2015–16 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
2015–16 season
Chairman	Ya'akov Shahar
Manager	Ronny Levy
Stadium	Sammy Ofer
Ligat Ha'Al	4th
State Cup	Winners
Toto Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Eliran Atar (10); All: Glynor Plet (15)
Highest home attendance	29,544 (vs Maccabi Tel Aviv, 26 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	11,388 (vs Hapoel Tel Aviv, 20 February 2016)
Average home league attendance	20,842
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The 2015–16 season is Maccabi Haifa's 58th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 34th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Club

Kits

Provider: Nike, Inc.
Main Sponsor: Honda
Secondary Sponsor: Pointer and Variety Israel

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Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Ohad Levita	29	EU	2014/15	15	0	2017	Free	Second nationality: Germany
2	CB	Ayid Habshi	20	Non-EU	2012/13	29	0	2019	Youth system
4	CB	Marc Valiente	28	EU	2015/16	35	1	2018	€300,000
5	CB	Shay Ben David	18	Non-EU	2015/16	3	0	N/A	Youth system
6	CM	Ran Abukarat	26	Non-EU	2013/14	19	0	2016	€350,000
7	DM	Ofir Kriaf	24	Non-EU	2015/16	17	0	2019	Free
8	LW	Hen Ezra	26	Non-EU	2012/13	162	24	2016	€850,000
10	AM	Ludovic Obraniak	30	EU	2015/16	30	4	2017	Free
11	LW	Ismaeel Ryan	21	Non-EU	2012/13	46	3	2017	Youth system
12	CB	Orel Dgani	26	Non-EU	2011/12	103	0	2016	€800,000
13	LB	Taleb Tawatha	23	Non-EU	2009/10	214	7	2019	Youth system
14	LW	Gil Vermouth	30	Non-EU	2015/16	17	2	2018	Free
15	AM	Yossi Benayoun (captain)	35	EU	1998/99	245	92	2017	Free	Second nationality: Spain
16	LW	Eliran Atar	28	Non-EU	2014/15	48	18	2018	Free
17	FW	Shoval Gozlan	22	Non-EU	2012/13	60	8	2019	Youth system
19	FW	Shahar Hirsh	22	Non-EU	2015/16	21	2	2019	€200,000
21	CB	Dekel Keinan (vice-captain)	30	Non-EU	2002/03	387	24	2016	€450,000	Originally from youth system
22	GK	Gil Ofek	29	Non-EU	2015/16	0	0	2017	Free
23	DM	Jaber Ataa	20	Non-EU	2012/13	61	2	2018	Youth system
24	CF	Glynor Plet	28	EU	2015/16	31	15	2017	Free
25	LB	Sun Menahem	21	Non-EU	2015/16	14	0	2016	Free
27	RB	Eyal Meshumar	32	Non-EU	2006/07	336	17	2017	€250,000
28	RB	Yuval Yosipovich	21	Non-EU	2012/13	4	0	2019	Youth system
29	CF	Shimon Abuhatzira	28	Non-EU	2013/14	45	8	2017	€500,000
30	CM	Eran Biton	19	Non-EU	2013/14	7	0	2019	Youth system
31	DM	Neta Lavi	18	Non-EU	2015/16	31	0	2019	Youth system
32	DM	Kobi Moyal	28	Non-EU	2014/15	18	0	2017	Free
38	GK	Vladimir Stojković	32	EU	2014/15	79	0	2017	Free
52	DM	Romário Pires	27	Non-EU	2015/16	16	0	2017	€50,000

Last updated: 25 May 2016
Source: mhaifafc.com, Israel Football Association, UEFA Players transfer,
Ordered by squad number.

