 88'	Report	Kahat 40', 64' Keinan 45' Vacek 64' Lavi 76' Ryan 88'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

5 December 2016 12	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:45	Kagelmacher 27' Vacek 32' Kahat 45' Musa 60' Menahem 77'	Report	Cohen 39', 68' Raly 45' Rueda 79'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,214 Referee: Erez Papeir

10 December 2016 13	Hapoel Ra'anana	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
20:30	Babayev 41' Vehava 90+3'	Report	Jaber 24' Atar 63', 70'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Liran Liany

19 December 2016 14	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
21:00	Yadin 86' Gotlieb	Report	Atar 39', 88' (p) Vermouth 90+4'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^[1] Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

26 December 2016 15	Maccabi Haifa	1–2	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
20:30	Keinan 21' Vermouth 39' Rukavytsya 39' Musa 60' Atar 90+3'	Report	Falah 39' Khalaila 39' Safouri 74' Georginho 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 17,127 Referee: Gal Leibovich

31 December 2016 16	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Haifa
18:15	Vermouth 59' Atar 90+3'	Report	Yonatan Cohen 50' Mitrović 53'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 12,987 Referee: Ziv Adler

10 January 2017 17	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
21:00	Nwakaeme 36' Sahar 66' (p)	Report	Vacek 30' Menahem 73' Valiente	Stadium: Terner Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

14 January 2017 18	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
18:15	Lavi Vermouth 73'	Report	Adamović 48' Guy Melamed 51'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 13,623 Referee: Guy Berger

21 January 2017 19	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3–0	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
16:00	Kriaf 21' Azulay (FW) 86' Azulay (MF) 90'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Tzvika Levi

30 January 2017 20	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
21:00	Damari 10' Kagelmacher 29' Alushi 34' Vacek 50' Kahat 87'	Report	Golasa 16' Alberman 42' Kjartansson 66', 90+2', 74' Yitzhaki 70'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 26,216 Referee: Eli Hacmon

6 February 2017 21	Hapoel Ashkelon	0–2	Maccabi Haifa	Ashkelon
20:30	Haddad 26' Ben-Shimon 34' Makhlouf 65' Mesika 72' Aiyenugba 80'	Report	Damari 26', 27'Atar 85' (p)	Stadium: Sala Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Daniel Bar-Naten

11 February 2017 22	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
16:00	Vacek 17' Alushi 84'	Report	Lala 28', 76' Scheimann 27' Arbeitman 84'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 27,643 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

18 February 2017 23	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–2	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
16:00	Sahar Brown 80'	Report	Keinan 11', 78' Menahem 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

25 February 2017 24	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	F.C. Ashdod	Haifa
18:15	Menahem Atar 45'	Report	Tom Ben Zaken 55' Miki Siroshrtein 60' Tom Mond 65' Or Inbrom 67' Kinda 78'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 16,904 Referee: Idan Leiba

6 March 2017 25	Beitar Jerusalem	0–1	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
21:00	Conte 38' Mori 90+3'	Report	Vacek 14' Shay Ben David 22' Vermouth 36' Ryan 58' Keinan 90+1'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eli Hacmon

11 March 2017 26	Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Ra'anana	Haifa
20:30	Kahat 12' Vermouth 20' (p), 45+1' (p) Ryan 83' Vermouth 87' Amit Zantti 90'	Report	Shukrani 56' Vehava 82' Shaker 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 18,300 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

Regular season table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Beitar Jerusalem	26	10	10	6	34	27	+7	40	Qualification for the Championship round
5	Bnei Sakhnin	26	10	9	7	26	26	0	39
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	10	8	8	30	25	+5	38
7	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	9	8	9	35	33	+2	35	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Hapoel Haifa	26	8	4	14	29	36	−7	28	Qualification for the Relegation round

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

19 March 2017 27	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–0	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
21:00	Hoban 41' Ogu 45' Ohana 55' Soares 59' Sahar 86' (p) Radi 90+3'	Report	Eyjólfsson 28' Menahem 42' Yaniv Brik 57' Keinan 89'	Stadium: Terner Stadium Referee: Erez Papeir

1 April 2017 28	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
19:30	Awaed 32' Keinan 39' Rukavytsya 42', 51' Kagelmacher 60'	Report	Ezra 22', 60' Shechter 40' (p), 45' Dilmoni 72'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Daniel Bar-Naten

9 April 2017 29	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
21:00	Tal Ben Haim II 28', 78' Micha 36'	Report	Vermouth 75'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium^[1] Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

15 April 2017 30	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
18:00	Gary Kagelmacher 24' Kahat 54' Eitan Velblum 70' Yaniv Brik 86'	Report	Lax 1' Safouri 12' Avidor 48'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 14,973 Referee: Gal Leibovich

