2014–15 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
2014–15 season
Chairman	Ya'akov Shahar
Manager	Aleksandar Stanojević(until 27 December); Marco Balbul (from 28 December)
Stadium	Sammy Ofer
Ligat Ha'Al	5th
State Cup	Round of 16
Toto Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Hen Ezra (8); All: Rubén Rayos (12)
Highest home attendance	League: 29,300 vs Beitar Jerusalem (5 March 2015); Toto Cup: 8,500 Hapoel Haifa (19 August 2014)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 vs F.C. Ashdod (14 February 2015); Toto Cup: 2,000 vs Bnei Sakhnin (10 September 2014)
Average home league attendance	League: 22,717 ; Toto Cup: 5,667
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014-15 season is Maccabi Haifa's 57th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Club[edit]

Squad information[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
3	CB	Abraham Paz	35	EU	2014	13	0	2015	Free
4	DM	Medo	26	EU	2014	16	1	2015	Free	Second nationality: Finland
5	RB	Elad Gabai	28	Non-EU	2013	37	0	2017	€400,000
6	CM	Ran Abukarat	25	Non-EU	2013	19	0	2016	€350,000
7	DM	Gustavo Boccoli (vice-captain)	36	Non-EU	2004	434	38	2016	€250,000	Second nationality: Brazil
8	LW	Hen Ezra	25	Non-EU	2012	121	29	2016	€850,000
9	FW	Itay Shechter	27	Non-EU	2014	14	2	2018	€350,000
10	AM	Rubén Rayos	28	EU	2013	74	29	2016	€800,000
11	RW	Idan Vered	25	EU	2010	173	21	2015	€900,000	Second nationality: Romania
12	CB	Orel Dgani	25	Non-EU	2011	70	0	2016	€800,000
13	LB	Taleb Tawatha	22	Non-EU	2009	182	7	2020	Youth system
14	CF	Weaam Amasha	29	Non-EU	2011	120	43	2015	€320,000
15	AM	Yossi Benayoun (captain)	34	EU	2014	199	76	2017	Free	Second nationality: Spain
16	LW	Eliran Atar	27	Non-EU	2014	15	6	2018	Free
17	CF	Alon Turgeman	23	Non-EU	2011	144	40	2017	€450,000
18	LB	Samuel Scheimann	26	EU	2012	61	0	2016	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
21	CB	Dekel Keinan (vice-captain)	30	Non-EU	2012	299	15	2015	€450,000	Originally from youth system
22	GK	Amir Edri	29	Non-EU	2005	69	0	2015	Youth system
24	DM	Míchel	28	EU	2014	25	1	2015	Free
26	DM	Avihai Yadin	27	Non-EU	2012	57	0	2017	€270,000
27	DF	Eyal Meshumar	31	Non-EU	2006	298	17	2015	€250,000
28	CF	Shon Weissman	18	Non-EU	2013	13	0	2016	Youth system
32	DM	Kobi Moyal	27	Non-EU	2014	73	0	2017	Free
38	GK	Vladimir Stojković	31	EU	2014	40	0	2017	Free
44	GK	Ohad Levita	28	EU	2014	4	0	2015	Free	Second nationality: Germany

Last updated: 2 May 2015
Source: maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	FW	Shahar Hirsh	21	Non-EU	Hapoel Afula	Transfer	Summer	2019	$1M	Maccabi Haifa
9	FW	Mohammadou Idrissou	34	Non-EU	Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Maccabi Haifa
26	FW	Mohammed Kalibat	24	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
14	FW	Weaam Amasha	28	Non-EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free	Maccabi Haifa
16	FW	Ismaeel Ryan	20	Non-EU	Hapoel Acre	Loan return	Summer	2017	Free
15	MF	Yossi Benayoun	34	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	YNET
38	GK	Vladimir Stojković	30	EU	Ergotelis	Transfer	Summer	2016	N/A	SPORT5
4	DF	Matan Ohayon	28	Non-EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Transfer	Summer	2016	N/A	SPORT5
32	MF	Kobi Moyal	27	Non-EU	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	YNET
12	DF	Orel Dgani	25	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan return	Summer	2017	Deal for 2 Players	Maccbi Haifa
24	MF	Míchel	28	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Maccabi Haifa
44	GK	Ohad Levita	28	EU	Maccabi Netanya	Loan in	Summer	2015	Free	Walla!
4	MF	Medo	27	EU	Bolton Wanderers	Loan in	Winter	2015	Free	Maccabi Haifa
16	FW	Eliran Atar	27	Non-EU	Stade de Reims	Transfer	Winter	2018	Free	Maccabi Haifa
9	FW	Itay Shechter	27	Non-EU	FC Nantes	Transfer	Winter	2018	Free	Maccabi Haifa
3	DF	Abraham Paz	35	EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Transfer	Winter	2016	Free	Maccabi Haifa

