2020–21 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season explained

Club:	Maccabi Haifa
Season:	2020–21
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Ya'akov Shahar
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Barak Bakhar
Stadium:	Sammy Ofer
League:	Ligat Ha'Al
League Result:	Champions
Cup1:	State Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-final
Cup2:	Toto Cup
Cup2 Result:	6th
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Play-off round
League Topscorer:	Nikita Rukavytsya (19)
Season Topscorer:	Nikita Rukavytsya(23)
Highest Attendance:	30,000 vs ^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	1,500 vs
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22
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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

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		^[2]
		Oded Chekol		Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Transfer	€75,000		^[3]
		Tom Sklovin		Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Transfer	€75,000		^[4]
		Bogdan Planić		FCSB	Transfer	Free		^[5]
		José Rodríguez		Málaga CF	Transfer	Free		^[6]
		Godsway Donyoh		FC Nordsjælland	Transfer	€50,000		^[7]
		Taleb Tawatha		Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	€100,000		^[8]
		Omer Atzili		APOEL Nicosia	Transfer	Free		^[9]
		Mohammed Awaed		Lech Poznań	Loan returns	Free		^[10]

Out

Date		Player		Type	Fee	Moving to	Notes	Source
				End of Loan	Free	Charleston Battery		^[11]
		Suf Podgoreanu		End of Contract		Roma		^[12]
				Retired
		Gil Ofek		Retired				^[13]
		David Acquah		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Nof HaGalil		^[14]
		Ikouwem Utin		Loan Out	Free	Bnei Sakhnin		^[15]
		Sintayehu Sallalich		End of Contract	Free	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
		Maxim Plakuschenko		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Hadera		^[16]
				Release	Free	K.V. Kortrijk		^[17]
		Oded Chekol		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Nof HaGalil		^[18]
		Tom Sklovin		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Nof HaGalil		^[19]
				Loan Out	Free	Lech Poznań		^[20]
				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		^[21]
		Shareef Kayouf		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Kfar Shalem		^[22]
		Timothy Muzie		Loan Out	Free	Hapoel Kfar Saba		^[23]
		Ihab Abu Alshikh		Loan Out	Free	Maccabi Petah Tikva		^[24]

Competitions

Overview

Ligat Ha'Al

Regular season

Results overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Beitar Jerusalem	2–0	3–0
Bnei Sakhnin	3–0	3–0
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	3–0	2-0
F.C. Ashdod	2–1	0-1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	1-1
Hapoel Hadera	1-0	2–1
Hapoel Haifa	2-0	1-2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–0	2-3
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	2–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4-2	3–0
Maccabi Netanya	2–0	2-0
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0-2	2-1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	1-2

Regular season table

Championship round table

Results overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score
F.C. Ashdod	2-0	3-0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3-2	1-1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4-0	1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-1	2-2
	1–1	2-1

Results by round

State Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Israel State Cup.

Semi-final

Toto Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Toto Cup Al.

5-6th classification match

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Statistics

Squad statistics

			Ligat HaAl					State Cup					Toto Cup					UEFA Europa League					Total
Nation	No.	Name	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	GS	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Min.	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Assist	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	GS	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Min.	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Assist	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	GS	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Min.	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Assist	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	GS	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Min.	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Assist	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	GS	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Min.	width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"		width=60 style="background: #FFFFFF"	Assist
Goalkeepers
	44	align=left	Josh Cohen	32	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
	52	align=left	Omri Glazer	4	4	394	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	394	0	0
	77	align=left	Roee Fucs	0	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
	5	align=left	Bogdan Planić	31	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
	12	align=left	Sun Menahem	35	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
	15	align=left	Ofri Arad	32	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
	17	align=left	Taleb Tawatha	14	5	467	0	0	1	1	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6	603	0	0
	21	align=left	Ayid Habshi	10	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
	25	align=left	Raz Meir	27	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
	26	align=left	Ernest Mabouka	18	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
	35	align=left	Rony Laufer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	55	align=left	Rami Gershon	11	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
	6	align=left	Neta Lavi	34	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
	7	align=left	Yanic Wildschut	22	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
	8	align=left	Dolev Haziza	32	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
	9	align=left	Omer Atzili	21	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
	10	align=left	Tjaronn Chery	34	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
	14	align=left	José Rodríguez	29	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
	16	align=left	Mohammad Abu Fani	34	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
	18	align=left	Yuval Ashkenazi	23	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
	32	align=left	Nehorai Ifrach	2	0	44	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	64	0	0
	33	align=left	Maor Levi	22	0	394	0	1	2	2	141	0	0	2	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2	573	0	1
Forwards
	11	align=left	Godsway Donyoh	28	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
	13	align=left	Nikita Rukavytsya	28	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
	19	align=left	Stav Nahmani	6	0	156	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	2	1	78	0	0	2	0	24	0	0	11	1	207	0	0
	22	align=left	Mohammed Awaed	11	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
	-	align=left	Yarden Shua	2	2	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	272	0	0	1	0	26	0	0	7	2	379	0	0
	-	align=left	Saikou Touray	2	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	93	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	110	0	0
	-	align=left	Ihab Abu Alshikh	11	1	205	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	205	0	0
	-	align=left	Yahav Gurfinkel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	93	0	0
	-	align=left	Timothy Muzie	4	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

Rank	Player	Position	Ligat HaAl	State Cup	Toto Cup	Europa League	Total
1	Nikita Rukavytsya		19	0	1	4	24
2			12	0	0	2	14
3	Dolev Haziza		8	1	0	0	9
4			8	1	0	0	9
5			4	2	0	0	6
align=center rowspan=2	6	Sun Menahem		4	0	0	0	4
		4	0	0	0	4
align=center rowspan=4	8			2	1	0	0	3
		2	0	0	1	3
Yuval Ashkenazi		1	0	0	2	3
Mohammed Awaed		1	2	0	0	3
align=center rowspan=2	11	Ofri Arad		1	0	1	0	2
Yanic Wildschut		1	1	0	0	2
align=center rowspan=2	13	José Rodríguez		1	0	0	0	1
Raz Meir		1	0	0	0	1
align=center colspan=3	Own goals	3	0	0	0	3

Clean sheets

width=35		width=35		width=35		width=200	Name	Ligat HaAl	State Cup	Toto Cup	Europa League	width= 75	Total
1	GK	44	Josh Cohen	16		2		18

Disciplinary record for Ligat Ha'Al and State Cup

			Name	Ligat Ha'Al			State Cup			Total
16			Mohammad Abu Fani	9			1			10
8			Dolev Haziza	9			1			10
14			José Rodríguez	9						9
6			Neta Lavi	9						9
15			Ofri Arad	8			1			9
12			Sun Menahem	6			1			7
9			Omer Atzili	5			2			7
5			Bogdan Planić	5			1			6
10			Tjaronn Chery	4			2			6
26			Ernest Mabouka	4						4
44			Josh Cohen	3						3
7			Yanic Wildschut	3						3
13			Nikita Rukavytsya	3						3
21			Ayid Habshi	2						2
33			Maor Levi	2						2
11			Godsway Donyoh	2						2
22			Mohammed Awaed	1			1			2
25			Raz Meir	1						1
18			Yuval Ashkenazi	1						1