Current coaching staff


Position	Staff
Manager	Ronny Levy
Assistant manager	Ronen Gabay
Fitness coach	Uri Harel
Physiologist	Yaron Barak
Goalkeeping coach	Giora Antman
Club Administrator	Roei Shani
Scouter	Gustavo Boccoli
Massageist	Alexander Robnachik
Analyst	Idan Yonna
Props	Zaa'v Yakshin
Logistics Manager	Zaa'v Yakshin
Props	Shai Bar

Source: mhaifafc.com

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF	Nikola Drinčić	30	EU	Partizan	Transfer	Summer	2019	€300,000	Maccabi Haifa
25	DF	Sun Menahem	21	Non-EU	Nir Ramat HaSharon	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
4	DF	Marc Valiente	28	EU	Real Valladolid	Transfer	Summer	2018	€300,000	Maccabi Haifa
7	DM	Ofir Kriaf	24	Non-EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Maccabi Haifa
10	AM	Ludovic Obraniak	30	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Maccabi Haifa
24	FW	Glynor Plet	28	EU	Zulte Waregem	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
22	GK	Gil Ofek	29	Non-EU	Hapoel Beit She'an	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
52	DM	Romário Pires	27	Non-EU	Maccabi Netanya	Transfer	Winter	2016	€50,000	Maccabi Haifa
14	LW	Gil Vermouth	30	Non-EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa

Total expenditure: €600,000

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
7	DM	Gustavo Boccoli	37	EU		Retirement	Summer	Free
4	DM	Medo	27	EU	Bolton Wanderers	End of Loan	Summer	Free
3	DF	Abraham Paz	35	EU	Bnei Sakhnin	End of Loan	Summer	Free
10	AM	Rubén Rayos	29	EU	Sochaux	Transfer	Summer	€500,000
11	RW	Idan Vered	26	EU	Red Star Belgrade	End of contract	Summer	Free
14	FW	Weaam Amasha	29	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	End of contract	Summer	Free
18	LB	Samuel Scheimann	28	EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	End of contract	Summer	Free
22	GK	Amir Edri	29	Non-EU		End of contract	Summer	Free
24	DM	Míchel	29	EU	Qarabağ	End of contract	Summer	Free
28	FW	Shon Weissman	19	Non-EU	Hapoel Acre	Loan Out	Summer	Free
—	FW	Mohammad Ghadir	24	Non-EU	Lokeren	Transfer	Summer	€500,000
5	RB	Elad Gabai	29	Non-EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Release	Summer	€500,000
17	FW	Alon Turgeman	24	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan Out	Winter	Free
26	DM	Avihai Yadin	29	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan Out	Winter	Free
9	FW	Itay Shechter	29	Non-EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Loan Out	Winter	Free
18	MF	Nikola Drinčić	31	EU		Release	Winter

Total revenue: €500,000

Players out on loan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Ron Shushan (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2016)
—	GK	ISR	Tal Bomsthein (at Ironi Nesher until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	ISR	Baha Halabi (at Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	ISR	Alaa Jafar (at Hapoel Akko until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Yaniv Brik (at Hapoel Akko until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Dor Kochav (at Hapoel Akko until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Adi Konstantinos (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Raz Stain (at Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem until 30 June 2016)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ISR	Raz Meir (at Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Eran Malkin (at Maccabi Herzliya until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	ISR	Avihai Yadin (at Hapoel Tel Aviv until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ISR	Dor Hugi (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ISR	Or Eiloz (at Hapoel Ra'anana until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ISR	Mohammed Kalibat (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ISR	Alon Turgeman (at Hapoel Tel Aviv until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	ISR	Itay Shechter (at Beitar Jerusalem until 30 June 2016)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Postponed

7 July 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Haifa
17:30	Hirsh 46'	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Guy Bergar

9 July 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 0	Hapoel Katamon	Haifa
17:30	Yadin 34' Atar 42' (p) Turgeman 67' Benayoun 84'	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Aohd Asulin

12 July 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 1	Hapoel Akko	Haifa
17:30	Gozlan 38'	Report	Tzemah 46'	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

16 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	9 – 0	FC Pinzgau Saalfelden	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00	Tawatha 18' Shechter 26', 27' Ryan 40' Gozlan 71', 78' Hirsh 72' Benayoun 88' Turgeman 89'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

18 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Saalfelden, Austria
18:30	Yadin Shechter Hirsh 58' Jaber 68'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

