2018–19 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Vladimir Ivic
Stadium	Netanya Stadium (temporary)
Premier League	1st
State Cup	Semi-finals
Toto Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Eliran Atar (10); All: Eliran Atar (17)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

First team


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ISR	Eli Dasa
3	DF	POR	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)
—	DF	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 (Retired)
—	GK	ISR	Daniel Lifshitz (Retired)
—	DF	ISR	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	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

FC Pyunik

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Maccabi Tel Aviv

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 Stadium

Israeli Premier League

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	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'		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	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	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
	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'		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 v t e	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]

Play-off

16 March 2019 27	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	Hapoel Hadera	Netanya
16:00		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 6,497

30 March 2019 28	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-0	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
21:00				Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 12,280

7 April 2019 29	Maccabi Netanya	1-4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:30		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium

15 April 2019 30	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0-0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Netanya
21:00		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 9,353

23 April 2019 31	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:30		Report		Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 5,000

27 April 2019 32	Hapoel Hadera	0-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
18:00		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,500

5 May 2019 33	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-3	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:30		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 4,760

11 May 2019 34	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0	Maccabi Netanya	Netanya
18:00		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 8,737

19 May 2019 35	Maccabi Haifa	1-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:30		Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 16,241

25 May 2019 36	Be'er Sheva
20:00		Report		Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 14,040

Championship round table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	36	27	8	1	77	17	+60	89	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa	36	16	10	10	46	41	+5	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	15	10	11	48	46	+2	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Maccabi Netanya	36	15	8	13	45	47	−2	53
5	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	36	14	9	13	56	41	+15	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Hapoel Hadera	36	12	6	18	43	59	−16	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.^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Israel State Cup.

State Cup

22 December 2018 Eighth Round	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

6 February 2019 Quarter-final	Bnei Sakhnin	1–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Acre
21:00		Report		Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium

26 February 2019 Quarter-final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Bnei Sakhnin	Netanya
20:45		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 1,320

3 April 2019 Semi-final	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:45		Report		Stadium: Teddy 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'		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'		Allyson 89'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played 19 August 2018

Appearances and goals

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Ligat ha'AL 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.13580658665663-2] Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Israel State Cup.

[sw-1] "Ligat ha'AL 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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