Total spending:

Transfers out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
20	MF	Yaniv Katan	33	Non-EU		Retirement	Summer	Free
33	GK	Bojan Šaranov	26	EU	Ergotelis	Released	Summer	Free
29	DF	Andriy Pylyavskyi	25	EU	Zorya Luhansk	Released	Summer	Free
9	FW	Tamás Priskin	27	EU	Austria Wien	End of contract	Summer	Loan return
5	DF	Sari Falah	22	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Released	Summer	Part of Dgani deal
15	MF	Eyal Golasa	22	Non-EU	PAOK	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	MF	Sintayehu Sallalich	23	Non-EU	Maribor	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	FW	Hen Azriel	25	Non-EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free
—	DF	Itzik Cohen	31	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Released	Summer	Free
—	FW	Shlomi Azulay	24	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Transfer	Summer	Part of Dgani deal
24	FW	Shoval Gozlan	20	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan Out	Summer	Free
—	FW	Shahar Hirsh	21	Non-EU	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Loan Out	Summer	Free
16	MF	Ismaeel Ryan	20	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Loan Out	Summer	Free
44	GK	Ron Shushan	21	Non-EU	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Loan Out	Summer	Free
31	MF	Adi Konstantinos	19	Non-EU	Hapoel Acre	Loan Out	Summer	Free
9	FW	Mohammadou Idrissou	34	Non-EU	Free agent	Released	Winter	Free
4	DF	Matan Ohayon	28	Non-EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Released	Winter	Free
25	MF	Edin Cocalić	27	EU	Mechelen	Released	Winter	Free
19	FW	Shimon Abuhatzira	28	Non-EU	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Loan Out	Winter	Free
2	DF	Ayid Habshi	19	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Loan Out	Winter	Free
23	MF	Ataa Jaber	20	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Loan Out	Winter	Free
9	MF	Mohammed Kalibat	24	Non-EU	Bnei Sakhnin	Loan Out	Winter	Free

Total income: Expenditure:

Players out on loan[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ISR	Ayid Habshi (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Ataa Jaber (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Mohammed Kalibat (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	ISR	Itzik Cohen (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Ismaeel Ryan (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	ISR	Mohammad Ghadir (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2015)
—	GK	ISR	Ron Shushan (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Eran Malchin (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Yaniv Brik (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	ISR	Haythem Halabi (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Dor Kochav (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2015)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ISR	Shahar Hirsh (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	ISR	Dor Hugi (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Adi Konstantinos (at Hapoel Acre until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	ISR	Raz Stain (at Hapoel Acre until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	ISR	Yuval Yosipovich (at Hapoel Afula until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	ISR	Micha Louta (at Hapoel Afula until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	ISR	Akram Sarich (at Hapoel Bnei Lod until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	ISR	Ahmed Shaban (at Hapoel Bnei Lod until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	ISR	Shoval Gozlan (at Hapoel Ra'anana until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	ISR	Baha Halabi (at Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan until 30 June 2015)

Current coaching staff[edit]


Position	Staff
Manager	Marco Balbul
Assistant manager
Sports analyst
Fitness coach	Uri Harel
Goalkeeping coach	Giora Antman
Club Administrator	Adoram Keisi

