2016–17 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110th season since its establishment in 1906, 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 Europa League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2016–17 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
StadiumNetanya Stadium (temporary)
Premier League2nd
State Cup2nd
Toto CupQuarter final
Europa LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Kjartansson (19)
All: Kjartansson (24)

First team edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ISR Daniel Lifshitz
2 DF   ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF   ISR Yuval Spungin
4 DF   BRA Ramon Roma
5 MF   ARG Óscar Scarione
6 MF   ISR Gal Alberman (Captain)
9 FW   ISL Viðar Kjartansson
10 FW   ISR Barak Yitzhaki
11 FW   ISR Tal Ben Haim II
13 MF   ISR Sheran Yeini
14 MF   POR Rúben Micael
15 MF   ISR Dor Micha
17 FW   ISR Sagiv Yehezkel
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ISR Eitan Tibi
19 GK   BRA Daniel Tenenbaum
20 DF   ISR Omri Ben Harush
21 DF   BLR Egor Filipenko
22 MF   ISR Avi Rikan
23 MF   ISR Eyal Golasa
25 FW   USA Aaron Schoenfeld
26 DF   ISR Tal Ben Haim I
29 MF   BRA Marcelo Dos Santos
31 GK   ISR Barak Levi
45 MF   ISR Eliel Peretz
51 MF   ISR Yossi Benayoun
95 GK   SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

19 June 2016 Training Camp Maccabi Tel Aviv   3–0   Dunajská Streda Leoben, Austria
19:00 Itzhaki   19' (pen.)
  21'
Ben Basat   71'
23 June 2016 Training Camp Maccabi Tel Aviv   1–0   Paksi FC Leoben, Austria
19:00   16'

UEFA Europa League edit

First qualifying round edit

30 June 2016 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv   3–0   ND Gorica Netanya
Igeibor   13', 69'
  45'
Škarabot   11'
7 July 2016 Second leg ND Gorica   0–1   Maccabi Tel Aviv Gorica, Slovenia
Benayoun   10'
Ben Haim DF   73'

Second qualifying round edit

14 July 2016 First leg FC Kairat   1–1   Maccabi Tel Aviv Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
17:45 Alberman   55'
Benayoun   90'
Arshavin   29'
Marković   59'
Islamkhan   90+3'   90+3'
21 July 2016 Second leg Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–1   FC Kairat Netanya
20:00 Ben Haim FW   5'   22'
Igiebor   41'
Alberman   86'
Rajković   90+2'
Micha   90+3'
Lunin   24'
Gohou   53'   64'
Kuat   59'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Third qualifying round edit

28 July 2016 First leg CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu   1–3   Maccabi Tel Aviv Drobeta-Turnu Severin
21:00 Herea   30'
Voiculeț   43'
Ben Haim FW   6'   38'
Igiebor   49'
D. Peretz   51'
Rikan   62'
Micha   77'
E. Peretz   81'
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

Playoff round edit

18 August 2016 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–1   HNK Hajduk Split Netanya
20:00 Alberman   8'
Tibi   31'
Scarione   78'
Ben Haim FW   88'
Nižić   53'
Said   55'
Futács   67'
Gentsoglou   82'

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZEN AZ MTA DUN
1   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase 5–0 2–0 2–1
2   AZ 6 2 2 2 6 10 −4 8 3–2 1–2 1–1
3   Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 3–4 0–0 2–1
4   Dundalk 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 1–2 0–1 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) Maccabi Tel Aviv   3–4   Zenit Saint Petersburg Netanya Stadium, Netanya
20:00 Medunjanin   26', 70'   86'
Kjartansson   50'
Rajković   77'
Dasa   79'   81'
Micha   83'
Report Kokorin   19'   77'
García   57'
Witsel   60'
Maurício   84'
Giuliano   86'
Đorđević   90+2'
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
29 September 2016 (2016-09-29) Dundalk   1–0   Maccabi Tel Aviv Tallaght Stadium, Dublin[D]
21:05 Kilduff   72'
Shields   89'
Report Ben Haim FW   81'
Ben Haim DF   90'
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) AZ   1–2   Maccabi Tel Aviv AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
21:05 Mühren   72' Report Scarione   24'
Ben Harush   35'
Medunjanin   67'
Golasa   82'
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) Maccabi Tel Aviv   0–0   AZ Netanya Stadium, Netanya
19:00 Tibi   44'
Dasa   50'
Kjartansson   69'
Benayoun   85'
Report Luckassen   53'
Johansson   85'
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) Maccabi Tel Aviv   2–1   Dundalk Netanya Stadium, Netanya
19:00 Golasa   10'
Ben Haim II   21' (pen.)
Micha   38'
Report Rogers   20'
Dasa   27' (o.g.)
Horgan   75'
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Israeli Premier League edit

Regular season edit

21 August 2016 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
20:45 Nosa IgiebordIgiebor   40'
Ben Basat   45'
Ben Haim FW  55' (pen.), 69'
Tibi   75'
Benayoun   90'
Levi   48'
Tchibota   77'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
28 August 2016 2 F.C. Ashdod 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashdod
21:00 Kinda   40' Scarione   1'
Ben Haim FW   21'
Alberman   67'
Dasa   87'
Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
11 September 2016 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:45 Peretz   38'
Igiebor   59'   74'
Ben Haim FW   72' (pen.)
Scarione   82'
Shechter   36'
Vered   42'
Abuhatzira   90+4'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
18 September 2016 4 Hapoel Ra'anana 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
20:15 Ben Haim FW   15'   25', 53'
Rikan   53'
Alberman   55'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
25 September 2016 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Netanya
21:00 Igiebor   5'
Ben Haim FW   55', 64'   59'
Kjartansson   75', 83'
Yadin   63'
Shish   63'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
21 September 2016 6 Bnei Sakhnin 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
21:00 Scarione   26' (pen.), 88'
Kjartansson   47'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
24 October 2016 7 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
21:00 Atar   16'
Kahat   42'
Kagelmacher   72'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
6 November 2016 9 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Netanya
20:45 Micha   81' Zhairi   5'
Allyson   42'
Kanyuk   49'
Amos   68'
Elo   82'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
20 November 2016 10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
20:15 N'Douassel   5'
Kassio   22'
Shamir   54'
Brossou   55'
Kjartansson   38', 90+3'
Rikan   75'
Igiebor   88'
Stadium: Kiryat Shmona
3 December 2016 12 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Hapoel Ashkelon Netanya
18:00 Izrin   29'
Oremuš   57'
Golasa   32'
Ben Haim FW   47'
Rajković   80'
Ben Harush   90+2'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
11 December 2016 13 Hapoel Haifa 2–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:15 Lala   51'
Maman   70'
Rikan   21'
Yehezkel   25'
Micha   34'   44'
Fishler   39' (o.g.)
Igeibor   65'
Alberman   79'
Kjartansson   88'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
17 December 2016 14 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kfar Saba
16:00 Elbaz   36'
Matović   89'
Yitzhaki   14'
Ben Haim FW   47'   83'
Ben Haim DF   55'
Dasa   75'
Rajković   89'
Stadium: Levita Stadium
24 December 2016 15 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 F.C. Ashdod Netanya
18:15 Golasa   32'
Filipenko   40'
Yitzhaki   52'
Zrihan   33' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
2 January 2017 16 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
21:00 Shechter   38' (pen.)
Cohen   72'
Filipenko   37'
Ben Haim DF   43'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
11 January 2017 17 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Netanya
20:00 Benayoun   5'
Yitzhaki   21'   37'
Ben Haim FW   54' (pen.)
Rikan   63'
Kjartansson   69'
Babayev   21'
Shaker   51'   60'
Binyamin   52'
Kola   83'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
16 January 2017 18 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
21:05 Verta   54'
Shish   63'
Reichert   82'
Kjartansson   8'
Tibi   71'
Micha   86'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
22 January 2017 19 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Bnei Sakhnin Netanya
21:00 Scarione   15', 78'
Itzhaki   60'
Alberman   63'
Georginho   39'   73'
Safouri   50'   90+2'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
30 January 2017 20 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 Damari   11'
Kagelmacher   29'
Alushi   34'
Vacek   50'
Kahat   87'
Golasa   15'
Alberman   42'
Kjartansson   66', 90'   73'
Itzhaki   70'
Dasa   90'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
4 February 2017 21 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Netanya
21:00 Kjartansson   9'
Alberman   50'
Micha   78'
Dasa   85'
Schoenfeld   90'
Buzaglo   38'
Barda   38'
Taha   48'
Turjeman   68'
Ogu   68'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
13 February 2017 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
21:00 Itzhaki   57'
Marcelo   86'
Scarione   90'
Danino   59'
Kanyuk   61'
Stadium: HaMoshava
18 February 2017 23 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Netanya
20:30 Ben Haim DF   25'
Kjartansson   45', 66', 83'
Yeini   81'
Gozlan   74' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
5 March 2017 25 Hapoel Ashkelon 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashkelon
20:15 Izrin   16'
Lingane   33'
Ivančić   90'
Ben Haim FW   16' (pen.)
Yeini   18'
Rikan   21'
Itzhaki   50'
Stadium: Sala Stadium
12 March 2017 26 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
20:15 Peretz   o.g.' (24)
Dasa   63'
Marcelo   90'
Roash   73'

