2015–16 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 47th season in the Israeli Premier League. The club's owner Eli Tabib in June said he would sell the team to someone that will invest money in the club. However, he later changed his mind and decided to continue investing in the squad and not abandon the team. Beitar then signed eight players in pre-season: Liroy Zhairi , Nes Zamir , Dovev Gabay , Uri Magbo , Daniel Askling , Vlad Morar , Nisso Kapiloto , Pablo de Lucas and Jesus Rueda.

Beitar Jerusalem
2015–16 season
ChairmanEli Tabib
ManagerSlobodan Drapić
Ligat Ha'Al3rd
State CupEighth round
Toto CupSemi final
Europa LeagueSecond Qualifying round vs Charleroi
Top goalscorerLeague: Nikita Rukavytsya (11 goals)
All: Nikita Rukavytsya (14 goals)
Highest home attendance21,000 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv
(24 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance4,000 vs Hapoel Haifa
(12 September 2015)

First team

As of 25 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Boris Klaiman
3 MF Israel ISR David Keltjens
4 DF Spain ESP Jesús Rueda
5 DF Israel ISR Nisso Kapiloto
6 DF Israel ISR Tal Kachila
7 MF Israel ISR Omer Atzili (Captain)
8 MF Israel ISR Liroy Zhairi
9 FW Israel ISR Itay Shechter
11 MF Israel ISR Dan Einbinder
12 FW Israel ISR Avishay Cohen
13 FW Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya
14 MF Brazil BRA Claudemir
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Israel ISR Ness Zamir
16 FW Israel ISR Dovev Gabay
17 MF Israel ISR Lidor Cohen
18 FW Israel ISR Roei Zikri
20 FW Israel ISR Omer Nachmani
22 GK Israel ISR Stav Shushan
26 DF Israel ISR Elad Gabai
28 DF Israel ISR Snir Mishan
77 DF Israel ISR Uri Magbo
81 DF Serbia SRB Dušan Matović (Vice-Captain)
90 DF Israel ISR Joakim Askling
FW Netherlands NED Arsenio Valpoort

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Israel ISR Matan Toledano (to Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Israel ISR Bar Shalom (to Maccabi Sha'arayim)

Transfers

Summer

Pre-season and friendlies

22 June 2015 Beitar Jerusalem Israel 3–1 Israel F.C. Ashdod
L. Cohen 28'
Zamir 70'
Ozeri 78'
Report (Hebrew) Awad 38' Referee: Idan Elmalem

Competitions

Ligat Ha'Al

Results

24 August 2015 1 Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:55 IDT Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Ziv Adler
30 August 2015 2 Maccabi Netanya 0–0 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:15 IDT Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Erez Papier
12 September 2015 3 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
20:00 IDT Atzili 86' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Swisa 41' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Liran Liany
19 September 2015 4 Bnei Yehuda 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:00 IDT Galván 49'
Agayov 57'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
L. Cohen 20' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
28 September 2015 5 Beitar Jerusalem 3–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
20:45 IDT Zhairi 3'
Rueda 29'
Rukavytsya 40'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)

R. Cohen 79'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Tzvika Levi
5 October 2015 6 Bnei Sakhnin 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin
20:55 IDT Azulay 45' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Gabay 21'
Atzili 55', 64'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Liran Liany
19 October 2015 7 Beitar Jerusalem 1–3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
20:55 IDT Rukavytsya 59' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Melikson 17'
Nwakaeme 22'
Barda 52'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ziv Adler
26 October 2015 8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–4 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:55 IST Zahavi 32', 39' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Rukavytsya 18', 45+1', 58'
L. Cohen 65'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 12,820
Referee: Guy Berger
2 November 2015 9 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Petah Tikva
20:30 IST L. Cohen 11' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[A]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch
7 November 2015 10 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:55 IST Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Gabay 85'
Atzili 90'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Alon Yefet
22 November 2015 11 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Acre Jerusalem
20:30 IST Gabai 90+3' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tzvika Levi
6 December 2015 13 Beitar Jerusalem 2–0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Jerusalem
20:15 IST L. Cohen 48'
Atzili 60' (pen.)
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
12 December 2015 14 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:15 IST Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 10,220
Referee: Erez Papier
19 December 2015 15 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem
20:00 IST Matović 33' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch
26 December 2015 16 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:00 IST Lala 40'
Megrelashvili Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 90'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Rukavytsya 76' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
2 January 2016 17 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem
19:30 IST Atzili 24' (pen.) Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Liran Wachsberger
10 January 2016 18 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba
20:15 IST Itzhak 39'
Papadopoulos Yellow card 1' Yellow-red card 50'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Oren Siminyan
16 January 2016 19 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Bnei Sakhnin Petah Tikva
20:55 IST L. Cohen 34' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[B]
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ziv Adler
8 February 2016 22 Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:30 IST Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Rukavytsya 13'
Shechter 84'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Na'al Uda
15 February 2016 23 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
20:55 IST Shechter 32'
Rukavytsya 51'
Einbinder 81'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[C]
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch
27 February 2016 25 Beitar Jerusalem 2–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem
20:00 IST Claudemir 29'
Rukavytsya 50'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Oren Siminyan
  1. ^
    Beitar Jerusalem hosted round 9 outside Jerusalem due to reseeding of the grass at Teddy Stadium.[8]
  2. ^
    Beitar Jerusalem hosted round 19 outside Jerusalem as a punishment for racial slurs by their fans in the match against Maccabi Netanya.[9]
  3. ^
    Beitar Jerusalem hosted round 23 outside Jerusalem as a punishment for racial slurs by their fans in the match against Bnei Sakhnin.[10]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 20 4 2 48 17 +31 64 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 4 3 59 20 +39 61
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 6 5 38 19 +19 51
4 Maccabi Haifa 26 10 8 8 33 25 +8 38
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 6 10 32 25 +7 36
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.[11]


Top playoff

14 March 2016 27 Beitar Jerusalem 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
20:55 IST Einbinder 5'
Rukavytsya 7'
Valpoort 47'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Benayoun 13'
Keinan 37'
Lavi Red card 43'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eli Hachmon
19 March 2016 28 Bnei Sakhnin 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin
20:00 IST Amasha 61'
Azulay 80'
Summary Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
4 April 2016 29 Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
20:55 IST Summary Sahar 22', 31' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Liran Liany
11 April 2016 30 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
20:55 IST Micha 10'
Zahavi 42', 90'
Summary Rukavytsya 21' (pen.), 60' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Alon Yefet
18 April 2016 31 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Jerusalem
20:30 IST Gabay 72' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tzvika Levi
24 April 2016 32 Maccabi Haifa 1–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:30 IST Obraniak 21' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Rueda Red card 63' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Shalom Ben-Avraham
1 May 2016 33 Beitar Jerusalem 0–3 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem
20:30 IST Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Azulay 11', 48', 72' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Menashe Mashiah
9 May 2016 34 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
20:55 IST Barda 78'
Hoban 83'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
14 May 2016 35 Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
19:45 IST Rueda Red card 57' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Zahavi 58' (pen.)
Medunjanin 89'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ziv Adler
21 May 2016 36 Hapoel Ra'anana 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
21:00 IST Shaker 17' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Valpoort 11'
Shechter 14'
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Guy Berger

Top playoff table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 25 8 3 66 24 +42 83 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 24 9 3 76 24 +52 81 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1] 36 18 6 12 46 37 +9 58
4 Maccabi Haifa 36 14 11 11 45 42 +3 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 9 14 46 40 +6 48
6 Hapoel Ra'anana 36 11 9 16 38 48 10 42
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.[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.[12]
  2. Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

State Cup

Toto Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maccabi Netanya (A) 4 2 2 0 4 0 +4 8
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A) 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
3 Beitar Jerusalem (A) 4 2 0 2 2 6 4 6
4 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 4 0 1 3 0 4 4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2015. Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter finals
4 August 2015 Group Stage Maccabi Netanya 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:50 IDT Mizrahi 36'
Margulies 53'
Summary Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
8 August 2015 Group Stage Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
21:00 IDT I.Cohen 83' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Referee: Ziv Adler
12 August 2015 Group Stage Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
20:50 IDT Hoban 43'
Sahar 53'
Gordana 56'
Barda 60'
Summary Stadium: Turner Stadium
Referee: Erez Papier
2 December 2015 Quarter final Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
21:00 IST L. Cohen 46' Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Arbeitman 64' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Oren Siminyan
16 December 2015 Quarter final Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
20:30 IST Tzedek 90+5' Summary Gabay 54' Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 9,400
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
Penalties
Tzedek soccer ball with check mark
Ogu soccer ball with check mark
Arbeitman soccer ball with red X
Melikson soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Atzili
soccer ball with check mark I. Cohen
soccer ball with check mark Claudemir
soccer ball with check mark Rueda
30 December 2015 Semi final Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
21:00 IST Kanyuk 32'
Jakobovich 59'
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

