# 2023–24 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

Hapoel Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football club located in Haifa. During the 2023–24 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup and Toto Cup.

## Club
### Kits

* Provider: Diadora
* Main Sponsor: Leos Media
* Secondary Sponsor: Almog, Shorashim
| Home | Away | 3rd |

## First team

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Yoav Gerafi |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Noam Ben Harush |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Reef Amsalem |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Dor Malul (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | CGO | Fernand Mayembo |
| 7 | FW | LBR | Mohammed Kamara |
| 9 | MF | ISR | Shoval Gozlan |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Tomer Yosefi |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Felipe Santos |
| 12 | DF | ISR | Oren Biton |
| 13 | GK | ISR | Niv Antman |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Niv Tubul |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Itay Buganim |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ISR | Guy Melamed |
| 19 | MF | ISR | Bar Lin |
| 20 | MF | ISR | Itamar Noy |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Inon Eliyahu |
| 24 | DF | ISR | Liran Serdal |
| 25 | DF | ISR | George Diba |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Yasmao Cabeda |
| 30 | FW | ISR | Oded Chekol |
| 33 | DF | BLR | Denis Polyakov |
| 44 | DF | ISR | Hatem Abd Elhamed |
| 55 | MF | ISR | Naor Sabag |
| 81 | GK | ISR | Ahmed Awad |
| — | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ISR | Yoav Gerafi (from F.C. Ashdod) |
| — | GK | ISR | Niv Antman (from Sektzia Ness Ziona) |
| — | DF | ISR | Inon Eliyahu (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | DF | ISR | George Diba (from Hapoel Acre) |
| — | DF | ISR | Nitay Bitan (from Maccabi Akhi Nazareth) |
| — | DF | CGO | Fernand Mayembo (from Ajaccio) |
| — | DF | ISR | Hatem Abd Elhamed (from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | MF | ISR | Naor Sabag (from F.C. Ashdod) |
| — | MF | ISR | Itamar Noy (from First Vienna) |
| — | MF | ISR | Tomer Yosefi (from Hapoel Be'er Sheva, previously loaned) |
| — | MF | ISR | Nitay Bitan (from Maccabi Jaffa) |
| — | MF | ISR | Yasmao Cabeda (from Maccabi Jaffa) |
| — | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh (from Gent) |
| — | MF | ISR | Bar Lin (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| — | FW | ISR | Guy Melamed (from Bnei Sakhnin) |
| — | FW | BRA | Felipe Santos (from Gabala) |
| — | FW | ISR | Oded Chekol (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ISR | Ohad Levita (to Hapoel Hadera) |
| — | DF | ISR | Dudu Twito (to Ironi Kiryat Shmona) |
| — | DF | ISR | Hatem Abd Elhamed (loan return to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | DF | ISR | Loai Taha (to Hapoel Acre) |
| — | DF | ISR | Yarin Serdal (on loan to Hapoel Nof HaGalil) |
| — | DF | ISR | Guy Mizrahi (loan return to Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| — | DF | ISR | Nitay Bitan (to Hapoel Acre) |
| — | MF | ISR | Gal Arel (Retired) |
| — | MF | ISR | Gidi Kanyuk (to Beitar Jerusalem) |
| — | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz (to Apollon Limassol) |
| — | MF | ISR | Tamir Glazer (to Hapoel Hadera, his player card still belongs to Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| — | MF | ISR | Snir Talias (to Ironi Tiberias, previously loaned) |
| — | MF | MNE | Aleksandar Šćekić (to Partizan) |
| — | FW | ISR | Alon Turgeman (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | FW | LTU | Arvydas Novikovas (to Žalgiris) |
| — | FW | HAI | Carnejy Antoine (to Torreense) |
| — | FW | ISR | Jubayer Bushnak (on loan to Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligat Ha'Al | 28 August 2023 | N/A | Matchday 1 | N/A | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 066.67 |
| State Cup | N/A | N/A | Eighth Round | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Toto Cup | 29 July 2023 | 19 December 2023 | Group stage | 9th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 020.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 14 July 2020 (2020-07-14). Source: Competitions

## Ligat Ha'Al
### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.
* ↑ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2022 (2022-03-07). Source:

#### Results by matchday

* Away
* Home
* Win
* Draw
* Loss
* Qualification for the Championship round & 1st place
* Qualification for the Championship round & 2nd place
* Qualification for the Championship round & 3rd place
* Qualification for the Championship round
* Transfer to the Relegation round
| 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 |
| 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 | D | W | W | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| Beitar Jerusalem | | 2–1 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | | |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2–0 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | | |
| Hapoel Hadera | | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | | |
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | | |
| Maccabi Haifa | | |
| Maccabi Netanya | | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–2 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | | |

### Play-off
## Toto Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BnS | MNE | HHA | HHD | MBR |
| 1 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | Semi-finals | | 0–3 | | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 5–8th classification play-offs | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | 9–10th classification play-offs | 0–1 | | | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | 11–12th classification play-offs | | | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | 13–14th classification play-offs | 1–2 | 0–0 | | | |