2014–15 in Israeli football

Football in Israel
Season2014–15
Men's football
Israeli Premier LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
Liga LeumitBnei Yehuda
State CupMaccabi Tel Aviv
Toto Cup AlMaccabi Tel Aviv
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The 2014–15 season was the 67th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 89th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

The season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv winning all three major trophies, the league, the State Cup and the Toto Cup, the first time all three trophies are won by one club during a season.

At the end of the season, Israel hosted the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the fourth official tournament hosted by Israel (following the 1964 AFC Asian Cup, the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship), and the first ever women's football tournament was hosted by Israel.

IFA Competitions

League Competitions

Men's senior competitions

Competition Winner Promotion Relegated
Israeli Premier League Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod
Liga Leumit Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Kfar Saba Ironi Tiberias
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Liga Alef North Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Asi Gilboa
Beitar Nahariya
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm
South Hapoel Ashkelon Maccabi Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi
Liga Bet North A Hapoel Kafr Kanna Ahva Arraba
Hapoel Ironi Bnei I'billin
North B Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Bnei Nujeidat
Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein
South A Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia
Otzma F.C. Holon
South B Bnei Eilat F.C. Bnei Ra'anana
Hapoel Arad
Liga Gimel Upper Galilee Beitar Kafr Kanna Maccabi Bnei Nahf
Lower Galilee F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Ahi Bir al-Maksur
Jezreel Ihud Bnei Baqa Hapoel Bnei Zalafa
Samaria F.C. Haifa Ruby Shapira
Sharon Hapoel Pardesiya
Tel Aviv Ironi Beit Dagan
Center F.C. Holon Yaniv
South Maccabi Segev Shalom

Women's senior competitions

Competition Winner Relegated
Ligat Nashim Rishona ASA Tel Aviv University Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik
Ligat Nashim Shniya Maccabi Be'er Sheva

Youth competitions

Competition Winner Runners-up
Noar Premier (U-19) Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa
Ne'arim A (U-18) Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ne'arim B (U-17) North Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya
South Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva
Ne'arot (women's U-19) Bnot Sakhnin ASA Tel Aviv University

Cup Competitions

Competition Winner Runner-up
2014–15 Israel State Cup Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Toto Cup Al Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa
Leumit Hapoel Bnei Lod Bnei Yehuda
Israeli Women's Cup Maccabi Kishronot Hadera ASA Tel Aviv University
Israel Youth State Cup Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona

International Club Competitions

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0–3[note 1] Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 0–2

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Third qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maribor Slovenia 3–2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 2–2

Europa League

Second qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RNK Split Croatia 2–1[note 1] Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 0–0
Astana Kazakhstan 3–1[note 1] Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 0–1

Third qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Moscow Russia 3–2 Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–1 2–1

Play-off round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asteras Tripoli Greece 3–3 (a) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 1–3

Women's Champions League

Qualifying round (Group 8)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Atlético Ouriense (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 Belgium Standard Liège 3 2 0 1 11 1 +10 6
3 Israel ASA Tel Aviv 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4 Wales Cardiff Met. 3 1 0 2 2 13 −11 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

National teams

National team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 10 7 2 1 24 5 +19 23 Qualify for final tournament
2  Wales 10 6 3 1 11 4 +7 21
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 5 2 3 17 12 +5 17 Advance to play-offs
4  Israel 10 4 1 5 16 14 +2 13
5  Cyprus 10 4 0 6 16 17 −1 12
6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 4 36 −32 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2014–15 matches


10 October 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q		 Cyprus  1–2  Israel Nicosia
21:45 UTC+3 Makrides 67' Report Damari 38'
Ben Haim 45'		 Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 19,164
Referee: Italy Daniele Orsato
13 October 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Andorra  1–4  Israel Andorra la Vella
20:45 Lima 15' (pen.) Report Damari 3', 41', 82'
Hemed 90+6' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadi Comunal
Attendance: 800
Referee: Romania Cristian Balaj
16 November 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Israel  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Haifa
21:45 Vermouth 36'
Damari 45'
Zahavi 70'		 Report Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 30,874
Referee: Spain Antonio Mateu Lahoz
28 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Israel  0–3  Wales Haifa
22:00 UTC+3 [note 2] Tibi Red card 51' Report Ramsey 45+1'
Bale 50', 77'		 Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 30,200
Referee: Serbia Milorad Mažić

31 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q		 Israel  0–1  Belgium Jerusalem
21:45 UTC+3 Report Fellaini 9'
Kompany Red card 64'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Referee: England Mark Clattenburg

12 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1  Israel Zenica
20:45 Višća 42', 75'
Džeko 45+2' (pen.)		 Report Ben Haim 41' Stadium: Bilino Polje
Referee: France Ruddy Buquet

Women's national team

2015 Women's World Cup qualification (group 3)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 10 9 1 0 53 1 +52 28 Women's World Cup
2  Iceland 10 6 1 3 29 9 +20 19
3  Denmark 10 5 3 2 25 6 +19 18
4  Israel 10 4 0 6 9 27 −18 12
5  Serbia 10 3 1 6 16 34 −18 10
6  Malta 10 0 0 10 0 55 −55 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2014–15 matches