20 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Norwich City	Kufstein, Austria
19:30	Turgeman 39' Drinčić 90' Tawatha	Report		Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

23 July 2015 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 1	Rizespor	Achenkirch, Austria
19:30	Shechter 22' Menahem 65'	Report	Kweuke 87' (p)	Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

29 July 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	5 – 2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Haifa
19:00	Hirsh Turgeman Shechter Benayoun		Yaniv Brik Yaniv Deri	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Giora Antman and Snir Zchria

17 August 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 1	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Haifa
18:30	Atar Valiente	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

17 September 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Hapoel Jerusalem	Haifa
	Atar	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

Competitions

Overall

Updated as of 25 May 2016

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligat Ha'Al	–	4th	22 August 2015	21 May 2016
State Cup	Round of 32	Winner	13 January 2016	24 May 2016
Toto Cup	Group stage	Quarter-final	1 August 2015	15 December 2015

Overview

Updated as of 25 May 2016

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligat Ha'Al	36	14	11	11	45	42	+3	038.89
State Cup	6	5	1	0	13	5	+8	083.33
Toto Cup	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	066.67
Total	48	23	13	12	67	51	+16	047.92

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2015 1	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 3	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:00	Ryan 63' Keinan 66' Shechter 76'	Report	Doubai 30' Buzaglo 37' Galván 60' Hadad 66' Raz Meir 72'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 22,453 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

29 August 2015 2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Kfar Saba
17:45	Mavis Tchibota 79' Papadopoulos 89'	Report	Shechter 32', 79' Turgeman 51' Dgani 90' Ezra 90' Gozlan 90'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

12 September 2015 3	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 0	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
17:45	Drinčić 31' Valiente 81' Plet 90+4'	Report	Ottman 18' Ihab Shami 90+2'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 18,540 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

21 September 2015 4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
20:55	Soares 61'	Report	Tawatha 2' Shechter 3' Atar 36' Meshumar 83' Yadin 83'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

26 September 2015 5	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:05	Obraniak 2' Menahem 87' Meshumar 90'	Report	Dasa 16' García 57' Tibi 70' Ben Basat 81', 90' Dor Peretz 90+2'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,544 Referee: Eli Hacmon

3 October 2015 6	Hapoel Ra'anana	0 – 2	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
17:45	Babayev 30' Guy Lipka 44' Shabtay 88'	Report	Dgani 48' Gozlan 56' Atar 77' (p) Obraniak 79' Benayoun 86' Stojković 89' Ezra 90+3'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

18 October 2015 7	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
20:15	Gutiérrez 49' Elkayam 68' Eden Shamir 81' Mizrahi 90+3'	Report	Dgani 27' Shechter 87' Valiente 90+4'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

24 October 2015 8	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 0	Hapoel Acre	Haifa
20:00	Plet 20' Valiente 28' Kriaf 27' Atar 57' Obraniak 75'	Report	Samuel Gilmor 7' Kochav 35'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 18,640 Referee: Eli Hacmon

31 October 2015 9	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
19:15	Guy Melamed 41' Idan Shemesh 68' Kalibat 85' Kanyuk 90'	Report	Menahem 13' Kriaf 48' Valiente 58' Stojković 58' Atar 70', 90' (p)	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

8 November 2015 10	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:55	Drinčić 17'	Report	Einbinder 38' Gabay 85', 86' Atzili 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,386 Referee: Alon Yefet

23 November 2015 11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 3	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
20:55	Mihai Pintilii 80'	Report	Ryan 23' Keinan 28', 56' Plet 49' Drinčić 53' Obraniak 81'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium^[1] Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

28 November 2015 12	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Maccabi Netanya	Haifa
17:30	Keinan 81' Benayoun 86', 87' Stojković 90+3'	Report	Hassan 37' Mischenko 60' Yarin Ziv 80'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Erez Papeir

7 December 2015 13	Hapoel Haifa	2 – 4	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
20:55	Stojković 5' (o.g.) Roash 12' Swisa 18' (p) El-Khatib 21' Korać 84'	Report	Plet 17', 90+3' Keinan 19', 88' Atar 41' Ryan 44'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Eli Hacmon

12 December 2015 14	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
15:15	Falah 15' Buzaglo 77' Nworuh 88'	Report	Neta Lavi 13' Valiente 64' Atar 89' Dgani 90+2'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

20 December 2015 15	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Haifa
20:15	Habshi 47' Obraniak 58', 79' Atar 90+1'	Report	Papadopoulos 20' Badash 52' Cohen 64'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 17,146 Referee: Erez Papeir

26 December 2015 16	Bnei Sakhnin	1 – 2	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
17:00	Ottman 15' Azulay 68'	Report	Benayoun 5' Atar 38' Dgani 58' Ataa 81'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Liran Liany

4 January 2016 17	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:55	Plet 12', 87' Obraniak 23' Dgani 30' Stojković 51' Tawatha 83'	Report	Buzaglo 35', 70'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 28,653 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

10 January 2016 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:55	Zahavi 32', 49' Ben Haim 36' García 68'	Report	Habshi 24' Obraniak 64' Benayoun 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

17 January 2016 19	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0	Hapoel Ra'anana	Haifa
20:30	Benayoun 10', 11', 25' Plet 62'	Report	Babayev 16' Nimni 42'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 16,655 Referee: Avraham Ben-Sahlom

24 January 2016 20	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
20:10		Report	Amutu 7' Elkayam 67' Bruno 72' Tchalisher 77'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 11,505 Referee: Gal Leibovich

31 January 2016 21	Hapoel Acre	1 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Akko
20:30	Dayan 4' Kopitović 8', 23' Dylan Seys 21' Kasoum 50'	Report	Plet 23' (p)	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ziv Adler

6 February 2016 22	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
17:00	Ataa 34' Benayoun 45+2' Atar 47', 65' Vermouth 79'	Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 15,248 Referee: Erez Papeir

15 February 2016 23	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:55	Shechter 32' Rukavytsya 51' Einbinder 83', 86'	Report	Obraniak 15' Valiente 29' Tawatha 44' Atar 86' Keinan 90+1'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^[2] Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

20 February 2016 24	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:00	Pires 70' Keinan 87' Habshi 88'	Report	Schoenfeld 29' Bumba 42' Reichert 87'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium^[3] Attendance: 11,388 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

27 February 2016 25	Maccabi Netanya	0 – 3	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
17:30	Lugasi 20' Lingane 36' Fedoul 50' Cohen 60'	Report	Keinan 6' Plet 20', 57' Atar 51' (p)	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Avraham Ben-Sahlom

6 March 2016 26	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 2	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
20:30	Plet 17' Jaber 40' Vermouth 62' Fishler 76' (o.g.) Meshumar 78' Keinan 90'	Report	Dora 42' Hisham Kiwan 48', 90' Tawatha 68' (o.g.) Baha 82' Maman 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 22,453 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

Regular season table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19	4	3	59	20	+39	61	Qualification for the championship round
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
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	10	6	10	29	31	−2	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.^[4]

Play-off

14 March 2016 27	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 2	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
20:55	Einbinder 5' Rukavytsya 7' Valpoort 47', 62'	Report	Benayoun 13' Keinan 37' Neta Lavi 44' Ryan 45' Stojković 62' Meshumar 65'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Eli Hacmon

20 March 2016 28	Hapoel Ra'anana	3 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
20:30	Nimni 14' Mihelič 32' (p) Kangwa 36' Mbola 39' Shabtay 60', 69' Badash 90'	Report	Pires 31' Kriaf 65' Atar 70'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oren Saminian

2 April 2016 29	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 3	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
17:45	Paz 7' (o.g.) Plet 77' Atar 80'	Report	Azulay 42', 66' Khalaila 60' Kanadil 77' Eldar Hasanović 80' Georginho 83'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 16,461 Referee: Daniel Bar-Natan

9 April 2016 30	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
20:00	Sahar 41', 83' (p) Bitton 63'	Report	Benayoun 35' Atar 78' Pires 82' Obraniak 82' Plet 87' Stojković 88'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,534 Referee: Ziv Adler

