2011–12 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Maccabi Haifa's 54th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.

Maccabi Haifa

2011–12 season
Chairman	Ya'akov Shahar
Manager	Elisha Levy
Stadium	Kiryat Eliezer
Ligat Ha'Al	5th
State Cup	Finalist
Toto Cup	Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa League	Group stage (3rd)
Top goalscorer	League: Wiyam Amashe (14) All: Wiyam Amashe (21)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs K.R.C. Genk (17 August 2011)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 vs Bnei Sakhnin (13 August 2011)
Average home league attendance	10,143
Home colours Away colours Third colours

This season is considered by Haifa as the "almost season". After winning the Israeli Premier League in the earlier season, the team started the season with qualification matches in the Champions League, but lost the last qualification match on penalties to the Belgian team Genk. At the UEFA Europa League the team failed to qualify for the playoff level after losing the last game to Schalke from Germany, while FC Steaua București from Romania won their respective match, therefore qualifying ahead of Haifa. Their Israeli Premier League campaign was one of their most disappointing seasons ever. Haifa wasn't one of the contenders for the title, and the last match ended as a draw, meaning the team did not qualify for the UEFA Europa League the followingseason. At the State Cup the team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv through a 93' minute goal. This disappointing season caused the owner Ya'akov Shahar to appoint former player Reuven Atar as the manager for the next season instead of Elisha Levi.

UEFA Champions League

Qualification

Maccabi Haifa v FK Borac

13 July 2011 Second round	Maccabi Haifa	5–1	FK Borac	Haifa, Israel
19:00	Boccoli  23' Amashe  45+1' Buljat  58' Yahaya  63' Amashe  71' Yampolsky  72' Amashe  73' Golasa  80'	Report	Raspudić  24' Vidaković  90+3'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

FK Borac v Maccabi Haifa

20 July 2011 Second round	FK Borac	3–2	Maccabi Haifa	Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
20:45	Ćorić  9' Kovačević  17' Mikić  19' Ćorić  34' Grahovac  42' Vidaković  84'	Report	Dvalishvili  24' Amashe  36' Boccoli  45+2' Dvalishvili  54' Yahaya  90+1'	Stadium: Gradski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa v Maribor

27 July 2011 Third round	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Maribor	Haifa, Israel
20:00	Dvalishvili  8' Golasa  52' Yampolsky  70' Vered  81' Davidovich  84'	Report	Arghus  7' Tavares  27' Cvijanović  87'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Artur Soares

Maribor v Maccabi Haifa

20 July 2011 Third round	Maribor	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45	Mezga  29' Tavares  32' Mejač  56'	Report	Vered  10' Buljat  16' Twatha  19' Meshumar  75' Dvalishvili  78'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Said Ennjimi

Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa v Genk

17 August 2011 Play-off round	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Genk	Ramat-Gan, Israel
21:40	Amashe  8' Dvalishvili  28'	Report	Barda  61' Vossen  76' Joneleit  84'	Stadium: Ramat-Gan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Genk v Maccabi Haifa

23 August 2011 play-off round	Genk	2–1 (4–1 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Genk, Belgium
21:40	Vossen  35' Buffel  41'	Report	I.Cohen  11'  109' Meshumar  34' Golasa  37' Twatha  43' Yahaya  54' Falah  76'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Howard Webb
	Penalties
	Vossen Hubert Tőzsér Pudil		Dvalishvili Golasa Twatha

3–3 on aggregate Genk won 4–1 on Penalties

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Group J

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Maccabi Haifa v AEK Larnaca

15 September 2011 Group stage	Maccabi Haifa	1–0	AEK Larnaca	Haifa, Israel
22:05	Golasa  34' Amashe  42' Ghadir  54' Boccoli  90+2'	Report	Dimech  52' Skopelitis  71' Linssen  81' Murillo  82' Priso  84'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Libor Kovařik

Schalke v Maccabi Haifa

29 September 2011 Group stage	Schalke	3–1	Maccabi Haifa	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00	Fuchs  8'  66' Farfán  59' Jurado  82'	Report	Vered  35' T.Cohen  57' Twatiha  73' Dvalishvili  81' Ottman  90'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 49,700 Referee: Manuel De Sousa

