# 2017–18 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Beitar Jerusalem 81st season since its establishment in 1936, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League. In the end of the previous season the association of Israeli football decide that The owner Tabib can't manage the team for 2 years, because his involvement in criminal case. In 28 May the owner Eli Tabib announced the joining of the biggest legend of Beitar Eli Ohana to the chairman. Within the preparations of the season, Beitar signed the players: Georginho, Amir Agayev, Zion Tzemah, Miki Siroshtein, Gaëtan Varenne, Or Va'aknin, and one of the successful Israeli players of all times, Yossi Benayoun.

## Current squad

    As of 18 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Boris Klaiman |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Antoine Conte |
| 3 | MF | ISR | David Keltjens |
| 6 | DF | ISR | Tal Kachila |
| 7 | FW | SVK | Jakub Sylvestr |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Idan Vered |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Itay Shechter (Captain) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Georginho |
| 12 | MF | ISR | Or Va'aknin |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Sean Goldberg |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Claudemir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ISR | Hen Dilmoni |
| 18 | MF | ISR | Hen Ezra |
| 19 | DF | ISR | Ofer Verta |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Miki Siroshtein |
| 21 | FW | DEN | David Boysen |
| 22 | GK | ISR | Stav Shushan |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Heister |
| 24 | MF | ISR | Ofir Kriaf |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Varenne |
| 52 | MF | SVK | Erik Sabo(on loan from PAOK FC) |
| 77 | MF | ISR | Ya'akov Berihon |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | ISR | Tal Kachila (loan return from Bnei Yehuda) |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Amir Agayev (from Bnei Yehuda) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Georginho (from Bnei Sakhnin) |
| 27 | MF | ISR | Zion Tzemah (from Hapoel Acre) |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Miki Siroshtein (from F.C. Ashdod) |
| 25 | FW | ISR | Gaëtan Varenne (from Hapoel Jerusalem) |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Antoine Conte (from Reims, previously loaned) |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun (from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Paul Edgar Akoukou (loan from Ekenäs IF, later bought) |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Sean Goldberg (loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| — | DF | ISR | Ofer Verta (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Dan Einbinder (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Jesús Rueda (to APOEL) |
| 26 | FW | ISR | Shlomi Avisidris (to Hapoel Rishon LeZion) |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Oz Raly (to Hapoel Ashkelon) |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Yisrael Zaguri (to Bnei Sakhnin) |
| 21 | MF | ISR | Kobi Moyal (to New York Cosmos) |
| 5 | DF | ISR | Dan Mori (to Bnei Yehuda) |
| 12 | FW | ISR | Avishay Cohen (loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla) |
| 10 | MF | ISR | Danny Preda (to Maccabi Herzliya) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Ofir Kriaf (from Ironi Kiryat Shmona) |
| — | MF | CIV | Paul Akouokou (from Ekenäs IF, previously loaned) |
| — | FW | ISR | David Boysen (from Lyngby BK) |
| — | FW | SVK | Jakub Sylvestr (from AaB) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Amir Agayev (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun (to Maccabi Petah Tikva) |
| — | MF | ISR | Zion Tzemah (on loan to Hapoel Ashkelon) |
| — | MF | CIV | Paul Akouokou (on loan to Hapoel Rishon LeZion) |
| — | FW | ISR | Dekel Cohen (on loan to Hapoel Jerusalem) |

## Competitions
### Ligat Ha'Al
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |

#### Top playoff table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 58 | |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 49 | |
* ↑ Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

### Toto Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |