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Maccabi Tel Aviv
2019–20 season
Chairman	Mitchell Goldhar
Manager	Vladimir Ivic
Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Premier League	1st
State Cup	Eighth round
Toto Cup	Runners-up
Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Yonatan Cohen (12); All: Yonatan Cohen (13)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 113th season since its establishment in 1906, and 72nd since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2019–20 campaign the club competed in the Israeli Premier League, the State Cup, the Toto Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.

First team


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ISR	Eli Dasa
3	DF	POR	Jair Amador
4	DF	ESP	Enric Saborit
6	MF	ISR	Dan Glazer
7	FW	ISR	Omer Atzili
10	FW	NGA	Chikeluba Ofoedu
11	FW	ISR	Itay Shechter
15	MF	ISR	Dor Micha
16	FW	ISR	Eliran Atar
18	DF	ISR	Eitan Tibi
19	GK	BRA	Daniel Tenenbaum
20	FW	ISR	Matan Hozez
21	MF	ISR	Sheran Yeini (Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	ISR	Avi Rikan
23	MF	ISR	Eyal Golasa
24	FW	ISR	Yonatan Cohen
25	FW	USA	Aaron Schoenfeld
27	DF	ISR	Ofir Davidzada
28	MF	ITA	Cristian Battocchio
30	DF	ISR	Maor Kandil
31	DF	ISR	Shachar Piven
41	GK	ISR	Daniel Peretz
42	MF	ISR	Dor Peretz
55	GK	ISR	Haviv Ohayon
77	MF	ISR	Ruslan Barsky
95	GK	SRB	Predrag Rajković

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
17	1 July 2019	GK	Andreas Gianniotis	Olympiacos	Free transfer	^[1]
9	14 July 2019	FW	Nick Blackman	Derby County	Free transfer	^[2]
	31 July 2020	MF	Eden Karzev	Hapoel Hadera	Loan returns
	2 July 2019	FW	Prince Okraku	Dreams	Undisclosed	^[3]^[4]
	30 June 2020	DF	Alon Shtrozberg	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	Loan returns
	31 July 2020	DF	Amit Glazer	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	Loan returns

Out

No.	Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
	27 August 2019	MF	Tomas Prince	Hakoah Amidar	Undisclosed
95	1 July 2019	GK	Predrag Rajković	Stade de Reims	₤4,500,000	^[5]
	1 August 2019	GK	Sahar Hasson	Ramat haSharon	Undisclosed
	9 January 2020	FW	Prince Okraku	Dreams	Free Transfer
2	1 July 2019	DF	Eli Dasa	Free Agent	–
–	9 September 2019	DF	Eli Dasa	Vitesse	Undisclosed	^[6]
	1 July 2019	MF	Younes Jabarin	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	Undisclosed
	11 July 2019	MF	Or Dasa	Hapoel Ra'anana	€175,000
	17 July 2019	MF	Eliel Peretz	Hapoel Hadera	€100,00	^{[citation needed]}
	1 July 2019	FW	Sagiv Yehezkel	F.C. Ashdod	Free Transfer	^{[citation needed]}

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	From	From date	Until	Fee	Source
28	RB	André Geraldes	Sporting CP	21 July 2019	31 July 2020	€150Th.	^[7]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loan To	From date	Until	Fee	Source
GK	Daniel Peretz	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
DF	Michael Chilaka	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
DF	Tomer Machluf	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Tamir Glazer	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Yoav Hofmeister	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Eyal Hen	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Omer Barami	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Ido Shahar	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Mofleh Shala'ata	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
MF	Bar Cohen	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
FW	Eduardo Guerrero	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan
FW	Prince Okraku	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan	^{[citation needed]}
FW	Amir Berkovich	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	1 August 2019	31 July 2020	Loan

Pre-season and friendlies

9 July 2019 Friendly	Saint-Gilloise	2-0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Forest, Brussels
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bouekou 12' Selemani 44'	Report		Stadium: Training camp Attendance: 150 Referee: Ron Van De Ven

11 July 2019 Friendly	Genk	4-1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Horst
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dewaest 12' Théo Bongonda 57' Piotrowski 75' Gano 90+1'	Report	Ofoedu 72', pen.'	Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray Attendance: 125

14 July 2019 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mierlo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ache 21'	Report	Rikan 49' Shechter 55'	Stadium: Sportpark De Ark Attendance: 130

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2019 First leg	CFR Cluj	1-0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 CEST (UTC+3)	Ormani 22' Đoković 43'	Report	Kandil 80'	Stadium: CFR Stadium Attendance: 11,150 Referee: José Sánchez (Spain)

30 July 2019 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-2 (2–3 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Netanya
20:00 IDT (UTC+3)	Blackman 15' Đoković 48' Atar 74'	Report	Deac 14' Culio 19' (pen.) Rondón Burcă	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2019 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-2	Sūduva	Netanya
20:30 IDT (UTC+3)	Peretz 63' Ofoedu 84'	Report	Kerla 37' Cadjenovic 49' Jankauskas 76'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 8,512 Referee: Neil Doyle (Ireland)

