2024–25 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
2024–25 season
President	Ya'akov Shahar
Head coach	Barak Bakhar
Stadium	Sammy Ofer
Ligat Ha'Al	Pre Season
State Cup	Round of 32
Toto Cup	Semi-finals
Conference League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Dean David; Gadi Kinda; Dia Saba (1)
Average home league attendance	12,193
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 June 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Maccabi Haifa's 67th season in the Israeli Premier League, and their 43rd consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Squad

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
2	RB	Daniel Sundgren	33	2022/2023	83	1	2023/2024	Free
3	CB	Sean Goldberg (vice captain)	29	2021/2022	141	4	2025/2026	Free	Second nationality:Italy
4	DM	Ali Mohamed	28	2021/2022	152	2	2026/2027	1,400,000€	Second nationality:Israel
6	AM	Gadi Kinda	30	2023/2024	29	5	2026/2027	Free	Second nationality:Ethiopia
8	LW	Dolev Haziza	31	2019/2020	185	31	2026/2027	310,000€	Second nationality:France
9	CF	Frantzdy Pierrot	29	2022/2023	105	40	2024/2025	1,700,000€	Second nationality:United States
11	AM	Lior Refaelov (captain)	38	2004/2005	308	56	2024/2025	Free	Originally from youth system Second nationality:Belgium
13	GK	Tomás Sultani	26	2024/2025	1	0	2026/2027	Free	Second nationality:Israel
14	DM	Lior Kasa	18	2023/2024	11	0	2027/2028	1,100,000€	Second nationality:Ethiopia
16	LM	Kenny Saief	30	2023/2024	26	0	2023/2024	Free	Second nationality:Israel
17	FW	Suf Podgoreanu	22	2019/2020	41	3	2025/2026	Free	Originally from youth system Second nationality:Romania
18	DM	Goni Naor	25	2022/2023	44	1	2024/2025	542,000€
19	CF	Erik Shuranov	22	2023/2024	11	2	2025/2026	1,000,000€	Second nationality:Ukraine
21	CF	Dean David	28	2021/2022	159	66	2025/2026	1,100,000€
22	RB	Ilay Feingold	19	2023/2024	31	0	2025/2026	Youth system
23	RB	Maor Kandil	30	2023/2024	38	1	2025/2026	Free
24	DM	Ethan Azoulay	22	2024/2025	0	0	2028/2029	1,500,000€
26	CM	Mahmoud Jaber	24	2021/2022	94	4	2026/2027	Youth system
27	LB	Pierre Cornud	27	2022/2023	93	1	2025/2026	Free	Second nationality:Israel
28	RM	Ilay Hagag	22	2021/2022	24	3	2025/2026	Youth system
30	CB	Abdoulaye Seck	32	2022/2023	82	9	2025/2026	400,000€
32	AM	Ziv Ben Shimol	20	2021/2022	4	0	2024/2025	Youth system
34	CB	Oleksandr Syrota	24	2024/2025	2	0	2024/2025	Free
36	AM	Hamza Shibli	19	2023/2024	8	0	2027/2028	Youth system
40	GK	Shareef Kayouf	23	2021/2022	47	0	2028/2029	Youth system
42	RB	Roey Elimelech	21	2023/2024	3	0	2026/2027	Youth system
44	CB	Lorenco Šimić	28	2023/2024	38	1	2025/2026	1,000,000€
55	CB	Rami Gershon	35	2017/2018	132	2	2023/2024	400,000€
77	GK	Roee Fucs	25	2020/2021	3	0	2023/2024	Youth system
91	AM	Dia Saba	31	2021/2022	33	12	2027/2028	Free

Last updated: 26 July 2024
Source: mhaifafc.com
Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff


Position	Staff
Head Coach	Barak Bakhar
Assistant Coach	Amir Nussbaum
Assistant Coach	Shahar Weisinger
Goalkeeping Coach	Guy Weisinger
Goalkeeping Coach	Eliad Graf
Physical trainer	Dror Shimshon
Physical trainer	Uri Harel
Physical trainer	Gal Vaknin
Mental coach	Danny Inbar
Analyst	Eyal Gabay
Analyst	Gal Avidan
Sport Director	Gal Alberman
Club Administrator	Gil Ofek