Source: [1]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

12 July 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 1	Hapoel Afula	Haifa
18:00	Ryan 11' Idrissou 74', 79'	Report	Geva Barkai 27'	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Tzvika Levy

17 July 2014 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	1 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Landeck, Austria
	Idrissou 47'	Report	Nielsen 83'	Stadium: Landeck stadium

20 July 2014 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0	Simurq	Landeck, Austria
18:00	Keinan 28' Turgeman 70'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}		Stadium: Landeck stadium

23 July 2014 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 2	Lille	Landeck, Austria
		Report	Mendes 15' Kjær 54'	Stadium: Landeck stadium

26 July 2014 Training Camp	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 1	Paderborn	Landeck, Austria
18:00	Idrissou 29' Ryan 75'	Report	Wemmer 78'	Stadium: Landeck stadium

3 August 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 1	F.C. Ashdod	Haifa
18:00	Rayo 15' (p) Ezra 21' Benayoun 56'	Report	Beckel 50' (p)	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Guy Bergar

10 August 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	5 – 0	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Haifa
19:00	Ezra 5' Turgeman 7' Benayoun 20' Amasha 84' Vered 90'	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Tzvika Levy

1 September 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Haifa
18:30	Vered 11' Idrissou 14' Zenati 75' Gabai 84'	Report	Malkin 30' (p) Owusu 35'	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Guy Bergar

17 September 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 3	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Haifa
17:30	Turgeman 21' Amasha 56'	Report	Exbard 10' Gomez 14', 67'	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground Referee: Tzvika Levy

13 October 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 0	Hapoel Akko	Haifa
16:00	Rayo 26' Ezra 36' Abuhatzira 80'	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

18 November 2014 Training	Maccabi Haifa	7 – 0	Hapoel Afula	Haifa
17:00	Abuhatzira 7', 40' Míchel 10' Turgeman 26', 35' Ezra 34' Keinan 72'	Report		Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

17 March 2015 Training	Maccabi Haifa	5 – 1	F.C. Karmiel Safed	Haifa
9:00	Weissman , Rayos Míchel Vered	Report	Sahar Dahan	Stadium: Kfar Galim Training Ground

Competitions[edit]

Ligat Ha'Al[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Win Draw Loss

With Aleksandar Stanojević

15 September 2014 1	Maccabi Haifa	4 - 2	Bnei Sakhnin	Haifa
20:55	Ezra 45+3' Rayos 47', 66', 51' Abuhatzira 58', 59' Tawatha 90'	Report	Mevlja 50' Papadopoulos 64' Ahmed Nahia 90+1'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

22 September 2014 2	Beitar Jerusalem	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
20:50	Claudemir 26' Azulay 56' Dasa 84' Malul 89' Klaiman 90+1'	Report	Jaber 37' Idrissou 59', 90' Stojković 85'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Liran Liany

28 September 2014 3	Maccabi Haifa	3 - 1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Haifa
20:15	Ezra 24', 51' Turgeman 30' Míchel 41' Amasha 81'	Report	Abu Zaid 5' Peso 24' Kale 48'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

20 October 2014 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:50	Ben Haim 17' Tawatha 53' (o.g.) Alberman 77' Ben Basat 81'	Report	Cocalić 80' Meshumar 23' Rayos 59' (p) Míchel 71'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

25 October 2014 5	Maccabi Haifa	0 - 2	Hapoel Ra'anana	Haifa
19:30	Amasha 29' Dgani 51'	Report	Kangwa 13' Nwakaeme 52' Sass 56' Yanko 69'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Gal Leibovich

28 October 2014 6	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
20:50	Arbeitman 17', 50' Barda 53' Gordana 77'	Report	Keinan 22' Ezra 30' Míchel 57' Moyal 60'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiach

1 November 2014 7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
17:00	Mununga 51' Dor Elo 83'	Report		Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Alon Yefet

8 November 2014 8	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 0	Hapoel Acre	Haifa
17:00	Dgani 40' Abuhatzira 76', 77'	Report	Dora 24' Jovanović 45' Avidor 49' Elior Seiderer 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 20,123 Referee: Erez Papeir

