# 2020–21 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 114th season since its establishment in 1906 and 73rd since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2020–21 campaign, the club competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

## Squad

As of August 5, 2020
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Daniel Peretz |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Ben Bitton (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Matan Baltaxa |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Enric Saborit |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Dan Glazer |
| 9 | FW | BRB | Nick Blackman |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Itay Shechter |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Dan Biton (on loan from Ludogorets) |
| 18 | DF | ISR | Eitan Tibi |
| 19 | GK | BRA | Daniel Tenenbaum |
| 21 | DF | ISR | Sheran Yeini (Captain) |
| 22 | MF | ISR | Avi Rikan |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa |
| 24 | FW | ISR | Yonatan Cohen |
| 25 | DF | ISR | Amit Glazer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Ofir Davidzada |
| 29 | FW | ISR | Eylon Almog |
| 30 | DF | ISR | Maor Kandil |
| 31 | DF | ISR | Shahar Piven |
| 32 | FW | ISR | Dor Turgeman |
| 34 | MF | ISR | Bar Cohen |
| 36 | MF | ISR | Ido Shahar |
| 38 | FW | ISR | Ronen Hanchis |
| 39 | FW | PAN | Eduardo Guerrero |
| 41 | GK | ISR | Ben Musayof |
| 42 | MF | ISR | Dor Peretz |
| 45 | FW | ISR | Matan Hozez |
| 47 | MF | ISR | Eden Karzev |
| 70 | MF | SRB | Uroš Nikolić |
| 77 | MF | ISR | Ruslan Barsky |

## Competitions
### Israeli Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MHA | MTA | ASH | HBS | MPT | IKS |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | F.C. Ashdod | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 46 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 46 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Since the 2020–21 Israel State Cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv, qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position, the last Europa Conference League berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | MTA | SIV | QRB |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |
* ↑ The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after being cancelled as several players of the Qarabağ squad tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.

#### Knockout phase

The round of 32 draw was held on 14 December 2020.