2018–19 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 112th season since its establishment in 1906, and 71st since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2018–19 campaignthe club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

2018–19 season
Chairman	Mitchell Goldhar
Manager	Vladimir Ivic
Stadium	Netanya Stadium (temporary)
Ligat Ha'Al	Winners
State Cup	Quarter final
Toto Cup	Winners
Europa League	Playoff round
Top goalscorer	League: Eliran Atar (10) All: Eliran Atar (17)
Home colours Away colours

First team

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ISR Eli Dasa 3 DF  ESP Jair Amador 4 DF  ESP Enric Saborit 6 MF  ISR Dan Glazer 7 MF  ISR Omer Atzili 10 FW  NGA Chikeluba Ofoedu 11 FW  ISR Itay Shechter 15 MF  ISR Dor Micha 16 FW  ISR Eliran Atar 18 DF  ISR Eitan Tibi 19 GK  BRA Daniel Tenenbaum 20 FW  ISR Matan Hozez 21 MF  ISR Sheran Yeini (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  ISR Avi Rikan 23 MF  ISR Eyal Golasa 24 FW  ISR Yonatan Cohen 25 FW  USA Aaron Schoenfeld 27 DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada 28 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio 30 DF  ISR Maor Kandil 31 DF  ISR Shachar Piven 41 GK  ISR Daniel Peretz 42 MF  ISR Dor Peretz 55 GK  ISR Haviv Ohayon 77 MF  ISR Ruslan Barsky 95 GK  SRB Predrag Rajković

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  POR Jair (from Huesca) — MF  ISR Roslan Barsky (loan return from Hapoel Haifa) — MF  ISR Yonatan Cohen (loan return from Bnei Yehuda) — FW  ISR Itay Shechter (from Beitar Jerusalem) — FW  ISR Matan Hozez (loan return from Bnei Yehuda) — FW  ISR Mavis Tchibota (loan return from Bnei Yehuda) — DF  ESP Enric Saborit (from Athletic Bilbao) — FW  NGA Chikeluba Ofoedu (from Eskişehirspor) — FW  ISR Maor Kandil (from Bnei Yehuda)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISR Yuval Spungin (to Ironi Kiryat Shmona) — DF  MTQ Jean-Sylvain Babin (loan return to Sporting Gijón) — DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim (Released) — MF  ESP José Rodríguez (loan return to Mainz 05) — FW  ISR Barak Yitzhaki (Reitred) — GK  ISR Daniel Lifshitz (Reitred) — DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada (loan return to KAA Gent) — DF  ISR Sagiv Yehezkel (on loan to Bnei Yehuda) — FW  ISR Mavis Tchibota (to Bnei Yehuda) — FW  ISL Vidar Orn Kjartansson (to Rostov)

Pre-season and friendlies

25 June 2018 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-1	Arka Gdynia	Gdańsk, Poland
19:00	Atar  72'		Janota  29'

28 June 2018 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-2	APOEL FC	Gdańsk, Poland
19:00	Micha  57' Tchibota  67'		Ioannou  10' Souza  88'

1 July 2018 Training Camp	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4-0	Bytovia Bytów
19:00	Kjartansson  21' Shechter  24' Rikan  53' Golasa  54'

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

12 July 2018 First leg	Ferencvárosi TC	1-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Budapest
20:00	Spirovski  61' Finnbogason  67' Böde  85'		Golasa  36' Atar  90'  90'	Stadium: Groupama Arena

19 July 2018 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-0	Ferencvárosi TC	Netanya
20:00	Rikan  33' Atar  45'			Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Second qualifying round

26 July 2018 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	Radnički Niš	Netanya
20:00	Dasa  35' Kjartansson  51', 69' (pen.) Atzili  77'  79'			Stadium: Netanya Stadium

2 August 2018 Second leg	Radnički Niš	2-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Niš
22:00	Stanisavljević  44', 58'		Pankov  33' (o.g.) Atar  38' Jair  53'	Stadium: Čair Stadium

Third qualifying round

7 August 2018 First leg	FC Pyunik	0-0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yerevan
19:00	Trusevych  48'		Glazer  16' Jair  55'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

