2013–14 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv are an Israeli football club which are based in Tel Aviv. During the 2013–14 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Squad

As of 12 March 2014^[1]

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 Barak Levi 2 DF Yuval Spungin 6 MF Gal Alberman (1st VC) 7 MF Eran Zahavi 9 MF Maharan Radi 10 FW Barak Yitzhaki 11 FW Tal Ben Haim 14 DF Yoav Ziv 15 MF Dor Micha 16 MF Ben Reichert 17 MF Dan Einbinder 18 DF Eitan Tibi

No. Position Player 20 DF Omri Ben Harush 21 DF Sheran Yeini (Captain) 22 FW Rade Prica 23 FW Barak Badash 24 MF Nikola Mitrović 25 GK Juan Pablo 26 DF Rémi Maréval 27 FW Dor Jan 29 MF Omri Altman (on loan from Fulham) 30 FW Gael Margulies 31 DF Carlos García

Transfers

Summer 2013

In: No. Position Player GK Juan Pablo Colinas (from Sporting Gijón) GK Guy Haimov (was on loan to AEK Larnaca) DF Omri Ben Harush (from Maccabi Netanya) DF Mané (from Getafe) MF Nikola Mitrović (from Videoton) MF Dan Einbinder (from Ironi Kiryat Shmona) MF Tamir Kahlon (was on loan to Hapoel Akko) MF Ben Ben Yair (wad on loan to Hapoel Ramat Gan) MF Omri Altman (on loan from Fulham) FW Barak Yitzhaki (was on loan to Antorthosis) FW Tal Ben Haim (from Hapoel Tel Aviv)[2]

Out: No. Position Player GK Gal Tuvali (on loan to Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa) GK Vincent Enyeama (was on loan from Lille OSC) GK Guy Haimov (to Ironi Kiryat Shmona) [3] DF Dean Akafi (on loan to Maccabi Herzliya) DF Osher Abu (on loan to Hapoel Jerusalem) DF Rotem Bouskila (on loan to Hapoel Jerusalem) DF Omer Vered (Free Agant) MF Tamir Kahlon (to Ironi Kiryat Shmona) MF Ben Ben Yair (to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon) MF Hasan Abu Zaid (on loan to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon) MF Assaf Madar (on loan to Hapoel Ra'anana) MF Sharon Ziso (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla) FW Gonzalo García (on loan to Antorthosis) FW Eliran Atar (to Stade de Reims) FW Roi Kahat (on loan to Maccabi Yavne) FW Roberto Colautti (to Antorthosis) FW Lary Kahinda (on loan to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan) FW Eli Zizov (to Hapoel Akko)

Winter 2013–14

In: No. Position Player DF Rémi Maréval (from Gent) MF Hasan Abu Zaid (was on loan to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon) FW Barak Badash (from Ironi Kiryat Shmona)

Out: No. Position Player GK Tomer Chencinski (on loan to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan) DF Mané (to UD Almería) DF Yagil Biton (on loan to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon) DF Reef Peretz (on loan to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon) MF Moshe Lugasi (on loan to Beitar Jerusalem) MF Hasan Abu Zaid (on loan to AEK Larnaca) FW Omri Perl (on loan to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan) FW Moanes Dabour (to Grasshopper)

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

Ingolstadt v Maccabi Tel Aviv

30 June 2013	Ingolstadt	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
19:05		Report

FC Krasnodar v Maccabi Tel Aviv

3 July 2013	FC Krasnodar	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
18:30	Petrov  24'	Report

FC Liefering v Maccabi Tel Aviv

6 July 2013	FC Liefering	2–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv
19:30	Bammer  14' Gugganig  87'	Report (Hebrew)	Ben Haim  28' Zahavi  80' Yitzhaki  83'

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Győr v Maccabi Tel Aviv

17 July 2013	Győr	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	ETO Park, Győr
20:30		Report	Yitzhaki  76' Alberman  90+3'	Attendance: 8,175[4] Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Győr

23 July 2013	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Győr	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:30	Ben Haim  25' Zahavi  79'	Report	Martínez  86'	Attendance: 12,732[5] Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv

30 July 2013	Basel	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Stocker  39'	Report		Attendance: 12,353[6] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Basel

6 August 2013	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–3	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Schär  34' (o.g.) Zahavi  37' Radi  55'	Report	Schär  5' (pen.) Salah  21' Díaz  32'	Attendance: 13,100[7] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Maccabi Tel Aviv v PAOK

22 August 2013	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Cancelled	PAOK	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:15		Report

PAOK v Maccabi Tel Aviv

29 August 2013	PAOK	Cancelled	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
		Report

On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.^[8] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.^[9] Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage.