Maccabi Haifa v Steaua Bucharest

20 October 2011 Group stage	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Steaua Bucharest	Haifa, Israel
20:00	Amashe  10',  20' Yahaya  23' Katan  38' Twatiha  72' Vered  79'	Report	Latovlevici  24' Bicfalvi  37' Tatu  56' Iliev  64'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Daniel Stålhammar

Steaua Bucharest v Maccabi Haifa

3 November 2011 Group stage	Steaua Bucharest	4–2	Maccabi Haifa	Bucharest, Romania
22:00	Costea  28',  61' Rusescu  26' Bourceanu  32' Tănase  64',  84' Tănase  84' Nikolić  89'	Report	Meshumar  36' Katan  40' Golasa  69' Amashe  89'	Stadium: National Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

AEK Larnaca v Maccabi Haifa

13 July 2011 Group stage	AEK Larnaca	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00	García  14' Pintado  511'	Report	Dgani  45+1' Yampolsky  70' Buljat  75'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andre Marriner

Maccabi Haifa v Schalke

13 July 2011 Group stage	Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Schalke	Haifa, Israel
22:00	Buljat  7' (o.g.) Yahaya  17' Golasa  44'	Report	Marica 15',  84' Draxler  32' Wiegel  90+2'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Steaua București	6	2	2	2	9	11	−2	8
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6
4	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5

Source:

Ligat Ha'al

Main article: 2011–12 Israeli Premier League

Regular season

Maccabi Netanya v Maccabi Haifa

20 August 2011 1	Maccabi Netanya	1–4	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya, Israel
17:15	Mugrabi  21'		Amashe  29' Amashe  55' Amashe  61' Amashe  86'	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Meir Levi

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Petah Tikva

27 August 2011 2	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Haifa, Israel
17:15	Fishbein  79' Bugala  87'		Amashe  46' Ghadir  75'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Liran Liany

F.C. Ashdod v Maccabi Haifa

10 September 2011 3	F.C. Ashdod	1–0	Maccabi Haifa	Ashdod, Israel
19:10	Hogirat  83'			Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Rishon LeZion

18 September 2011 4	Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Haifa, Israel
20:00	I. Cohen 71' Falah 89' Amashe  46'		Baldout 8'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Eli Chachmon

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
21 September 2011	Bnei Sakhnin	A	0–2		2,500
24 September 2011	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	H	5–0	Katan 14', Amashe 43', Falah 45', Vered 56', Ottman 72'	8,000
3 October 2011	Maccabi Tel Aviv	A	1–1	Golasa 27'	15,000
15 October 2011	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	A	1–1	Meshumar 45'	6,000
23 October 2011	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	H	0–3		8,000
29 October 2011	Maccabi Petah Tikva	A	4–1	Amashe (3) 3', 9', 62', Yampolsky 36'	3,000
6 November 2011	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	H	1–1	Azriel 31'	8,000
21 November 2011	Beitar Jerusalem	A	4–1	Amashe (2) 26', 90', Dvalishvili (2) 61', 67'	16,000
26 November 2011	Hapoel Akko	H	1–0	Dvalishvili 55'	8,500
5 December 2011	Hapoel Tel Aviv	A	0–3		14,500
10 December 2011	Hapoel Haifa	H	1–3	Dvalishvili 22'	13,500
19 December 2011	Maccabi Netanya	H	2–1	Amashe 50', Yampolsky 80'	8,000
24 December 2011	Hapoel Petah Tikva	A	1–3	Turgeman 63'	7,000
28 December 2011	F.C. Ashdod	H	1–1	Dvalishvili 65'	8,000
31 December 2011	Ironi Rishon LeZion	A	2–4	Dvalishvili 4', 8'	3,000
9 January 2012	Bnei Sakhnin	H	0–0		6,000
14 January 2012	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	A	0–0		2,000
23 January 2012	Maccabi Tel Aviv	H	2–1	Vered 84, Twatiha 90	12,500
28 January 2012	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	H	3–1	Golasa 11', Ghadir 49' Turgeman 92'	9,000
5 February 2012	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	A	0–1		5,000
13 February 2012	Maccabi Petah Tikva	H	4–1	Katan 8' Ghadir 24' Turgeman 50' 64'	6,000
19 October 2011	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	A	0–0		4,000
26 February 2012	Beitar Jerusalem	H	1–0	Ghadir 33'	12,000
4 March 2012	Hapoel Akko	A	1–0	Golasa 5'	4,000
12 March 2012	Hapoel Tel Aviv	H	1–4	Vered 48'	10,000
17 March 2012	Hapoel Haifa	A	1–1	Cesarec 93'	7,500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	F.C. Ironi Ashdod	30	12	11	7	39	33	+6	47	Qualification for the championship round
5	Maccabi Netanya	30	13	8	9	44	40	+4	47
6	Maccabi Haifa	30	12	9	9	46	39	+7	45
7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	13	5	12	41	32	+9	44
8	Bnei Yehuda	30	11	10	9	38	27	+11	43

