# 2017–18 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 111th season since its establishment in 1906, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

## First team

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 | Daniel Lifshitz |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Yuval Spungin |
| 5 | DF | MTQ | Jean-Sylvain Babin |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Rodríguez |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Kjartansson |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Barak Yitzhaki |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Nick Blackman |
| 13 | MF | ISR | Sheran Yeini (Captain) |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Dor Micha |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Eliran Atar |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | GK | BRA | Daniel Tenenbaum |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Matan Baltaxa |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko |
| 22 | MF | ISR | Avi Rikan |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa |
| 25 | FW | USA | Aaron Schoenfeld |
| 26 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Ofir Davidzada |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Cristian Battocchio |
| 31 | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz |
| 45 | MF | ISR | Or Dasa |
| 95 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ISR | Matan Baltaxa (from Hapoel Petah Tikva) |
| — | DF | ISR | Ofir Davidzada (on loan from Gent) |
| — | FW | ISR | Omer Atzili (from Granada) |
| — | FW | ISR | Yonatan Cohen (loan return from Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz (loan return from Hapoel Haifa) |
| — | MF | ITA | Cristian Battocchio (from Stade Brestois 29) |
| — | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić (on loan from Genk) |
| — | FW | ENG | Nick Blackman (on loan from Derby County) |
| — | FW | ISR | Eliran Atar (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | MF | ESP | José Rodríguez (on loan from 1. FSV Mainz 05) |
| — | DF | MTQ | Jean-Sylvain Babin (on loan from Sporting Gijon) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Ramon (loan return to Vitória) |
| — | MF | POR | Ruben Micael (loan terutn to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.) |
| — | MF | ISR | Gal Alberman (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun (to Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | DF | ISR | Omri Ben Harush (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim DF (to AC Sparta Praha) |
| — | FW | ISR | Matan Hozez (on loan to Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | GK | ISR | Barak Levi (on loan to Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem) |
| — | FW | ARG | Óscar Scarione (to Göztepe) |
| — | FW | ISR | Yonatan Cohen (on loan to Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz (on loan to Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcelo (on loan to Bnei Yehuda) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Gidi Kanyuk (on loan from Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ISR | Egor Filipenko (on loan to F.C. Ashdod) |
| — | DF | ISR | Matan Baltaxa (on loan to Hapoel Acre F.C.) |
| — | MF | ISR | Or Dasa (on loan to Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić (to Antwerp, his player card still belongs to Genk) |

## UEFA Europa League
### First qualifying round
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | AST | SLP | MTA |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Astana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Israeli Premier League
### Regular season
#### Regular season 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 |

### Play-off
#### Championship round 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 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |

### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | State Cup | State Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Daniel Lifshitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa | 24 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Yuval Spungin | 34 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jean-Sylvain Babin | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | José Rodríguez | 22 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ISR | Omer Atzili | 31 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | 46 | 21 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Barak Itzhaki | 25 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Nick Blackman | 40 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Sheran Yeini | 38 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Dor Micha | 42 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Eliran Atar | 36 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Gidi Kanyuk | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi | 42 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | BRA | Daniel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Avi Rikan | 53 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ISR | Aaron Schoenfeld | 35 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim | 35 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Ofir Davidzada | 51 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Cristian Battocchio | 41 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz | 41 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 55 | GK | ISR | Haviv Ohayon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković | 55 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 24 | MF | ISR | Yonatan Cohen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Sagiv Yehezkel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Marcelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ISR | Sean Goldberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Matan Baltaxa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ISR | Or Dasa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ISR | Shlomi Azulay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BIH | Tino-Sven Sušić | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |