The 2020–21 season was Maccabi Haifa's 63rd season in Israeli Premier League, and their 39th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football. In this season, the team won its first championship in a decade.
Club
Squad information
Current coaching staff
Position Staff Head coach Barak Bakhar Assistant coach Guy Tzarfati Fitness coach Dr. Neil Clarke Dror Shimshon Uri Harel Goalkeeping coach Guy Weisinger Club Administrator Gil Ofek Chief Scout Gal Alberman Manager Mental Eitan Azaria Analyst Adam Daivid
Transfers
In
Date Player Moving from Type Fee Notes Source Omri Glazer Sektzia Nes Tziona Loan returns Free Roee Fucs Hapoel Nof HaGalil Loan returns Free Yahav Gurfinkel Hapoel Hadera Loan returns Free Mohammad Abu Fani Hapoel Hadera Loan returns Free Saikou Touray Sektzia Nes Tziona Loan returns Free Ihab Abu Alshikh Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam Transfer €225,000 Oded Chekol Hapoel Nof HaGalil Transfer €75,000 Tom Sklovin Hapoel Nof HaGalil Transfer €75,000 Bogdan Planić FCSB Transfer Free José Rodríguez Málaga CF Transfer Free Godsway Donyoh FC Nordsjælland Transfer €50,000 Taleb Tawatha Ludogorets Razgrad Transfer €100,000 Omer Atzili APOEL Nicosia Transfer Free Mohammed Awaed Lech Poznań Loan returns Free
Out
Date Player Type Fee Moving to Notes Source Joe Kuzminsky End of Loan Free Charleston Battery Suf Podgoreanu End of Contract Roma Guy Haimov Retired Gil Ofek Retired David Acquah Loan Out Free Hapoel Nof HaGalil Ikouwem Utin Loan Out Free Bnei Sakhnin Sintayehu Sallalich End of Contract Free Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maxim Plakuschenko Loan Out Free Hapoel Hadera Trent Sainsbury Release Free K.V. Kortrijk Oded Chekol Loan Out Free Hapoel Nof HaGalil Tom Sklovin Loan Out Free Hapoel Nof HaGalil Mohammed Awaed Loan Out Free Lech Poznań Yonatan Levi Loan Out Free Hapoel Iksal Ibrahim Jawabry Loan Out Free Sektzia Nes Tziona Saikou Touray Loan Out Free Ironi Kiryat Shmona Yarden Shua Transfer 1,400,000€ Beitar Jerusalem Yahav Gurfinkel Loan Out Free Hapoel Haifa Shareef Kayouf Loan Out Free Hapoel Kfar Shalem Timothy Muzie Loan Out Free Hapoel Kfar Saba Ihab Abu Alshikh Loan Out Free Maccabi Petah Tikva
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Ligat Ha'Al
Regular season
Results overview
OppositionHome scoreAway scoreBeitar Jerusalem2–03–0Bnei Sakhnin3–03–0Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv3–02-0F.C. Ashdod2–10-1Hapoel Be'er Sheva3–11-1Hapoel Hadera1-02–1Hapoel Haifa2-01-2Hapoel Kfar Saba3–02-3Hapoel Tel Aviv1–02–1Ironi Kiryat Shmona4-23–0Maccabi Netanya2–02-0Maccabi Petah Tikva0-22-1Maccabi Tel Aviv2–21-2
Regular season table
Play-off
Championship round table
Results overview
Opposition Home score Away score F.C. Ashdod2-03-0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva3-21-1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona4-01–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv1-12-2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–12-1
Results summary
Results by round
State Cup
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Toto Cup
Group stage
5-6th classification match
UEFA Europa League
Statistics
Squad statistics
Ligat HaAlState CupToto CupUEFA Europa LeagueTotalNationNo.NameGSMin.AssistGSMin.AssistGSMin.AssistGSMin.AssistGSMin.AssistGoalkeepers 44Josh Cohen32 32 3,156 0 1 4 4 382 0 0 4 4 383 0 0 4 4 383 0 0 44 44 4,304 0 1 52Omri Glazer4 4 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 394 0 0 77Roee Fucs0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders 5Bogdan Planić31 31 2,954 4 1 2 2 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 209 0 0 36 35 3,356 4 1 12Sun Menahem35 31 3,001 4 4 2 2 193 0 0 3 3 262 0 0 4 4 383 0 1 44 40 3,803 4 5 15Ofri Arad32 30 3,052 1 0 4 4 331 0 0 3 3 287 1 0 4 4 362 0 0 43 41 4,032 2 0 17Taleb Tawatha14 5 467 0 0 1 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 603 0 0 21Ayid Habshi10 8 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 366 0 0 4 4 383 0 0 18 16 1,471 0 0 25Raz Meir27 21 2,101 1 3 3 3 253 0 0 2 1 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 25 2,462 1 3 26Ernest Mabouka18 15 1,498 0 3 1 1 94 0 1 3 3 275 0 0 4 4 383 0 1 28 23 2,319 0 5 35Rony Laufer0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55Rami Gershon11 4 566 0 0 4 3 336 0 0 2 1 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 1,015 0 0 Midfielders 6Neta Lavi34 34 3,226 2 2 4 3 313 1 1 2 2 163 0 0 4 