22 April 2017 31	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–1	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
18:00	Kanyuk 57'	Report	Keinan 10' Kahat 34' Yaniv Brik 73'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Guy Berger

25 April 2017 32	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
21:00	Kahat 59' Atar 75' Lavi 85'	Report	Nwakaeme 6' Vítor 29' Turjeman 75' Bitton 85'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

29 April 2017 33	Beitar Jerusalem	2–0	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
20:00		Report		Stadium: Teddy Stadium

6 May 2017 34	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
		Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

13 May 2017 35	Bnei Sakhnin	1–0	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
		Report		Stadium: Doha Stadium

20 May 2017 36	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
		Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Championship round table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C, Q)	36	26	7	3	73	18	+55	85	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q)	36	22	6	8	61	28	+33	72	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem (Q)	36	16	12	8	53	36	+17	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	36	15	11	10	42	34	+8	56
5	Bnei Sakhnin	36	13	9	14	32	46	−14	48
6	Maccabi Haifa	36	12	9	15	34	41	−7	45

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]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	12	8	12	34	36	−2	44	6	3	7	19	18	+1	6	5	5	15	18	−3

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Position	5	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup edit

Round of 32 edit

7 January 2017 Round of 32	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
16:30	Lavi 40' Abu Abaid 45' Menahem 70' Awaed 87'	Report	Kalibat 14' Guy Melamed 40' Romário Pires 70' Adamović 90+2'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Eli Hacmon

Toto Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	10	Qualified to Quarter-finals
2	Hapoel Haifa	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
3	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	4	0	4	0	2	2	0	4
4	Bnei Sakhnin	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1	3
5	Hapoel Kfar Saba	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 16 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 1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–0	Maccabi Haifa	Akko
20:00	Elkayam 6'	Report	Keinan 1' Meshumar 79'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erez Papeir

6 August 2016 3	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Bnei Sakhnin	Netanya
21:00	Mugrabi 22' Menahem 54' Gozlan 73'	Report	Tita 21' Tambi Sagas 55' Ottman 55' Safouri 64'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ziv Adler

13 September 2016 4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–3	Maccabi Haifa	Kfar Saba
19:30	Ben Khawaz 19' Hadida 59' Elyakim 67' Tchibota 89'	Report	Gozlan 23' Habshi 35' Mugrabi 40' Plet 70'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

16 August 2016 5	Maccabi Haifa	1–0	Hapoel Haifa	Netanya
19:30	Mugrabi 79'	Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

Quarter-final edit

22 September 2016 First Leg	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
21:00	Habshi 17' Mugrabi 32' (p) Gozlan 49' Musa 52' Menahem 60'	Report	Korhut 43' Gordana 72' Taha 84'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Orel Greenfield

30 November 2016 Second Leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
19:00	Taha 37' Nwakaeme 77', 78'	Report	Kahat 21' Gozlan 37' Glazer 66' Rukavytsya 88' (p) Ryan 90+3'	Stadium: Terner Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Orel Grennfeld

Israel Super Cup edit

11 August 2016	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–2	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya, Israel
	Rukavytsya 7' Gozlan 22', 57' Yaniv Brik 28' Mugrabi 45' Kagelmacher 82'	Report	Tzedek 21' Radi 50' Maor Buzaglo 54', 69', 87' Nwakaeme 84' Ben Sahar 90+3'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Erez Papeir

Europa League edit

Second qualifying round edit

14 July 2016 Second round	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	Nõmme Kalju	Netanya, Israel
20:00	Mugrabi 53' Vermouth 70'	Report	Quintieri 44' Janar Toomet 47' Artur Valikaev 63' Andrei Sidorenkov 87' Teleš 90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen

21 July 2016 Second round	Nõmme Kalju	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00	Neemelo 89'	Report	Rukavytsya 34' (p) Vermouth 43' Obraniak 72' Valiente 80'	Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Markus Hameter
	Penalties
	Maximiliano Uggè Sidorenkov Purje Wakui Subbotin		Obraniak Rukavytsya Zenati Menahem