21 August 2014 2015 WWC Q Serbia  3–0  Israel Pećinci
17:00 Smiljković 31', 34'
Bradić 82'		 Report Stadium: Suvača Sportcenter
Attendance: 200
Referee: Bulgaria Aneliya Sinabova
13 September 2014 2015 WWC Q Iceland  3–0  Israel Reykjavík
19:00 Brynjarsdóttir 2'
Friðriksdóttir 26'
Gunnarsdóttir 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 622
Referee: Hungary Gyöngyi Gaál
17 September 2014 2015 WWC Q Denmark  0–1  Israel Vejle
18:00 Report Falkon 10' Stadium: Vejle Stadion
Attendance: 657
Referee: Russia Anastasia Pustovoitova

U-21 National team

2015 European U-21 qualifying round (Group 8)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 8 8 0 0 22 6 +16 24 Play-offs — 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–0
2  Israel 8 5 0 3 22 15 +7 15 3–4 — 4–1 7–2 2–1
3  Norway 8 3 0 5 11 19 −8 9 1–2 1–3 — 1–3 2–1
4  Azerbaijan 8 2 1 5 9 15 −6 7 0–2 3–0 0–1 — 0–0
5  Macedonia 8 1 1 6 4 13 −9 4 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2014–15 matches

13 August 2014 2015 U-21 Euro Q North Macedonia  0–3  Israel Skopje
20:00 Report Mizrahi 33', 41'
Gozlan 81'		 Stadium: Philip II Arena
Referee: Estonia Kristo Tohver
3 September 2014 2015 U-21 Euro Q Azerbaijan  3–0  Israel Baku
16:00 Ramazanov 22'
Hajiyev 31', 87'		 Report Stadium: Dalga Arena
Referee: Latvia Andris Treimanis
9 September 2014 2015 U-21 Euro Q Israel  2–1  North Macedonia Larnaca [note 3]
17:00 Micha 25'
Dabour 54' (pen.)		 Report Sulejmanov 48' Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos
Referee: Cyprus Marios Panayi
26 March 2014 Friendly Cyprus  2–4  Israel Larnaca
Kyriajou 37'
Konomis 86'		 Report (in Hebrew)
Report[permanent dead link] (in Greek)		 altman 4' (pen.), 54'
Jaber 42'
Reichert 82'		 Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos
Referee: Cyprus Dimitrios Massias
7 June 2015 2017 U-21 Euro Q Liechtenstein  0–4  Israel Vaduz
18:00 Report Kinda 5'
Altman 49', 62'
Abu Abaid 58'		 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Referee: Georgia (country) Giorgi Kruashvili

U-19 National team

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Elite round
2  Sweden 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
3  Israel (H) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2014–15 matches

4 September 2014 Tournament Cele Israel  3–0  Belgium Subotica
16:30 Inebrum 48', 79'
Hozez 85'		 Report (in Hebrew) Stadium: Stadion na Somborskoj kapiji
5 September 2014 Tournament Cele Israel  3–0  Hungary Bačka Topola
16:30 Hozez 52'
Hasidim 76'
Yogev 90'		 Report (in Hebrew) Stadium: Gradski stadion
8 November 2014 Tournament Cele Serbia  2–1  Israel Subotica
16:30 Grujić 73'
Gajić 84'		 Summary (in Serbian) Inebrum 31' (pen.) Stadium: Stadion na Somborskoj kapiji
13 October 2014 Friendly Israel  0–2  Slovakia Netanya
17:00 Summary (in Slovak) Vestenický 44', 84' Stadium: Beit HaNivcharot
Referee: Israel Oren Siminyan
15 October 2014 Friendly Israel  0–3  Slovakia Netanya
11:00 Summary (in Slovak) Čmelík 43'
Bénes 47'
Špalek 53'		 Stadium: Beit HaNivcharot
Referee: Israel Yigal Frid
12 November 2014 2015 U-19 Euro Q Israel  2–1  Bulgaria Netanya
16:00 Inebrum 36'
Hozez 80'		 Report Lyubomirov 30' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: Slovakia Ján Valášek
14 November 2014 2015 U-19 Euro Q Israel  0–1  Sweden Netanya
12:00 Report Nordin 90+3' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: Slovakia Ján Valášek
17 November 2014 2015 U-19 Euro Q Israel  0–5  Ukraine Netanya
16:00 Report Besyedin 18'
Arendaruk 27'
Kovalenko 58'
Boryachuk 66'
Zubkov 82'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: England Anthony Taylor

U-19 Women's National team

2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Israel (H) 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

