2014–15 Hapoel Nazareth Illit F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Hapoel Nazareth Illit's 52nd football season since its establishment, and the sixth consecutive season in Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit

2014–15 season
Chairman	Oved Grinfeld
Manager	Shimon Edri Ofer Talker
Stadium	Green Stadium
Liga Leumit	14th
State Cup	6th round
2014-15 Toto Cup Leumit	4th, Group stage
Top goalscorer	Eliran Hudeda (6)[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

See also: 2014–15 Liga Leumit

• In early May 2014, coach Shimon Edri signed with the club for one season.[2]
• On 13 October 2014, the match away against Hapoel Ramat Gan was abandoned due to power failure.[3][4] The Israel Football Association initially awarded the match to Nazareth Illit, but, after a successful appeal by Ramat Gan, the decision was overturned and the match was ordered to be replayed.[5]
• On 28 January 2015, with the team at the 15th position in the league, Coach Shimon Edri was fired and replaced by Ofer Talker.[6]
• On 22 May 2015, in the last match of the season, the club had beaten Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2–1 to finish the season in the 14th place and avoid relegation.[7] The club's place meant it had to play a relegation/protmotion play-off matches against Ironi Nesher from Liga Alef.

Matches

League

Main article: 2014–15 Liga Leumit

Regular season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[8]	Scorers	Position
8 September 2014 – 19:00	Hapoel Bnei Lod	Away	1–3	Deri	15
12 September 2014 – 16:30	Ironi Tiberias	Home	3–3	Dahan (o.g.), Hudeda, Sidorenco	12
19 September 2014 – 15:30	Maccabi Herzliya	Away	3–2	Abudi, Malkin (2)	9
29 September 2014 – 19:00	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Away	0–4		14
7 October 2014 – 19:00	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Away	0–2		14
17 October 2014 – 19:00	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Home	0–1		14
24 October 2014 – 15:00	Maccabi Yavne	Home	1–1	Jan (o.g.)	15
3 November 2014 – 18:00	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Home	1–3	Berkman	15
7 November 2014 – 14:00	Hapoel Afula	Away	1–3	Owusu	15
14 November 2014 – 14:00	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Home	0–0		15
21 November 2014 – 14:00	Hapoel Jerusalem	Away	2–2	Abudi, Hudeda	15
1 December 2014 – 18:00	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	Home	1–0	Hudeda	14
8 December 2014 – 18:00	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	Away	2–0	Berkman, Owusu	12
11 December 2014 – 18:00	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Away	1–2	Berkman	13
15 December 2014 – 19:15	Bnei Yehuda	Home	1–1	Owusu	14
19 December 2014 – 14:30	Hapoel Bnei Lod	Home	0–0		14
29 December 2014 – 19:00	Ironi Tiberias	Away	1–1	Basit	14
2 January 2015 – 14:00	Maccabi Herzliya	Home	1–2	Hudeda	15
16 January 2015 – 15:00	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Away	1–1	Berkman	15
23 January 2015 – 15:00	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Home	1–1	Malkin	15
27 January 2015 – 18:00	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Home	1–2	Sidorenco	15
30 January 2015 – 15:00	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Away	2–1	Brik (2)	14
5 February 2015 – 15:00	Maccabi Yavne	Home	1–2	Malkin	14
13 February 2015 – 14:00	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Away	1–2	Hudeda	14
23 February 2015 – 18:00	Hapoel Afula	Home	1–4	Brik	14
27 February 2015 – 15:00	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Away	2–0	Abudi, Deri	14
6 March 2015 – 15:00	Hapoel Jerusalem	Home	0–0		14
16 March 2015 – 18:00	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	Away	2–1	Deri, Malka	14
20 March 2015 – 15:00	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	Home	1–1	Malka	14
27 March 2015 – 16:00	Bnei Yehuda	Away	2–2	Abudi, Malka	14

Relegation group

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[8]	Scorers	Position
13 April 2015 – 18:00	Maccabi Herzliya	Away	3–0	Malka (2), Naor Abudi	14
17 April 2015 – 15:00	Hapoel Jerusalem	Home	1–0	Deri	14
27 April 2015 – 18:00	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	Away	0–1		14
1 May 2015 – 16:00	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	Away	0–2		14
11 May 2015 – 18:00	Ironi Tiberias	Home	1–2	Basit	14
15 May 2015 – 16:00	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Away	0–1		14
22 May 2015 – 16:00	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Home	2–1	Sidorenco, Basit	14

Hapoel Nazareth Illit finished 14th and had to face a Liga Alef opponent for a promotion/relegation play-off.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[8]	Scorers	Position
26 May 2015 – 20:00	Ironi Nesher	Home	5–0	Hudeda, Giditz (o.g.), Basit, Owusu, Deri
29 May 2015 – 15:30	Ironi Nesher	Away	0–1

Hapoel Nazareth Illit won 5–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.

State Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Israel State Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Round
24 December 2014 – 19:45	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Away	0–3		6th

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Toto Cup Leumit

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Position
12 August 2015 – 19:00	Ironi Tiberias	Away	1–3	Deri	4
15 August 2014 – 16:30	Hapoel Afula	Home	1–3	Sidorenco	4
19 August 2014 – 19:00	Ahi Nazareth	Away	0–3		4

Hapoel Nazareth Illit finished fourth and was eliminated.