22 November 2014 9	F.C. Ashdod	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod
19:30	Lior Inbroom 54' Míchel 81' (o.g.)	Report	Ohayon 68' Turgeman 74' Dgani 84'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Menashe Messiah

30 November 2014 10	Maccabi Haifa	3 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:55	Ezra 9' Amasha 36' Meshumar 55' Vered 90+3'	Report	Ikande 85' Vermouth 89' (p)	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

3 December 2014 11	Maccabi Netanya	0 - 4	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
19:30	Levy 24' Gavish 29' Saba 68'	Report	Amasha 10', 26', 45' Boccoli 34' Meshumar 45' Vered 87'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Ziv Adler

6 December 2014 12	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
17:00	Abuhatzira 65' Vered 76' Dgani 82' Cocalić 85'	Report	Mizrahi 11', 24' Kola 18', 90+1', 31'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

14 December 2014 13	Hapoel Haifa	0 - 4	Maccabi Haifa	Haifa
20:55	Ricketts 15' Shabtay 39'	Report	Benayoun 4' Vered 44', 53' Cocalić 45' Míchel 73' Abuhatzira 81'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Eli Hakmon

20 December 2014 14	Bnei Sakhnin	1 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
18:45	Khalaila 44' Bojović 90'	Report	Boccoli 19' Abuhatzira 52' Edin Cocalić 71'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Erez Papeir

27 December 2014 15	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:00	Míchel 22' Boccoli Turgeman 75' Tawatha 90'	Report	Haimovich 46' Matović 63' Cohen 83', 86', 84' Claudemir 84' Swisa 90+4', 90+4'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Ziv Adler

With Marco Balbul

4 January 2015 16	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2 - 2	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:15	Altman 62' Dayan 62' (p) Zhairi 88'	Report	Vered 4' Keinan 18' Ezra 25' Stojković 45' Abuhatzira 79'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Liran Liany

11 January 2015 17	Maccabi Haifa	0 - 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:55	Keinan 28' Edin Cocalić Meshumar 44'	Report	Ben Harush 8' Mitrović 41' Zahavi 78' (p)	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

18 January 2015 18	Hapoel Ra'anana	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
20:15	Binyamin 40' Mamadou Thiam 49' Snir Shuker 57' Vehava 90'	Report	Dgani 20'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oren Saminien

24 January 2015 19	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:00	Tawatha 36' Ezra 61' Turgeman 79' Medo 82' Rayos 90+3' (p)	Report	Davidzada 29' Buzaglo 78'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

31 January 2015 20	Maccabi Haifa	0 - 1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
17:00	Medo 87'	Report	Dimov 35'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

7 February 2015 21	Hapoel Akko	0 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Akko
19:20	Abu Nil 51' Papadopoulos 90'	Report	Turgeman 78' Atar 81'	Stadium: Akko Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Liran Vaksberger

14 February 2015 22	Maccabi Haifa	5 - 0	F.C. Ashdod	Tel Aviv^[2]
17:30	Shechter 8' Ezra 18', 90' Medo 41', 55' Míchel 65' Atar 83'	Report	Bello 22' Tom Mond 74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

23 February 2015 23	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 - 2	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:55	Reichert 9', 72' Azulay 37' Colin 80'	Report	Atar 29', 57'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

2 March 2015 24	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 1	Maccabi Netanya	Haifa
19:55	Atar 57' Benayoun 65'	Report	Abu Abaid 4' Romário 24' Levy 26' Hassan 43'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Menashe Messiah

8 March 2015 25	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
20:15	Kola 21' Kassio 66'	Report	Benayoun 88'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

14 March 2015 26	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 0	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
19:30	Tawatha 45' Vered 89'	Report	Kijanskas 28' Cohen 65' Megrelashvili 87'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Liran Liany

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Beitar Jerusalem	26	10	10	6	38	29	+9	40	Qualification for the championship round
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	10	9	7	28	30	−2	39
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	11	4	11	38	29	+9	37
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	9	7	10	24	23	+1	34	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Maccabi Netanya	26	9	6	11	37	45	−8	33	Qualification for the relegation round

Source: Israel Football Association
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.