17 April 2016 31	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:55	Pires 9' Neta Lavi 12' Ryan 37' Keinan 50'	Report	Rajković 48' Micha 81'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 24,453 Referee: Liran Liany

24 April 2016 32	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:30	Obraniak 21' Kriaf 23' Keinan 65'	Report	Shechter 56' Rueda 64' D. Gabay 65' Einbinder 87'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 28,262 Referee: Avraham Ben-Sahlom

30 April 2016 33	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0	Hapoel Ra'anana	Haifa
17:45	Ezra 25', 62', 45' Neta Lavi 75'	Report	I.Levy 31' Yanko 45' Mihelič 75' L.Levi 82'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 15,022 Referee: Amit Elankva

7 May 2016 34	Bnei Sakhnin	0 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
17:45	Kachuba 9' Amasha 76'	Report	Habshi 53' Obraniak 62' Hirsh 70' Neta Lavi 77' Benayoun 82' Stojković 90' Valiente 90+1' Tawatha 90+2'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Eli Hacmon

14 May 2016 35	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
19:45	Obraniak 22' Menahem 30' Ezra 33', 48' Keinan 38' Meshumar 59', 90+4' Pires 73'	Report	Bitton 17' Radi 36' Nwakaeme 38' Melikson 41' Hoban 72'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 23,900 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

21 May 2016 36	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
21:00	Zahavi 28', 48' (pen.), 61' Ben Haim 56' Avi Rikan 58' García 64' Medunjanin 66' Ben Basat 87'	Report	Keinan 47' Ryan 67'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Championship round table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	36	18	6	12	46	37	+9	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Maccabi Haifa	36	14	11	11	45	42	+3	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
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.^[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.^[5]
^ Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	11	11	45	42	+3	53	8	6	4	24	16	+8	6	5	7	21	26	−5

Last updated: 22 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	13	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2016. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

Round of 32

13 January 2016 Round of 32	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
21:00	Benayoun 16' Ryan 23' Gozlan 59' Stojković 87'	Report	Cohen 9' Gabay 73'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 20,606 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

Round of 16

27 January 2016 Round of 16	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
21:00	Plet 5' Neta Lavi 21' Shay Ben David 40'	Report	Dora 23' Pinheiro 71'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 18,201 Referee: Liran Liany

Quarter final

9 February 2016 First leg	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	2 – 2	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
21:00	Mori 29' Azuz 53' Gal Tzruya 69' Galván 74' Stav Finish 78'	Report	Meshumar 44' Atar 55' (p), 56' Plet 84'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Liran Liany

1 March 2016 Second leg	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 1 (6 – 3 agg.)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Haifa
21:00	Meshumar 19' Ataa 22' Vermouth 34' Plet 43', 72' Benayoun 56'	Report	Grabli 13' Galván 31', 78' Mršić 41' Doubai 52' Stav Finish 55'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 11,682 Referee: Eli Hacmon

Semi final

20 April 2016 Semi Final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 – 3	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
20:30	Radi 66' Nwakaeme 87'	Report	Glynor Plet 29', 31' Stojković 55' Keinan 63' Tawatha 71' Atar 80', 89'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 26,200 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

Final

24 May 2016 Final	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:50	Obraniak 36', 56' Keinan 47' Ryan 87' Pires 90'	Report	Micha 32' Medunjanin 90'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

Toto Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa (A)	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	12
2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A)	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
3	Hapoel Haifa (A)	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3	6
4	Bnei Sakhnin	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1
5	Hapoel Acre	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

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

1 August 2015 1	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 1	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
19:00	Drinčić 17' Ryan 54' Yadin 56' Turgeman 67' Meshumar 71' Benayoun 86'	Report	Swisa 18', 49' Dabour 67'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 22,457 Referee: Eli Hakmon

5 August 2015 2	Bnei Sakhnin	0 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Akko
19:00		Report	Benayoun 87' Shechter 90'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erez Papeir

