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Maccabi Tel Aviv

2015–16 season
Chairman	Mitchell Goldhar
Manager	Slaviša Jokanović (until 27 December 2015) Peter Bosz (from 4 January 2016)
Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Premier League	2nd
State Cup	2nd
Toto Cup	Group Stage
Super Cup	2nd
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Eran Zahavi (35) All: Eran Zahavi (48)
Highest home attendance	29,121 (vs Chelsea, 24 November 2015)
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The 2015–16 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110th season since its establishment in 1906, and 68th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2015–16 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, Israel Super Cup UEFA Champions League.

On 25 August 2015, the club qualified for the Champions League group stage, after drawing with FC Basel 2–2 (away) and 1–1 (at home).

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Current squad

First team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz 2 DF  ISR Eli Dasa 3 DF  ISR Yuval Spungin 4 MF  BIH Haris Medunjanin 6 MF  ISR Gal Alberman 7 MF  ISR Eran Zahavi 9 FW  ISR Eden Ben Basat 10 FW  ISR Barak Yitzhaki 11 FW  ISR Tal Ben Haim II 14 DF  ISR Yoav Ziv 15 MF  ISR Dor Micha

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ISR Shlomi Azulay 18 DF  ISR Eitan Tibi 20 DF  ISR Omri Ben Harush 22 DF  ISR Avi Rikan 26 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim 31 DF  ESP Carlos García 40 MF  NGA Nosa Igiebor 42 MF  ISR Dor Peretz 55 GK  ISR Haviv Ohayon 70 FW  POR Orlando Sá 95 GK  SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim (from Charlton Athletic F.C.) — FW  NGA Lanry Kahinda (was on loan to Hapoel Afula) — MF  ISR Moshe Lugasi (was on loan to Maccbi Petah Tikva) — MF  ISR Hasan Abu Zaid (was on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva) — DF  ISR Sean Goldberg (was on loan to Hapoel Tel Aviv) — DF  ISR Avi Rikan (from FC Zürich) — DF  ISR Eli Dasa (from Beitar Jerusalem) — DF  ISR Shlomi Yosef Azulay (from Beitar Jerusalem) — DF  CRO Dejan Radonjić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) — GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz (on loan from Hapoel Ra'anana) — GK  SRB Predrag Rajković (from Red Star Belgrade) — DF  ISR Oz Raly (on loan from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISR Sheran Yeini (to Vitesse Arnhem) — MF  ISR Omri Altman (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) — GK  ISR Barak Levi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) — MF  ISR Moshe Lugasi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) — FW  ISR Gael Margulies (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) — MF  ISR Maharan Radi (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) — MF  ISR Dan Einbinder (to Beitar Jerusalem) — FW  SWE Rade Prica (to Helsingborgs IF) — FW  NGA Lanry Kahinda (on loan to Hapoel Kfar Saba) — MF  ISR Hasan Abu Zaid (to FC Torpedo Armavir) — GK  ESP Juan Pablo (Released) — GK  ISR Sahar Hasson (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla) — MF  ISR Sean Goldberg (on loan to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) — FW  ISR Barak Badash (to Hapoel Ra'anana)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  POR Orlando Sá (from Reading F.C.) — MF  BIH Haris Medunjanin (from Deportivo de La Coruña)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISR Oz Raly (to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.) — MF  SRB Nikola Mitrović (to Shanghai Shenxin) — FW  CRO Dejan Radonjić (to Hapoel Ra'anana) — MF  ISR Gil Vermouth (to Maccabi Haifa F.C.) — MF  ISR Dan Glazer (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C.)

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	FK Voždovac	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Ben Haim 51' Ben Basat 57', 75' (pen.)