4 383 0 0 44 43 4,085 3 3 7Yanic Wildschut22 5 734 1 2 3 2 137 1 0 4 1 197 0 2 2 150 0 0 0 31 10 1,218 2 2 8Dolev Haziza32 31 2,834 8 7 3 2 234 0 2 4 3 361 0 1 4 2 261 0 0 43 38 3,690 8 11 9Omer Atzili21 18 1,598 4 10 3 2 267 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 20 1,865 6 10 10Tjaronn Chery34 30 2,660 12 5 3 3 279 0 1 4 3 250 0 0 4 4 383 2 0 45 40 3,572 14 6 14José Rodríguez29 26 2,326 1 1 4 3 250 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 32 0 0 36 29 2,608 1 3 16Mohammad Abu Fani34 31 2,634 2 1 4 2 251 0 0 4 3 315 0 0 4 4 327 1 0 46 40 3,527 3 1 18Yuval Ashkenazi23 4 649 1 2 2 1 70 0 0 4 4 327 0 0 4 2 167 2 0 33 11 1,213 3 2 32Nehorai Ifrach2 0 44 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 64 0 0 33Maor Levi22 0 394 0 1 2 2 141 0 0 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2 573 0 1 Forwards11Godsway Donyoh28 10 1,178 8 1 3 2 191 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0 0 32 12 1,393 9 1 13Nikita Rukavytsya28 25 1,989 19 2 3 2 106 0 0 3 3 188 1 0 4 4 347 4 3 38 34 2,630 24 6 19Stav Nahmani6 0 156 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 2 1 78 0 0 2 0 24 0 0 11 1 207 0 0 22Mohammed Awaed11 1 280 1 0 4 1 154 2 0 2 1 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 530 3 0 Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club - Yarden Shua2 2 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 272 0 0 1 0 26 0 0 7 2 379 0 0 - Saikou Touray2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 110 0 0 - Ihab Abu Alshikh11 1 205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 205 0 0 - Yahav Gurfinkel0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 93 0 0 - Timothy Muzie4 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 60 0 0
Goals
RankPlayerPositionLigat HaAlState CupToto CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 Nikita Rukavytsya 19014242 Tjaronn Chery 12002143 Dolev Haziza 810094 Godsway Donyoh 810095 Omer Atzili 420066 Sun Menahem 40004 Bogdan Planić 400048 Neta Lavi 21003 Mohammad Abu Fani 20013 Yuval Ashkenazi 10023 Mohammed Awaed 1200311 Ofri Arad 10102 Yanic Wildschut 1100213 José Rodríguez 10001 Raz Meir 10001Own goals30003
Clean sheets
NameLigat HaAlState CupToto CupEuropa LeagueTotal1GK44 Josh Cohen16218
Disciplinary record for Ligat Ha'Al and State Cup
NameLigat Ha'AlState CupTotal16 Mohammad Abu Fani91108 Dolev Haziza911014 José Rodríguez996 Neta Lavi9915 Ofri Arad81912 Sun Menahem6179 Omer Atzili5275 Bogdan Planić51610 Tjaronn Chery42626 Ernest Mabouka4444 Josh Cohen337 Yanic Wildschut3313 Nikita Rukavytsya3321 Ayid Habshi2233 Maor Levi2211 Godsway Donyoh2222 Mohammed Awaed11225 Raz Meir1118 Yuval Ashkenazi11
Suspensions
PlayerDate ReceivedOffenceLength of suspensionNeta Lavi 15 December 2020 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv (H) 1 Match Bnei Yehuda (H) 22 December 2020Ofri Arad 19 December 2020 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 1 Match Maccabi Netanya (A) 26 December 2020Mohammad Abu Fani 2 January 2021 vs Hapoel Hadera (H) 1 Match Bnei Sakhnin (H) 23 January 2021José Rodríguez 27 January 2021 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 1 Match F.C. Ashdod (H) 6 February 2021Dolev Haziza 10 February 2021 vs Hapoel Haifa (H) 1 Match Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H) 20 February 2021Dolev Haziza 17 February 2021 3 Match Ironi Kiryat Shmona (H) Hapoel Tel Aviv (A) Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 27 February 2021 3 March 2021 6 March 2021Ayid Habshi 17 February 2021 3 Match Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H) Ironi Kiryat Shmona (H) Hapoel Tel Aviv (A) 20 February 2021 27 February 2021 3 March 2021Sun Menahem 17 February 2021 2 Match Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H)Ironi Kiryat Shmona (H) 20 February 202127 February 2021Bogdan Planić 17 February 2021 1 Match Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H) 20 February 2021Sun Menahem 6 March 2021 Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 1 Match Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 17 March 2021Bogdan Planić 17 March 2021 Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 1 Match Maccabi Petah Tikva (H) 3 April 2021Omer Atzili 12 April 2021 F.C. Ashdod (A) 1 Match Hapoel Afula (H) 22 April 2021Dolev Haziza 22 April 2021 Hapoel Afula (H) 1 Match Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) 1 May 2021 Tjaronn Chery 22 April 2021 Hapoel Afula (H) 1 Match Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) 1 May 2021 José Rodríguez 26 April 2021 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A) 1 Match Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 9 May 2021Mohammad Abu Fani 9 May 2021 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 1 Match F.C. Ashdod (H) 23 May 2021Neta Lavi 23 May 2021 vs F.C. Ashdod (H) 1 Match Hapoel Be'er Sheva (H) 30 May 2021