Play-off[edit]

22 March 2015 27	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
21:00	Nosa 1' Yeini 72' García 79' Zahavi 89'	Report	Tawatha 58' Atar 61' Yadin 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Menashe Messiah

5 April 2015 28	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:15	Shechter 13' Benayoun 44' Stojković 77'	Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

12 April 2015 29	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
20:45	Buzaglo 30' Ejide 36' Loai Taha 39'	Report	Atar 31', 38' Amasha 90'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Liran Liany

20 April 2015 30	Maccabi Haifa	0 - 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
20:00	Yadin 10' Medo 43'	Report	Dor Elo 37' Omer Danino 42' Kabha 67' Ben-Dayan 90+3'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 21,150 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

27 April 2015 31	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
20:30	Kola 65'	Report	Shechter 32'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Guy Bergar

4 May 2015 32	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:55	Rayos 35' Tawatha 39'	Report	Zahavi 11', 33' García 40' Alberman 43'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

10 May 2015 33	Beitar Jerusalem	1 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
20:30	Cohen 17' Dasa 41'	Report	Scheimann 52' Amasha 63' Rayos 52' Míchel 88'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: Orel Greenfeld Referee: 16,220

16 May 2015 34	Maccabi Haifa	4 - 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
15:30	Ezra 8' (17) Benayoun 49' Turgeman 79'	Report	Buzaglo 21'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Eli Hakmon

25 May 2015 35	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:55	Omer Danino 12', 72' Goldenberg 17' Joachim Mununga 35' Peser 78'	Report	Míchel 35' Dgani 39' Keinan 42' Atar 90'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roei Rainsriber

30 May 2015 36	Maccabi Haifa	4 - 1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
17:15	Keinan 40' Atar 58' Rayos 61' (p) Shechter 83' (p) Scheimann 87'	Report	Rochet 45' Elkayam 75'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Oren Saminien

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv^[a] (C)	36	21	9	6	67	32	+35	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	36	18	10	8	53	38	+15	64	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	17	11	8	63	40	+23	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
4	Beitar Jerusalem^[a]	36	13	13	10	48	43	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[b]
5	Maccabi Haifa	36	14	8	14	51	37	+14	50
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	36	12	12	12	34	41	−7	48

Source: Israel Football Association
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem each deducted one point.^[3]
^ ^a ^b ^c Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, then the 2nd-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results summary[edit]


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	8	14	51	37	+14	50	11	2	5	33	17	+16	3	6	9	18	20	−2

Last updated: 30 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W
Position	3	7	4	6	8	8	11	8	10	6	5	7	5	4	4	5	8	11	9	9	9	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

14 January 2015 Round of 32	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	1 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Haifa	Ramat HaSharon, Israel
19:00	Ben Azubel 21', 74' Yarden Sagiv 32' Maor Kandil 102'	Report	Tawatha 12' Ezra 39' Turgeman 69' Rayo 103' Amasha 109'	Stadium: Grundman Stadium Attendance: Eitan Smuelavich Referee: 1,000

Round of 16[edit]

28 January 2015 Round of 16	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 1 (1 – 3 p)	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
21:00	Medo 34' Turgeman 72' Cocalić 101' Rayos 111' (p) Vered 119'	Report	Brown 57' Abed 87' Kahat 103' (p) Tzedek 110'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Erez Papeir
	Penalties
	Rayos Turgeman Gabai Cocalić		Kahat Tzedek Manga Mizrahi

Toto Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

13 August 2014 1	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 1	Hapoel Acre	Netanya
20:50	Kalibat 79' Vered 90'	Report	Salihi 27' Shaban 89'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Erez Papier

16 August 2014 2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Shmona
18:30	Tzedek 90'	Report	Turgeman 42'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

19 August 2014 3	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0	Hapoel Haifa	Netanya
20:30	Moyal 73' Rayos 79' 90'	Report	Kovář 90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Eli Hakmon

26 August 2014 4	Bnei Sakhnin	2 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Ilut
19:45	Ryan 5' Habshi 65' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ilut Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Menashe Messiah

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

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 quarterfinals

Knockout phase[edit]

Quarter-final[edit]

6 September 2014 First Leg	Bnei Sakhnin	1-1	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
20:30	Mevlja 37' Mugrabi 60' Ottman 66'	Report	Idrissou 17' Boccoli 21' Dgani 61' Cocalić 67', 90'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erez Papier

10 September 2014 Second Leg	Maccabi Haifa	5 - 3	Bnei Sakhnin	Netanya
20:20	Abuhatzira 2' Idrissou 23', 52' Míchel 44' Ezra 70' Keinan 78' Rayos 86' Turgeman 88' Vered 90'	Report	Ghadir 5', 49', 24' Paz 65'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Eitan Smuelavich

Maccabi Haifa won 6–4 on aggregate

Semi-final[edit]

17 December 2014 Semi-final	Maccabi Haifa	3 - 1	F.C. Ashdod	Netanya
19:00	Rayo 4' Ezra 19' Turgeman 59'	Report	Oshaniwa 43' Abd Elhamed 73' Abu Anza 90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: Liran Vaksberger Referee: 2,500

Final[edit]

31 December 2014 Final	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
19:30	Ohayon 47' Eitan Tibi 57' (o.g.)	Report	Ohayon 41' (o.g.) Ziv 37' Mitrović 73', 82' (p) Einbinder 87'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Menashe Messiah

Squad statistics[edit]

Updated on 30 May 2015

			Ligat Ha'Al					State Cup					Toto Cup					Total
Nation	No.	Name		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist		GS	Min.		Assist
Goalkeepers
	22	Amir Edri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	38	Vladimir Stojković	35	35	3,150	0	1	2	2	240	0	0	4	4	360	0	0	41	41	3,750	0	1
	44	Ohad Levita	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	270	0	0	4	4	360	0	0
Defenders
	3	Abraham Paz	13	13	1,170	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	1,170	0	0
	5	Elad Gabai	13	12	1,098	0	1	1	1	120	0	0	0	1	28	0	0	15	13	1,248	0	1
	12	Orel Dgani	33	33	2,970	0	0	1	1	120	0	0	3	3	265	0	0	38	38	3,475	0	0
	13	Taleb Tawatha	30	30	2,594	1	4	2	2	240	0	0	2	2	180	0	0	34	34	3,014	1	4
	18	Samuel Scheimann	9	6	609	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	556	0	2	16	12	1,165	0	2
	21	Dekel Keinan	14	14	1,141	1	0	1	1	120	0	0	8	6	569	0	0	23	21	1,830	1	0
	27	Eyal Meshumar	19	18	1,424	0	0	1	1	120	0	0	2	2	180	0	0	22	21	1,724	0	0
Midfielders
	4	Medo	16	16	1,428	1	0	1	1	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	1,548	1	0
	6	Ran Abukarat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Gustavo Boccoli	12	10	811	0	0	2	1	213	0	0	7	4	434	0	0	21	15	1,457	0	0
	8	Hen Ezra	36	32	2,798	8	11	2	2	165	1	1	8	6	468	1	2	46	40	3,431	10	14
	10	Rubén Rayos	27	17	1,801	6	3	2	1	166	2	0	6	5	441	4	1	35	23	2,408	12	4
	11	Idan Vered	28	8	1,046	6	1	2	1	172	0	0	7	2	225	2	0	37	11	1,440	8	1
	15	Yossi Benayoun	26	24	1,949	5	4	1	1	120	0	0	4	4	297	0	0	31	29	2,369	5	4
	24	Míchel	25	16	1,438	1	0	1	1	10	0	0	2	1	90	0	0	28	18	1,539	1	0
	26	Avihay Yadin	15	14	1,099	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14	1,099	0	0
	32	Kobi Moyal	8	5	384	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	144	0	0	12	7	528	0	0
Forwards
	9	Itay Shechter	14	10	839	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	839	2	0
	14	Weaam Amasha	26	14	1,320	7	3	2	2	180	1	1	7	3	336	0	1	35	19	1,835	7	5
	16	Eliran Atar	15	12	1,176	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12	1,176	6	2
	17	Alon Turgeman	23	11	1,017	3	2	2	1	150	0	0	7	4	368	2	1	32	16	1,542	5	3
	28	Shon Weissman	2	0	30	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	38	0	0
		Mohammed Awaed^[4]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Players who no longer play for Maccabi Haifa
	2	Ayid Habshi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	270	0	0	3	3	270	0	0
	4	Matan Ohayon	9	4	556	0	0	1	1	120	0	0	5	5	434	0	0	15	10	1,128	0	0
	9	Mohammed Kalibat	7	3	247	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	374	1	1	15	7	621	1	3
	9	Mohammadou Idrissou	5	5	432	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	355	2	0	10	9	787	2	0
	19	Shimon Abuhatzira	15	9	697	3	2	1	0	17	0	0	3	2	142	1	1	19	11	856	4	3
	23	Jaber Ataa	13	10	846	0	0	1	1	120	0	1	7	7	486	0	0	21	18	1,452	0	1
	25	Edin Cocalić	14	14	1,227	1	0	1	1	120	0	0	6	5	450	1	0	21	20	1,797	2	0
	31	Adi Konstantinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29	0	0	2	0	29	0	0
	44	Ron Shushan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	90	0	0	1	1	90	0	0