3 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Diósgyőri VTK	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Micha 37', 49' Ben Haim 44' Igiebor 64'

7 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	Leoben, Austria
19:00	Ben Basat 85'		Boli 47'

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

14 July 2015 First leg	Hibernians	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Paola
21:00	Lima  47' 85' Jorginho 74' Dias  82'		Igiebor 22' Ben Harush  49' Ben Basat  52' Micha  84'	Stadium: Hibernians Ground

21 July 2015 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1 (6–3 agg.)	Hibernians	Tel Aviv
20:30	Ben Haim FW  21' 61' García  23' Jorginho 32' (o.g.) Zahavi 58' (pen.), 90' Igiebor 82' Ben Basat  86'		Borg  15' Lima  51' Soares 52'  57' Cohen  74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 13,000

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Tel Aviv
20:30	Ben Haim DF  3' Itzhaki 79' García  81'		Mahmutović 17' Petržela 21' Hrošovský  74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 13,420

5 August 2015 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Plzeň
21:45	Vaněk  22' Limberský  75'		Zahavi  28' 76' (pen.), 85' Itzhaki  50' Igiebor  70' Juan Pablo  90+3'	Stadium: Doosan Arena

Playoff round

19 August 2015 First leg	FC Basel	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Basel
	Elneny  20' Delgado 38' (pen.) Suchý  60' Embolo 88'		Zahavi 31', 90+6' Igiebor  69' Alberman  77'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

25 August 2015 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1 (3–3 (a) agg.)	FC Basel	Tel Aviv
21:45	Zahavi 24' Rikan  62'		Zuffi 11'  74' Safari  49' Lang  84'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,350

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	DKV	POR	MTA
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11			0–0	—	2–2	1–0
3	Porto	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	0–2	—	2–0
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15	0			0–4	0–2	1–3	—

16 September 2015 1	Chelsea	4–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	London
21:45	Willian 15' Oscar 45+4' (pen.) Costa 58' Fàbregas 78'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,684 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

29 September 2015 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Haifa
		Report	Yarmolenko 4' Moraes 50'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 27,100 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

20 October 2015 3	Porto	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Porto
21:45	Aboubakar 37' Brahimi 40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 35,209 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

4 November 2015 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–3	Porto	Haifa
21:45	Zahavi 75' (pen.)	Report	Tello 19' André 49' Layún 71'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 26,646 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

24 November 2015 5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–4	Chelsea	Haifa
21:45	Ben Haim I  45'	Report	Cahill 20' Willian 73' Oscar 77' Zouma 90+1'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 29,121 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

9 December 2015 6	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kyiv
	Harmash 16'	Report		Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Israeli Premier League

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2015 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Bnei Sakhnin	Tel Aviv
17:45	Zahavi 22', 81' Peretz  45' Ben Haim FW  65' 67' Mitrović  87'	Report	Georginho 10'  27' Khalaila  45' Abu Saleh  66' Amasha 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Eli Hakmon

29 August 2015 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:55	Bitton  88'	Report	Zahavi 45+1' Dasa  81' Itzhaki  90+4'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

12 September 2015 3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
20:50	Fernandes 20'	Report	Garcia  55' Alberman 72'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler

20 September 2015 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Hapoel Ra'anana	Tel Aviv
20:15	Alberman  60' Ben Haim DF  67' Itzhaki 88'		Kangwa 32' Babayev  55' Yanko  79' Shuker 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield

26 September 2015 5	Maccabi Haifa	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:00	Obraniak  2' Menahem  87' Meshumar  90'	report	Dasa  16' García  57' Tibi  70' Ben Basat 82' Peretz 90+3'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Attendance: 29 544 Referee: Eli Hacmon

3 October 2015 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Hapoel Acre	Tel Aviv
21:00	Kopitović 2' (o.g.) Alberman  59' Itzhaki 67' Zahavi 69', 85' Ben Haim FW 85'		Tzemah  87'	Stadium: Bloomfield

17 October 2015 7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:00	Mununga  2' Melamed 30' Panka  84'		García  2' 20' Ben Haim FW  64' Zahavi 80' (pen.) Rikan  84' Lifshitz  86'	Stadium: HaMoshava

26 October 2015 8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–4	Beitar Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:55	Rikan  7' Zahavi 32', 39'		Rukavytsya 17', 45+1', 57' Claudemir  37' Einbinder  47' Cohen 65'	Stadium: Bloomfield

31 October 2015 9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
18:00	Reichert  38' Pintilii  45'		Peretz  25' Ben Haim FW  32' Rikan  42' García 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield

7 November 2015 10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Maccabi Netanya	Tel Aviv
20:00	Zahavi 4' (pen.) Peretz  29' Ben Harush  54' Ben Haim FW 68' García  81'		Smiljanić  29' Romário  74' Mischenko 90+2'	Stadium: Bloomfield

21 November 2015 11	Hapoel Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
17:00	Dabour  21' Pinheiro  49' Malul  51'		Zahavi 50' (pen.) Igiebor 68' Rikan 77'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer

29 November 2015 12	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:55	Azulay 55' Zahavi 69', 75' Ben Haim 85' Ben Harush  90'		Kandil  51'	Stadium: Netanya

5 December 2015 13	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kfar Saba
20:00	Shitrit  90+1'			Stadium: Levita

14 December 2015 14	Bnei Sakhnin	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
20:30	Khalaila  41'		Zahavi 13', 54' Igiebor  42' Alberman  63' Ben Haim FW  88'	Stadium: Doha

21 December 2015 15	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
21:00	Igiebor  49' Ben Haim FW  49' Dasa  58' 84' García  62' Itzhaki  66'		Barda 3'  61' Tzedek  31' Melikson 39' Turjeman  66' Ogu  86'	Stadium: Bloomfield

27 December 2015 16	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Tel Aviv
20:55	Zahavi 15', 33', 68', 87' Mitrović  39' Ben Harush 71'		Shukrani  64' Brown  75'	Stadium: Bloomfield

2 January 2016 17	Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
17:00	Tiram  50' Nimni  89'		Zahavi 22' Ben Harush  25' Rikan 59'  89' Itzhaki  78' Alberman  88'	Stadium: Netanya Attendance: 4,000

10 January 2016 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:55	Zahavi 32' Ben Haim FW 36' García  68'		Habshi  24' Obraniak  65' Benayoun 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield

18 January 2016 19	Hapoel Acre	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Acre
20:00	Obieda  5'		Ben Haim FW 43'  56' Igiebor 70' Azulay 82'	Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium

23 January 2016 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
20:00	Zahavi 17' (66) Igiebor 22' Ben Haim DF  29' Dasa  73'		Hugi 44' Danino  52' Kanyuk  72' Twito  89'	Stadium: Bloomfield

1 February 2016 21	Beitar Jerusalem	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
21:00	Atzili 35' Keltjens 48' Kachila  77'		Spungin  17' Zahavi 24', 70' Azulay  80' Yitzhaki  90' Igiebor  90+2'	Stadium: Teddy Attendance: 19,000

7 February 2016 22	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
	Micha 24' Ben Harush  83' García  89'		Schoenfeld 2' Barry  36' Vyntra  78' Yehezkel  83'	Stadium: Bloomfield

14 February 2016 23	Maccabi Netanya	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
	Smiljanić  44' Lugasi  47' Benbenishti 49' Harush  75' Hassan  83'		Ben Basat 13' Zahavi 61' Medunjanin  66' Ben Haim FW 84'	Stadium: HaMoshava

20 February 2016 24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
17:45	Zahavi 71' (pen.) Ben Haim FW 80'		Baha  40' Kijanskas  70' Serdal  72'	Stadium: Bloomfield Attendance: 11,900

27 February 2016 25	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
19:30	Dasa 30' Ben Haim  89' Rajković  89'			Stadium: Bloomfield

5 March 2016 26	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Tel Aviv
17:45	Micha 3' Sá 32', 47' Ben Haim FW  57' Zahavi 58' (pen.) Peretz  74' Itzhaki 88'		Cohen  78'	Stadium: Bloomfield