2 July 2015 First Qualifying round Ordabasy Kazakhstan 0–0 Israel Beitar Jerusalem Shymkent, Kazakhstan
15:00 (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
16 July 2015 Second Qualifying round Charleroi Belgium 5–1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem Charleroi, Belgium
20:30 (UTC+3) Pollet 10', 68'
Kebano 47', 90+3'
Stevance 88'
Report Gabay 35'
Dasa Red card 45+2'
de Lucas Red card 76'
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Squad statistics

As of match played 28 September 2015

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLigat Ha'AlState CupToto CupUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Israel ISR Boris Klaiman 13050004040
2 DF Israel ISR Eli Dasa 3000001020
3 DF Israel ISR David Keltjens 3000002+1000
4 DF Spain ESP Jesús Rueda 2121000000
5 DF Israel ISR Nisso Kapiloto 8040003010
6 DF Israel ISR Tal Kachila 9040001040
7 MF Israel ISR Omer Atzili 13351004042
9 FW Israel ISR Itzik Cohen 1010+40001+310+20
10 MF Israel ISR Dani Preda 700+10000+3030
12 FW Israel ISR Avishay Cohen 802+10002+2010
13 FW Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya 211+11000000
14 MF Brazil BRA Claudemir 13050004040
15 MF Israel ISR Ness Zamir 1011+20002+210+30
16 FW Israel ISR Dovev Gabay 13250003+1042
17 MF Israel ISR Lidor Cohen 1303+20003+101+30
18 MF Israel ISR Liroy Zhairi 1112+21002+1040
20 FW Israel ISR Omer Nachmani 401000002+10
23 DF Israel ISR Tomer Yerucham 5020000+101+10
26 DF Israel ISR Elad Gabai 1010000000
28 DF Israel ISR Snir Mishan 5020003000
77 DF Israel ISR Uri Magbo 700+10001+202+10
81 DF Serbia SRB Dušan Matović 12050003040
90 DF Sweden SWE Joakim Askling 3000000030
91 MF Spain ESP Pablo de Lucas 805000200+10
Players away from Beitar Jerusalem on loan:
Players who appeared for Beitar Jerusalem that left during the season:
8 MF Israel ISR Shlomi Azulay 0100000100
MF Spain ESP Fran González 2000002000

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Ligat Ha'Al State Cup Toto Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1MFIsrael7Omer Atzili10023
2FWIsrael16Dovev Gabay00022
3MFIsrael17Lidor Cohen10001
FWIsrael13Nikita Rukavytsya10001
DFSpain4Jesús Rueda10001
MFIsrael18Liroy Zhairi10001
FWIsrael9Itzik Cohen00101
MFIsrael15Ness Zamir00101
TOTALS 502411

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Ligat Ha'Al State Cup Toto Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1IsraelGKBoris Klaiman0000001010
2IsraelDFEli Dasa0000001111
6IsraelDFTal Kachila1000000010
7IsraelMFOmer Atzili1000101030
9IsraelFWItzik Cohen1000000010
10IsraelMFDani Preda0000002020
12IsraelFWAvishay Cohen1000010020
15IsraelMFNess Zamir0000001010
16IsraelFWDovev Gabay1000001020
17IsraelMFLidor Cohen0000101020
18IsraelMFLiroy Zhairi1000202050
20IsraelFWOmer Nachmani0000002020
23IsraelDFTomer Yerucham2000100030
26IsraelDFElad Gabai1000000010
28IsraelDFSnir Mishan1000000010
55IsraelDFNisso Kapiloto0000001010
81SerbiaDFDušan Matović0000300030
90IsraelDFDaniel Askling0000001010
91SpainMFPablo de Lucas0000000101
TOTALS 10 0 0 0 8 0 14 2 32 2

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