Goals[edit]

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat Ha'Al	State Cup	Toto Cup	Total
1	Rubén Rayos	MF	6	2	4	12
2	Hen Ezra	MF	8	1	1	10
3	Weaam Amasha	FW	7	1	0	8
3	Idan Vered	MF	6	0	2	8
4	Eliran Atar	FW	6	0	0	6
5	Yossi Benayoun	MF	5	0	0	5
	Alon Turgeman	FW	3	0	2	5
	Shimon Abuhatzira	FW	3	0	1	4
6	Itay Shechter	FW	2	0	0	2
	Edin Cocalić	DF	1	0	1	2
	Mohammadou Idrissou	FW	0	0	2	2
7	Míchel	MF	1	0	0	1
	Medo	MF	1	0	0	1
	Taleb Tawatha	DF	1	0	0	1
	Dekel Keinan	FW	1	0	0	1
	Mohammed Kalibat	FW	0	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	1	1
Total			51	4	15	70

Disciplinary record[edit]

Last updated on 2 May 2015

Pos	Nat	Name	Ligat Ha'Al			State Cup	Total			Suspended
Pos	Nat	Name
MF		Míchel	7				7
DF		Taleb Tawatha	5			1	6
DF		Orel Dgani	6				6
MF		Medo	4			1	5
FW		Alon Turgeman	3			2	5
DF		Abraham Paz^[5]	5				5
GK		Vladimir Stojković	3			1	4
MF		Hen Ezra	3				3
DF		Eyal Meshumar	3		1		3		1
DF		Dekel Keinan	3		1		3		1
FW		Eliran Atar	3				3
FW		Itay Shechter	3				3
MF		Gustavo Boccoli	2	1			2	1
MF		Idan Vered	1			1	2
MF		Avihay Yadin	2				2
DF		Samuel Scheimann	2				2
MF		Rubén Rayos	1				1
FW		Weaam Amasha	1				1
MF		Kobi Moyal	1				1
FW		Shimon Abuhatzira	5				5
DF		Edin Cocalić	3	2		1	4	2
DF		Matan Ohayon	2				2
FW		Mohammadou Idrissou	1		1		1		1
MF		Jaber Ataa	1				1
Total			70	3	3	7	77	3	3

