2015–16 in Israeli football explained

Country:	Israel
Season:	2015–16
Division1:	Israeli Premier League
Champions1:	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Division2:	Liga Leumit
Champions2:	F.C. Ashdod
Domestic:	State Cup
Dchampions:	Maccabi Haifa
Leaguecup:	Toto Cup Al
Lchampions:	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Supercup:	Super Cup
Schampions:	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17
Flagicon:	yes

The 2015–16 season was the 68th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 90th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

The season saw Hapoel Be'er Sheva winning league, its first championship title since 1976 and Maccabi Haifa winning its first Israel State Cup in 18 years. In women's football, F.C. Ramat HaSharon won its first ever league title, the first since 2002 which was not won by either Maccabi Holon or ASA Tel Aviv University. F.C. Kiryat Gat won the Israeli Women's Cup, its first ever major title.

IFA Competitions

League Competitions

Men's senior competitions

Competition		Winner/Promotion	Relegated	Top Scorer
Israeli Premier League		Hapoel Be'er Sheva		Eran Zahavi (35)
Liga Leumit		F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Ashkelon		Jordan Faucher (21)
Liga Alef	North	Ironi Nesher		Assi Goma (17)
	South	Maccabi Sha'arayim		Elad Cohen (14) Nir Sharon
Liga Bet	North A	Tzeirei Kafr Kanna		Radi Mohana (18)
	North B	Hapoel Robi Shapira Haifa		Mizr Zoabi (22)
	South A	F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Tira		Shai Rotman (17)
	South B	F.C. Dimona		David Peles (22)
Liga Gimel	Upper Galilee	F.C. Julis		As'ad Amasha (29)
	Lower Galilee	Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr		Mohammad Bushnak (26)
	Jezreel	Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara		Amir Rohana (23) Qasim Loabna
	Samaria	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel		Sagi Pichadze (26)
	Sharon	Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt		Islam Khatib (28)
	Tel Aviv	Shimshon Tel Aviv		Almog Samet Cohen (36)
	Center	Nordia Jerusalem		Elad Avramson (31)
	South	Maccabi Ashdod		Ariel Trabelsi (32)

Women's senior competitions

Competition	Winner	Relegated	Top Scorer
Ligat Nashim Rishona	F.C. Ramat HaSharon		Tiffany Cameron (35)
Ligat Nashim Shniya	Bnot Netanya		Hadar Shem Tov (16) Shaked Elimelech

Youth competitions

Competition	Winner	Runners-up	Top Scorer
Noar Premier (U-19)			Mohammad Awad
Ne'arim A (U-18)	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Ron Ben Basat
Ne'arim B (U-17)	Maccabi Haifa		Shadi Masarwa
Ne'arot (women's U-19)	Hapoel Petah Tikva		Do'aa Said Ahmad

Cup Competitions

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
State Cup		Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Super Cup		Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Toto Cup	Al	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
	Leumit	Hapoel Ashkeon	F.C. Ashdod
Israeli Women's Cup		F.C. Kiryat Gat	ASA Tel Aviv University
Israel Youth State Cup		Hapoel Petah Tikva	Hapoel Tel Aviv

International Club Competitions

Champions League

Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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Play-off round

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Group stage (Group G)

Europa League

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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Women's Champions League

Qualifying round (Group 4)

2015–16 UEFA Youth League

Champions League Path group stage

National Teams

National team

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers
3 September 2015	Euro 2016 Qual.		Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa	4–0	Eran Zahavi, Nir Bitton, Tomer Hemed, Mu'nas Dabbur
9 September 2015	Euro 2016 Qual.		Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff	0–0
10 October 2015	Euro 2016 Qual.		Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem	1–2	Nir Bitton
13 October 2015	Euro 2016 Qual.		King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels	1–3	Tomer Hemed
23 March 2016	Friendly		Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek	0–2
31 May 2016	Friendly		Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad	1–3	Eran Zahavi

Women's National Team

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
22 October 2015	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Municipal Stadium, Lod	0–0
25 October 2015	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Municipal Stadium, Lod	0–1
1 December 2015	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	2–2	Lee Falkon, Shelly Israel
21 January 2016	Friendly		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–0
23 January 2016	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	1–3	Daniel Sofer
10 March 2016	Aphrodite Cup		Parekklisias Stadium, Parekklisia	1–1	Danielle Schulmann
13 March 2016	Aphrodite Cup		Parekklisias Stadium, Parekklisia	2–0	Danielle Schulmann, Arava Shahaf
15 March 2016	Aphrodite Cup		Koinotiko Stadio, Parekklisia	2–0	Lee Falkon, Danielle Schulmann
16 March 2016	Aphrodite Cup		Koinotiko Stadio, Parekklisia	1–0	Shay Sade
6 April 2016	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–1
2 June 2016	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Futbol Ortaligi BIIK Main Field, Shymkent	0–1
6 June 2016	2017 Women's Euro qual.		Waldviertler Volksbank Arena, Horn	0–4

U-21 National team

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
3 September 2015	2017 U-21 Euro qual.		Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana	1–1	Dor Hugi
8 October 2015	Friendly		Arena Lublin, Lublin	1–3	Ataa Jaber
12 November 2015	2017 U-21 Euro qual.		HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	3–0	Dean David, Shoval Gozlan, Michael Ohana
17 November 2015	2017 U-21 Euro qual.		HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	0–3
24 March 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.		Ménfői út, Győr	0–0
28 March 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.		Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri	1–0	Shoval Gozlan
31 May 2016	Lobanovskyi Tournament		Obolon Arena, Kyiv	1–1	Shoval Gozlan
2 June 2016	Lobanovskyi Tournament		Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv	3–2	Dor Hugi, Michael Ohana, Maxim Plakuschenko

U-19 National team

2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Elite round

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
3 August 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	4–0	Raz Itzhak (2), Idan Nahmias, Ibrahim Sfuri
5 August 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	3–3	Raz Itzhak (2), Noam Gamon
3 September 2015	Tournament Cele		Gradski Stadion, Subotica	0–1^[2]
4 September 2015	Tournament Cele		Gradski Stadion, Bačka Topola	0–2^[3]
6 September 2015	Tournament Cele		Gradski Stadion, Bačka Topola	0–2^[4]
12 October 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	3–1	Raz Itzhak (2), Anas Mahamid
14 October 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	0–0
10 November 2015	2016 U-19 Euro qual. round		Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun	3–1	Anas Mahamid (2), Ibrahim Sfuri
12 November 2015	2016 U-19 Euro qual. round		Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun	4–1	Anas Mahamid (3), Eylon Yerushalmi
15 November 2015	2016 U-19 Euro qual. round		Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun	0–0
15 February 2016	Friendly		Afula Illit Stadium, Afula	1–0	Eden Hershkovitz
14 October 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	1–1	Ibrahim Sfuri
25 March 2016	2016 U-19 Euro elite round		Stadio Euganeo, Padua	0–4
27 March 2016	2016 U-19 elite round		Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza	0–1
30 March 2016	2016 U-19 Euro elite round		Stadio Euganeo, Padua	2–0	Dor Galili, Own goal

U-18 National team

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
14 December 2015	Winter tournament		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–1
15 December 2015	Winter tournament		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	3–2	Fadi Najjar, Anas Mahamid, Gal Aviv
17 December 2015	Winter tournament		Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–1
11 April 2016	Friendly		Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan	2–0^[5]	Gal Katabi, Mohammad Abu Fani
13 April 2016	Friendly		Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan	1–1^[6]	Anas Mahamid

U-19 Women's National team

2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round (group 8)

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
15 September 2015	2016 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round		Estádio Municipal Serra da Esgalhada, Fornos de Algodres	1–2	Opal Sofer
17 September 2015	2016 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round		Estádio Municipal da Guarda, Guarda	0–7
20 September 2015	2016 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round		Estádio Municipal Serra da Esgalhada, Fornos de Algodres	2–2	Maia Cabrera, Eden Avital

• In addition to these matches, the national team competed in the Women's League, finishing 6th, with 11 victories, 2 draws and 9 losses, scoring 78 goals and conceding 28 goals.

U-17 National team

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Elite round (group 8)

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
17 August 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	2–0	Raz Shlomo, Eylon Almog
19 August 2015	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	4–0	Eylon Almog, Dan Gross, Haim Yagil Ohana, Avi Butbul
9 September 2015	Four Nations, Germany		Bremen	2–1	Eylon Almog, Avi Butbul
11 September 2015	Four Nations, Germany		BSA Obervieland, Bremen	0–6
13 September 2015	Four Nations, Germany		Bremen	0–1
20 October 2015	2016 U-17 Euro qual. round		HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	3–1	Eylon Almog (2), Muhamad Sarsur
22 October 2015	2016 U-17 Euro qual. round		HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	0–3
25 October 2015	2016 U-17 Euro qual. round		HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	2–1	Eylon Almog, Ofek Nadir
17 January 2016	Development Cup 2016		Minsk	2–2	Yarin Sharabi, Muhamad Sarsur
19 January 2016	Development Cup 2016		Minsk	1–0	Manor Solomon
20 January 2016	Development Cup 2016		Minsk	2–0	Eylon Almong, Yarin Sharabi
22 January 2016	Development Cup 2016		Minsk	2–3	Yarin Sharabi, Avi Butbul
23 January 2016	Development Cup 2016		Minsk	0–3
11 March 2016	2016 U-17 Euro elite round		Belgian Football Center, Tubize	0–1
13 March 2016	2016 U-17 Euro elite round		Begijnhofstadion, Overijse	0–1
16 March 2016	2016 U-17 Euro elite round		Belgian Football Center, Tubize	1–0	Neil Goldberg

U-17 Women's National team

2015–16 results

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
10 October 2015	2016 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round		Király Sportlétesítmény, Szombathely	0–5
12 October 2015	2016 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round		Sportcentrum Bük, Bük	0–3
15 October 2015	2016 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round		Sportcentrum Bük, Bük	0–4

U-16 National team

2015–16 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
26 October 2015	Valentin Ivanov Tournament		Sputnik-Sport Center, Sochi	1–0	Gil Rahimi
28 October 2015	Valentin Ivanov Tournament		Sputnik-Sport Center, Sochi	3–2	Sahar Sa'adon Brami (2), Tomer Hazan
30 October 2015	Valentin Ivanov Tournament		Central Stadium, Sochi	1–0	Sahar Sa'adon Brami
8 February 2016	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	0–0
9 February 2016	Friendly		National Team Complex, Shefayim	1–1	Yoni Sisay
9 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	1–1	Gil Rahimi
11 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	2–0	Sahar Sa'adon Brami, Guy Dahan
13 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	1–1	Sahar Sa'adon Brami
11 May 2016	Bannikov Tournament		V. Melnyk Stadium, Obukhiv	2–0	Eden Kartsev, Guy Dahan
12 May 2016	Bannikov Tournament		Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv	1–2	Eden Kartsev
14 May 2016	Bannikov Tournament		Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv	3–0	Yoni Sisay, Ilay Hen, Sahar Sa'adon Brami
15 September 2016	Bannikov Tournament		Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv	2–4	Sahar Sa'adon Brami, Ilay Hen

U-16 Women's National team

2015–16 results

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
15 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	1–4	Shira Elinav
17 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	4–0	Lior Edri (2), Shira Elinav (2)
19 March 2016	Development Tournament		National Training Center, Stara Pazova	6–0	Shira Elinav (3), Nelly Haj, Meital Sharabi, Lior Edri

Notes and References

1. Israel's score written first
2. http://www.subotica.com/vesti/fudbaleri-srbije-na-startu-turnira-stevan-cele-vilotic-bolji-od-sad-3-1-id23741.html Fudbaleri Srbije na startu turnira "Stevan Ćele Vilotić" bolji od SAD (3:1)
3. http://www.subotica.com/vesti/omladinci-srbije-protiv-crne-gore-za-trece-mesto-na-turniru-stevan-cele-vilotic-id23752.html Omladinci Srbije protiv Crne Gore za treće mesto na turniru "Stevan Ćele Vilotić"
4. http://www.subotica.com/vesti/ukrajina-francuska-srbija-konacan-plasman-na-22.-turniru-stevan-cele-vilotic-id23771.html Ukrajina, Francuska, Srbija - konačan plasman na 22. turniru "Stevan Ćele Vilotić"
5. http://www.ffa.am/en/1460371794 Armenian U-19 lost to Israel
6. http://www.ffa.am/en/1460533329 Armenian U-19 played a draw with Israel (video)