2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 111th season since its establishment in 1906, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2017–18 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerJordi Cruyff
StadiumNetanya (Temporary)
State CupRound of 16
Toto CupWinners
Europa LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (13)
All: Vidar Orn Kjartansson (21)

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Daniel Lifshitz
2 DF Eli Dasa
3 DF Yuval Spungin
5 DF Jean-Sylvain Babin
6 MF José Rodríguez
7 MF Omer Atzili
9 FW Viðar Kjartansson
10 FW Barak Yitzhaki
11 FW Nick Blackman
13 MF Sheran Yeini (Captain)
15 MF Dor Micha
16 FW Eliran Atar
18 DF Eitan Tibi
No. Position Player
19 GK Daniel Tenenbaum
20 DF Matan Baltaxa
21 DF Egor Filipenko
22 MF Avi Rikan
23 MF Eyal Golasa
25 FW Aaron Schoenfeld
26 DF Tal Ben Haim
27 DF Ofir Davidzada
28 MF Cristian Battocchio
31 MF Tino-Sven Sušić
42 MF Dor Peretz
45 MF Or Dasa
95 GK Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Out:

No. Position Player
DF Egor Filipenko (on loan to F.C. Ashdod)
DF Matan Baltaxa (on loan to Hapoel Acre F.C.)
MF Or Dasa (on loan to Hapoel Ra'anana)
MF Tino-Sven Sušić (to Antwerp, his player card still belongs to Genk)

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Pre-season and friendlies
20 June 2017 Training CampMaccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 TrenčínLeoben, Austria
Azulay  75'
Kartzav  90'		 Čataković  52'
24 June 2017 Training CampMaccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Spartak TrnavaLeoben, Austria
18:00 Viðar Kjartansson  38'
Azili  50'
Schoenfeld  90'

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
29 June 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0 TiranaNetanya
21:00 Cohen  27'
Dasa  64'		 Kërçiku  41'
Acquah  51'
Sentamu  74'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
6 July 2017 Second leg Tirana0–3 Maccabi Tel AvivTirana
17:00 Sentamu  44'
Doka  90'		 Davidzada  27'
Schoenfeld  49'
Itzhaki  80'  90'
Peretz  82'
Rikan  86'		 Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium

Seacond qualifying round
13 July 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv3–1 KRNetanya
18:00 Schoenfeld  65'
Kjartansson  78'
Atzili  82'		 Gunnarsson  15'
Pálmason  85'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
20 July 2017 First leg KR0–2 Maccabi Tel AvivReykjavík
22:10 Friðgeirsson  35' Tibi  15'
Atzili  57'
Peretz  66'		 Stadium: KR-völlur

Third qualifying round
27 July 2017 First leg Maccabi Tel Aviv1–0 PanioniosNetanya
19:45 Kjartansson  25'  48'
Spungin  54'		 Tapoko  30' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 August 2017 Second leg Panionios0–1 Maccabi Tel AvivAthens
22:00 Korbos  58'  79' (o.g.) Battocchio  37'
Golasa  45'
Schoenfeld  50'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Playoff round
17 August 2017 First leg Rheindorf Altach0–1 Maccabi Tel AvivInnsbruck
20:30 Ngamaleu  20'
Galvão  83'		 Report Kjartansson  68'
Yeini  83'		 Stadium: Tivoli-Neu
Attendance: 5,269
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
24 August 2017 Second leg Maccabi Tel Aviv2–2
(3–2 agg.)		 Rheindorf AltachNetanya
19:00 Tibi  35'
Kjartansson  41'
Yeini  73'		 Report Schreiner  63'
Ngamaleu  70'
Netzer  79'
Aigner  81' 		Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

Group stage
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Villarreal 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Astana 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 1 1 4 1 8 −7 4
Source: UEFA
14 September 2017 Round 1SK Slavia Prague 1-0 Maccabi Tel AvivPrague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Necid  12'
Stoch  54'		 Report Babin  30'
Yeini  90+3'		 Stadium: Eden Arena
14 September 2017 Round 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0 Villarreal CFNetanya
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Blackman  15'
Itzhaki		 Costa  58' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
19 October 2017 3Astana 4-0 Maccabi Tel AvivAstana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6) Muzhikov  13'
Twumasi  33' (pen.), 42'
Kabananga  47', 52'
Shitov  61'		 Report Peretz  33'
Blackman  41'		 Stadium: Astana Arena
3 November 2017 4Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 AstanaNetanya
20:05 Schoenfeld  66' Report Tagybergen  38'
Twumasi  57'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
23 November 2017 Round 5Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 SK Slavia PragueNetanya
22:05 IST (UTC+02:00) Rikan  8'
Davidzada  38'
Kjartansson  39'
Peretz  72'		 Report Souček  42'
Hušbauer  45+2', 54'
Ven Buren  82'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
7 December 2017 6Villarreal 0-1 Maccabi Tel AvivVillarreal
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Peretz  33'
Blackman  60'		 Stadium: La Cerámica

