# 2013–14 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2013–14 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 45th season in the Israeli Premier League.

## Season overview

In May 2013, Eli Tabib negotiated with owner Arcadi Gaydamak with the target of purchasing Beitar Jerusalem. Gaydamak tried to find other investors in Russia whilst the negotiations with Tabib were ongoing.
On 4 June 2013, Eli Tabib purchased 75% of Beitar and the fan's group, "Amutat Ohadi Beitar", acquired 25% of the club. Elsewhere Gaydamak announced that he had achieved in finding a team of investors that was being represented by businessman, Tamirlan Majidov.
The fans began to claim that Majidov was actually working for Gaydamak and started to protest outside Gaydamak's house and announced that they wouldn't buy tickets or season tickets.
On 18 June 2013 Majidov notified that he had not bought Beitar, and Tabib officially became Beitar Jerusalem's chairman.
Soon after, Tabib signed Eli Cohen as the manager of the team, and extended David Amsalem's contract as the assistant manager.
On 3 December, after 3 consecutive losses in the league, Eli Tabib sacked Eli Cohen and David Amsalem became the caretaker manager.
On 9 December, Ronny Levy was appointed as the team's manager until the end of the season.

## First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Ariel Harush (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Vila (on loan from Celta Vigo) |
| 6 | DF | ISR | Tal Kachila |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Aviram Baruchyan |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Itzik Cohen |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Shlomi Azulay (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Sintayehu Sallalich (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 14 | MF | ISR | Dani Preda |
| 15 | DF | ISR | Shai Haddad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ISR | Moshe Lugasi (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Tzahi Elihen |
| 18 | GK | ISR | Ohad Saidof |
| 19 | MF | ISR | Roei Zikri |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Bryan |
| 24 | MF | ISR | Ofir Kriaf |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Pablo Brandán |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Dor Malul |
| 28 | MF | ISR | Barak Moshe |
| 55 | DF | ISR | Nisso Kapiloto |
| 81 | DF | SRB | Dušan Matović |

### Winter transfers
## Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)
### Fixtures

* ^ Beitar Jerusalem hosted their first two home matches of the season outside Jerusalem due to the damage caused to Teddy Stadium during the Maccabiah in the summer.
* ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv will host round 19 away from home as punishment for their fans' unruliness in the Tel Aviv derby in round 13.
* ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv will host round 25 away from home as punishment for their fans' unruliness in their State Cup match against F.C. Ashdod.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2014. Source: Competitive matches

### Bottom playoff
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 42 | |
| 8 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 38 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 36 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 34 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 33 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (R) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 33 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda (R) | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 31 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2014. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### League goalscorers per round

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 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 |
| 7 | | Itzik Cohen | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| 4 | | Aviram Baruchyan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Ibrahim Bangura | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Bryan Jones Anicézio | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | | Shlomi Azulay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 2 | | Shai Haddad | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Sintayehu Sallalich | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Nisso Kapiloto | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | – | Own goal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | | Tzahi Elihen | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Pablo Brandán | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Omer Atzili | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 31 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |

## State Cup
### Goalscorers
#### 1 goal

* Shlomi Azulay
* Pablo Brandán
* Nisso Kapiloto