11 August 2015 4	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 0	Hapoel Acre	Haifa
20:50	Turgeman 19' Ezra 34', 90+1' Ataa 90+3'	Report	Shaban 36' Mishaelof 64'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 12,246 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

28 October 2015 5	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1 – 2	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
20:15	Abudi 20' Eran Azrad 65' Ostvind 78' (p)	Report	Hirsh 34' Turgeman 65' (p), 76' Shay Ben David 77'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Liran Vaksberger

Knockout phase

Quarter-final

1 December 2015 First Leg	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Netanya
20:30	Tawatha 81' Neta Lavi 78' Shechter 81' Gozlan 90+6'	Report	Hugi 6'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

15 December 2015 Second Leg	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
20:30	Oded Gavish 65' Nitzan 86'	Report	Shoval Gozlan 17' Keinan 62'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Liran Liany

Statistics

Squad statistics

Updated on 25 May 2016

			Ligat Ha'Al					State Cup					Toto Cup					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	1	Ohad Levita	5	5	466	0	0	2	2	187	0	0	4	4	376	0	0	11	11	1,029	0	0
	22	Gil Ofek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	38	Vladimir Stojković	31	31	2,906	0	0	4	4	377	0	0	2	2	187	0	0	37	37	3,470	0	0
Defenders
	2	Ayid Habshi	15	8	1,010	0	0	3	2	181	0	0	3	3	283	0	0	21	13	1,474	0	0
	4	Marc Valiente	30	30	2,368	1	0	4	4	374	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	35	34	2,759	1	0
	5	Shay Ben David	1	1	94	0	0	1	1	93	0	0	1	1	93	0	0	3	3	280	0	0
	12	Orel Dgani	23	21	1,977	0	1	4	3	291	0	1	4	4	397	0	1	31	28	2,642	0	3
	13	Taleb Tawatha	27	27	2,377	0	3	5	5	451	0	2	5	4	381	0	2	37	36	3,209	0	7
	21	Dekel Keinan	31	30	2,766	5	0	5	5	472	0	0	6	5	471	0	0	42	40	3,709	5	0
	25	Sun Menahem	10	8	817	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	3	2	74	0	0	14	10	911	0	0
	27	Eyal Meshumar	20	18	1,662	1	2	3	3	282	0	0	3	3	280	1	0	26	24	2,224	2	2
	28	Yuval Yosipovich	2	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	189	0	0	4	2	231	0	0
Midfielders
	6	Ran Abukarat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Ofir Kriaf	15	11	885	0	0	2	1	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12	992	0	0
	8	Hen Ezra	25	12	1,280	4	2	5	3	269	0	1	5	5	338	1	1	35	20	1,887	5	3
	10	Ludovic Obraniak	26	25	2,203	3	3	4	4	350	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	29	2,553	4	3
	11	Ismaeel Ryan	24	15	1,427	1	4	5	1	189	1	1	5	4	386	0	2	34	20	2,002	2	7
	14	Gil Vermouth	14	10	857	1	4	3	3	237	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	13	1,094	2	5
	15	Yossi Benayoun	29	20	1,898	6	4	5	5	376	2	1	5	2	297	1	1	39	27	2,571	9	6
	23	Ataa Jaber	18	17	1,467	1	2	4	4	355	0	1	6	4	367	1	1	28	25	2,189	2	4
	30	Eran Biton	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	0	0
	31	Neta Lavi	22	22	1,901	0	1	6	6	564	0	0	3	3	264	0	0	31	31	2,729	0	1
	32	Kobi Moyal	4	2	253	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	1	57	0	0	6	3	317	0	0
	34	Yam Cohen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36	0	0	0	1	36	0	0
	35	Eitan Velblum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	52	Romário Pires	13	8	805	0	0	3	2	209	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	1,014	0	0
Forwards
	16	Eliran Atar	25	21	1,818	10	2	4	2	261	2	1	3	3	195	0	0	32	26	2,274	12	3
	17	Shoval Gozlan	15	6	137	0	0	2	2	137	0	0	4	1	211	1	0	21	9	995	1	0
	19	Shahar Hirsh	14	0	275	1	0	3	0	69	0	0	5	2	142	1	0	22	3	486	2	0
	24	Glynor Plet	25	23	2,124	9	4	4	4	317	6	3	2	1	45	0	0	31	28	2,486	15	5
	26	Gal Katabi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
	29	Shimon Abuhatzira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who no longer play for Maccabi Haifa
	9	Itay Shechter	10	6	567	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	236	0	0	15	9	803	0	0
	17	Alon Turgeman	7	3	382	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	389	3	0	13	7	771	3	0
	18	Nikola Drinčić	13	11	999	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	263	0	0	18	14	1,292	0	1
	26	Avihay Yadin	3	3	217	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	203	0	0	6	6	420	0	0

