# 2012–13 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 2012–13 season is Maccabi Haifa's 55th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 31st consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

## Club
### Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| 1 | Nir Davidovich | GK | (1976-12-17) December 17, 1976 (age 47) | Youth Team | 2nd Captain |
| 2 | Emri Zaid | DF | (1993-03-10) March 10, 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | eligible for youth team |
| 3 | Samuel Scheimann | DF | (1987-01-03) January 3, 1987 (age 37) | SBV Excelsior | |
| 4 | Orel Dgani | DF | (1989-01-08) January 8, 1989 (age 35) | Maccabi Netanya | |
| 5 | Liroy Zhairi | MF | (1989-03-02) March 2, 1989 (age 35) | KV Mechelen | |
| 7 | Gustavo Boccoli | MF | (1978-02-16) February 16, 1978 (age 46) | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 3rd Captain |
| 8 | Hen Ezra | MF | (1989-01-19) January 19, 1989 (age 35) | Maccabi Netanya | |
| 9 | Shlomi Azulay | FW | (1989-10-18) October 18, 1989 (age 34) | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | |
| 10 | Idan Vered | MF | (1989-01-01) January 1, 1989 (age 35) | Beitar Jerusalem | INJURED |
| 11 | Dela Yampolsky | MF | (1988-07-28) July 28, 1988 (age 36) | Maccabi Netanya | |
| 12 | Dino Ndlovu | FW | (1990-02-15) February 15, 1990 (age 34) | Bnei Yehuda | INJURED |
| 13 | Taleb Twatiha | DF | (1992-06-21) June 21, 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team | INJURED |
| 14 | Wiyam Amashe | FW | (1985-08-08) August 8, 1985 (age 39) | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | |
| 15 | Eyal Golasa | MF | (1991-10-07) October 7, 1991 (age 33) | Youth Team | INJURED |
| 16 | Ismaeel Ryan | MF | (1994-04-24) April 24, 1994 (age 30) | Youth Team | eligible for youth team |
| 17 | Alon Turgeman | FW | (1991-09-06) September 6, 1991 (age 33) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | |
| 18 | Oded Elkayam | DF | (1988-02-09) February 9, 1988 (age 36) | Bnei Sakhnin | |
| 19 | Daniel Haber | FW | (1993-01-01) January 1, 1993 (age 31) | Cornell University | |
| 20 | Yaniv Katan | MF | (1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 (age 42) | West Ham United | Captain |
| 21 | Tamir Cohen | MF | (1984-03-04) March 4, 1984 (age 40) | Bolton Wanderers | |
| 22 | Amir Edri | GK | (1985-07-26) July 26, 1985 (age 39) | Maccabi Netanya | 5th Captain |
| 23 | Jaber Ataa | MF | (1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 (age 30) | Youth Team | eligible for youth team |
| 24 | Dekel Keinan | DF | (1984-09-15) September 15, 1984 (age 40) | Cardiff City | 4th Captain |
| 25 | Edin Cocalić | DF | (1987-12-05) December 5, 1987 (age 36) | Panionios | |
| 26 | Avihai Yadin | MF | (1986-10-26) October 26, 1986 (age 37) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | INJURED |
| 27 | Eyal Meshumar | DF | (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41) | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |
| 29 | Andriy Pylyavskyi | DF | (1988-12-04) December 4, 1988 (age 35) | Beitar Jerusalem | |
| 33 | Bojan Šaranov | GK | (1987-09-22) September 22, 1987 (age 37) | OFK Beograd | |
| 44 | Ron Shushan | GK | (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | eligible for youth team |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ISR | Mohammad Ghadir (at Beveren until 30 June 2013) |
| — | FW | ISR | Hen Azriel (at Beitar Jerusalem until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Sintayehu Sallalich (at Ironi Kiryat Shmona until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Ali Ottman (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Mohammed Kalibat (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Acram Sarich (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Sari Falah (at Bnei Yehuda until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Guy Lipka (at Hapoel Haifa until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Zidan Amar (at Hapoel Acre until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Noah Sadawe (at Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. until 30 June 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Eran Malchin (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Haythem Halabi (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | LTU | Martynas Dapkus (at Hapoel Nazareth Illit until 30 June 2013) |
| — | GK | ISR | Ram Strauss (at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Bar Abitan (at Maccabi Ahi Nazareth until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Ahmad Shaban (at Hapoel Ra'anana until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Eran Rozenbaum (at Sektzia Nes Tziona until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Arnon Rabinovich (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Gabriel Griner (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013) |

## Transfers
### Current coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Arik Benado |
| Assistant manager | Ori Uzan |
| First team coach | Shmulik Hanin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Avi Peretz |
| Fitness coach | Harel Uri |
| Club Administrator | Adoram Keisi |
| Chief Scout | Alon Harazi |
| Club doctor | Dr. Ami Berber |
| Club doctor | Dr. Doron Kopelman |
| Club doctor | Dr. Bezalel Fskin |
| Physiotherapist | Pinny Sharon |
| Masseurs | Alexandre Robichek |
| Equipment Manager | Ze'ev Ikshin |
Source: maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il

## Competitions
### Ligat Ha'Al
#### Regular season

* With Reuven Atar
* With Arik Benado

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 59 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 49 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 42 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |

#### Play-off
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 55 | |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 53 | |
| 6 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 February 2013. 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 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Toto Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa (A) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa (A) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| 4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
| 5 | Hapoel Acre | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |

#### Knockout phase

Maccabi Netanya won 4-3 on aggregate

## Squad statistics

Updated on 30 Jen. 2013
| | | | Ligat Ha'Al | Ligat Ha'Al | Ligat Ha'Al | Ligat Ha'Al | State Cup | State Cup | State Cup | State Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Nation | No. | Name | GS | App. | Min. | | GS | App. | Min. | | GS | App. | Min. | | GS | App. | Min. | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||||
| | 1 | Nir Davidovich | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 248 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 428 | 0 |
| | 22 | Amir Edri | 7 | 6 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 292 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 833 | 0 |
| | 33 | Bojan Šaranov | 28 | 28 | 2,520 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 3,010 | 0 |
| | 44 | Ron Shushan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||||
| | 2 | Habshi Eied | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| | 3 | Samuel Scheimann | 14 | 15 | 1,292 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 98 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 194 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 1,594 | 0 |
| | 4 | Orel Dgani | 11 | 14 | 1,061 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 210 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1,361 | 0 |
| | 13 | Taleb Twatiha | 20 | 21 | 1,682 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 2,106 | 3 |
| | 18 | Oded Elkayam | 4 | 5 | 431 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 93 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 797 | 0 |
| | 24 | Dekel Keinan | 30 | 30 | 2,429 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 300 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 2,774 | 5 |
| | 25 | Edin Cocalić | 24 | 25 | 2,042 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 315 | 0 | 29 | 31 | 2,317 | 0 |
| | 27 | Eyal Meshumar | 23 | 23 | 1,999 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 309 | 2 | 28 | 31 | 2,490 | 3 |
| | 29 | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 15 | 15 | 1,300 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 540 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 1,730 | 2 |
| | - | Emri Zaid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| | - | Youval Yossipovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||||
| | 5 | Liroy Zhairi | 6 | 19 | 663 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 775 | 1 |
| | 7 | Gustavo Boccoli | 22 | 23 | 1,663 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 359 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 174 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 1,986 | 0 |
| | 8 | Hen Ezra | 34 | 35 | 2,604 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 233 | 0 | 39 | 43 | 3,447 | 9 |
| | 10 | Idan Vered | 7 | 17 | 846 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 266 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 1,112 | 2 |
| | 11 | Dela Yampolsky | 3 | 9 | 348 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 366 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 805 | 0 |
| | 15 | Eyal Golasa | 28 | 30 | 2,414 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 258 | 0 | '35 | 36 | 2,753 | 2 |
| | 16 | Ismaeel Ryan | 2 | 4 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 249 | 2 |
| | 20 | Yaniv Katan | 32 | 34 | 2,694 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 296 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 225 | 1 | 39 | 40 | 3,125 | 5 |
| | 21 | Tamir Cohen | 3 | 3 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 210 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 468 | 0 |
| | 23 | Jaber Ataa | 3 | 8 | 336 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 412 | 0 |
| | 26 | Avihai Yadin | 12 | 16 | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 1,185 | 0 |
| | - | Dor Kochav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| | - | Adi Kostantinos | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 |
| | - | Micha Luta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 |
| | - | Joel Damahou | 6 | 6 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 656 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||||
| | 9 | Shlomi Azulay | 14 | 29 | 1,198 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 184 | 0 | 16 | 36 | 1,603 | 7 |
| | 12 | Dino Ndlovu | 19 | 22 | 1,429 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 195 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 1,661 | 15 |
| | 14 | Wiyam Amashe | 19 | 23 | 1,798 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 240 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 271 | 1 | 26 | 39 | 2,473 | 14 |
| | 17 | Alon Turgeman | 11 | 21 | 914 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 184 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 330 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 2,268 | 9 |
| | 19 | Daniel Haber | 0 | 4 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 2 |
| | - | Shoval Gozlan | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 |

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Ligat Ha'Al | State Cup | Toto Cup | Total |
| 1 | Dino Ndlovu | FW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Wiyam Amashe | FW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Hen Ezra | MF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Alon Turgeman | FW | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Shlomi Azulay | FW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Dekel Keinan | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Yaniv Katan | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Taleb Twatiha | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Eyal Meshumar | DF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Daniel Haber | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Idan Vered | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Andriy Pylyavskyi | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ismaeel Ryan | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Liroy Zhairi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Dela Yampolsky | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 62 | 10 | 12 | 84 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Ligat Ha'Al | Ligat Ha'Al | State Cup | State Cup | Total | Total |
| 24 | DF | Dekel Keinan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Taleb Twatiha | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Eyal Meshumar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Gustavo Boccoli | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Eyal Golasa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Avihai Yadin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Dino Ndlovu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Edin Cocalić | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Yaniv Katan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Orel Dgani | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Liroy Zhairi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Hen Ezra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Ron Shushan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Emri Zaid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Tamir Cohen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Samuel Scheimann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Idan Vered | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dela Yampolsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Oded Elkayam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Bojan Šaranov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jaber Ataa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 71 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 2 |
Penalties
DatePenalty TakerScoredOpponentCompetition
22 October 2012Yaniv KatanNoHapoel Tel AvivLigat Ha'Al
8 December 2012Yaniv KatanYesMaccabi NetanyaLigat Ha'Al
9 February 2013Weaam AmashaYesBeitar Jerusalem F.C.Ligat Ha'Al
24 February 2013Yaniv KatanNoIroni Ramat HaSharonLigat Ha'Al
4 March 2013Weaam AmashaYesHapoel HaifaLigat Ha'Al
9 March 2013Weaam AmashaYesMaccabi NetanyaLigat Ha'Al
13 March 2013Weaam AmashaYesBeitar Jerusalem F.C.State Cup
17 April 2013Dino NdlovuYesIroni Kiryat ShmonaState Cup :