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

Updated on 18 March 2017

			Ligat Ha'Al					State Cup					Toto Cup					Europa League					Israel Super Cup					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	1	Ohad Levita	10	10	948	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	288	0	0	2	2	222	0	0	1	1	96	0	0	16	16	1,544	0	0
	22	Gil Ofek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	55	Omri Glazer	16	16	1,606	0	0	1	1	95	0	0	3	3	283	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	20	1,984	0	0
Defenders
	3	Shay Ben David	4	3	312	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	425	0	0
	4	Marc Valiente	17	16	1,481	0	1	1	1	95	2	2	122	0	0	0	1	2	2	222	0	0	1	1	96	0	0	23	22	2,016	0	2
	5	Eyad Abu Abaid	7	6	582	0	0	1	1	80	0	0	6	4	425	0	1	2	2	222	0	0	1	0	38	0	0	17	13	1,783	0	1
	6	Gary Kagelmacher	25	25	2,363	1	1	1	1	95	0	0	4	3	322	0	0	2	2	193	0	0	1	1	96	0	0	33	33	3,069	1	1
	7	Sun Menahem	16	14	1,360	2	1	1	1	95	0	0	5	4	446	0	1	2	2	222	0	0	1	1	96	0	1	25	22	2,219	2	3
	15	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	9	9	830	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	830	0	0
	21	Dekel Keinan	23	23	1,721	3	0	1	1	95	0	0	3	3	192	0	0	1	0	55	0	0	1	1	60	0	0	29	28	2,123	3	0
	34	Yahav Gurfinkel	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	45	0	0
	40	Yonathn Levi	2	2	190	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	318	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	508	0	0
Midfielders
	8	Enis Alushi	7	7	549	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	549	0	0
	11	Ismaeel Ryan	14	6	674	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	249	0	2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	9	939	0	4
	14	Gili Vermouth	22	20	1,678	6	3	1	1	95	0	0	2	2	154	0	0	2	2	185	1	0	1	0	23	0	0	28	25	2,135	7	3
	19	Roi Kahat	25	22	1,947	3	0	1	1	29	0	0	2	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	24	1,810	3	0
	25	Kamil Vacek	21	20	1,886	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	236	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	0	25	23	2,151	0	1
	28	Yaniv Brik	5	3	252	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	67	0	0	9	6	473	0	0
	31	Neta Lavi	23	20	1,966	0	1	1	1	66	0	0	6	5	490	0	1	2	2	222	0	0	1	1	96	0	0	33	28	2,507	0	1
	35	Eitan Velblum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	43	0	0
	36	Mohammad Abu Fani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	0	0
Forwards
	9	Fitim Azemi	7	2	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	315	0	0
	10	Omer Damari	5	4	350	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	350	2	0
	13	Nikita Rukavytsya	18	12	1,072	3	3	1	1	95	0	0	3	2	177	1	1	2	2	222	1	0	1	1	61	1	0	25	18	1,616	5	0
	16	Eliran Atar	16	14	1,305	7	1	1	1	29	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15	1,354	7	1
	29	Mohammed Awaed	5	2	194	0	0	1	66	0	0	0	4	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	359	0	0
	32	Amit Zenati	9	5	486	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	170	0	0	1	1	35	0	0	1	0	33	0	0	17	7	724	0	1
Players who no longer play for Maccabi Haifa
	2	Ayid Habshi	6	3	319	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	580	0	0
	3	Mario Musa	11	11	886	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	974	0	1
	9	Glynor Plet	12	7	778	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	177	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	26	0	0	17	8	98	4	4
	10	Ludovic Obraniak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	222	0	0
	17	Shoval Gozlan	11	0	231	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	500	3	0	2	0	78	0	0	1	1	70	1	0	19	6	861	5	2
	23	Jaber Ataa	3	2	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	236	0	0
	26	Firas Mugrabi	11	5	540	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	539	4	0	2	2	159	0	0	1	1	75	0	1	20	14	1,313	4	1
	27	Eyal Meshumar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	238	0	0	2	2	159	0	0	1	1	96	0	0	6	6	493	0	0

Goals edit

Updated on 17 March 2017

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat Ha'Al	Toto Cup	Europa League	Israel Super Cup	Total
1	Eliran Atar	FW	7	0	0	0	7
1	Gili Vermouth	MF	6	0	1	0	7
2	Nikita Rukavytsya	FW	2	1	1	1	5
2	Shoval Gozlan	FW	1	3	0	1	5
4	Glynor Plet	FW	3	1	0	0	4
4	Firas Mugrabi	MF	0	4	0	0	4
4	Roi Kahat	MF	3	0	0	0	3
4	Dekel Keinan	DF	3	0	0	0	3
5	Sun Menahem	DF	2	0	0	0	2
5	Omer Damari	FW	2	0	0	0	2
6	Gary Kagelmacher	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Total			30	9	2	2	43

Clean sheets edit

Updated on 17 March 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Ligat Ha'Al	Toto Cup	Total
1	GK	55	Omri Glazer	8		8
2	GK	1	Ohad Levita	3	2	5
Total				11	2	13