Goals

Updated on 25 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat Ha'Al	State Cup	Toto Cup	Total
1	Glynor Plet	FW	9	6	0	15
2	Eliran Atar	FW	10	2	0	12
3	Yossi Benayoun	MF	6	2	1	9
4	Dekel Keinan	DF	5	0	0	5
5	Hen Ezra	MF	4	0	1	4
5	Ludovic Obraniak	MF	3	1	0	4
6	Alon Turgeman	FW	0	0	3	3
7	Ismaeel Ryan	MF	1	1	0	2
	Gil Vermouth	MF	1	1	0	2
	Ataa Jaber	MF	1	0	1	2
	Shahar Hirsh	FW	1	0	1	2
	Eyal Meshumar	DF	1	0	1	2
8	Marc Valiente	DF	1	0	0	1
8	Shoval Gozlan	FW	0	0	1	1
Own goals			2	1	0	3
Total			45	13	9	67

Assists

Updated on 25 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat Ha'Al	State Cup	Toto Cup	Total
1	Ismaeel Ryan	MF	4	1	2	7
1	Taleb Tawatha	DF	3	2	2	7
2	Yossi Benayoun	MF	4	1	1	6
3	Glynor Plet	FW	4	1	0	5
3	Gil Vermouth	MF	4	1	0	5
4	Ataa Jaber	MF	2	1	1	4
4	Hen Ezra	MF	2	1	1	4
5	Eliran Atar	FW	2	1	0	3
	Orel Dgani	DF	1	1	1	3
	Ludovic Obraniak	MF	3	0	0	3
6	Eyal Meshumar	DF	2	0	0	2
7	Neta Lavi	MF	1	0	0	1
7	Nikola Drinčić	MF	1	0	0	1
Total			30	10	8	51

Clean sheets

Last updated on 25 May 2016

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Ligat Ha'Al	State Cup	Toto Cup	Total
1	GK	38	Vladimir Stojković	13	1	1	15
2	GK	1	Ohad Levita	2	1	1	4
Total				15	2	2	19

Disciplinary record (Ligat Ha'Al and State Cup)

Last updated on 25 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligat Ha'Al			State Cup	Total			Suspended
No.	Pos	Nat	Name
52	MF		Romário Pires^[7]	13	1			14
21	DF		Dekel Keinan	10	1		1	12
10	MF		Ludovic Obraniak	10	1			11
38	GK		Vladimir Stojković	7			2	9
16	FW		Eliran Atar	6			2	8
27	DF		Eyal Meshumar	5			2	7
12	DF		Orel Dgani	6				6
11	MF		Ismaeel Ryan	5	1			6
15	MF		Yossi Benayoun	5				5
4	DF		Marc Valiente	5		1		5		1
31	DF		Neta Lavi	4		1	1	5		1
2	DF		Ayid Habshi	4				4
13	DF		Taleb Tawatha	3		1	1	4		1
24	FW		Glynor Plet	3		2		3		2
23	MF		Ataa Jaber	2			1	3
17	FW		Shoval Gozlan	2			1	3
7	MF		Ofir Kriaf	3	2			3	2
30	MF		Eran Biton^[8]	2				2
25	DF		Sun Menahem	2				2
8	MF		Hen Ezra	2				2
14	MF		Gil Vermouth	1				1

Disciplinary record (Toto Cup)