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

Top playoff

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
24 March 2012	Bnei Sakhnin	A	2–0	Yampolsky 24', Katan 73'	1,200
2 April 2012	F.C. Ashdod	H	3–0	Yampolsky 45', Katan 80', Yahaya 85'	6,500
14 April 2012	Maccabi Netanya	A	0–1		3,500
28 April 2012	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	A	1–2	Turgeman 69'	2,000
6 May 2012	Maccabi Tel Aviv	H	2–1	Katan 12', Amashe 24'	10,000
9 May 2012	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	A	1–0	Turgeman 12'	3,000
12 May 2012	Hapoel Tel Aviv	H	1–1	Katan 23'	11,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Bnei Yehuda	37	16	11	10	53	36	+17	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Maccabi Netanya	37	17	8	12	54	48	+6	59
5	Maccabi Haifa	37	16	10	11	56	44	+12	58
6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	37	16	7	14	55	43	+12	55
7	F.C. Ironi Ashdod	37	14	12	11	44	44	0	54

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
Notes:

1. Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 Israel State Cup. As they finished second, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

Israel State Cup

Maccabi Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Haifa

2 December 2011 Eighth Round	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	1–2	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva, Israel
20:45	Adir Danin  90'		Buljat  12' Cocalić  36' Boccoli  44'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ziv Adlar

Hapoel Kfar Saba v Maccabi Haifa

21 March 2012 Round of 16	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0 (3–4 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Kfar Saba, Israel
20:45	Itzahk  12' Banish  49' Regav  82'		Rozenbom  45' Vered  50'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roei Rainsriber
	Penalties
	Azuri David Banish Oshwo Itzahk		Amashe Azriel Cocalić Yampolsky Falah

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Nazareth Illit

20 April 2011 Quarter-final	Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Haifa, Israel
20:00	Turgeman  6' Turgeman  23' Buljat  35' Katan  45'		Hogirat  18' Diab  21'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

Maccabi Haifa v F.C. Ashdod

2 May 2012 Semi-final	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	F.C. Ashdod	Ramat Gan, Israel
21:00	Yampolsky 29' Yahaya  43' Katan  50'		Biton 34' Ambrose  52' Revivo  59'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Liran Liani

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa

15 May 2012 Final	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	Maccabi Haifa	Ramat Gan, Israel
20:00	Oremuš  58' Igiebor  90+2' Igiebor  90+3'		Meshumar  22' Yampolsky  62'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alon Yefat

Toto Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Toto Cup Al § Group A

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
30 July 2011	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	A	1–2	Azulay 51'	2,000
6 August 2011	Hapoel Haifa	A	1–1	Ghadir 34'	8,000
13 August 2011	Bnei Sakhnin	H	1–0	Amashe 17'	4,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		IKS	BnS	MHA	HHA
1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (A)	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6				2–1	2–1
2	Bnei Sakhnin (A)	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4		2–0			1–1
3	Maccabi Haifa	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			1–0
4	Hapoel Haifa	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2				1–1

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.

