# 2011–12 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Maccabi Haifa's 54th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.
This season is considered by Haifa as the "almost season". After winning the Israeli Premier League in the earlier season, the team started the season with qualification matches in the Champions League, but lost the last qualification match on penalties to the Belgian team Genk. At the UEFA Europa League the team failed to qualify for the playoff level after losing the last game to Schalke from Germany, while FC Steaua București from Romania won their respective match, therefore qualifying ahead of Haifa. Their Israeli Premier League campaign was one of their most disappointing seasons ever. Haifa wasn't one of the contenders for the title, and the last match ended as a draw, meaning the team did not qualify for the UEFA Europa League the followingseason. At the State Cup the team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv through a 93' minute goal. This disappointing season caused the owner Ya'akov Shahar to appoint former player Reuven Atar as the manager for the next season instead of Elisha Levi.

## UEFA Champions League
### Qualification

Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate Genk won 4–1 on Penalties

## UEFA Europa League
### Group J

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCH | SB | MHA | AEK |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Steaua București | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | | 0–3 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Ligat Ha'al
### Regular season

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 21 September 2011 | Bnei Sakhnin | A | 0–2 | | 2,500 |
| 24 September 2011 | Ironi Ramat HaSharon | H | 5–0 | Katan 14', Amashe 43', Falah 45', Vered 56', Ottman 72' | 8,000 |
| 3 October 2011 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | A | 1–1 | Golasa 27' | 15,000 |
| 15 October 2011 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | A | 1–1 | Meshumar 45' | 6,000 |
| 23 October 2011 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | H | 0–3 | | 8,000 |
| 29 October 2011 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | A | 4–1 | Amashe (3) 3', 9', 62', Yampolsky 36' | 3,000 |
| 6 November 2011 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | H | 1–1 | Azriel 31' | 8,000 |
| 21 November 2011 | Beitar Jerusalem | A | 4–1 | Amashe (2) 26', 90', Dvalishvili (2) 61', 67' | 16,000 |
| 26 November 2011 | Hapoel Akko | H | 1–0 | Dvalishvili 55' | 8,500 |
| 5 December 2011 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | A | 0–3 | | 14,500 |
| 10 December 2011 | Hapoel Haifa | H | 1–3 | Dvalishvili 22' | 13,500 |
| 19 December 2011 | Maccabi Netanya | H | 2–1 | Amashe 50', Yampolsky 80' | 8,000 |
| 24 December 2011 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | A | 1–3 | Turgeman 63' | 7,000 |
| 28 December 2011 | F.C. Ashdod | H | 1–1 | Dvalishvili 65' | 8,000 |
| 31 December 2011 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | A | 2–4 | Dvalishvili 4', 8' | 3,000 |
| 9 January 2012 | Bnei Sakhnin | H | 0–0 | | 6,000 |
| 14 January 2012 | Ironi Ramat HaSharon | A | 0–0 | | 2,000 |
| 23 January 2012 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | H | 2–1 | Vered 84, Twatiha 90 | 12,500 |
| 28 January 2012 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | H | 3–1 | Golasa 11', Ghadir 49' Turgeman 92' | 9,000 |
| 5 February 2012 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 13 February 2012 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | H | 4–1 | Katan 8' Ghadir 24' Turgeman 50' 64' | 6,000 |
| 19 October 2011 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | A | 0–0 | | 4,000 |
| 26 February 2012 | Beitar Jerusalem | H | 1–0 | Ghadir 33' | 12,000 |
| 4 March 2012 | Hapoel Akko | A | 1–0 | Golasa 5' | 4,000 |
| 12 March 2012 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | H | 1–4 | Vered 48' | 10,000 |
| 17 March 2012 | Hapoel Haifa | A | 1–1 | Cesarec 93' | 7,500 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |

### Top playoff

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 24 March 2012 | Bnei Sakhnin | A | 2–0 | Yampolsky 24', Katan 73' | 1,200 |
| 2 April 2012 | F.C. Ashdod | H | 3–0 | Yampolsky 45', Katan 80', Yahaya 85' | 6,500 |
| 14 April 2012 | Maccabi Netanya | A | 0–1 | | 3,500 |
| 28 April 2012 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | A | 1–2 | Turgeman 69' | 2,000 |
| 6 May 2012 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | H | 2–1 | Katan 12', Amashe 24' | 10,000 |
| 9 May 2012 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | A | 1–0 | Turgeman 12' | 3,000 |
| 12 May 2012 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | H | 1–1 | Katan 23' | 11,000 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 58 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 55 | |
| 7 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 54 | |
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 Israel State Cup. As they finished second, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

## Toto Cup

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 July 2011 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | A | 1–2 | Azulay 51' | 2,000 |
| 6 August 2011 | Hapoel Haifa | A | 1–1 | Ghadir 34' | 8,000 |
| 13 August 2011 | Bnei Sakhnin | H | 1–0 | Amashe 17' | 4,000 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | IKS | BnS | MHA | HHA |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Bnei Sakhnin (A) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 2–0 | | | 1–1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | 1–0 | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | | 1–1 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Name | Europe | Europe | Europe | Europe | Europe | League | League | League | League | League | State Cup | State Cup | State Cup | State Cup | State Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | Nir Davidovich | 7 | 615 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2662 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Sari Falah | 8 | 669 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1712 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2771 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Jurica Buljat | 9 | 810 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2812 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4282 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Orel Dgani | 3 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1275 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1500 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Shai Maimon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Itzik Cohen | 3 | 289 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1111 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Seidu Yahaya | 10 | 899 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2947 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4468 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Gustavo Boccoli | 10 | 494 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1785 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2802 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Haim Megrelashvili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hen Azriel | 4 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 531 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 827 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Vladimir Dvalishvili | 10 | 748 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 662 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1410 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Danijel Cesarec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Idan Vered | 12 | 892 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 1977 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 389 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3419 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Roi Atar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shoval Gozlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shadi Shaban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Taleb Twatiha | 12 | 1110 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2342 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3874 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Wiyam Amashe | 12 | 954 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 2132 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3553 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Eyal Golasa | 12 | 1102 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2804 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Mohammad Ghadir | 5 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1264 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1881 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Alon Turgeman | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1374 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 247 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1708 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Ali Ottman | 3 | 181 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1446 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Shlomi Azulay | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ismaeel Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ataa Jaber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Yaniv Katan | 7 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2276 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3017 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Tamir Cohen | 6 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 684 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 886 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bojan Šaranov | 6 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1838 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2558 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Dor Kochav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Eran Rozenbom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Andriy Pylyavskyi | 3 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Edin Cocalić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1383 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 478 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1861 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Dela Yampolsky | 9 | 378 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1383 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2214 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 27 | Eyal Meshumar | 10 | 930 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1574 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2931 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Marlon de Jesús | 2 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Martinez Dapakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |