2012–13 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

Hapoel Tel Aviv
2012–13 season
Owners	Haim Ramon
Head Coach	Yossi Abukasis
Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Ligat Winner	4th
State Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: TBD; All: TBD
Highest home attendance	TBD
Lowest home attendance	TBD
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season is Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club's 85th years in the Israeli Football.

Squad report

The team started the season with Nitzan Shirazi as coach. After finishing at the 2nd place the previous Ligat Winner season, Hapoel Tel Aviv Playning on Europe League.

Transfers

The team so far signed Daniel Borcal, Roee Zachri, Hanan Maman, John Paintsil, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Bruno Coutinho, Eliran Danin, Zee'v Haimovich, Tal Ben-Haim,

Marko Suler, Mahran Lala and Bevan Fransman left the team from financial reasons. Omri Kanada was released from Hapoel Tel Aviv. Nosa Igiebor left for Real Betis.

Current squad

As of 15 September 2012.^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISR	Boris Klaiman
4	DF	ISR	Mor Shushan
5	MF	ISR	Hanan Maman
6	DF	ISR	Tomer Ben Yosef
7	DF	ISR	Eliran Danin
8	FW	ISR	Eden Shrem (eligible for youth team)
9	FW	ISR	Victor Merey
10	MF	ISR	Walid Badir (captain)
11	MF	ISR	Alroey Cohen
12	FW	ISR	Tal Ben Haim
13	MF	ISR	Nir Laks (eligible for youth team)
14	MF	ISR	Gil Vermouth
15	MF	ISR	Salim Toama
16	FW	ISR	Omer Damari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ISR	Ze'ev Haimovich
18	MF	ISR	Shay Abutbul
19	MF	CMR	Eric Djemba-Djemba
20	DF	ISR	Yigal Antebi
21	MF	ISR	Roei Gordana
22	GK	ISR	Ariel Talias
27	DF	ISR	Kfir Eizenstein (eligible for youth team)
29	DF	ISR	I'yad Hutba
30	GK	ARM	Apoula Edel
32	MF	BRA	Bruno Coutinho
44	DF	GHA	John Paintsil
55	DF	SRB	Nikola Petković
99	FW	ISR	Toto Tamuz

Players out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Galil Ben Shanan (at Hapoel Be'er Sheva until 30 June 2013)
—	GK	ISR	Arik Yanko (at Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	ISR	Yehuda Huta (at Sektzia Nes Tziona until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	ISR	Yaniv Azaria (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	ISR	Omri Cohen (at Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	ISR	Daniel Borcal (at Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	ISR	Ben Bitton (at Bnei Lod until 30 June 2013)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ISR	Mahmoud Abbas (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ISR	Itay Elkaslasi (at Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ISR	Alex Basok (at Hapoel Herzliya until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ISR	Moshe Denenbaum (at Maccabi Jaffa until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ISR	Sean Malka (at Hapoel Petah Tikva until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	ISR	Arthur Atzianov (at Hapoel Ramat Gan until 30 June 2013)

Foreigners 2012–13

Only up to five non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad. Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli, or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.

Non-playing staff

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Nitzan Shirazi
First-team manager	Yossi Abukasis
Assistant manager	Shavit Elimelech
Goalkeeper Trainer	Yom-tov Talias
Fitness Trainer	Dror Shimshoni
Equipment Manager	Mordi Dadun
Club doctor	Dr. Moshe Lweinkoff
Physio	Ronen Tzafrir
Physio	Gili Poterman
Head scout	Ya'akov Hillel
President of Youth Department	Meir Orenstein
Director of Youth	Ze'ev Seltzer
Youth coach	Morris Jano
Youth coach's assistant	Rafi Samuel

Last updated: September 2012.
Source: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Official Website

Premier league

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	14	7	5	41	20	+21	49	Qualification for the championship round
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	11	10	5	34	25	+9	43
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	12	6	8	33	29	+4	42
5	Bnei Yehuda	26	11	5	10	35	31	+4	38
6	Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	26	11	4	11	28	30	−2	37

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L
Position	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2013. Source: Israel Football Association
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 August 2012 Day 1	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0 – 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan
20:10		Report	63' (pen.) Tal Ben Haim	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

2 September 2012 Day 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 – 0	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
20:10	Maman 26' Damari 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

15 September 2012 Day 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 – 0	Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv
19:00	Tamuz 40' Damari 87'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Eytan Tbryzy

22 September 2012 Day 4	Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	1 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ramat HaSharon
20:10	Fernández 32'	Report		Stadium: Grundman Stadium Referee: Eli Hacmon

29 September 2012 Day 5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 0	Bnei Sakhnin	Tel Aviv
20:10	Damari 20' (pen.)			Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

22 October 2012 Day 7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3 - 0	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
21:50	Ben Haim 35' Damari 44' Tamuz 71' Haimovich 80' Hutba 81' Maman 90' 90'	Summary	Damahou 45' Keinan 64' Twatiha 71'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Eli Hacmon

29 October 2012 Day 6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem
20:10	Ben Shushan 2' Azriel 71', 76'	Summary	Ben Haim 39' Tamuz 66'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium

4 November 2012 Day 8	Maccabi Netanya	2 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Netanya
20:50	Shumovich 26' Saba'a 45+3' El-Khatib 71'	Summary	Ben Haim 29' Gordana 39' Damari 63' Maman 75' Cohen 80'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Eytan Tbryzy

11 November 2012 Day 9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 - 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
20:50	Haimovich 40' Damari 80' (pen.) 80' Tuama 83' Merey 83'	Summary	Hasan Abu-Zaid 24' Carlos García 48' Ziv 79' Gohouri 83' Atar 83' Radi 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

17 November 2012 Day 10	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Kiryat Shmona
19:30	Gerzicich 36' Tasevski 86'	Summary	Tamuz 3'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Asaf Kenan

26 November 2012 Day 11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4 - 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tel Aviv
19:30	Gordana 40' Ben Haim 52' 53' Tamuz 55', 66', 74'	Summary	Swisa 58' Osiako 69' Falczuk 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

3 December 2012 Day 12	F.C. Ashdod	1 - 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:50	Revivo 45' Ofer Verta 46' Oshaniwa 52' Israel Rosh 62' Michael Siroshtein 84'	Summary	Tamuz 57' Vermouth 82'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

9 December 2012 Day 13	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 - 0	Hapoel Acre	Tel Aviv
20:15	Maman 44' Tuama 82' Badir 86'	Summary	Mishaelof 9' Taga 12' Lukman 83' Snir Mishan 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Berger Guy

15 December 2012 Day 14	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 - 2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Tel Aviv
19:15	Damari 14', 72' Ben Haim 53' Badir 57' Hutba 80'	Summary	Arkhipov 42' Itay Arkin 55' Zaguri 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Asaf Kenan

22 December 2012 Day 15	Hapoel Haifa	2 - 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Haifa
17:00	Nikolić 18' Tzarfati 57' (pen.), pen.' Dora 60' Roash 62' Denković 90'	Summary	Tamuz 21' Badir 25' 83' Gordana 84' Merey 90'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Eitan Tbryzy

29 December 2012 Day 16	Bnei Yehuda	2 - 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
17:30	Hrepka 12' 12' Falah 53' Azuz 57' Marinković 76' Ivaškevičius 86' Edri 90'	Summary	Tamuz 41' Antebi 55' Shrem 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Liran Liani

5 January 2013 Day 17	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 - 0	Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	Tel Aviv
18:00	Tuama 29' Maman 79' Damari 88'	Summary	Ben Shabat 16' Abutbul 23' Liran Katzav 32' Roei Leibovich 65' Amir Nusbaum 78'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Asaf Kenan

12 January 2013 Day 18	Bnei Sakhnin	0 - 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
19:15	Ottman 65' Kasoum 73' Kalibat 89'	Summary	Ben Haim 2' 52', 81' Damari 7' Danin 47' Cohen 59'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Referee: Eli Hacmon

21 January 2013 Day 19	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:50		Summary	Azriel 74' Reikan 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

27 January 2013 Day 20	Maccabi Haifa	TBD	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:50				Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium

Day 21	Hapoel Tel Aviv	TBD	Maccabi Netanya	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Day 22	Maccabi Tel Aviv	TBD	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Day 23	Hapoel Tel Aviv	TBD	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Day 24	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	TBD	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
				Stadium: Vasermil Stadium

Day 25	Hapoel Tel Aviv	TBD	F.C. Ashdod	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Day 26	Hapoel Acre	TBD	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Acre
				Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

23 August 2012 1st leg	F91 Dudelange	1 – 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Differdange
20:00	Joachim 20'	Report	Caillet 4' (o.g.) Ben Haim II 19' (pen.) Cohen 26'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Differdange Attendance: 937^[3] Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

30 August 2012 2nd leg	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4 – 0	F91 Dudelange	Tel Aviv
19:00	Maman 68', 84' Merey 79' Tuama 88'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 7–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Atlético Madrid	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Académica	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

Source: Soccerway

20 September 2012 Day 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 3	Atlético Madrid	Tel Aviv
19:00		Report	Rodríguez 37' Costa 40' Raúl García 63'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

4 October 2012 Day 2	Académica	1 – 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Coimbra
21:05	Cissé 47'	Report	Gordana 60' Badir 89' Damari 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 5,676 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

25 October 2012 Day 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 2	Viktoria Plzeň	Tel Aviv
21:05	Maman 19' Djemba-Djemba 32' Hutba 54' 64' Paintsil 85'	Report	Čišovský 33' Horváth 45+1' Rajtoral 55' Kolář 75' Řezník 90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

8 November 2012 Day 4	Viktoria Plzeň	4 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Plzeň
19:00	Kolář 23', 76' David Štípek 32' 39' Limberský 45' Bakoš 84'	Summary	Djemba-Djemba 41' Cohen 45' Badir 67'	Stadium: Stadion města Plzně Attendance: 11,389 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

22 November 2012 Day 5	Atlético Madrid	1 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Madrid
21:05	Raúl García 7' 29' Rodríguez 78'	Summary	Paintsil 73'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

6 December 2012 Day 6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 - 0	Académica	Tel Aviv
19:00	Merey 56' Hutba 64' Maman 80'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

Toto Cup

Group B

5 August 2012 Matchday 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan
20:45		Report	91' Eliran Atar	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Meir Levy

11 August 2012 Matchday 2	Maccabi Netanya	2 – 1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan
20:45	50' Yossi Shivhon 69' Omer Peretz	Report	52' Tal Ben Haim	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Roei Reinsreiber

18 August 2012 Matchday 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 – 0	Bnei Yehuda	Ramat Gan
18:45	78' Eden Shrem 81' (pen.)Tal Ben Haim	Report		Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (A)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
2	Maccabi Netanya (A)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Bnei Yehuda	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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 quarterfinals

State Cup

References

^ Roster Hapoel Tel Aviv (Hebrew)
^ Hapoel Tel Aviv Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football ASsociation
^ "F91 Dudelange – Hapoel Tel Aviv". Soccerway. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[Roster-1] Roster Hapoel Tel Aviv (Hebrew)

[Hapoel_Tel_Aviv-2] Hapoel Tel Aviv Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Israel Football ASsociation

[3] "F91 Dudelange – Hapoel Tel Aviv". Soccerway. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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