# 2015–16 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110th season since its establishment in 1906, and 68th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2015–16 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, Israel Super Cup UEFA Champions League.
On 25 August 2015, the club qualified for the Champions League group stage, after drawing with FC Basel 2–2 (away) and 1–1 (at home).

## Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: UNICEF
| Home | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper Away |

## Current squad
### 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 |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Haris Medunjanin |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Gal Alberman |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Eden Ben Basat |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Barak Yitzhaki |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim II |
| 14 | DF | ISR | Yoav Ziv |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Dor Micha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ISR | Shlomi Azulay |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Omri Ben Harush |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Avi Rikan |
| 26 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Carlos García |
| 40 | MF | NGA | Nosa Igiebor |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz |
| 55 | GK | ISR | Haviv Ohayon |
| 70 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá |
| 95 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim (from Charlton Athletic F.C.) |
| — | FW | NGA | Lanry Kahinda (was on loan to Hapoel Afula) |
| — | MF | ISR | Moshe Lugasi (was on loan to Maccbi Petah Tikva) |
| — | MF | ISR | Hasan Abu Zaid (was on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva) |
| — | DF | ISR | Sean Goldberg (was on loan to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | DF | ISR | Avi Rikan (from FC Zürich) |
| — | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa (from Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | DF | ISR | Shlomi Yosef Azulay (from Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | DF | CRO | Dejan Radonjić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| — | GK | ISR | Daniel Lifshitz (on loan from Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| — | DF | ISR | Oz Raly (on loan from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ISR | Sheran Yeini (to Vitesse Arnhem) |
| — | MF | ISR | Omri Altman (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | GK | ISR | Barak Levi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) |
| — | MF | ISR | Moshe Lugasi (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) |
| — | FW | ISR | Gael Margulies (on loan to Maccabi Netanya) |
| — | MF | ISR | Maharan Radi (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | MF | ISR | Dan Einbinder (to Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | FW | SWE | Rade Prica (to Helsingborgs IF) |
| — | FW | NGA | Lanry Kahinda (on loan to Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| — | MF | ISR | Hasan Abu Zaid (to FC Torpedo Armavir) |
| — | GK | ESP | Juan Pablo (Released) |
| — | GK | ISR | Sahar Hasson (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla) |
| — | MF | ISR | Sean Goldberg (on loan to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) |
| — | FW | ISR | Barak Badash (to Hapoel Ra'anana) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POR | Orlando Sá (from Reading F.C.) |
| — | MF | BIH | Haris Medunjanin (from Deportivo de La Coruña) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ISR | Oz Raly (to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.) |
| — | MF | SRB | Nikola Mitrović (to Shanghai Shenxin) |
| — | FW | CRO | Dejan Radonjić (to Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | MF | ISR | Gil Vermouth (to Maccabi Haifa F.C.) |
| — | MF | ISR | Dan Glazer (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C.) |

## UEFA Champions League
### Second qualifying round
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | DKV | POR | MTA |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Israeli Premier League
### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Regular season table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 64 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 61 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 36 | 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 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 76 | 24 | +52 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 48 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 42 | |
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.
* ↑ Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

## Toto Cup
### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MPT | BnY | MTA | HTA |
| 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | | 3–0 | | |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda (A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | | | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 0–3 | | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | 2–3 | | 1–3 | |