Ligat Ha'Al
Main article: 2017–18 Israeli Premier League

Regular season
20 August 2017 1Maccabi Tel Aviv0–3Beitar JerusalemNetanya
21:00 Rajković  10'
Peretz  17'
Spungin  36'
Yitzhaki  45'		 Shechter  10', 34'
Keltjens  30'
Heister  60'
Klaiman  69'
Vered  90'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
26 August 2017 2Ironi Kiryat Shmona1-2Maccabi Tel AvivKiryat Shmona
20:15 Hasselbaink  61'
Brossou  72'		 Atzili  20', 41'
Spungin  87'		 Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
9 Seprtember 2017 3Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Bnei SakhninNetanya
18:00 Kjartansson  54', 72'
Blackman  63'		 Sagas  24'
Khalaila  54'
Ottman  55'
Mugrabi  64'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
18 September 2017 4Maccabi Netanya2-3Maccabi Tel AvivNetanya
21:00 Keita  20'
Saba  29'
Olsak  39'		 Rodríguez  18'
Atzili  22'  52'
Davidzada  38'
Itzhaki  39'
Kjartansson  50'
Blackman  59'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
24 September 2017 5Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Maccabi HaifaNetanya
21:00 Ben Haim  44' Dos Santos  34'
Lavi  58'
Ben Harush 		Stadium: Netanya Stadium
1 October 2017 6Hapoel Ashkelon2-2Maccabi Tel AvivAshkelon
21:00 Oremuš  56'
Raly  82'  90+2'
Smiljanić  84'
Ivančić  85'		 Blackman  24'
Atzili  50' (pen.)
Yeini  90+2'		 Stadium: Sala Stadium
15 October 2017 7Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Bne Yehuda Tel AvivNetanya
20:15 Kjartansson  51'
Battocchio  67'
Ben Haim  76'
Blackman  90+5'		 Habshi  26'
Kandil  32'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
23 October 2017 8Hapoel Be'er Sheva2-1Maccabi Tel AvivBeer Sheva
21:00 Abd Elhamed  15'  21'
Taha  49'
Nwakaeme  62'
Sahar  68'
Korhut  74'
Elo  90'		 Rikan  29'
Davidzada  61'
Azili  89'
Babin  90'
Ben Haim  90+1'
Atar  90+3'		 Stadium: Turner Stadium
29 October 2017 9Maccabi Tel Aviv5-2Hapoel AcreNetanya
20:10 Atar  28', 76', 90+2'
Rikan  30', 69'
Ben Haim  53'		 Eliyahu  33'
Knaykovski  80'
Mulić  86'
Farhat  90'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
5 November 2017 10Hapoel Ra'anana0-1Maccabi Tel AvivNetanya
20:30 Binyamin  30'
Shaker  39'
Nimni  40'
Tibi  40'		 Dasa  10'  87'
Kjartansson  42'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
26 November 2017 11Hapoel Haifa2-2Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
20:15 Turgeman  33'
Kapiloto  45'  86'
Maman  48'  55' (pen.)		 Babin  13'
Rikan  35'
Atar  45'		 Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
2 December 2017 12Maccabi Tel Aviv1-1F.C. AshdodNetanya
16:00 Micha  37'
Blackman  45'
Davidzada  67'
Atar  80'		 Mauricio  30'
Kinda  67'
Asafa  79'
Moshel  79'
Edri  81'  90+2'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
11 December 2017 13Maccabi Petah Tikva0-0Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
21:00 Peser  60' Babin  40'
Itzhaki  79'
Blackman  88'		 Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
18 December 2017 14Beitar Jerusalem1-2Maccabi Tel AvivJerusalem
21:00 Shechter  41'
Ferreira  55'
Sabo  90'		 Rikan  1'
Golasa  11'
Blackman  42'  42'
Babin  54'
Peretz  72'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
23 December 2017 15Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1Ironi Kiryat ShmonaNetanya
20:30 Kjartansson  19'  30'
Blackman  54'
Dasa  79'
Micha  84'		 Brossou  39'  65'
Ryan  42'
Abed  44'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
1 January 2018 16Bnei Sakhnin0-1Maccabi Tel AvivSakhnin
21:00 Kandil  55'
Khalaila  75'
Sagas  90'		 Peretz  39'
Kjartansson  56' (pen.)
Rodríguez  71'
Blackman  89'		 Stadium: Doha Stadium
9 January 2018 17Maccabi Tel Aviv3-0Maccabi NetanyaNetanya
21:00 Babin  20'
Micha  29'
Peretz  38'
Dasa  73'
Itzhaki  75'
Kjartansson  82', 90'
Blackman  87'		 Mor  11'
Goldenberg  12'
Kougbenya  62'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
15 January 2018 18Maccabi Haifa1-3Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
21:00 Levi  19'
Rukavytsya  66'
Gershon  68'
Allyson  74'		 Kjartansson  1', 54'
Tibi  66'
Battocchio  85'		 Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
21 January 2018 19Maccabi Tel Aviv3-1Hapoel AshkelonNetanya
20:30 Davidzada  14'
Ben Haim  54'
Peretz  64'
Itzhaki  65'  67'
Atar  87' (pen.)		 Gabay  7'
R. haddad  86'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
28 January 2018 20Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv0-0Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
20:30 Zubas  53'
Mori  84'		 Rikan  58'
Micha  90+2'		 Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
5 February 2018 21Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Hapoel Be'er ShevaNetanya
21:00 Spungin  22'  40'
Atar  48'		 Bitton  19'
Ogu  22'  25'
Taha  49'  89'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
11 February 2018 22Hapoel Acre0-2Maccabi Tel AvivAcre
20:15 Ibeh  33'
Reichert  72'
Shish  79'		 Peretz  17'
Blackman  32'  79'
Itzhaki  57'
Atar  72'		 Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
17 February 2018 23Maccabi Tel Aviv0-1Hapoel Ra'ananaNetanya
16:00 Dasa  73'
Babin  90'
Tibi  90+1'		 Zikri  28'
Nikolić  41'
Camara  71'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
24 February 2018 24Maccabi Tel Aviv4-0Hapoel HaifaNetanya
20:30 Blackman  13'
Rodríguez  33', 61'
Rikan  66'
Davidzada  83'		 Arel  57'
Ben Basat  75'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 March 2018 25F.C. Ashdod0-0Maccabi Tel AvivAshdod
20:30 Inbrum  23'
Brown  82'		 Babin  81' Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
12 March 2018 26Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Petah TikvaNetanya
21:00 Kjartansson  17'
Rikan  45+1'  62'
Rodríguez  74'
Kanyuk  76'		 Soumah  50' Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Regular season table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 17 6 3 43 18 +25 57 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Beitar Jerusalem 26 17 5 4 60 30 +30 56
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 7 3 44 20 +24 55
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 15 7 4 36 21 +15 52
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 9 5 43 29 +14 45
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2018. 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
18 March 2018 27Maccabi Tel Aviv1-2Hapoel HaifaNetanya
21:00 Dasa  15'
Golasa  18'
Blackman  45'
Spugnin  52'		 Mitrevski  19'
Barsky  49'
Plakuschenko  67'  90'
Megrelashvili  90+2'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
3 April 2018 28Maccabi Netanya4-1Maccabi Tel AvivNetanya
19:30 Saba  17', 57', 90+3'
Avraham  33'
Safouri  45'
Glazer  47'
Levy  52'
Tiram  78'		 Peretz  5'
Micha  66'
Ithzkai  69'  80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 April 2018 29Maccabi Tel Aviv0-1Hapoel Beer ShevaNetanya
21:00 Babin  50'
Ben Haim  84'
Golasa  85'
Itzhaki  90+5'		 Maman  35'
Bitton  36'  53'
Haimov  83'
Einbinder  90+5'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
16 April 2018 30Beitar Jerusalem3-2Maccabi Tel AvivJerusalem
Claudemir  29'
Ezra  34'
Goldberg  40'
Sylvestr  42'
Klaiman  80'		 Dasa  27'
Atzili  38' (pen.)
Kjartansson  58'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
21 April 2018 31Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivNetanya
20:30 Rodríguez  10'
Schoenfeld  44'
Davidzada  55'
Atzili  62'
Micha  72'		 Soro  60'
Gordana  68'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
30 April 2018 32Hapoel Haifa2-2Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
21:00 Tamaș  46'
Ben Basat  88', 90+3'		 Schoenfeld  31'  89'
Atzili  47'
Rikan  76'
Blackman  81'		 Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
5 May 2018 33Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi NetanyaNetanya
20:30 Ben Haim  5'
Spungin  21'
Kjartansson  69' (pen.)
Rikan  74'
Peretz  78'
Atzili  89'		 Heubach  31'
Safouri  50'
Glazer  79'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
12 May 2018 34Hapoel Be'er Sheva0-1Maccabi Tel AvivBeer Sheva
21:00 Taha  33'
Maman  45'
Einbinder  55'
Haimov  90'		 Peretz  44'
Blackman  86'		 Stadium: Terner Stadium
15 May 2018 35Maccabi Tel Aviv3-1Beitar JerusalemNetanya
21:00 Rikan  7'
Davidzada  31'
Blackman  37' (pen.)		 Kachila  63' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
21 May 2018 36Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv0-2Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
21:00 Tchibota  41' Atzili  27' (pen.)
Kanyuk  79'		 Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

Championship round table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C, Q) 36 24 8 4 70 27 +43 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 36 21 8 7 60 33 +27 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem (Q) 36 20 8 8 75 51 +24 68
4 Hapoel Haifa (Q) 36 17 11 8 48 39 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 16 10 10 59 54 +5 58
6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 36 13 10 13 47 41 +6 49
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2018. 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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

State Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Israel State Cup
6 January 2018 Eight roundMaccabi Tel Aviv3-0F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalilNetanya
18:10 Ben Haim  5'
Itzhaki  70'
Schoenfeld  84'
Davidzada  85'		 Abu Salah  69' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
24 January 2018 round of 16Maccabi Haifa3-0Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
18:10 Kehat  54'
Sallalich  57'
Rukavytsya  76'		 Dor Peretz  76'<Golasa  88' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

Toto Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Toto Cup Al

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Qualified to Quarter-finals
2 Bnei Yehuda 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
4 Maccabi Netanya 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2017. 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 2017 1Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivNetanya
21:00 Rikan  35'
Yehezkel  44'
Itzhaki  45'
Filipenko  65'
Baltaxa  67'		 Konstantini  20'
Feshler		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
6 August 2017 2Maccabi Tel Aviv0–0Maccabi NetanyaNetanya
19:00 Azulay  57'
Micha  81'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
9 August 2017 3Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0Maccabi Petah TikvaNetanya
21:00 Kjartansson  9', 17', 56'
Golasa  27'		 Soumah  16'
Shabtay  19'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
12 August 2017 4Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Hapoel Ra'ananaNetanya
21:00 Ben Haim  45'
Azulay  45'  55'
Kartzav  90'		 Abuhatzira  3'
Shaker  11'
Hugi  83'
Mbola  86'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Quarterfinal
26 October 2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
19:00 Blackman  18'  77' (pen.)
Atar  42'
Sušić  44'
Spugnin  71'
Rikan  78'		 Habshi  24'
Mori  41'
Balilty  66'
Hozez  76'

Semifinal
30 November 2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Ironi Kiryat ShmonaAcre
20:30 Schoenfeld  17'
Yitzhaki  53'		 Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium

Final
14 December 2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Hapoel Beer ShevaNetanya
20:40 Davidzada  10'
Rikan  32'
Tibi  51'
Kjartansson  83'		 Taha  32' Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Squad statistics
As of match played 15 May 2018

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigat Ha'AlState CupToto CupUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Daniel Lifshitz 0000000000
2 DF Eli Dasa 242181101041
3 DF Yuval Spungin 340200104090
5 DF Jean-Sylvain Babin 400320102050
6 MF José Rodríguez 222192102000
7 FW Omer Atzili 311217100030112
9 FW Viðar Örn Kjartansson 462130131034124
10 FW Barak Itzhaki 256143214151
11 FW Nick Blackman 40123110103151
13 DF Sheran Yeini 3812101030131
15 MF Dor Micha 421281205070
16 FW Eliran Atar 368257203160
17 MF Gidi Kanyuk 5151000000
18 DF Eitan Tibi 4202501040120
19 GK Daniel 3000102000
22 DF Avi Rikan 5393461062121
23 MF Eyal Golasa 330200203080
25 FW Aaron Schoenfeld 3541901141112
26 DF Tal Ben Haim 3511901031120
27 DF Ofir Davidzada 5143132140140
28 MF Cristian Battocchio 4112510050110
42 MF Dor Peretz 412241107091
55 GK Haviv Ohayon 0000000000
95 GK Predrag Rajković 5503601040140
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
24 MF Yonatan Cohen 6100003031
17 MF Sagiv Yehezkel 5110004100
45 MF Eliel Peretz 5000003020
29 MF Marcelo 4000004000
21 DF Egor Filipenko 8000104030
44 DF Sean Goldberg 4000004000
20 DF Matan Baltaxa 4000004000
45 MF Or Dasa 6131101010
Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season:
16 MF Shlomi Azulay 5100003120
31 MF Tino-Sven Sušić 11040003040

References
  1. "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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