No.	Nation	Pos.	Name
No.	Nation	Pos.	Name
15		MF	Yossi Benayoun	1	0
21		DF	Dekel Keinan	1	0
27		DF	Eyal Meshumar	1	0
8		MF	Hen Ezra	1	0
13		DF	Taleb Tawatha	1	0
25		DF	Sun Menahem	1	0
11		MF	Ismaeel Ryan	1	0
17		FW	Shoval Gozlan	1	0
31		MF	Neta Lavi	1	0
18		MF	Nikola Drinčić	1	0
9		FW	Itay Shechter	0	1

Penalties for

Updated on 27 February 2016

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
29 August 2015	Itay Shechter	No	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Ligat Ha'Al
3 October 2015	Eliran Atar	Yes	Hapoel Ra'anana	Ligat Ha'Al
28 October 2015	Alon Turgeman	Yes	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Toto Cup
31 October 2015	Eliran Atar	Yes	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ligat Ha'Al
17 January 2016	Yossi Benayoun	No	Hapoel Ra'anana	Ligat Ha'Al
31 January 2016	Glynor Plet	Yes	Hapoel Akko	Ligat Ha'Al
9 February 2016	Eliran Atar	Yes	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	State Cup
27 February 2016	Eliran Atar	Yes	Maccabi Netanya	Ligat Ha'Al
30 April 2016	Hen Ezra	No	Hapoel Ra'anana	Ligat Ha'Al

Overall

Updated on 25 May 2016

	Total	Home	Away	Natural
Games played	48	24	22	2
Games won	23	13	8	2
Games drawn	13	6	7	0
Games lost	12	5	7	0
Biggest win	4 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko 4 – 0 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	4 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko 4 – 0 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	3 – 0 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 – 0 vs Maccabi Netanya	3 – 1 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest loss	0 – 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv	0 – 3 vs Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0 – 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Biggest win (League)	4 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko	4 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko	3-0 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 – 0 vs Maccabi Netanya	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	0 – 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv	0-3 vs Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0 – 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	4 – 1 vs Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	4 – 1 vs Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	–	3 – 1 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Biggest loss (Cup)	-	-	-	-
Biggest win (Toto)	3 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko	3 – 0 vs Hapoel Akko	1 – 0 vs Bnei Sakhnin 2-1 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Biggest loss (Toto)	0 – 1 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva	0 – 1 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva
Clean sheets	19	11	7	1
Goals scored	67	36	27	4
Goals conceded	51	18	32	1
Goal difference	+16	+18	-5	+3
Average GF per game	1.4	1.5	1.23	2
Average GA per game	1.06	0.75	1.45	0.5
Yellow cards	132	56	68	8
Red cards	9	4	5
Most appearances	Dekel Keinan (42)	–
Most minutes played	Dekel Keinan (3,709)	–
Most goals	Glynor Plet (15)	–
Penalties for	8	1	7
Penalties against	9	3	6
Winning rate	47.92%	50%	36.36%	100%

Last updated: 25 May 2016
Source: Competitive matches

References

^ Bloomfield Stadium is under a Renovation
^ the game will host in Petah Tikva as punishment for Beitar Jerusalem fans unruliness
^ the game will host away from home stadium as punishment for their fans' unruliness
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
^ Ben Ziv, Guy (10 May 2016). "Two points deducted from Beitar for racial crys" (in Hebrew). ONE.
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
^ The follow of yellow cards also from his previous team Maccabi Netanya
^ The follow of yellow cards also from the Youth team

External links

Maccabi Haifa website

[table_note_BEI0.27254378296088-6] Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.^[5]

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.27254378296088-7] Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

[1] Bloomfield Stadium is under a Renovation

[2] the game will host in Petah Tikva as punishment for Beitar Jerusalem fans unruliness

[3] the game will host away from home stadium as punishment for their fans' unruliness

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

[5] Ben Ziv, Guy (10 May 2016). "Two points deducted from Beitar for racial crys" (in Hebrew). ONE.

[8] "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[9] The follow of yellow cards also from his previous team Maccabi Netanya

[10] The follow of yellow cards also from the Youth team

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