# 2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 2012–13 season is Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club's 85th years in the Israeli Football.

## Squad report

The team started the season with Nitzan Shirazi as coach. After finishing at the 2nd place the previous Ligat Winner season, Hapoel Tel Aviv Playning on Europe League.

## Transfers

The team so far signed Daniel Borcal, Roee Zachri, Hanan Maman, John Paintsil, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Bruno Coutinho, Eliran Danin, Zee'v Haimovich, Tal Ben-Haim,
Marko Suler, Mahran Lala and Bevan Fransman left the team from financial reasons. Omri Kanada was released from Hapoel Tel Aviv. Nosa Igiebor left for Real Betis.

## Current squad

As of 15 September 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Boris Klaiman |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Mor Shushan |
| 5 | MF | ISR | Hanan Maman |
| 6 | DF | ISR | Tomer Ben Yosef |
| 7 | DF | ISR | Eliran Danin |
| 8 | FW | ISR | Eden Shrem (eligible for youth team) |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Victor Merey |
| 10 | MF | ISR | Walid Badir (captain) |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Alroey Cohen |
| 12 | FW | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 13 | MF | ISR | Nir Laks (eligible for youth team) |
| 14 | MF | ISR | Gil Vermouth |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Salim Toama |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Omer Damari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ISR | Ze'ev Haimovich |
| 18 | MF | ISR | Shay Abutbul |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| 20 | DF | ISR | Yigal Antebi |
| 21 | MF | ISR | Roei Gordana |
| 22 | GK | ISR | Ariel Talias |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Kfir Eizenstein (eligible for youth team) |
| 29 | DF | ISR | I'yad Hutba |
| 30 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Bruno Coutinho |
| 44 | DF | GHA | John Paintsil |
| 55 | DF | SRB | Nikola Petković |
| 99 | FW | ISR | Toto Tamuz |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ISR | Galil Ben Shanan (at Hapoel Be'er Sheva until 30 June 2013) |
| — | GK | ISR | Arik Yanko (at Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Yehuda Huta (at Sektzia Nes Tziona until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Yaniv Azaria (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Omri Cohen (at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Daniel Borcal (at Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon until 30 June 2013) |
| — | DF | ISR | Ben Bitton (at Bnei Lod until 30 June 2013) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Mahmoud Abbas (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Itay Elkaslasi (at Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Alex Basok (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Moshe Denenbaum (at Maccabi Jaffa until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Sean Malka (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2013) |
| — | MF | ISR | Arthur Atzianov (at Hapoel Ramat Gan until 30 June 2013) |

### Foreigners 2012–13

Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli, or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.
* Apoula Edel
* Bruno Coutinho
* John Paintsil
* Eric Djemba-Djemba
* Nikola Petković

### Non-playing staff
## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| General Manager | Nitzan Shirazi |
| First-team manager | Yossi Abukasis |
| Assistant manager | Shavit Elimelech |
| Goalkeeper Trainer | Yom-tov Talias |
| Fitness Trainer | Dror Shimshoni |
| Equipment Manager | Mordi Dadun |
| Club doctor | Dr. Moshe Lweinkoff |
| Physio | Ronen Tzafrir |
| Physio | Gili Poterman |
| Head scout | Ya'akov Hillel |
| President of Youth Department | Meir Orenstein |
| Director of Youth | Ze'ev Seltzer |
| Youth coach | Morris Jano |
| Youth coach's assistant | Rafi Samuel |
Last updated: September 2012. Source: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Official Website

## Premier league
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 6 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the championship round |

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Matches
## UEFA Europa League
### Play-off round

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 7–1 on aggregate.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Académica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | |

## Toto Cup
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya (A) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |