2015–16 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–16 season
Chairman Mitchell Goldhar
Manager Slaviša Jokanović (until 27 December 2015)
Peter Bosz (from 4 January 2016)
Stadium Bloomfield
Ligat Ha'Al 2nd
State Cup Final
Toto Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League:
Eran Zahavi (35)
All:
Eran Zahavi (48)
Highest home attendance 29,121 (vs Chelsea, 24 November 2015)
Lowest home attendance
Average home league attendance
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Home
Away
Third
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper Away

Current squad

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

Ligat Ha'al

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 to 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 to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 24 9 3 76 24 +52 81 Qualification to 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 to 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) Champion.
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.

State Cup

Israel Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Israel Super Cup

Toto Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Toto Cup Al

Group C

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
2 Bnei Yehuda (A) 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0

Updated to games played on 28 October 2015.
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away BnY HTA MPTMTA
Bnei Yehuda 2–0 3–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–3 1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3

Updated to games played on 28 October 2015.
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group Stage

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. 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. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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