Disciplinary record edit

Updated on 17 March 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligat Ha'Al		State Cup	Toto Cup		Israel Super Cup	Europa League	Total
25	MF		Kamil Vacek	9							9
7	DF		Sun Menahem	6	1		2				8	1
16	FW		Eliran Atar	5							5
19	MF		Roi Kahat	5			1				6
11	MF		Ismaeel Ryan	6			1				7
31	MF		Neta Lavi	4	1						4	1
21	DF		Dekel Keinan	4				1			4		1
6	DF		Gary Kagelmacher	2					1		3
4	DF		Marc Valiente	1	1					1	2	1
40	DF		Yonathn Levi	2							2
14	MF		Gili Vermouth	2						1	3
8	MF		Enis Alushi	2							2
55	GK		Omri Glazer	1							1
13	FW		Nikita Rukavytsya	1							1
5	DF		Eyad Abu Abaid			1					1
29	FW		Mohammed Awaed			1					1
3	DF		Shay Ben David	1							1
28	MF		Yaniv Brik						1		1
32	DF		Amit Zantti	1							1
2	DF		Ayid Habshi	1			2				3
3	DF		Mario Musa	2			1				3
17	FW		Shoval Gozlan						2		2
26	MF		Firas Mugrabi						1	1	2
27	DF		Eyal Meshumar				1				1
23	MF		Ataa Jaber	1							1
10	MF		Ludovic Obraniak							1	1

Suspensions edit

Player	Date received	Offence	Length of suspension
Dekel Keinan	30 July 2016	1' vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1 match	Bnei Sakhnin (H) (Toto Cup)
Kamil Vacek	30 July 2016	32' vs Beitar Jerusalem	1 match	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. (A)
Marc Valiente	10 January 2017	vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 match	Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)
Neta Lavi	14 January 2017	vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 match	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A)
Sun Menahem	25 February 2017	vs F.C. Ashdod	1 match	Beitar Jerusalem (A)
Eliran Atar	25 February 2017	45' vs F.C. Ashdod	1 match	Hapoel Ra'anana (A)
Kamil Vacek	6 March 2017	14' vs Beitar Jerusalem	1 match	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A)
Ismaeel Ryan	6 March 2017	32' vs Beitar Jerusalem	1 match	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A)
Roi Kahat	11 March 2017	12' vs Hapoel Ra'anana	1 match	Beitar Jerusalem (H)
Neta Lavi	11 March 2017	46' vs Hapoel Ra'anana	1 match	Beitar Jerusalem (H)

Last updated: 7 March 2017.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Overall edit

	Total	Home	Away	Natural
Games played	36	18	17	1
Games won	13	7	6	-
Games drawn	12	6	6
Games lost	11	6	4	1
Biggest win	5–0 vs Hapoel Ashkelon	5–0 vs Hapoel Ashkelon	2–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 vs Hapoel Kfar Saba	-
Biggest loss	0-3 vs Hapoel Haifa	0-3 vs Hapoel Haifa	0–2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–4 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest win (League)	5–0 vs Hapoel Ashkelon	5–0 vs Hapoel Ashkelon	2–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 vs Hapoel Kfar Saba
Biggest loss (League)	0-3 vs Hapoel Haifa	0-3 vs Hapoel Haifa	0–2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest win (Cup)	-	-	-	-
Biggest loss (Cup)	0–2 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–2 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	-	-
Biggest win (Toto)	3–2 vs Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–1 vs Bnei Sakhnin 1–0 vs Hapoel Haifa	2–1 vs Bnei Sakhnin 1–0 vs Hapoel Haifa	3–2 vs Hapoel Kfar Saba	-
Biggest loss (Toto)	1–2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	-	1–2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest win (Suprcup)	-			-
Biggest loss (Suprcup)	2–4 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva			2–4 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest win (Europa)	-	-	-	-
Biggest loss (Europa)	-	-	-	-
Goals scored	43	22	19	2
Goals conceded	40	20	16	4
Goal difference	3	2	3	-2
Clean sheets	13	6	7	0
Average GF per game	1.19	1.22	1.12	2
Average GA per game	1.11	1.11	0.94	4
Yellow cards	75	34	37	4
Red cards	4	2	2	-
Most appearances	Gary Kagelmacher (33)
Most minutes played	Gary Kagelmacher (3,069)
Most goals	Eliran Atar and Gili Vermouth (7)
Penalties for	13	7	6	-
Penalties against	1	-	1	-
Winning rate	36.11%	38.89%	35.29%	0%

Last updated: Updated on 17 March 2017
Source: Competitive matches

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bloomfield Stadium is under a renovation.
^ ^a ^b "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

External links edit

Maccabi Haifa website

[renovation-1] Bloomfield Stadium is under a renovation.

[scoresway12753-2] "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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