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Neta Lavi	15 December 2020	vs Hapoel Tel Aviv (H)	1 Match	Bnei Yehuda (H)	22 December 2020
Ofri Arad	19 December 2020	vs Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)	1 Match	Maccabi Netanya (A)	26 December 2020
Mohammad Abu Fani	2 January 2021	vs Hapoel Hadera (H)	1 Match	Bnei Sakhnin (H)	23 January 2021
	27 January 2021	vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (A)	1 Match	F.C. Ashdod (H)	6 February 2021
	10 February 2021	vs Hapoel Haifa (H)	1 Match	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H)	20 February 2021
	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 2021
	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 2021
	17 February 2021		2 Match	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H) Ironi Kiryat Shmona (H)	20 February 2021 27 February 2021
	17 February 2021		1 Match	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (H)	20 February 2021
	6 March 2021	Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)	1 Match	Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)	17 March 2021
	17 March 2021	Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)	1 Match	Maccabi Petah Tikva (H)	3 April 2021
	12 April 2021	F.C. Ashdod (A)	1 Match	Hapoel Afula (H)	22 April 2021
	22 April 2021	Hapoel Afula (H)	1 Match	Maccabi Petah Tikva (A)	1 May 2021
	22 April 2021	Hapoel Afula (H)	1 Match	Maccabi Petah Tikva (A)	1 May 2021
	26 April 2021	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A)	1 Match	Maccabi Tel Aviv (A)	9 May 2021
Mohammad Abu Fani	9 May 2021	vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (A)	1 Match	F.C. Ashdod (H)	23 May 2021
Neta 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	Competition
1 October 2020	Nikita Rukavytsya		Tottenham Hotspur	Europa League
7 November 2020	Nikita Rukavytsya		F.C. Ashdod	Liga Ha`Al
21 November 2020	Nikita Rukavytsya		Hapoel Haifa	Liga Ha`Al
24 November 2020	Nikita Rukavytsya		Hapoel Kfar Saba	Liga Ha`Al
30 November 2020	Nikita Rukavytsya		Beitar Jerusalem	Liga Ha`Al
5 December 2020	Dolev Haziza		Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Liga Ha`Al
19 December 2020	Mohammad Abu Fani		Maccabi Petah Tikva	Liga Ha`Al
22 December 2020	Tjaronn Chery		Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Ligat Ha'Al
23 January 2021	Nikita Rukavytsya		Bnei Sakhnin	Liga Ha`Al
23 January 2021	Dolev Haziza		Bnei Sakhnin	Liga Ha`Al
22 April 2021	Dolev Haziza		Hapoel Afula	State Cup
30 May 2021	Omer Atzili		Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Liga Ha`Al
30 May 2021	Tjaronn Chery		Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Liga Ha`Al

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Natural
Games played	48	25	22	1
Games won	32	20	12	-
Games drawn	7	3	4	-
Games lost	9	1	7	1
Biggest win				-
Biggest loss				0-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Biggest win (League)
Biggest loss (League)
Biggest win (Cup)
Biggest loss (Cup)				0-2 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Biggest win (Toto)
Biggest loss (Toto)
Biggest win (Europe)
Biggest loss (Europe)
Goals scored	91	53	38	0
Goals conceded	46	17	27	2
Goal difference	+45	+36	+11	-2
Clean sheets	18	12	6	-
Average per game
Average per game
Yellow cards	107	64	39	4
Red cards	0	0	0	0
Most appearances	Mohammad Abu Fani (46)
Most minutes played	Josh Cohen (4,304)
Most goals	Nikita Rukavytsya (24)
Most Assist	Dolev Haziza (11)
Penalties for	13	8	5
Penalties against	9	2	7
Penalties saved	4	1	3
Winning rate	%	%	%	%

Notes and References

1. due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel played until 6 March 2021 Behind closed doors between from 17 March 2021 to 22 April 2021 the number of attendance was limited .
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6. Web site: חוסה רודריגז חתם לשנתים. 10 September 2020. he.
7. Web site: גודסוואי חתם. 26 September 2020. he.
8. Web site: ברוך השב, טאלב. 16 October 2020. he.
9. Web site: ברוך הבא, עומר. 13 January 2021. he.
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11. Web site: תודה, ג'ו. 1 July 2020. he.
12. Web site: הודעת נשיא המועדון על מעבר פודגורנו. 9 July 2020. he.
13. Web site: גיל אופק פרש ומונה למנהל הקבוצה. 15 July 2020. he.
14. Web site: דויד אקואה הושאל לנוף הגליל, זגורי חתם בר"ג. 26 July 2020 . 26 July 2020. he.
15. Web site: אוטין הושאל לבני סכנין. 29 July 2020. he.
16. Web site: פלקושצ'נקו הושאל לחדרה. 5 August 2020. he.
17. Web site: תודה טרנט. 17 August 2020. he.
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20. Web site: עוואד חתם ל-3 שנים ויושאל ללך פוזנאן. 8 September 2020. he.
21. Web site: גורפינקל הושאל להפועל חיפה. 4 November 2020. he.
22. Web site: כיוף הושאל לכפר שלם. 5 November 2020. he.
23. Web site: טימו הושאל להפועל כפ"ס. 4 February 2021. he.
24. Web site: אבו אל שיך הושאל לפ"ת. 11 February 2021. he.