2020–21 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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1st
Toto Cup1st
Super Cup1st
Champions LeaguePlay-off round
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerYonatan Cohen
Aleksandar Pešić
(10 each)

The 2020–21 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 114th season since its establishment in 1906 and 73rd since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2020–21 campaign, the club competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Squad

As of August 5, 2020[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Daniel Peretz
2 DF Israel ISR Ben Bitton (on loan from Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
3 DF Israel ISR Matan Baltaxa
4 DF Spain ESP Enric Saborit
6 MF Israel ISR Dan Glazer
9 FW Barbados BRB Nick Blackman
10 FW Israel ISR Itay Shechter
11 FW Israel ISR Tal Ben Haim
17 MF Israel ISR Dan Biton (on loan from Bulgaria Ludogorets)
18 DF Israel ISR Eitan Tibi
19 GK Brazil BRA
Daniel Tenenbaum
21 DF Israel ISR Sheran Yeini (Captain)
22 MF Israel ISR Avi Rikan
23 MF Israel ISR Eyal Golasa
24 FW Israel ISR Yonatan Cohen
25 DF Israel ISR Amit Glazer
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF Israel ISR Ofir Davidzada
29 FW Israel ISR Eylon Almog
30 DF Israel ISR Maor Kandil
31 DF Israel ISR Shahar Piven
32 FW Israel ISR Dor Turgeman
34 MF Israel ISR Bar Cohen
36 MF Israel ISR Ido Shahar
38 FW Israel ISR Ronen Hanchis
39 FW Panama PAN Eduardo Guerrero
41 GK Israel ISR Ben Musayof
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz
45 FW Israel ISR Matan Hozez
47 MF Israel ISR
Eden Karzev
70 MF Serbia SRB Uroš Nikolić
77 MF Israel ISR Ruslan Barsky

Competitions

Israeli Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MHA MTA ASH HBS MPT IKS
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 36 24 7 5 72 29 +43 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–0
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 12 3 65 33 +32 75 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a] 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2
3 F.C. Ashdod 36 15 9 12 48 39 +9 54 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 11 15 10 45 43 +2 48 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 36 13 7 16 32 38 −6 46 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–0
6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 36 12 10 14 37 45 −8 46 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
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.[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2020–21 Israel State Cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv, qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position, the last Europa Conference League berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team.[2][3]

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 21 12 3 65 33  +32 75 10 7 1 35 19  +16 11 5 2 30 14  +16

Last updated: 30 May 2021.
Source: [5]

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAAH
ResultLDDDDWWWLWDWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDWDWDLDDWWD
Position9951086448753222222222221121112222222
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 August 2020 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
11:00 IST (UTC+3) Saborit Yellow card 30'
Shechter 83'
Report
  • Yellow card 33' Abada
  • 48' Eliyahu
  • Yellow card 74' Cohen
  • 85' Abada
  • Yellow card 90' Sarsur
  • Yellow card 90' Yanko
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevic
12 September 2020 2 Bnei Yehuda 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:30 IST (UTC+3)
Allyson
89'
Report Ben Bitton Yellow card 64'
Kandil 80'
Shechter 83'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Fucsman
16 December 2020 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3) Cohen Yellow card 35', 79'
Golasa 53'
Report Frater 30', Yellow card 51'
Jaber Yellow card 48'
Azulay 66'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erez Pappir
2 November 2020 4 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
21:00 IST (UTC+3) Chery 7'
Rukavytsya 8'
Rodríguez Yellow card 21'
Mabouka Yellow card 58'
Arad Yellow card 86'
Abu Fani Yellow card 86'
Report Golasa Yellow card 29'
Guerrero 38'
Cohen 70'
Peretz Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eli Hacmon
25 October 2020 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
21:00 IST (UTC+3)
Karzev Yellow card 45'
Kandil
Yellow card 83'
Report Josué Yellow card 83' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erez Pappir
8 November 2020 6 Bnei Sakhnin 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
20:15 IST (UTC+3)
Utin Yellow card 41'
Khalaila 90+6' (pen.
)
Report
Karzev
Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gal Leibovitz
22 November 2020 7 Hapoel Hadera 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
20:00 IST (UTC+3) Glazer Yellow card 56'
Tabachnik Yellow card 84'
Report Khattab 30' (o.g.)
Pešić Yellow card 45'
Peretz Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
29 November 2020 8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3) Ben Haim Yellow card 56'
Pešić 38'
Biton 45+1'
Cohen 52'
Schechter Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card
Report Khattab 30' (o.g.)
Pešić Yellow card 45'
Peretz Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
7 December 2020 9 Ashdod 3–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashdod
20:00 IST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Daniel Peretz Yellow card 19'
  • Hernández
    53', Yellow card 87'
  • Cohen 61'
Stadium:
Yud Alef Stadium

