2020–21 F.C. Ashdod season

Ashdod
2020-21 season
Chairman	Municipality of Ashdod
Manager	Ran Ben Shimon
Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium
State Cup	Quarter Finals
Toto Cup Al	12th
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20

Ashdod are an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. The 2020–21 season will the clubs 21st competitive campaign since the club were formed. During this season the club will have competed in the following competitions: Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup Al.

Current squad

Updated 12 July 2020.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Yoav Gerafi
3	DF	ISR	Gil Cohen
4	DF	UGA	Timothy Awany
5	DF	ISR	Nir Bardea
6	MF	ISR	Hamoudi Kna'an
7	FW	UGA	Fahad Bayo
8	MF	ISR	Shlomi Azulay
9	MF	ISR	Roei Gordana
10	MF	MLI	Moussa Bagayoko
11	FW	ISR	Sagiv Yehezkel
12	MF	ISR	Yoni Sisai
13	DF	GHA	Montari Kamaheni
14	FW	ISR	Dean David
15	DF	ISR	Tom Ben Zaken (captain)
16	DF	ISR	Zohar Zasno
18	FW	ISR	Bentzi Moshel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ISR	Stav Turiel
20	DF	ISR	Omri Ben Harush
21	MF	ISR	Hamza Mawassi
23	MF	ISR	Fares Abu Akel
41	GK	ISR	Ron Shushan
55	DF	SRB	Nenad Cvetković
66	MF	ISR	Nir Hasson
77	MF	ISR	Ya'akov Berihon
80	MF	ISR	Mor Edri
88	FW	ISR	Idan Dahan
90	GK	ISR	Roei Mishpati
99	FW	ISR	Oz Bilu
—	DF	ISR	David Tiram
—	FW	GHA	Hayford Adjei
—	FW	ISR	Shalev Harush

Out on loan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Omer Egozi (at Hapoel Kfar Shalem until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Club Friendlies

28 July 2020 Friendly	Bnei Sakhnin	1 - 2	Ashdod	Sakhnin
19:00		Report		Stadium: Doha Stadium

Israeli Premier League

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
17	9	1	7	24	17	+7	28	6	0	2	16	6	+10	3	1	5	8	11	−3

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: Soccerway

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W		W	L	W	L
Position	13	7	4	5	6	9	3	5	3	3	2	3	4		4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 2020 1	Ashdod	0 - 2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Ashdod
19:00	Fares Abu Akel 38' Ben Zaken 55' Azulay 69'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão 65' 90+2' Ansah 67' 74' Kahat 72' Bartkus 77'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

13 September 2020 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 - 2	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
20:30	Gruper 77' Boateng 85'	Report	Yehezkel 1' Fares Abu Akel 12' Awany 35' Bayo 66' Gordana 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erez Papir

21 September 2020 3	Ashdod	1 - 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ashdod
19:00	Cvetković 23' Fares Abu Akel 59'	Report	Elvis Sakyi 4' Suljić 40' Marcus Diniz 40' Muhammad Sarsour 47' Amit Meir 59'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gal Laibuvitz

1 November 2020 4	Bnei Yehuda	1 - 0	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
20:30	Moussa 66' Zenati 78' (pen.) Elian Ruhana 83'	Report	Idan Dahan 65' Cvetković 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid

7 November 2020 5	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 1	Ashdod	Haifa
18:45	Planić 13' Haziza 31' Habshi 37' Rukavytsya 45+3' (pen.) Chery 63'	Report	Bayo 9' Bagayoko 45+1' Gordana 45+1' Yehezkel 70'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Fuxman

21 November 2020 6	Ashdod	2 - 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ashdod
18:45	Azulay 21' 37' Yehezkel 26' Gordana 48' Nir Bardea 78' Berihon 80'	Report	Dadia 24'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Liran Liany

25 November 2020 7	Ashdod	4 - 0	Maccabi Netanya	Ashdod
19:00	David 50' 71' Ben Zaken 56' Berihon 84' Cvetković 87' Azulay 88'	Report	Cohen 29' Ido Vaier 55' Avraham 67' Kanichowsky 83' 83'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

28 November 2020 8	Bnei Sakhnin	1 - 0	Ashdod	Sakhnin
17:20	Ihab Ganayem 62' Goldenberg 77' Muhammad Ottman 78'	Report	Gordana 59' Idan Dahan 90+1'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba

7 December 2020 9	Ashdod	3 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00	Bayo 20' Hamoudi Kna'an 23' Gordana 53' Azulay 69' 90' Yehezkel 79' 83'	Report	Dor Peretz 19' Luis Hernández 53' 87' Cohen 61'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Snir Levi