Disciplinary record Toto Cup[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Disciplinary record Toto Cup
No.	Pos.	Name
32	MF	Kobi Moyal	1	0
7	FW	Gustavo Boccoli	1	0
12	DF	Orel Dgani	1	0
24	MF	Míchel	1	0
8	MF	Hen Ezra	1	0
21	DF	Dekel Keinan	1	0
17	FW	Alon Turgeman	1	0
25	DF	Edin Cocalić	1	0
4	DF	Matan Ohayon	1	0
9	FW	Mohammadou Idrissou	1	0

Penalties[edit]

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
20 October 2014	Rubén Rayos	Yes	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ligat Ha'Al
24 January 2015	Rubén Rayos	Yes	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ligat Ha'Al
28 January 2015	Rubén Rayos	Yes	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	State Cup
12 April 2015	Eliran Atar	No	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ligat Ha'Al
30 May 2015	Rubén Rayos	Yes	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Ligat Ha'Al
30 May 2015	Itay Shechter	Yes	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ligat Ha'Al

Overall[edit]

	Total	Home	Away	Naturel
Games played	45	22	22	2
Games won	20	14	5	1
Games drawn	9	2	7	-
Games lost	17	6	10	1
Biggest win	5-0 vs F.C. Ashdod	5-0 vs F.C. Ashdod	4-0 vs Maccabi Netanya 4-0 vs Hapoel Haifa	3-1 vs F.C. Ashdod
Biggest loss	0-2 vs Bnei Sakhnin 1-3 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 vs Hapoel Ra'anana 0-2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1-3 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-3 Beitar Jerusalem (1–3 p) 1–3 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0-2 vs Hapoel Ra'anana 1-3 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-3 Beitar Jerusalem (1–3 p) vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0-2 vs Bnei Sakhnin 1-3 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Biggest win (League)	5-0 vs F.C. Ashdod	5-0 vs F.C. Ashdod	4-0 vs Maccabi Netanya 4-0 vs Hapoel Haifa	N/A
Biggest loss (League)	1-3 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 vs Hapoel Ra'anana 1-3 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-3 Beitar Jerusalem	0-2 vs Hapoel Ra'anana 1-3 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-3 Beitar Jerusalem	1-3 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva	N/A
Biggest win (Cup)	3-1 vs Ironi Ramat HaSharon	-	3-1 vs Ironi Ramat HaSharon	–
Biggest loss (Cup)	(1–3 p) vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	(1–3 p) vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	-	-
Biggest win (Toto)	2-0 vs Hapoel Haifa 5-3 vs Bnei Sakhnin 3-1 vs F.C. Ashdod	2-0 vs Hapoel Haifa 5-3 vs Bnei Sakhnin	1-0 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3-1 vs F.C. Ashdod
Biggest loss (Toto)	0-2 vs Bnei Sakhnin	-	0-2 vs Bnei Sakhnin	1-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Clean sheets	12	7	5	0
Goals scored	70	43	23	4
Goals conceded	48	22	23	3
Goal difference	+22	+21	-	+1
Average GF per game	1.5	1.86	1.1	2
Average GA per game	1.07	1	1.1	1.5
Yellow cards	70	34	35	1
Red cards	6	3	3	0
Most appearances	Hen Ezra (44)	–
Most minutes played	Vladimir Stojković (3,660)	–
Most goals	Rubén Rayos (11)	–
Winning rate	43.18%	61.9%	23.81%	50%

Source: Competitive matches

References[edit]

^ the game host away from home stadium in haifa as punishment for their fans' unruliness
^ the game will host away from home stadium as punishment for their fans' unruliness
^ "Israel's football association decision regarding Beitar Jerusalem" (PDF) (in Hebrew). The Israel Football Association. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Youth team Squad
^ The follow of yellow cards from his previous team Bnei Sakhnin

External links[edit]

Maccabi Haifa website

[table_note_MTA0.96763936847804-4] Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem each deducted one point.^[3]

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.96763936847804-5] Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, then the 2nd-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[1] the game host away from home stadium in haifa as punishment for their fans' unruliness

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

[3] "Israel's football association decision regarding Beitar Jerusalem" (PDF) (in Hebrew). The Israel Football Association. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[6] Youth team Squad

[7] The follow of yellow cards from his previous team Bnei Sakhnin

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