16 August 2018 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-1	FC Pyunik	Netanya
20:30	Scechter  52' Micha  55' Atar  68'		Voynov  10' Arakelyan  37' Grigoryan  43' Konaté  57' Hovsepyan  77'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Playoff round

9 August 2018 First leg	Sarpsborg	3-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sarpsborg
20:05	Heintz  1' Nielsen  6' (pen.) Jørgensen  38' Mortensen  56'		Tibi  5' Kjartansson  13' (prn.)	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion

30 August 2018 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-1	Sarpsborg	Netanya
20:00	Atzili  30'  52' (pen.) Atar  60'		Muhammed  45' Utvik  50' Halvorsen  81'  81' Askar  84'	Stadium: Netanya Stadiom

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season

26 August 2018 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
21:00	Jair  26' Rikan  39' Shechter  66' Dasa  74' Peretz  76'		Dos Santos  13' Lavi  38' Kramer  67' Awead  70' Weissman  82'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

2 September 2018 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
21:15	Ogu  23'  30'		Golasa  63' Peretz  30'	Stadium: Turner Stadium

15 September 2018 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4-1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Netanya
18:00	Shechter  16' Atar  63', 69' Ofoedu  89'		Nimni  23' Maimoni  51' Yeini  80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

22 September 2018 4	Maccabi Netanya	1-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:30	Kahlon  7' Tiram  49'  90' Twito  71'		Davidzada  1' Piven  27' Shechter  29'  40' Dasa  81'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

1 October 2018 5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0-0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Netanya
21:00	Glazer  51'		Elias  21' Abed  54' Peersman  85' Shlomo  88'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

7 October 2018 6	Beitar Jerusalem	0-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
21:00	Siroshtein  33' Ben Haim  44' Inbrum  82'		Atzili  40', 88'  54' Peretz  48' Shechter  80'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium

20 October 2018 7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Hapoel Hadera	Netanya
17:00	Ofoedu  7', 32' Atzili  30' Golasa  36' Saborit  54'		Abu Zaid  8' Mateos  57' Tapoko  64' Plumain  90' Lúcio  90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

28 October 2018 8	Hapoel Haifa	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:30	Arel  22' Vermouth  45' Mitrevski  90+1'		Atzili  3' Rikan  39'  45' Peretz  79'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

3 November 2018 9	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Bnei Sakhnin	Netanya
20:30	Kandil  36' Yeini  51' Atar  65'		Khateb  8' Ganayem  20' Ghadir  32' Falah  50' Ottman  53' Gantous  88'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

11 November 2018 10	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
20:15	Abuhatzira  7' Shaker  57' Bartkus  90'		Atzili  38', 65' (pen.)  71' Kandil  42' Shechter  75'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium

1 December 2018 11	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
21:00	Peretz  23' Micha  78'		Sivok  89'  90+3'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

4 December 2018 12	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	F.C. Ashdod	Netanya
20:30	Rikan  26' Atar  36', 58' Schoenfeld  51'			Stadium: Netanya Stadium

8 December 2018 13	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:30	Mori  40' Cuéllar  44' Konstantini  57' Tchibota  84'		Cohen  14', 68' Shechter  17'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

17 December 2018 14	Maacabi Haifa	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
21:00	Atar  4', 43' Barsky  18' Peretz  47' Piven  55'		Mandjeck  14' Azulay  35' Sallalich  69' Awaed  69'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

25 December 2018 15	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Netanya
21:00	Ofoedu  21' Jair  38' Cohen  44' Saborit  57' Glazer  60' Rikan  70'		Bitton  50' Elhamed  69'  80'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

29 December 2018 16	Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan
16:00	Savir  20' Levy  72'		Shechter  37' Jair  52' Peretz  73'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

7 January 2019 17	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Maccabi Netanya	Netanya
	Atzili  1', 61'  36' Kandil  21' Shechter  38' Micha  45' Rikan  82' Piven  86'		Vrgoč  38' Kahlon  61' Twito  70' Bećiraj  73' Olsak  86'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

14 January 2019 18	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
21:00	Gotlieb  58' Agayev  81' Boateng  88' Safouri  88' Dgani  90+3'		Ofoedu  32'  38' Glazer  46' Rikan  81' Shechter  88'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