12 December 2020 10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0 - 1	Ashdod	Kfar Saba
15:00	Cohen 16' Dror 57' Solomon 85' Reichert 90+3'	Report	Bagayoko 23' 34' Ben Zaken 70' Berihon 75'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach

19 December 2020 11	Hapoel Hadera	1 - 1	Ashdod	Netanya
17:20	Glazer 24' Abdallah Jaber 44' Khattab 60' Cisse 68' Avramov 90+1'	Report	Kamaheni 55' Gordana 60'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shlomi Ben Avraham

22 December 2020 12	Ashdod	0 - 1	Hapoel Haifa	Ashdod
19:00	Bayo 47' Yehezkel 53'	Report	Kapiloto 17' Maman 62' Buzaglo 83' Barsky 86' Kadoch 90' Mishpati 90+9'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

28 December 2020 13	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 2	Ashdod	Jerusalem
20:00 IST	Mohamed 24'	Report	David 11' Shalev Harush 27' Bayo 90+3'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gal Laibuvitz
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

7 January 2021 15	Ashdod	2 – 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00 IST	Bayo 13' Gordana 44' Yehezkel 68'	Report	Itzhak 4'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

23 January 2021 16	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2 – 1	Ashdod	Petah Tikva
17:30 IST	Cooper 19' 23' (pen.) Inbrum 33' Cohen 50' Daniel Plesher 51' Arad Bar 69' Liel Abada 90+1'	Report	Bagayoko 12' Yehezkel 16' Hamoudi Kna'an 61'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

27 January 2021 17	Ashdod	4 – 0	Bnei Yehuda	Ashdod
19:00 IST	David 25' Awany 50' Bayo 57' Hamoudi Kna'an 60' Oz Bilu 82'	Report	Moussa 10' Mori 72' Ghadir 86'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Fuxman
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

30 January 2021 18	Maccabi Netanya	3 – 0	Ashdod	Netanya
18:45 IST	Yerushalmi 14' Frater 17' Kanichowsky 34' 83' Karam Jaber 41'	Report	Fares Abu Akel 63' Azulay 71'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

6 February 2021 19	Ashdod	v	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
20:45 IST				Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	26	19	2	5	52	20	+32	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	17	7	2	48	21	+27	58
3	F.C. Ashdod	26	13	4	9	37	25	+12	43
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	11	5	10	26	28	−2	38
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	9	10	7	31	29	+2	37

Source: 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.

State Cup

22 February 2021 Round of 32	Ashdod	3 – 1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Ashdod
20:00	Kamaheni 19' David 33' Kna'an 42' Gordana 45+1' (pen.) 74' Stav Turiel 66' 89' Bagayoko 75'	Report	Peter Olawale 36' Roy Amos 45' Gamon 60' David Dean Twizer 81'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ohad Asulin
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

17 March 2021 Round of 16	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ashdod	Jerusalem
18:00	Shua 41' Vered 54' Kriaf 75' Janković 119'	Report	Gordana 22' (pen.) Azulay 25' Ocampos 93' (o.g.) Gerafi 100'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Liran Liany
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

21 April 2021 Quarter Finals	Ashdod	0 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:30	Ben Zaken 52' Firas Abu Akel 62' Ben Harush 90+6'	Report	Glazer 34' Peretz 54' Luis Hernández 56' Saborit 68'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Idan Layba
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

Toto Cup Al

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	BEI	BYT	HTA	ASH
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Possible Final based on other 1st places	—		0–0
2	Bnei Yehuda	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Possible 5–6th match based on other 2nd places	0–0	—		1–5
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4	Possible 9–10th match based on other 3rd places		0–3	—
4	F.C. Ashdod	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3	Possible 11–12th match based on other 4th places	2–0		0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals for;

8 August 2020 Match 1	Ashdod	0 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
19:00	Gil Cohen 22' Gordana 54'	Report	Aitman 24' (pen.) Abu Abaid 79'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Odeh Na'al

11 August 2020 Match 2	Bnei Yehuda	1 - 5	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
19:30	Roi Ben Shimon 4' Ljujić 37' Elian Ruhana 75'	Report	Fares Abu Akel 18' Yehezkel 54' 72' 77' 90' Azulay 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Snir Levi

16 August 2020 Match 3	Ashdod	0 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashdod
19:30	Idan Dahan 77'	Report	Vered 3' 16' Mohamed 38' Diogo Verdasca 43' Tamir Adi 72' Rotman 75' Edri 85'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sagi Berman

23 August 2020 Placement Match	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2 - 0	Ashdod	Kiryat Shmona
19:45	Lúcio Maranhão 6' 87' Guy Ben Lulu 61'	Report	Yehezkel 22' Gordana 25' Fares Abu Akel 59'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid

References

1. *Betexplorer 2. *Soccerway 3. *World Football

External links

Moadon Sport Ironi Ashdod Israel Football Association

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