Regular season table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 18 5 3 54 13 +41 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 5 4 45 19 +26 56
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 13 9 4 36 23 +13 48
4 Beitar Jerusalem 26 10 10 6 34 27 +7 40
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 9 7 26 26 0 39
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.[1]


Play-off edit

18 March 2017 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 Bnei Sakhnin Netanya
18:15 Dasa   36'
Itzhaki   56'
Micael   72'
Ben Haim FW   77'
Khalaila   24'
Zbidat   84'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 April 2017 29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
21:00 Ben Haim FW   28' (72)
Micha   38'
Vermouth   75' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
15 April 2017 30 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Netanya
20:30 Amos   10' (o.g.)
Micael   34'
Ben Haim FW   41'   59'
Golasa   56'
Romário   27'
Zhairi   34'
Cuéllar   83'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
22 April 2017 31 Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
21:00 Vered   45'
Rueda   61'
Ezra   71'
Filipenko   13'
Ben Haim FW   14'
Schoenfeld   48'
Rajković   86'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
25 April 2017 32 Bnei Sakhnin 1-3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
19:45 Ottman   78'
Sagas   81'
Alberman   36'
Golasa   48'
Kjartansson   57', 89'
Yehezkel   68'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
29 April 2017 33 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Netanya
21:00 Ben Haim DF   9'
Kjartansson   23'
Micha   39'
Micael   81'
Bitton   9'
Korhut   34'
Melikson   57'   58'
Ogu   81'   89'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
7 May 2017 34 Maccabi Haifa 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:10 Alushi   20'
Lavi   43'
Ben David   45'
Kahat   68'
Kjartansson   4'
Rikan   40'
Rajković   45'
Ben Haim DF   60'
Yeini   87'
Golasa   88'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Championship round table edit

Pos Team 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
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.[1]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated


Israel State Cup edit

7 January 2017 Eighth round Bnei Lod 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Lod
18:30 Abu Siam   25'
Reuven   29'
Ninu   45'
Azberga   55'
Kjartansson   23', 26'
Benayoun   58'
Stadium: Lod Municipal Stadium
25 January 2017 Round of 16 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1
(4–2 p)
Hapoel Ra'anana Netanya
19:00 Yehezkel   56'
Kjartansson   102'
Yitzhaki   117'
Gabai   76'
Babayev   107'
Abuhatzira   120' (pen.)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Penalties
Medunjanin  
Yitzhaki  
Kjartansson  
Peretz  
Nimni  
Binyamin  
Yanko  
Kola  
8 February 2017 qouater final first leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
21:00 Yeini   41'
Ben Haim FW   (76)
Melamed   44'
Monroy   90+2'
Stadium: HaMoshava
1 March 2017 quarter final second leg Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
21:00 Magbo   38'
Melamed   54'   57'
Solomon   66'
Danino   68'
Romário   75'   81'
Cuéllar   89'
Kjartansson   50'
Tibi   74'
Scarione   90' (pen.)
Ben Haim FW   90'
Stadium: Netanya
5 April 2017 semi final Beitar Jerusalem 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:40 Conte   43'
Mori   45+2'
Ezra   89'
Schoenfeld   18'   69'
Micha   60'
Yeini   72'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Toto Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Qualified to Quarter-finals
2 Bnei Yehuda 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 4
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2
Updated to match(es) played on 15 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.
10 August 2016 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Netanya
21:00 Igiebor   14'
Dasa   20'   45'
Micha   61'
Ben Harush   72'
  90'
Babayev   65' Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Quarter final edit

27 October 2016 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Netanya
21:00 Micha   5'
Ben Basat   43', 69'
Filipenko   51'
Dasa   77'
Lifshitz   83'
N'Douassel   54'
Kriaf   75'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League State Cup Toto Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 DF   ISR Daniel Lifshitz 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF   ISR Eli Dasa 51 0 31 0 5 0 5 0 10 0
3 DF   ISR Yuval Spungin 10 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
4 DF   BRA Ramon Menezes Roma 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   ARG Ezequiel Óscar Scarione 35 9 19 5 4 1 5 0 7 3
6 MF   ISR Gal Alberman 52 2 31 1 4 0 5 0 12 1
9 FW   ISL Viðar Örn Kjartansson 44 24 33 19 4 4 2 0 5 1
10 FW   ISR Barak Itzhaki 41 7 26 7 4 0 5 0 6 0
11 FW   ISR Tal Ben Haim 52 18 31 14 5 1 4 0 12 3
13 DF   ISR Sheran Yeini 20 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   POR Rúben Micael 19 1 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   ISR Dor Micha 55 7 34 2 6 1 3 2 12 2
17 FW   ISR Sagiv Yehezkel 14 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
18 DF   ISR Eitan Tibi 50 0 26 0 5 0 6 0 13 0
20 DF   ISR Omri Ben Harush 26 0 12 0 2 0 3 0 9 0
21 DF   BLR Egor Filipenko 33 0 17 0 3 0 6 0 7 0
22 DF   ISR Avi Rikan 30 3 15 3 2 0 5 0 8 0
23 MF   ISR Eyal Golasa 34 2 23 1 2 0 5 0 4 1
25 FW   ISR Aaron Schoenfeld 12 1 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
26 DF   ISR Tal Ben Haim 48 0 31 0 4 0 4 0 9 0
29 MF   BRA Marcelo 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   ISR Eliel Peretz 18 0 8 0 2 0 6 0 2 0
51 MF   ISR Yossi Benayoun 48 5 29 1 4 1 4 1 11 2
95 GK   SRB Predrag Rajković 57 0 35 0 6 0 2 0 14 0
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
16 MF   ISR Shlomi Azulay 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 GK   ISR Haviv Ohayon 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
42 MF   ISR Dor Peretz 18 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 7 0
Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season:
31 DF   ESP Carlos García 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
70 FW   POR Orlando Sá 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 1
9 FW   ISR Eden Ben Basat 24 5 10 1 1 0 4 4 9 0
4 MF   BIH Haris Medunjanin 37 2 18 0 2 0 3 0 14 2
40 MF   NGA Nosa Igiebor 32 7 15 2 0 0 3 1 14 4

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.