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga Leumit		State Cup		Toto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sagi Malul	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
22	GK		Gil Ofek	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK		Ron Shushan	38	0	37	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Odai Sabbagh	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF		Dolev Bek	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Eliran Hudeda	40	6	38	6	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Jenia Berkman	38	4	35	4	1	0	2	0
6	DF		Niv Sardal	35	0	34	0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		Elior Kakiashvili	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	DF		Ilya Karasik	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Niran Rotstein	28	0	27	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Eran Malkin	26	4	26	4	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Yehuda Zano	37	0	34	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Dolev Azulay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Yarden Cohen	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Naor Abudi	40	5	38	5	1	0	1	0
14	MF		Yaniv Deri	37	6	34	5	1	0	2	1
15	MF		Ben Guedj	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Yaniv Brik	21	3	20	3	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Afik Cohen	9	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF		Liad Elmaliach	37	0	36	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Ohad Rabinovich	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF		Reuven Gal	35	0	32	0	1	0	2	0
10	FW		Moti Malka	13	5	13	5	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Aviv Cohen	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
13	FW		Ibrahim Aminu Mohammed	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	FW		Urwa Suleiman	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Ofir Ben-David	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		William Owusu	30	4	29	4	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Eugen Sidorenco	33	4	32	3	0	0	1	1
23	FW		Alon Ohana	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	FW		Haitam Halabi	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW		Ibrahim Basit	27	4	26	4	1	0	0	0

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISR Daniel Patiaka (Promoted from youth team) — FW  ISR Liran Sabah (Promoted from youth team) — FW  ISR Ben Guedj (Promoted from youth team) — DF  ISR Ahmed Hadaraj (Promoted from youth team) — MF  ISR Elad Suissa (Promoted from youth team) — MF  ISR Sahar Cohen (Promoted from youth team) — DF  ISR Elieor Kakiashvili (Promoted from youth team) — MF  GHA William Owusu (On loan from F.C. Ashdod) [9] — DF  ISR Niv Serdal (on loan from Hapoel Haifa) — MF  ISR Naor Abudi (on loan from Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona) — MF  ISR Eran Malkin (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) — MF  ISR Liad Elmaliah (Free transfer) — DF  ISR Niran Rotstein (Free transfer) [10] — DF  ISR Niv Serdal (on loan from Hapoel Haifa) — FW  MDA Eugen Sidorenco (on loan from Tom Tomsk) — GK  ISR Ron Shushan (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) — FW  ISR Haitam Halabi (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) — FW  ISR Yaniv Brik (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) — FW  ISR Moti Malka (from Ironi Nesher)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ISR Rotem Shmul (to Ironi Tiberias) — MF  ISR Shalev Braver (Loaned to Ironi Tiberias) — MF  ISR Eran Rosenbaum (to Hapoel Ra'anana) [11] — DF  ISR Luhab Kayal (to Hapoel Bneil Lod) — MF  ISR Ram Sofer (Loaned to Hapoel Asi Gilboa) — DF  ISR Meidan Steinberg (Loaned to F.C. Karmiel Safed) — FW  ISR Sagi Hayat (Loaned to F.C. Haifa) [12] — FW  ISR Yotam Cohen (loaned to Hapoel Migdal HaEmek) — DF  ISR Anan Tuama (to F.C. Julis) — GK  ISR Shuki Birani (loaned to Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel) [13] — GK  ISR Gil Ofek (to Ironi Kiryat Ata) — MF  ISR Shadi Saleh (loaned to Hapoel Iksal) — MF  ISR Mohammad Ghadir (Free agent) — MF  ISR Sahar Cohen (Free agent) — FW  ISR Aviv Cohen (loaned to Hapoel Migdal HaEmek) — MF  ISR Iyad Salabis (to F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna) — FW  ISR Sharon Levy (loaned to Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo) — MF  ISR Yarden Cohen (loaned to Ironi Tiberias) — MF  ISR Mor Amsalem (loaned to Hapoel Migdal HaEmek)

References

1. Top Scorers for Hapoel Nazareth Illit Israeli Football Association (in Hebrew)
2. Shimon Edri Signed in Hapoel Nazareth Illit Itzhak Solomon, 12 May 2014, blinker.co.il (in Hebrew)
3. Due to the Power Outage: A Fine and A Technical Loss to Hapoel R.G. Ziv Amoyal, 22 October 2014, doublepass.sport5.co.il (in Hebrew)
4. A Technical Loss to Hapoel Ramat Gan Due to the Power Outage 22 October 2014, walla.co.il (in Hebrew)
5. Ofer Talker Is the Leading Candidate to Coach Hapoel R.G., Lahman and Golan are in the Picture Too Ziv Amoyal, 03 November 2014, Doublepass (in Hebrew)
6. Shimon Edri Left Nazareth Illit, Ofer Talker to Replace Him Shlomo Weiss, 28 January 2015, Walla (in Hebrew)
7. After 7 Years, Hapoel Kf.S. Are in the Premier League 22 May 2015, Ynet (in Hebrew)
8. Hapoel Nazareth Illit's score written first
9. Sidorenco On His Way Back to Nazareth Illit Michael Weisermann, 21 July 2014, doublepass.sport5.co.il (in Hebrew)
10. Niran Rotstein signed in Nazareth Illit with option for another season Itzhak Solomon, 23 June 2014 (in Hebrew)
11. Starting the Season: Hapoel Ra'anana in the 2014/15 Season Ze'ev Goldschmidt, ynet.co.il, 11 September 2014 (in Hebrew)
12. Sagi Hayat Signed in Hapoel Rubi Haifa Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 13 June 2014 (in Hebrew)
13. Shuki Birani and Nabil Naseraldin Signed for Another Season in Maccabi Daliya Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 3 August 2014 (in Hebrew)

External links

• 2014–15 Hapoel Nazareth Illit Season at IFA