Group Stage (Group F)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v APOEL

19 September 2013 Match 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	APOEL	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00		Report		Attendance: 11,772[10] Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

Bordeaux v Maccabi Tel Aviv

3 October 2013 Match 2	Bordeaux	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
21:05	Jussiê  48'	Report	Yitzhaki  71' Micha  80'	Attendance: 7,329[11] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Maccabi Tel Aviv

24 October 2013 Match 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main
21:05	Kadlec  13' Meier  53'	Report		Attendance: 40,800[12] Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 November 2013 Match 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Zahavi  14', 90+4' (pen.) Yitzhaki  30', 35'	Report	Lakić  63' Meier  67' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,232[13] Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

APOEL v Maccabi Tel Aviv

28 November 2013 Match 5	APOEL	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:05		Report		Attendance: 13,052[14] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Bordeaux

12 December 2013 Match 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Bordeaux	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Zahavi  74' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 11,732[15] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Final Table:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
APOEL	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5
Bordeaux	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3

Round of 32

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Basel

20 February 2014	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
21:05		Report		Attendance: 13,519[16] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv

27 February 2014	Basel	3–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Stocker  17' Streller  60', 71'	Report		Attendance: 15,212[17] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Basel won 3–0 on aggregate.

Israel State Cup

Round of 32

F.C. Ashdod v Maccabi Tel Aviv

28 January 2014	F.C. Ashdod	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
21:00 (IST)	Beckel  45+1' (pen.), 113' (pen.)	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Zahavi  88' Ziv  18', 106'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Israeli Premier League

Hapoel Acre v Maccabi Tel Aviv

24 August 2013 Match 1	Hapoel Acre	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Acre, Israel
17:50	Taga  7' Dayan  25' Jovanović  32'	Summary	Yitzhaki  1'  62' Zahavi  6'	Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiach

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Bnei Yehuda

1 September 2013 Match 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv
21:00	Carlos García Badías  56' Yeini  75' Prica  90+1'	Summary	Zhairi  26' Zamir  75' Oz Raly  83'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv

23 September 2013 Match 3	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
21:00	Keinan  73' Turgeman  74'	Summary	Alberman  28' Yitzhaki  50'  77' Prica  60', 75'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Roi Reinschreiber

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

28 September 2013 Match 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Tel Aviv
20:00	Zahavi  8' Dabour  21' Tal Ben Haim  45'	Summary	Kassio  7' Kahlon  74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Erez Papir

M.S. Ashdod v Maccabi Tel Aviv

6 October 2013 Match 5	M.S. Ashdod	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:10	Michael Siroshtein  18' Lenkebe  32' Oshaniwa  55' Kinda  80'	Summary	Yeini  56' Tibi  82' Yitzhaki  85'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiach

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon

20 October 2013 Match 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	Tel Aviv
20:10	Tibi  40' Zahavi  47'	Summary	Ben Reichert  4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Eitan Shmulevich

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Bnei Sakhnin

28 October 2013 Match 7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Bnei Sakhnin	Tel Aviv
21:00	Zahavi  4', 16' Dabour  23'  53' Mitrović  41'  87'	Summary	Khaled Khalaila  31' Dedi Ben Dayan  40' Ganayem  45' Cristian  54' Gazal  88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Erez Papir

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Tel Aviv

4 November 2013 Match 8	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Beersheba
21:00	Siraj Nassar  31'  31' Barda  52'  72' Ben Algrabli  70' Dovev Gabay  72'  73' Ejide  85'	Summary	Dabour  10' Tal Ben Haim  54' Zahavi  55' Mané  57' Yeini  62' Tibi  67' Prica  90'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Petah Tikva

11 November 2013 Match 9	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
20:00	Zahavi  49' (pen.) Mitrović  59' Yeini  90+2'  90+2' Tal Ben Haim  90+4'	Summary	Mané  75' (o.g.) Saba  77'  78' Hagay Goldenberg  87'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Shay Shitrit

Hapoel Haifa F.C. v Maccabi Tel Aviv

23 November 2013 Match 10	Hapoel Haifa F.C.	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
17:00	Dora  22' Korać  32' Or Ostvind  47' Azam  67' Amir Nussbaum  76' Avidor  80'	Summary	Tal Ben Haim  32'  83' Ziv  47' Tibi  47' Omri Ben Harush  50' Yitzhaki  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Eli Hachmon

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Ra'anana

2 December 2013 Match 11	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Tel Aviv
20:50	Munas Dabbur  1' Radi  6' Prica  36' Ben Haim  65'	Summary	Nimni  45' Lavi  53' Loui Taha  57' Cohen  68' Mamadou Touré Thiam  72'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Roi Reinschreiber

Beitar Jerusalem v Maccabi Tel Aviv

8 December 2013 Match 12	Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:50	Kapiloto  51' Kriaf  59' Bryan  83' Moshe  90'	Summary	Prica  2'  74' Yitzhaki  23'  40' Ben Haim  59' Yeini  90'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Referee: Erez Papir

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv

16 December 2013 Match 13	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Zahavi  29' (pen.) Yeini  71' Juan Pablo Colinas  84'	Summary	Safouri  32' Jurgen Colin  33' Vermouth  56' Zaguri  59' Malka  90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Akko

21 December 2013 Match 14	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Hapoel Akko	Tel Aviv
19:15	Zahavi  24'  45+1' (pen.) Carlos García Badías  38' Micha  57' Prica  74' Alberman  88'	Summary	Juliano Spadacio  38' Shabtay  41' Gotlieb  44' Oremuš  65'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

Bnei Yehuda v Maccabi Tel Aviv

28 December 2013 Match 15	Bnei Yehuda	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:00	Zhairi  40' Azuz  67' Agayov  70' Itzhak  83'	Summary	Zahavi  41' (pen.) Alberman  66' Prica  76' Ziv  90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Eitan Shmulevich

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa

6 January 2014 Match 16	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:50	Zahavi  40' Prica  49'  79' Yeini  56' Yitzhaki  70'	Summary	Cocalić  18' Falah  36'  46' Turgeman  64' Katan  80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Maccabi Tel Aviv

13 January 2014 Match 17	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
20:50	Barak Badash  6', 69' Panka  23' Elkayam  52' Mizrahi  63' Manga  66'	Summary	Yitzhaki  45' Zahavi  86' Munas Dabbur  90'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Referee: Eitan Shmulevich

Maccabi Tel Aviv v F.C. Ashdod

18 January 2014 Match 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	F.C. Ashdod	Tel Aviv
17:00	Lenkebe  3' (o.g.) Zahavi  81'  81'	Summary	Beckel  32' Michael Siroshtein  34'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon v Maccabi Tel Aviv

25 January 2014 Match 19	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat HaSharon
20:10	Liran Katzav  45' Strool  52'	Summary	Radi  25'  39' Carlos García Badías  38'  53' Micha  80'	Stadium: Grundman Stadium Referee: Guy Berger

Bnei Sakhnin v Maccabi Tel Aviv

2 February 2014 Match 20	Bnei Sakhnin	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
20:50	Ganayem  16' Khalaila  26' Ottman  82'	Summary	Yitzhaki  6' Prica  43' Mitrović  90'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Referee: Eli Hachmon

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

9 February 2014 Match 21	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
20:50	Prica  3' Yeini  38' Carlos García Badías  45' Yitzhaki  65' Radi  72'	Summary	Algrabli  8' Harel  31' Plet  34'  34' Bitton  65'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiach

Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv

15 February 2014 Match 22	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
19:30	Lidor Cohen  33' Merey  76'	Summary	Maréval  29' Badash  47' Ben Haim  66' Carlos García Badías  76'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa F.C.

23 February 2014 Match 23	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	Hapoel Haifa F.C.	Tel Aviv
20:15	Zahavi  68', 73' Carlos García Badías  88' Radi  90'	Summary	Nussbaum  15' Korać  52' Revivo  55'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Wachsberger

Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. v Maccabi Tel Aviv

2 March 2014 Match 24	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
21:00	Nimni  16' Mamadou Touré Thiam  30' Mbola  75' Snir Shuker  80' Nwakaeme  82'	Summary	Prica  22' Einbinder  47' Zahavi  81'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

10 March 2014 Match 25	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	Tel Aviv
20:50	Prica  24'  74' Einbinder  42' Ben Harush  65' Ziv  90+1'	Summary	Túñez  16' Jonathan Vila  50'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv

17 March 2014 Match 26	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:55	Damari  43'  87' (pen.)	Summary	Alberman  24' Zahavi  34'  89' (pen.)  90+3' Prica  38' Mitrović  63' Juan Pablo  86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Eli Hachmon

Israeli Premier League Championship Round

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv

24 March 2014 Match 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Yeini  36'	Summary	Levi  20' Harush  31'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

31 March 2014 Match 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
20:55	Badash  2', 27' Ben Haim  29'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Maccabi Tel Aviv

7 April 2014 Match 3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
20:50	Kassio  60' Manga  65' Amasha  84'	Report	Badash  51' Zahavi  61', 80' Ben Haim  64' Alberman  90'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler

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