# 2016–17 Bnei Sakhnin F.C. season

The 2016–17 Bnei Sakhnin season was the club's 27th season since its establishment in 1991, and 10th straight season in the Israeli Premier League since promoting from Liga Leumit in 2006–07.
During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup.

## Match results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C, Q) | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 18 | +55 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem (Q) | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 56 | |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 45 | |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Position |
| 20 August 2016 - 18:00 | Bnei Yehuda | Away | 1–1 | Georginho | 8 |
| 27 August 2016 - 20:10 | Maccabi Haifa | Home | 1–0 | Georginho | 5 |
| 10 September 2016 - 20:15 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Away | 0–3 | | 8 |
| 18 September 2016 - 19:00 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Home | 0–1 | | 11 |
| 21 September 2016 - 21:00 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Home | 0–3 | | 11 |
| 24 September 2016 - 18:00 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Away | 2–2 | Idan Shemesh, Georginho | 13 |
| 22 October 2016 - 20:15 | Hapoel Ashkelon | Away | 1–0 | Yuval Avidor | 10 |
| 29 October 2016 - 16:00 | Hapoel Haifa | Home | 2–1 | Yuval Avidor, Jude Nworuh | 6 |
| 7 November 2016 - 21:00 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Away | 1–2 | Ramzi Safouri | 8 |
| 19 November 2016 - 16:00 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | Home | 0–1 | | 9 |
| 28 November 2016 - 21:00 | Beitar Jerusalem | Away | 1–0 | Ramzi Safouri | 7 |
| 4 December 2016 - 19:00 | Hapoel Ra'anana | Home | 1–1 | Abraham Paz | 7 |
| 10 December 2016 - 16:00 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Away | 1–1 | Abraham Paz | 7 |
| 17 December 2016 - 18:15 | Bnei Yehuda | Home | 1–1 | Abraham Paz | 8 |
| 26 December 2016 - 20:30 | Maccabi Haifa | Away | 2–1 | Ramzi Safouri, Georginho | 6 |
| 1 January 2017 - 20:15 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Away | 0–0 | | 7 |
| 10 January 2017 - 19:00 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Away | 1–1 | Abraham Paz | 7 |
| 16 January 2017 - 18:30 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Home | 5–2 | Yuval Avidor (3), Ali Ottman, Abraham Paz | 7 |
| 22 January 2017 - 21:00 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Away | 1–2 | Georginho | 7 |
| 29 January 2017 - 19:00 | Hapoel Ashkelon | Home | 1–0 | Idan Shemesh | 6 |
| 4 February 2017 - 18:00 | Hapoel Haifa | Away | 1–0 | Idan Shemesh | 6 |
| 12 February 2017 - 19:00 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Home | 1–0 | Idan Shemesh | 5 |
| 18 February 2017 - 18:15 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | Away | 1–1 | Idan Shemesh | 5 |
| 26 February 2017 - 21:00 | Beitar Jerusalem | Home | 0–2 | | 5 |
| 4 March 2017 - 18:00 | Hapoel Ra'anana | Away | 1–0 | Firas Mugrabi | 5 |
| 11 March 2017 - 20:30 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Home | 0–0 | | 5 |
| 18 March 2017 - 18:15 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Away | 0–3 | | 5 |
| 2 April 2017 - 19:00 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Home | 1–0 | Nir Lax | 5 |
| 8 April 2017 - 20:30 | Beitar Jerusalem | Away | 0–3 | | 5 |
| 15 April 2017 - 18:00 | Maccabi Haifa | Away | 1–0 | Yuval Avidor | 5 |
| 22 April 2017 - 20:15 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Home | 1–3 | Yuval Avidor | 5 |
| 25 April 2017 - 19:45 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Home | 1–3 | Ali Ottman | 5 |
| 29 April 2017 - 18:00 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Away | 0–1 | | 5 |
| 6 May 2017 - 20:30 | Beitar Jerusalem | Home | 1–5 | Idan Shemesh | 5 |
| 13 May 2017 - 18:00 | Maccabi Haifa | Home | 1–0 | Firas Mugrabi | 5 |
| 20 May 2017 - 19:00 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Away | 0–2 | | 5 |

### State Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 5 January 2017 - 19:35 | 8th round | Maccabi Sha'arayim | Away | 3–1 | Siraj Nassar (2), Yuval Avidor |
| 25 January 2017 - 21:00 | Round of 16 | Beitar Jerusalem | Away | 1–2 | Idan Shemesh |

### Toto Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 31 July 2016 - 19:00 | Group | Hapoel Haifa | Away | 2–2 | Ramzi Safouri, Yuval Avidor |
| 2 August 2016 - 20:15 | Group | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Home | 1–1 | Tita Weslei |
| 6 August 2016 - 21:00 | Group | Maccabi Haifa | Away | 1–2 | Ramzi Safouri |
| 16 August 2016 - 19:15 | Group | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Home | 0–0 | |

## Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | State Cup | State Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Assaf Raz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ISR | Mahmmoud Kanadil | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Maron Ghantus | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Sari Falah | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Abraham Paz | 34 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ISR | Muhammed Zbidat | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ISR | Oleksandr Zhdanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Jason Gorskie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Ihab Shami | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Ali Ottman | 33 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Wanderson | 42 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | BRA | Ricardo Lucena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ISR | Osama Khalaila | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Tambi Sagas | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Uday Shalata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ISR | Nir Lax | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ISR | Ihab Ghnaim | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Khaled Khalaila | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Tita Weslei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Ataa Jaber | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Firas Mugrabi | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ISR | Ahmad Subeih | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ISR | Siraj Nassar | 33 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Jude Nworuh | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Ramzi Safouri | 35 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Yuval Avidor | 42 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Anderson Lessa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Fadi Zidan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ISR | Mohammed Badrana | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ISR | Idan Shemesh | 27 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | BRA | Georginho | 34 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ISR | Assaf Raz (from F.C. Kafr Qasim) |
| — | DF | ISR | Sari Falah (from Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | DF | ISR | Jason Gorskie (from Pietà Hotspurs) |
| — | MF | ISR | Siraj Nassar (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | MF | ISR | Ramzi Safouri (on loan from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António (from Paços de Ferreira) |
| — | MF | ISR | Nir Lax (on loan from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | FW | NGA | Jude Nworuh (from Bnei Yehuda) |
| — | FW | ISR | Idan Shemesh (from Maccabi Petah Tikva) |
| — | MF | ISR | Firas Mugrabi (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | MF | ISR | Ataa Jaber (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao (from Hapoel Ashkelon) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ISR | Ran Kadoch (to Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| — | DF | ISR | Itzik Cohen (to Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| — | DF | PLE | Ala'a Abu Saleh (to Shabab Al-Khalil) |
| — | DF | ISR | Shadi Khatib (to F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna) |
| — | DF | PLE | Muamen Agbaria (to Shabab Al-Khalil) |
| — | MF | ISR | Firas Mugrabi (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | MF | BRA | Diogo Kachuba (to Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| — | MF | ISR | Hamad Ganayem (to Shabab Al-Khalil) |
| — | FW | ISR | Weaam Amasha (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| — | FW | ISR | Shlomi Azulay (to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António (to Irtysh) |
| — | FW | ISR | Amir Khalaila (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | FW | ISR | Mohammed Badrana (on loan to Hapoel Rishon LeZion) |