2014–15 matches

7 March 2015 Kuban Spring Israel  2–0  Estonia Sochi
17:00 Metkalov 68'
Awad 80'		 Report (in Hebrew)
9 March 2015 Kuban Spring Israel  6–1  Bulgaria Sochi
16:10 Avital 40', 41'
Kedem 42'
Awad 53'
Mishel 65'
Dakwar 73'		 Report (in Hebrew) 90'
11 March 2015 Kuban Spring Russia  0–3  Israel Sochi
13:00 Report (in Hebrew) Mishel 11'
Avita 53'
Awad 57'
13 March 2015 Kuban Spring (QF) Israel  1–0  Poland Sochi
16:00 Avital 58' [1] (in Hebrew)
15 March 2015 Kuban Spring (SF) Russia  0–4  Israel Sochi
16:00 Chernomyrdina 11' (pen.)
Andreeva 23'
Shakhova 48'
Belomyttseva 52'		 Summary (in Russian)
17 March 2015 Kuban Spring (3/4M) Israel  2–0  Romania Sochi
12:30 Avital 36'
Dakwar 76'		 Report (in Hebrew)
15 July 2015 2015 W U19 Euro Israel  0–3  Sweden Lod
21:15 Report Björn 22'
Blackstenius 28', 72'		 Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)
18 July 2015 2015 W U19 Euro Israel  0–4  France Netanya
21:15 Report Mateo 10'
Carage 26'
Gathrat 63'
Léger 90'		 Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
21 July 2015 2015 W U19 Euro Israel  1–2  Denmark Lod
19:30 Report Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
  • In addition to these matches, the national team competed in the Women's League, finishing 5th, with 8 victories, 4 draws and 12 losses, scoring 69 goals and conceding 36 goals.

U-17 National team

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Qualifying round (Group 7)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Elite round
2  Hungary (H) 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Israel 3 1 1 1 6 1 +5 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Elite round (Group 1)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Final tournament
2  Spain (H) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3  Israel 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2014–15 matches

10 September 2014 Four Nations Tournament Israel  0–0  Italy Germany
Report (in Hebrew)
12 September 2014 Four Nations Tournament Netherlands  1–0  Israel Germany
Konings 10' Summary(in Dutch)
14 September 2014 Four Nations Tournament Germany  4–0  Israel Germany
Petermann 23'
Schmidt 64', 74'
Eggestein 71'		 Summary (in German)
21 October 2014 2015 U-17 Euro Q Hungary  1–0  Israel Telki
13:30 At. Szalai 26' (pen.) Report Stadium: Globall Football Park
Referee: Italy Davide Massa
23 October 2014 2015 U-17 Euro Q Croatia  0–0  Israel Tatabánya
13:30 Report Stadium: Grosics Gyula Stadion
Referee: Iceland Gunnar Jarl Jónsson
26 October 2014 2015 U-17 Euro Q Israel  6–0  Kazakhstan Tatabánya
13:30 Ronen 9', 33'
Kazimov 18' (o.g.)
Cohen 26'
Kataby 64'
Mahamid 70'		 Report Stadium: Grosics Gyula Stadion
Referee: Iceland Gunnar Jarl Jónsson
2 March 2015 Friendly Israel  0–0  Ukraine Netanya
14:00 Report (in Hebrew) Stadium: Beit HaNivcharot
4 March 2015 Friendly Israel  1–0  Ukraine Netanya
11:00 Altman 21' (pen.) Report (in Hebrew) Stadium: Beit HaNivcharot
20 March 2015 2015 U-17 Euro Q France  1–0  Israel Benidorm
12:00 Boutobba 46' Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor
Referee: Bosnia and Herzegovina Irfan Peljto
22 March 2015 2015 U-17 Euro Q Spain  0–0  Israel Benidorm
18:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor
Referee: Moldova Dumitri Muntean
25 March 2015 2015 U-17 Euro Q Israel  2–0  Sweden Alcoy
18:00 Cohen 22'
Mahamid 71'		 Report Stadium: Estadio El Collao
Referee: Bosnia and Herzegovina Irfan Peljto

U-17 Women's national team

2015 European U-17 qualifying round (Group 10)

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Elite round
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Israel 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Slovenia (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2014–15 results

22 October 2014 2015 W U17 Euro Q Netherlands  3–0  Israel Bakovci
15:00 Nouwen 19'
De Beer 30'
Van Velzen 38'		 Report Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Stadium
Referee: Scotland Lorraine Clark
24 October 2014 2015 W U17 Euro Q Israel  2–0  Slovenia Bakovci
15:00 Goor 59'
Hazan 67'		 Report Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Stadium
Referee: Valentina Garoffolo
27 October 2014 2015 W U17 Euro Q Slovakia  1–0  Israel Bakovci
14:00 Šurnovská 70' (pen.) Report Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Stadium
Referee: Azerbaijan Sabayel Gurbanova

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Order of legs reversed after original draw, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[1]
  2. ^ The Israel v Wales match was originally to kick off at 20:45 (22:45 UTC+3), but was moved to 18:00 (20:00 UTC+3) as matches cannot kick off later than 22:00 local time according to UEFA's guidelines.[2]
  3. ^ The Israel v Macedonia will be played outside Israel due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[3]

References

  1. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv's Champions League qualifier changed due to rocket fire The Jerusalem Post, 10 July 2014
  2. ^ "Israel v Wales correction of kick-off time" (PDF). Israel Football Association. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.