Last updated: 11 June 2024
Source: F.C. Maccabi Haifa Official Website

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Main Sponsor: Volvo
Secondary Sponsor: Amram Avraham Group, Variety Israel

Home

Away

Third

New contracts and transfers

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Expires	Fee	Source
17 June 2024	CB	Rami Gershon	35	June 2025		^[1]
22 July 2024	LW	Hamza Shibli	29	June 2027		^[2]

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	From	Fee	Source
6 June 2024	GK	Tomás Sultani	26	Arsenal	Free	^[3]
14 July 2024	DM	Ethan Azoulay	22	Maccabi Netanya	1,500,000€	^[4]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Type	To	Fee	Source
6 June 2024	RW	Anan Khalaily	19	Transfer	Saint-Gilloise	€7,500,000	^[5]
7 May 2024	AM	Tjaronn Chery	36	Release	Antwerp	Free	^[6]
9 May 2024	LB	Sun Menahem	30	Retired			^[7]
24 May 2024	GK	Itamar Nitzan	37	Retired			^[8]
17 June 2024	CB	Ori Dahan	24	Transfer	Beitar Jerusalem	Free
24 June 2024	CF	Tomer Hemed	37	Retired			^[9]
30 June 2023	CF	Stav Nahmani	21	End of Contract	F.C. Ashdod	23,000€	^[10]
30 June 2024	LW	Daniil Lesovoy	26	End of loan	Dynamo Moscow	Free
12 July 2024	CM	Maor Levi	24	Part of Swap deal	Maccabi Netanya	500,000€	^[11]
13 July 2024	CM	Yanai Distelfeld	19	Transfer	Hapoel Jerusalem	400,000€	^[12]
17 July 2024	CB	Yonatan Laish	20	Transfer	Hapoel Jerusalem

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	Age	From	Fee	Source
11 July 2024	CB	Oleksandr Syrota	24	Dynamo Kyiv	Free	^[13]

Loans return

Date	Position	Player	Age	From	Fee
1 July 2024	AM	Dia Saba	31	Emirates Club	Free
	LW	Hamza Shibli	19	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	RB	Roey Elimelech	21	Hapoel Petah Tikva

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Source
21 June 2024	CM	Yarin Levi	18	Beitar Jerusalem	Free	^[14]
15 July 2024	CB	Tamir Arbel	22	Hapoel Haifa	Free
22 July 2024	DM	Manuel Cafumana "Show"	25	FC Dallas	750,000€	^[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

28 June 2024	Maccabi Haifa	1-3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Kfar Galim
10:00	David 30'	Report	Lugasi 32' Karatzo 73' Dezent 76'	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

1 July 2024	Maccabi Haifa	1-5	Israel U-21	Lod
18:30	Levi 95'	Report	7', 16' Turgeman 9' Davida 38' Yona 50' Yehoshua	Stadium: Lod Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Snir Levi

4 July 2024	Maccabi Haifa	3-1	Inter d'Escaldes	Girona, Spain
19:30 (IDT)	David 45' Pierrot 45+2' (p) Shuranov 73' (p)	Report	53' (p) Gallego

7 July 2024	Maccabi Haifa	3-1	Atlètic d'Escaldes	Girona, Spain
19:30 (IDT)	Pierrot 13' Pierre Cornud 18' David 42' (p)	Report	22'

15 July 2024	Maccabi Haifa	2-1	Israel U-21	Yavne
18:30	David 9' Pierrot 49'	Report	6' Shahar	Stadium: Jackie Levy Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligat Ha'Al	24 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
State Cup	26 December 2024	TBD	Round of 32	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Toto Cup	20 July 2024	TBD	European qualification route	TBD	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	25 July 2024	TBD	Second qualifying round	TBD	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00

Last updated: 25 July 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
9	Ironi Tiberias	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	Maccabi Bnei Reineh
11	Maccabi Haifa
12	Maccabi Netanya
13	Maccabi Petah Tikva

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.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

24 August 2024 1	Maccabi Haifa	v	Ironi Tiberias	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

31 August 2024 2	Maccabi Netanya	v	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
				Stadium: Netanya Stadium

14 September 2024 3	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	v	Maccabi Haifa	Umm al-Fahm
				Stadium: HaShalom Stadium

21 September 2024 4	Maccabi Haifa	v	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

28 September 2024 5	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	v	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
				Stadium: Netanya Stadium

5 October 2024 6	Maccabi Haifa	v	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

19 October 2024 7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

26 October 2024 8	Maccabi Haifa	v	Hapoel Hadera	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

2 November 2024 9	Hapoel Haifa	v	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

9 November 2024 10	Maccabi Haifa	v	Hapoel Jerusalem	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

30 November 2024 11	Maccabi Petah Tikva	v	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
				Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

3 December 2024 12	Maccabi Haifa	v	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

7 December 2024 13	F.C. Ashdod	v	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
				Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium

14 December 2024 14	Ironi Tiberias	v	Maccabi Haifa	Nof HaGalil
				Stadium: Green Stadium

21 December 2024 15	Maccabi Haifa	v	Maccabi Netanya	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

31 December 2024 16	Maccabi Haifa	v	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

4 January 2025 17	Beitar Jerusalem	v	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
				Stadium: Teddy Stadium

11 January 2025 18	Maccabi Haifa	v	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

18 January 2025 19	Bnei Sakhnin	v	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
				Stadium: Doha Stadium

25 January 2025 20	Maccabi Haifa	v	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

1 February 2025 21	Hapoel Hadera	v	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
				Stadium: Netanya Stadium

8 February 2025 22	Maccabi Haifa	v	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

15 February 2025 23	Hapoel Jerusalem	v	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
				Stadium: Teddy Stadium

22 February 2025 24	Maccabi Haifa	v	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

1 March 2025 25	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
				Stadium: Turner Stadium

8 March 2025 26	Maccabi Haifa	v	F.C. Ashdod	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Results overview

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Jerusalem
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Ironi Tiberias
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Overall

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 12 May 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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
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
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

Round of 32

26 December 2024 Round of 32

v

Toto Cup

20 July 2024 (2024-07-20) European Route	Maccabi Haifa	3-0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:30	David 35' Kinda 61' Saba 70' Šimić 89'	Report	17' Gordana 24' Mizrahi 37' Elias 40' Hatuel	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 12,193 Referee: David Foxman

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17) Semi-Finals	Maccabi Haifa	v	Higher Group stage winners	Haifa
				Stadium: Sammy Ofer

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) Second qualifying round – 1st leg	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Sabah	Kisvárda, Hungary^[16]
19:15 (20:15 IDT)	Cornud 7' Mohamed 36' Sundgren 60' Pierrot 88'	Report	61' Šafranko 78', 52' Sekidika 88' Aliyev	Stadium: Várkerti Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) Second qualifying round – 2nd leg	Sabah	v	Maccabi Haifa	Masazır
20:00 (19:00 IDT)				Stadium: Bank Respublika Arena

Statistics

Squad statistics

				Ligat HaAl		State Cup		Toto Cup		UCEL		Total
Nation	No.	Pos.	Name	App.	Goals.	App.	Goals.	App.	Goals.	App.	Goals.	App.	Goals.
	2	RB	Daniel Sundgren	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	3	CB	Sean Goldberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4	DM	Ali Mohamed	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	6	AM	Gadi Kinda	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
	8	LW	Dolev Haziza	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	9	CF	Frantzdy Pierrot	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	11	AM	Lior Refaelov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	13	GK	Tomás Sultani	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	14	DM	Lior Kasa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	16	LM	Kenny Saief	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	LW	Suf Podgoreanu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	18	DM	Goni Naor	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	19	CF	Erik Shuranov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	21	CF	Dean David	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
	22	RB	Ilay Feingold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23	RB	Maor Kandil	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	24	DM	Ethan Azoulay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26	CM	Mahmoud Jaber	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	27	LB	Pierre Cornud	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	28	RM	Ilay Hagag	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	30	CB	Abdoulaye Seck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32	AM	Ziv Ben Shimol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	34	CB	Oleksandr Syrota	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	36	AM	Hamza Shibli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	40	GK	Shareef Kayouf	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	42	RB	Roey Elimelech	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	44	CB	Lorenco Šimić	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	55	CB	Rami Gershon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	77	GK	Roee Fucs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	91	AM	Dia Saba	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Toto Cup	Total
1-3	Dean David	FW	1	1
	Gadi Kinda	AM	1	1
	Dia Saba	AM	1	1

Assist

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat HaAl	State Cup	Toto Cup	UCEL	Total

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Ligat HaAl	State Cup	Toto Cup	UCEL	Total
1	GK	13	Tomás Sultani	0	0	1	0	1

Disciplinary record for Ligat Ha'Al and State Cup

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligat Ha'Al			State Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Nat	Name

Disciplinary record for UEFA Europa Conference League

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name
27	DF		Pierre Cornud	1
4	DM		Ali Mohamed	1
2	DF		Daniel Sundgren	1
9	CF		Frantzdy Pierrot	1

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Shareef Keouf	26 May 2024	70' vs Hapoel Haifa (H) (2023-24 season)	1 Matches	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (H)	20 July 2024
Ali Mohamed	26 May 2024	Discipline vs Hapoel Haifa (H) (2023-24 season)	2 Matches	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (H) Toto Cup Semi-finals (H)	20 July 2024 17 August 2024

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition

Overall

	Total	Home
Games played	2	2
Games won	1	1
Games drawn	0	0
Games lost	1	1
Biggest win	3-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest loss	0-3 vs Sabah	0-3 vs Sabah
Biggest win (League)
Biggest loss (League)
Biggest win (Cup)
Biggest loss (Cup)
Biggest win (Toto)	3-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3-0 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest loss (Toto)
Biggest win (Europe)
Biggest loss (Europe)	0-3 vs Sabah	0-3 vs Sabah
Goals scored	3	3
Goals conceded	3	3
Goal difference	0	0
Average GF per game	1.5	1.5
Average GA per game	{{#expr: 3/2 round 2}	{{#expr: 3/2 round 2}
Clean sheets	1	1
Yellow cards	5	5
Red cards
Most appearances	13 Players (1)
Most goals	Dean David Gadi Kinda Dia Saba (1)
Most Assist
Penalties for
Penalties scored
Penalties against
Penalties saved

References

^ "רמי ממשיך איתנו" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "ירוק עד 2027!!!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "ברוך הבא, תומאס!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "ברוך הבא איתן!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "תודה, ענאן!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "תודה, צ'ירון!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "סאן מנחם פורש מכדורגל!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ "תודה, איתמר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "תודה, ילד ירוק!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "ב-250,000 שקל: מכבי חיפה מכרה את סתיו נחמני" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "תודה מאור!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "סוכמה העברת דיסטלפלד להפועל ירושלים" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "ברוך הבא, אלכסנדר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "סיכום בין מכבי לבית"ר" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "שואו הושאל לדאלאס" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ Maccabi Haifa play their home matches at a neutral venue, due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

External links

Maccabi Haifa website (in Hebrew)

[1] "רמי ממשיך איתנו" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[2] "ירוק עד 2027!!!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[3] "ברוך הבא, תומאס!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2024.

[4] "ברוך הבא איתן!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[5] "תודה, ענאן!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2024.

[6] "תודה, צ'ירון!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[7] "סאן מנחם פורש מכדורגל!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[8] "תודה, איתמר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[9] "תודה, ילד ירוק!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[10] "ב-250,000 שקל: מכבי חיפה מכרה את סתיו נחמני" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[11] "תודה מאור!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[12] "סוכמה העברת דיסטלפלד להפועל ירושלים" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[13] "ברוך הבא, אלכסנדר!" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[14] "סיכום בין מכבי לבית"ר" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[15] "שואו הושאל לדאלאס" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[16] Maccabi Haifa play their home matches at a neutral venue, due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

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