Attendance: 0
Referee: Snir Levi
13 December 2020 10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–3 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Fuchsman
21 December 2020 11 Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
24 December 2020 12 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Tel Aviv
20:00 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Snir Levy
28 December 2020 13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
  • Gruper
    Yellow card 49'
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Liran Liani
4 January 2021 14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
  • 51', Yellow card 70'
    Karzev
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gal Leibovich
7 January 2021 15 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Aviad Shiloah
23 January 2021 16 Maccabi Netanya 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevic
27 January 2021 17 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
1 February 2021 18
Be'er Sheva
20:45 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gal Leibovich
6 February 2021 19 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Bnei Sakhin Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
10 February 2021 20 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Hapoel Hadera Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham
13 February 2021 21 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
19:50 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Fuchsman
1 March 2021 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Ashdod Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
4 March 2021 23 Hapoel Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:45 IST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 0
8 March 2021 24 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:45 IST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
13 March 2021 25 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
19:50 IST (UTC+3) Yoav Hofmayster Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 34' Report Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 0
20 March 2021 26 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
3 April 2021 27 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
6 April 2021 28 Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
20:00 Planić 18'
Lavi Yellow card 19'
Atzili
Chery Yellow card 90+4'
Report Geraldes Yellow card 13'
Guerrero 50', Yellow card 50'
Blackman Yellow card 74' Yellow-red card 76'
Kandil Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
11 April 2021 29 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
20:15
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,916
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
18 April 2021 30 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 F.C. Ashdod Tel Aviv
20:30 Saborit 71' Report Berihon 48' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,822
Referee: Liran Liani
25 April 2021 31 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kiryat Shmona
20:15
Report Stadium: Municipal Stadium
3 May 2021 32
Be'er Sheva
20:30 Kabha 61' Report Cohen 28' (pen.) Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
9 May 2021 33 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
20:30 Lavi 6' (o.g.)
Pešić 17'
Glazer Yellow card 45+12'
Yeini Yellow card 67'
Report Donyoh 36'
Chery 39'
Abu Fani Yellow card 57'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 22,913
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevic
23 May 2021 34 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
21:00 Report Guerrero 62'
Shechter 68'
Peretz 78'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
26 May 2021 35 F.C. Ashdod 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashdod
20:00 Mugees 90' Report Guerrero 77'
Almog 88'
Stadium:
Yud Alef Stadium
30 May 2021 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Tel Aviv
20:30 Biton 18'
Biton 39'
Report Lúcio 53'
Ansah 92+2'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

State Cup

21 February 2021
Be'er Sheva
20:45 Report 65' Dor Peretz Stadium: Turner Stadium
16 March 2021 Round of 16Hapoel Haifa (1)2–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) Haifa
20:45 Report Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham, Avi Goldstein, Yossi Babayof, Sagi Berman
20 May 2021 Semi-FinalsMaccabi Haifa (1)0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) Haifa
21:00 Report
Stadium:
Liran Liani

Assistant referees: Dudu Biton, Roei Hassan
Fourth official: Gal Laibuvitz
Note:

Toto Cup

22 August 2020 Final Bnei Sakhnin 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Sakhnin
20:30 Report
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Idan Leiba

Israeli Super Cup

8 August 2020 First Leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:15 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
13 August 2020 Second Leg Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0
(4–0 agg.)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
20:30 IST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gal Leibovich

UEFA Champions League

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) First qualifying round Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 Latvia Riga Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00 (20:00 IDT)
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) Second qualifying round Sūduva Lithuania 0–3 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) Third qualifying round Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–0 Belarus Dynamo Brest Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00 (20:00 EEST) Biton 50' (p) Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Play-off game 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
21:00 (22:00 IDT)
Report
Attendance: 0[7]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim
21:00
Report
  • 30'
    Karzev
Attendance: 0[8]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL MTA SIV QRB
1 Spain Villarreal 6 5 1 0 17 5 +12 16 Advance to knockout phase 4–0 5–3 3–0[a]
2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 2 1 6 7 −1 11 1–1 1–0 1–0
3 Turkey Sivasspor 6 2 0 4 9 11 −2 6 0–1 1–2 2–0
4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 1–3 1–1 2–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. SARS-CoV-2
    .
22 October 2020 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
29 October 2020 2 Sivasspor Turkey 1–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Sivas, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
)
5 November 2020 3 Villarreal Spain 4–0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Villarreal, Spain
22:10 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
26 November 2020 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–1 Spain Villarreal Tel Aviv, Israel
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
3 December 2020 5 Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • 22' (p) Cohen
  • Yellow card 85'
    Hernández
Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)
10 December 2020 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–0 Turkey Sivasspor Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Knockout phase

The round of 32 draw was held on 14 December 2020.[10]

18 February 2021 Round of 32 – 1st leg Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Tel Aviv, Israel
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: François Letexier (France)
25 February 2021 Round of 32 – 2nd leg Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Kyiv, Ukraine
19:55 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

References

  1. ^ "First Team Squad". Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Hapoel's appeal rejected, 4th place to Europe". Sports Channel (Israel) (in Hebrew). 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "There's no Europe: Hapoel Tel Aviv's appeal was rejected". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ligat ha'AL 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Maccabi Tel Aviv — Matches". soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv has Qualified to the State Cup Final". Israel Football Association (in Hebrew). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Maccabi Tel Aviv v Red Bull Salzburg" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Red Bull Salzburg v Maccabi Tel Aviv" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 1 December 2020.