21 January 2019 19	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
14:00	Micha  62'	Report	Plumain  8' Einbinder  67' Zehavi  69' Scheimann  86'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

28 January 2019 20	Hapoel Hadera	0-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
21:00	Zalka  36' Fochive  90'		Jair  17' Shechter  18' Atar  29'  36' Glazer  51'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

3 February 2019 21	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-1	Hapoel Haifa	Netanya
20:30	Saborit  37' Kandil  90'		Mitrevski  28' Tamas  81'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

11 February 2019 22	Bnei Sakhnin	0-0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
20:30	Kandil  88' Mbola  90'		Davidzada  71'	Stadium: Doha Stadium

16 February 2019 23	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Netanya
20:30	Atar  7', 62' Atzili  30' Micha  32' Peretz  74' Glazer  85'		Ryan  18' Morcillo  33' Abu Abaid  89'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

23 February 2019 24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Netanya
16:00	Ofoedu  36' Atar  76' (pen.) Micha  89'		Kanyuk  5' Bambock  10'  45' Danino  36' Tako  75' Sivok  86'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

2 March 2019 25	Ashdod	0-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
18:20	David  39' Lingane  45' Tzruya  79'		Atzili  60', 90+4' Rikan  61' Dasa  87'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium

11 March 2019 26	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:30	Rikan  29'  81' Atar  62' Saborit  64' Barsky  90' Dasa  90+5'		Soro  15'  90+3' Sages  35' Konstantini  59' Tchibota  81'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	20	6	0	57	12	+45	66	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	12	8	6	34	27	+7	44
3	Maccabi Netanya	26	12	7	7	34	29	+5	43
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	10	9	7	36	32	+4	39
5	Bnei Yehuda	26	10	7	9	39	25	+14	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.[1]

State Cup

22 December 2018 Round of 32	Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
21:00	Siroshtein  45' Zahavi  64' Varenne  81' Raly  89'		Rajković  31' Ohayon  40' Yeini  42' Atar  67' Cohen  90+2'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium

17 January 2019 Round of 16	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Hapoel Acre	Netanya
19:00	Micha  12' Cohen  32', 79' Atar  43'		Khalaila  15'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Toto Cup

29 July 2018 UEFA qualifiers match	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
21:00	Schoenfeld  57' [		Sabo  3' Siroshtein  67'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

19 August 2018 Semi Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Netanya
21:00	Piven  6'  59' Cohen  36' (66), pen.' Ofoedu  82'		Shlomo  5' Abed  25' Gotlieb  34' Roger  69'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

26 September 2018 Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:45	Atzili  31' Atar  85'		Menahem  35' Awaesd  43' Allyson  89'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

Squad Statistics

As of match played 19 August 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligat Ha'Al		State Cup		Toto Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Eli Dasa	16	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
3	DF		Jair	14	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
4	DF		Enric Saborit	19	1	12	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF		Dan Glazer	16	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
7	FW		Omer Atzili	18	5	12	5	0	0	1	0	5	0
10	FW		Chikeluba Ofoedu	14	4	11	3	0	0	1	1	2	0
11	MF		Itay Shechter	18	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	3	0
13	DF		Sheran Yeini	19	1	13	1	0	0	2	0	4	0
15	MF		Dor Micha	21	1	14	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
16	FW		Eliran Atar	18	11	11	7	0	0	1	0	6	4
17	MF		Matan Hozez	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	DF		Eitan Tibi	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
19	GK		Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Avi Rikan	17	2	13	2	0	0	1	0	3	0
23	MF		Eyal Golasa	15	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	4	0
24	MF		Yonatan Cohen	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
25	FW		Aaron Schoenfeld	13	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	4	0
30	DF		Maor Kandil	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF		Shachar Piven	12	1	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
42	MF		Dor Peretz	16	4	11	4	0	0	1	0	4	0
55	GK		Haviv Ohayon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF		Roslan Barsky	13	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
95	GK		Predrag Rajković	22	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan:
45	MF		Eliel Peretz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season:
77	DF		Sean Goldberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Viðar Örn Kjartansson	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2

References

1. "Ligat ha'AL 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.