15 August 2019 Second leg	Sūduva	2-1 (4–2 agg.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Marijampolė
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Topčagić 12' Švrljuga 45' Cadjenovic 73'	Report	Schechter 41' Cohen 62' 90+4' Blackman 86'	Stadium: Arvi Arena Attendance: 5,337 Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

Competition

Israeli Premier League

Regular season table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19	7	0	48	7	+41	64	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	18	4	4	58	20	+38	58
3	Beitar Jerusalem	26	15	4	7	42	25	+17	49
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	13	5	8	33	23	+10	44
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	11	5	10	24	36	−12	38

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[8]

Regular season

24 August 2019 1	Sektzia Nes Tziona	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT (UTC+3)	Etou 33'	Report	Micha 22' Atar 28' Blackman 35' Tibi 45+2'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 5,654 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

1 September 2019 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:00 IDT(UTC+3)	Glazer 28' Peretz 42' 45' Cohen 45+3' Ofoedu 61' Geraldes 87'	Report	Cohen 20' Soro 74' Tambi 90+1'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 26,513 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

14 September 2019 3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:00 IDT(UTC+3)	Kuku 26' Raynshtein 35' 87' Gamoun 45'	Report	Micha 37' Davidzada 58'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ohad Asulin

21 September 2019 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:30 IDT (UTC+3)	Sainsbury 37' (o.g.) Micha 45+3' Piven 57' Itay Shechter 84' Ofoedu 86'	Report	Habshi 14' Shua 45' Plakuschenko 78' Menahem 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 26,234 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

28 September 2019 5	Beitar Jerusalem	0–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:30 IDT (UTC+3)	Garcia 21' Conte 52' Kinda 54' Konstantini 70' Nitzan 76' Grechkin 79'	Report	Ofoedu 45+1', 58' Cohen 50' Barsky 61' Barsky 63' Tibi 71' Cohen 76' Glazer 85'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 15,930 Referee: Liran Liany

5 October 2019 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Hadera	Tel Aviv
18:00 IDT (UTC+3)	Nikolić 90'	Report	Hagay 14' Maranhão 38'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 24,829 Referee: Gal Leibovich

21 October 2019 7	Ashdod	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00 IDT (UTC+3)	Moshel 6' Abu Akel 40' Bardea 44' Brihon 73'	Report	Saborit 73' Glazer 84' Shechter 89'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 5,090 Referee: Igal Frid

28 October 2019 8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
21:15 IDT (UTC+3)	Taha 45+4' (o.g.) Scechter 90+4' Scechter 90+5'	Report	Vitor 9' 32' Bitton 41' Shamir 76' Ben 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 27,566 Referee: Ziv Adler

2 November 2019 9	Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
17:30 IST (UTC+2)	Dasa 33' Cohen 62' Mateos 74' Levy 90+3'	Report	Ofoedu 10' Cohen 74'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: David Fuxman

9 November 2019 10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2)	Cohen 26' Cohen 29' Micha 55' Saborit 87' Schechter 90+3'	Report	Sardal 58' Vahaba 71' Kanuk 90+1'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 23,125 Referee: Eli Hacmon

30 November 2019 11	Kiryat Shmona	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
17:30 IST (UTC+2)	Ben-Shimon 5' Diniz 26' Karzev 33' 76' Shaker 33' Ryan 39' Golan 90'	Report	Cohen 33' (pen.) Golasa 71'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

4 December 2019 12	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2)	Spirovski 13' Abaid 39' Lax 45' Dgani 88'	Report	Glazer 13' Rikan 15' Schoenfeld 63' Shechter 80' Rikan 87' Cohen 88' (pen.) Almog 90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

7 December 2019 13	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Maccabi Netanya	Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 21,519

14 December 2019 14	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Sektzia Nes Tziona	Tel Aviv
15:00 IST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 21,187

24 December 2019 15	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 5,750

28 December 2019 16	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Tel Aviv
15:00 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 9,459

6 January 2020 17	Maccabi Haifa	3–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
15:00 IST (UTC+2)	Sallalich 56' Rukavytsya 60' Wildschut 62' Awaed 87'		Rikan 5', 14' Glazer 26' Golasa 48' Cohen 69 69', 90+3', 90+3' Tenenbaum 80' Atzili 81'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 30,071 Referee: Liran Liany

13 January 2020 18	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 20,448

18 January 2020 19	Hapoel Hadera	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
19:50 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 4,536

25 January 2020 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Ashdod	Tel Aviv
19:50 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 15,942

29 January 2020 21	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 10,346

3 February 2020 22	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 15,462

8 February 2020 23	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
19:50 IST (UTC+2)	Altman 48' Tapoko 56' Mizrahi 62' Zamir 90+3'	Report	Shechter 37'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Eli Hachmon

16 February 2020 24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Kiryat Shmona	Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 15,890

24 February 2020 25	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 26,301

29 February 2020 26	Maccabi Netanya	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Netanya
17:15 IST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	36	26	9	1	63	10	+53	87	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa	36	22	7	7	73	32	+41	73	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem	36	16	11	9	51	35	+16	59
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva^[a]	36	15	10	11	44	33	+11	55
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	36	14	6	16	31	55	−24	48	Can't qualify for international competitions^[9]
6	Hapoel Haifa	36	12	11	13	39	46	−7	47

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified due to winning the 2019–20 Israel State Cup

30 May 2020 27	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:00 IDT (UTC+3)	Hozez 45' Shechter 55'	Report	Siroshtein 32' Kapiloto 68' Júnior 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

3 June 2020 28	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:45 IDT (UTC+3)	Eyal Golasa 18' Shechter 55' Hozez 86' Atzili 88'		Plakuschenko 25' Chery 32' Lavi 49' 82' Haziza 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

8 June 2020 29	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:45 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0

15 June 2020 30	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
20:45 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0

20 June 2020 31	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
21:00 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0

23 June 2020 32	Hapoel Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:50 IDT (UTC+3)	Burić 18' Zamir 19' Balilty 87'	Report	Piven 18' Almog 44' Davidzada 71' Cohen 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Liran Liani

27 June 2020 33	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
21:00 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0

1 July 2020 34	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
21:00 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 0

4 July 2020 35	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
21:00 IDT (UTC+3)	Plakuschenko 24' Sainsbury 36'		Saborit 24' Eylon Almog 51'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igal Frid

7 July 2020 36	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ashdod
21:00 IDT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 0

Super Cup

20 July 2019 Final	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT (UTC+3)	Zenati 14' Rustum 58'	Report	Schoenfeld 80' Maor Kandil 88'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 8,169 Referee: Eli Hacmon

State Cup

21 December 2019 Round of 16	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Afula
19:50 IDT (UTC+3)	Kijanskas 42' Piven 49' (o.g.) Mesika 78'	Report	Rikan 13' Almog 32'	Stadium: Afula Illit Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Liran Liani

Toto Cup

18 August 2019 Semi-finals	Kiryat Shmona	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
19:00 IDT (UTC+3)		Report	Bartkus 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Shalom Ben Avraham

24 September 2019 Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
20:15 IDT (UTC+3)		Report	Varenne 87' Magbo 90+3'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 11 Referee: Ziv Adler

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary

References

^ מכבי תל אביב: אנדראס יאניוטיס חתם לשלוש שנים Yaniv Tukman, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)
^ שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב Raz Amir, 14 July 2019 (in Hebrew)
^ Amir, Raz (25 June 2019). "אוקראקו הצטרף למכבי ת"א ויושאל לבית"ר ת"א" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.
^ Amir, Raz (14 July 2019). "שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.
^ רשמית: ראיקוביץ' נמכר ממכבי תל אביב לריימס Raz Amir, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)
^ ליגיונר חדש: אלי דסה חתם בוויטסה ארנהם Raz Amir, 9 September 2019 (in Hebrew)
^ רשמי: ז'ראלדש מצטרף למכבי תל אביב בהשאלה Raz Amir, 21 July 2019 (in Hebrew)
^ ^a ^b "Ligat ha'AL 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ צנציפר, נדב (9 May 2020). "Hapoel Tel-Aviv can't qualify for European Competitions". Ynet (in Hebrew).

[table_note_HBS0.56338465379709-10] Qualified due to winning the 2019–20 Israel State Cup

[1] מכבי תל אביב: אנדראס יאניוטיס חתם לשלוש שנים Yaniv Tukman, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)

[2] שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב Raz Amir, 14 July 2019 (in Hebrew)

[3] Amir, Raz (25 June 2019). "אוקראקו הצטרף למכבי ת"א ויושאל לבית"ר ת"א" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.

[4] Amir, Raz (14 July 2019). "שוב צהוב: ניק בלקמן חוזר למכבי תל אביב" (in Hebrew). one.co.il.

[5] רשמית: ראיקוביץ' נמכר ממכבי תל אביב לריימס Raz Amir, 22 June 2019 (in Hebrew)

[6] ליגיונר חדש: אלי דסה חתם בוויטסה ארנהם Raz Amir, 9 September 2019 (in Hebrew)

[7] רשמי: ז'ראלדש מצטרף למכבי תל אביב בהשאלה Raz Amir, 21 July 2019 (in Hebrew)

[soccerway12753-8] "Ligat ha'AL 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[9] צנציפר, נדב (9 May 2020). "Hapoel Tel-Aviv can't qualify for European Competitions". Ynet (in Hebrew).

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