Penalties
Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition1 October 2020 Nikita Rukavytsya Tottenham HotspurEuropa League7 November 2020 Nikita Rukavytsya F.C. AshdodLiga Ha`Al21 November 2020 Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel HaifaLiga Ha`Al24 November 2020 Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Kfar SabaLiga Ha`Al30 November 2020 Nikita Rukavytsya Beitar JerusalemLiga Ha`Al5 December 2020 Dolev Haziza Ironi Kiryat ShmonaLiga Ha`Al19 December 2020 Mohammad Abu Fani Maccabi Petah TikvaLiga Ha`Al22 December 2020 Tjaronn Chery Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivLigat Ha'Al23 January 2021 Nikita Rukavytsya Bnei SakhninLiga Ha`Al23 January 2021 Dolev Haziza Bnei SakhninLiga Ha`Al22 April 2021 Dolev Haziza Hapoel AfulaState Cup30 May 2021 Omer Atzili Hapoel Be'er ShevaLiga Ha`Al30 May 2021 Tjaronn Chery Hapoel Be'er ShevaLiga Ha`Al
Overall
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! !Total !Home !Away !Natural |- |align=left| Games played || 48 || 25 || 22 || 1 |- |align=left| Games won || 32 || 20 || 12 || -
|align=left| Games drawn || 7 || 3 || 4 || - |- |align=left| Games lost || 9 || 1 || 7 || 1 |- |align=left| Biggest win || 4-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona || 4-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona || 3-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3-0 vs Bnei Sakhnin 3-0 vs Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 vs F.C. Ashdod || - |- |align=left| Biggest loss || 2-7 vs Tottenham Hotspur || 0-2 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva || 2-7 vs Tottenham Hotspur || 0-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |- |align=left| Biggest win (League) || 4-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona || 4-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona || 3-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3-0 vs Bnei Sakhnin 3-0 vs Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 vs F.C. Ashdod || |- |align=left| Biggest loss (League) || 0-2 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva || 0-2 vs Maccabi Petah Tikva || 1-2 vs Hapeol Haifa 2-3 vs Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 vs F.C. Ashdod || |- |align=left| Biggest win (Cup) || 4-1 vs Hapoel Afula || 4-1 vs Hapoel Afula || || |- |align=left| Biggest loss (Cup) || 0-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv || || || 0-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |- |align=left| Biggest win (Toto) || 1-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-0 vs Hapoel Haifa || 1-0 vs Hapoel Haifa || 1-0 vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona || |- |align=left| Biggest loss (Toto) || 0-1 vs Bnei Sakhnin 0-1 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva || || 0-1 vs Bnei Sakhnin 0-1 vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva || |- |align=left| Biggest win (Europe) || 3-1 vs FK Željezničar || 3-1 vs FK Željezničar || 2-1 vs FC Rostov || |- |align=left| Biggest loss (Europe) || 2-7 vs Tottenham Hotspur || || 2-7 vs Tottenham Hotspur || |- |align=left| Goals scored || 91 || 53 || 38 || 0 |- |align=left| Goals conceded || 46 || 17 || 27 || 2 |- |align=left| Goal difference || +45 || +36 || +11 || -2 |- |align=left| Clean sheets || 18 || 12 || 6 || - |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || |- |align=left| Yellow cards || 107 || 64 || 39 || 4 |- |align=left| Red cards || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- |align=left| Most appearances ||colspan=4| Mohammad Abu Fani (46) |- |align=left| Most minutes played || colspan=4| Josh Cohen (4,304) |- |align=left| Most goals || colspan=4| Nikita Rukavytsya (24) |- |align=left| Most Assist || colspan=4| Dolev Haziza (11) |- |align=left|Penalties for || 13 || 8 || 5 || |- |align=left|Penalties against || 9 || 2 || 7 || |- |align=left|Penalties saved || 4 || 1 || 3 || |- |align=left| Winning rate ||% || % || % || %
Notes
References
External links Maccabi Haifa website