# 2016–17 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110th season since its establishment in 1906, and 69th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League.

## First team

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Daniel Lifshitz |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Yuval Spungin |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ramon Roma |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Óscar Scarione |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Gal Alberman (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Kjartansson |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Barak Yitzhaki |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim II |
| 13 | MF | ISR | Sheran Yeini |
| 14 | MF | POR | Rúben Micael |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Dor Micha |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Sagiv Yehezkel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi |
| 19 | GK | BRA | Daniel Tenenbaum |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Omri Ben Harush |
| 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 I |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Dos Santos |
| 31 | GK | ISR | Barak Levi |
| 45 | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz |
| 51 | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun |
| 95 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko (from Málaga CF) |
| — | GK | ISR | Daniel Lifshitz (from Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa (from PAOK F.C.) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Óscar Scarione (from Kasımpaşa S.K.) |
| - | FW | ISL | Viðar Kjartansson (from Malmö FF) |
| - | FW | BRA | Daniel Miller Tenenbaum (on loan from Clube de Regatas do Flamengo) |
| — | FW | ISR | Sagiv Yehezkel (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi (to Guangzhou R&F F.C.) |
| — | DF | ESP | Carlos Garcia (to Alanyaspor) |
| — | FW | NGA | Lanry Kahinda (to Dibba Al-Fujairah Club) |
| — | GK | ISR | Haviv Ohayon (on loan to Watford) |
| — | MF | ISR | Shlomi Azulay (on loan to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona) |
| — | FW | POR | Orlando Sá (to Standard Liège) |
| — | FW | ISR | Raz Itzhak (on loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla) |
| — | FW | ISR | Matan Hozez (on loan to Hapoel Ashkelon) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Marcelo (from Esporte Clube Vitória) |
| — | DF | BRA | Ramon (on loan from Esporte Clube Vitória) |
| — | DF | ISR | Sheran Yeini (from SBV Vitesse) |
| — | MF | POR | Rúben Micael (on loan from Shijiazhuang Ever Bright) |
| — | FW | ISR | Aaron Schoenfeld (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ISR | Eden Ben Basat (to [Hapoel Haifa) |
| — | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz (on loan to [Hapoel Haifa) |
| — | MF | BIH | Haris Medunjanin (to Philadelphia Union) |
| — | MF | NGA | Nosa Igiebor (to Çaykur Rizespor) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | AZ | MTA | DUN |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

## 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 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 13 | +41 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 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 |

### Play-off
#### Championship round table

| 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 | |

## Toto Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Qualified to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | |

### Quarter final
## Squad statistics
### 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 | DF | ISR | Daniel Lifshitz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa | 51 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Yuval Spungin | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Ramon Menezes Roma | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Óscar Scarione | 35 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Gal Alberman | 52 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | 44 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Barak Itzhaki | 41 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim | 52 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Sheran Yeini | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | Rúben Micael | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Dor Micha | 55 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Sagiv Yehezkel | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi | 50 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Omri Ben Harush | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko | 33 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Avi Rikan | 30 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa | 34 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | ISR | Aaron Schoenfeld | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim | 48 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Marcelo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | ISR | Yossi Benayoun | 48 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 95 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković | 57 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Players away from Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ISR | Shlomi Azulay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | ISR | Haviv Ohayon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Maccabi Tel Aviv that left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 31 | DF | ESP | Carlos García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | POR | Orlando Sá | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Eden Ben Basat | 24 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Haris Medunjanin | 37 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 40 | MF | NGA | Nosa Igiebor | 32 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 |