Regular season table

Play-off

12 March 2016 27	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Bnei Sakhnin	Tel Aviv
17:00	Sá  37' Zahavi 80'  81'		Kanadil  35'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

20 March 2016 28	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
20:55	Hoban 24'		García 10'	Stadium: Turner Stadium

3 April 2016 29	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Ra'anana	Tel Aviv
	Zahavi 7' (pen.) Sá  12' Spungin  29' Ben Haim FW 67'  78' Medunjanin 78' García  85'		Vehaba  41'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

11 April 2016 30	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:55	Micha 10' Zahavi 42', 90' Dasa  89'		Rukavytsya 21' (pen.), 60' Keltjens  51' Klaiman  87'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

17 April 2016 31	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:55	Romário  9' Lavi  11' Keinan  50'		Rajković  49' Micha  82'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

25 April 2016 32	Bnei Sakhnin	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
	Khalaila  47'		García  40' Itzhaki  57' Zahavi  69' Dasa  76'	Stadium: Doha Stadium

2 May 2016 33	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
20:55	Alberman  60'		Barda  87'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,500

9 May 2016 34	Hapoel Ra'anana	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:55	Mihelič  44' Badash 60' Yanko  76' Shaban  90'		Igiebor 58' Zahavi  64' Dasa  90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

14 May 2016 35	Beitar Jerusalem	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
19:45	Einbinder  33' Jesús Rueda  57'		Zahavi 59' (pen.) Azulay  78' Medunjanin 89'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium

21 May 2016 36	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
21:00	Zahavi 28', 48' (pen.), 61' Ben Haim 57' Rikan  59' García 63' Medunjanin 66'			Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Championship round table

1. Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.
2. Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

Israel State Cup

14 January 2015 Eighth round	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat HaSharon
21:00	Zur  9' Netzer  49' Shivhon 67' (pen.) Tchalisher  79'		Itzhaki 11' Ziv  67' Ben Basat 71' Zahavi 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Grundman Stadium

28 January 2015 Round of 16	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rishon LeZion
21:00	Abu Alhija 22' Bachar  37' Strool  97' Berihon  100'		Ben Basat  63' Sá 74' Alberman  96' Zahavi 101' Ben Harush  104'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium

10 February 2016 Quarter final first leg	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kfar Saba
21:00	Škvorc  41'		Medunjanin 33' Ben Basat 55' Igeibor  56' Micha 89'	Stadium: Levita Stadium

1 March 2016 Quarter final second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Tel Aviv
21:00	Azulay 23' Ben Basat 45' (pen.)  74' Peretz  68'			Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

21 April 2016 semi final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
20:30	Itzhaki 27' Zahavi 67' (pen.) Ben Haim FW 85'		Mugrabi 23'  30' Abukasis  30' Wanderson  49' Azulay 52' Khalaila  67' Sagas  78'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

24 May 2016 final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
20:50	Micha  32'		Obraniak 36'  56' Keinan  46'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium

Israel Super Cup

14 August 2015	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2 (4–5 p)	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Netanya
20:50	Zahavi 70', 103'		Gutiérrez  59'  Maimoni 73' Abed 115'	Stadium: Netanya Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Oral Greenfeld
	Penalties
	Zahavi Ben Haim Ben Haim II Azulay Itzhaki Micha		Abed Kassio Shamir Maimoni Brown Balilti

Toto Cup

Group C

1 August 2015 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
21:00	Abu Abaid 49'		Igiebor 67' Zahavi 71' Ben Haim FW 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield

10 August 2015 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
20:50	Ziv  69'		Tomas 30' Hugi 36' Jakobovich 90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield

28 October 2015 3	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	3–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:30	Buzaglo 8' Agayov 25' Kadousi 63'		Ben Basat 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield

References

1. "UEFA orders Dynamo Kyiv to play matches behind closed doors over racist fans". Kyiv Post. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
3. Ben Ziv, Guy (10 May 2016). "Two points deducted from Beitar for racial crys" (in Hebrew). ONE.
4. "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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