2015–16 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–16 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerSlaviša Jokanović (until 27 December 2015)
Peter Bosz (from 4 January 2016)
StadiumBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Premier League2nd
State Cup2nd
Toto CupGroup Stage
Super Cup2nd
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Eran Zahavi (35)

All:
Eran Zahavi (48)
Highest home attendance29,121 (vs Chelsea, 24 November 2015)

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).

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: UNICEF

Current squad

File:DK-Maccabi (4).jpg
Maccabi Tel Aviv prior to its Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv on 9 December 2015.

First team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Daniel Lifshitz
2 DF Israel ISR Eli Dasa
3 DF Israel ISR Yuval Spungin
4 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Haris Medunjanin
6 MF Israel ISR Gal Alberman
7 MF Israel ISR Eran Zahavi
9 FW Israel ISR Eden Ben Basat
10 FW Israel ISR Barak Yitzhaki
11 FW Israel ISR Tal Ben Haim II
14 DF Israel ISR Yoav Ziv
15 MF Israel ISR Dor Micha
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Israel ISR Shlomi Azulay
18 DF Israel ISR Eitan Tibi
20 DF Israel ISR Omri Ben Harush
22 DF Israel ISR Avi Rikan
26 DF Israel ISR Tal Ben Haim
31 DF Spain ESP Carlos García
40 MF Nigeria NGA Nosa Igiebor
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz
55 GK Israel ISR Haviv Ohayon
70 FW Portugal POR Orlando Sá
95 GK Serbia SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Playoff round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE DKV POR MTA
1 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–0 2–2 1–0
3 Portugal Porto 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Transfer to Europa League 2–1 0–2 2–0
4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 0 0 6 1 16 −15 0 0–4 0–2 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Israeli Premier League

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 20 4 2 48 17 +31 64 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 4 3 59 20 +39 61
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 6 5 38 19 +19 51
4 Maccabi Haifa 26 10 8 8 33 25 +8 38
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 6 10 32 25 +7 36
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

Championship round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 25 8 3 66 24 +42 83 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 24 9 3 76 24 +52 81 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1] 36 18 6 12 46 37 +9 58
4 Maccabi Haifa 36 14 11 11 45 42 +3 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 9 14 46 40 +6 48
6 Hapoel Ra'anana 36 11 9 16 38 48 −10 42
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.[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.[3]
  2. Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.


Israel State Cup

Israel Super Cup

Toto Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MPT BnY MTA HTA
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 3–0
2 Bnei Yehuda (A) 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 3–1 2–0
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 0–3
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0 2–3 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2015. Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter finals

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 עברית). ONE.
  4. "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.