Squad statistics

No.	Name	Europe					League					State Cup					Toto Cup					Total
1	Nir Davidovich	7	615	1	0	0	17	1492	0	0	0	4	390	0	0	0	2	125	0	1	0	30	2662	1	1	0
2	Sari Falah	8	669	1	0	0	22	1712	5	0	2	2	122	0	0	0	3	270	0	0	0	35	2771	6	0	2
3	Jurica Buljat	9	810	2	0	1	31	2812	4	0	0	5	480	1	0	0	2	180	0	0	0	47	4282	7	0	1
4	Orel Dgani	3	225	1	0	0	15	1275	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1500	5	0	0
4	Shai Maimon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0
5	Itzik Cohen	3	289	1	1	0	9	732	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	90	0	0	0	13	1111	1	1	1
6	Seidu Yahaya	10	899	5	0	0	35	2947	5	0	1	4	360	1	0	0	3	262	0	0	0	52	4468	11	0	1
7	Gustavo Boccoli	10	494	3	0	0	27	1785	7	0	0	5	347	0	0	0	2	166	0	0	0	44	2802	10	0	0
8	Haim Megrelashvili	0	0	0	0	0	2	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	136	0	0	0	5	174	0	0	0
8	Hen Azriel	4	116	0	0	0	12	531	0	1	1	2	90	1	0	0	2	90	0	0	0	20	827	0	1	1
9	Vladimir Dvalishvili	10	748	2	0	4	12	662	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1410	5	0	11
9	Danijel Cesarec	0	0	0	0	0	8	192	0	0	1	1	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	264	0	0	1
11	Idan Vered	12	892	1	0	3	31	1977	5	0	3	4	389	1	0	0	3	134	1	0	0	50	3419	8	0	6
11	Roi Atar	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	0	0
12	Shoval Gozlan	0	0	0	0	0	6	108	0	0	0	2	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	165	0	0	0
12	Shadi Shaban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	65	0	0	0	2	65	0	0	0
13	Taleb Twatiha	12	1110	2	0	1	28	2342	1	0	1	4	280	0	0	0	3	142	0	0	0	47	3874	3	0	2
14	Wiyam Amashe	12	954	3	0	6	28	2132	2	0	14	4	315	0	0	0	3	152	0	0	1	47	3553	5	0	21
15	Eyal Golasa	12	1102	4	0	2	24	2018	2	1	3	2	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	2804	6	1	5
16	Mohammad Ghadir	5	151	0	0	1	22	1264	4	0	4	4	219	0	0	0	3	247	0	0	1	34	1881	4	0	6
17	Alon Turgeman	3	55	0	0	0	29	1374	2	0	6	5	247	1	0	1	1	23	0	0	0	38	1708	3	0	7
18	Ali Ottman	3	181	1	0	0	18	1446	3	0	1	2	210	0	0	0	3	180	1	0	0	26	2007	5	0	1
19	Shlomi Azulay	1	46	0	0	0	1	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	221	0	0	1	5	316	0	0	1
19	Ismaeel Ryan	0	0	0	0	0	1	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	56	0	0	0
19	Ataa Jaber	0	0	0	0	0	1	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	47	0	0	0
20	Yaniv Katan	7	492	0	0	2	31	2276	4	0	6	3	249	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	41	3017	4	0	10
21	Tamir Cohen	6	202	1	0	0	14	684	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	886	3	0	0
22	Bojan Šaranov	6	495	0	0	0	21	1838	3	0	0	1	90	0	0	0	2	135	0	0	0	30	2558	3	0	0
23	Dor Kochav	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0
23	Eran Rozenbom	0	0	0	0	0	4	37	0	0	0	1	103	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	140	1	0	0
24	Andriy Pylyavskyi	3	261	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	261	0	0	0
25	Edin Cocalić	0	0	0	0	0	16	1383	3	0	0	5	478	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	1861	3	0	1
26	Dela Yampolsky	9	378	1	0	2	26	1383	2	0	4	5	268	0	0	2	3	185	0	0	0	43	2214	3	0	8
27	Eyal Meshumar	10	930	2	0	1	20	1574	4	1	1	4	360	1	0	1	2	97	0	0	0	36	2931	7	1	3
28	Marlon de Jesús	2	85	0	0	0	6	347	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	432	0	0	0
30	Martinez Dapakos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	46	0	0	0	1	46	0	0	0

External links

• Maccabi Haifa website