2016–17 Hapoel Be'er Sheva season

The 2016–17 season is Hapoel Be'er Sheva 82th season since its establishment in 1934, and 69th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Champions League.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C

2016–17 season
Chairman	Asi Rahamim
Manager	Barak Bakhar
Stadium	Turner Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Nwakaeme (5) All: Lúcio Maranhão (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

First team

Current squad

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  ISR David Goresh 22 GK  ISR Robi Levkovich 55 GK  ISR Guy Haimov 2 DF  ISR Ben Bitton 3 DF  ISR Ben Turjeman 4 DF  POR Miguel Vítor 5 DF  ISR Shir Tzedek 13 DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada 17 DF  ISR Matan Ohayon 20 DF  ISR Loai Taha 21 DF  ISR Noam Gamon 25 DF  BRA William Soares 26 DF  ISR Amit Bitton 7 MF  ISR Maharan Radi 11 MF  ISR Maor Buzaglo

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ROU Ovidiu Hoban 15 MF  ISR Vladimir Brown 19 MF  ISR Dan Bitton 24 MF  ISR Maor Melikson 28 MF  ISR Or Havivyan 30 MF  NGA John Ogu — MF  ISR Yuval Shabtay 4 FW  ISR Musa Tarabin 8 FW  ISR Liel Sportas 9 FW  NGA Anthony Nwakaeme 10 FW  ISR Elyaniv Barda (Captain) 14 FW  ISR Ben Sahar 16 FW  ISR Mohammad Ghadir

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ISR Guy Haimov (from Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona) — DF  POR Miguel Vítor (from PAOK) — MF  ISR Yuval Shabtay (from Hapoel Ra'anana) — MF  ISR Roei Gordana (loan return from Maccabi Petah Tikva) — FW  BRA Lúcio Maranhão (from CRB)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ISR Robi Levkovich (to Hapoel Haifa) — DF  BRA William Soares (Free Agent) — DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada (to Gent) — MF  ISR Or Havivyan (on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva) — FW  ISR Liel Saportas (on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva) — FW  ISR Musa Tarabin (on loan to Hapoel Bnei Lod) — FW  ISR Amran Alkrenawi (on loan to Hapoel Bnei Lod)

Pre-season and friendlies

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Śląsk Wrocław

29 June 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–0	Śląsk Wrocław
18:30	Buzaglo  23'  31' Radi  40'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Pogoń Szczecin

2 July 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin
	Buzaglo  52' Shabtay  82'		Frączczak  65'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ruch Chorzów

5 July 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Ruch Chorzów
	Barda  62'

Israeli Premier League

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Ra'anana

20 August 2016 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Beersheba
20:10	Sahar  11' Tzedek  37' Radi  42' Brown  73'	Summary	Yarden Cohen  5' Levy  40' Mbola  58' Mihelič  75' (pen.) Mohammed Shaker  85'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

27 August 2016 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Petah Tikva
21:00		Summary	Tzedek  12' Bitton  27' Brown  51' Radi  66'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Liran Liany

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Bnei Sakhnin

10 September 2016 3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3 - 0	Bnei Sakhnin	Beersheba
20:10	Nwakaeme  49'  80' Tzadek  73' Lúcio Maranhão  85'	Report	Falah  61'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Eli Hacmon

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

19 September 2016 4	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:45	Rukavytsya  22' (pen.) Kahat  38' Ryan  52' Plet  80'	Report	Buzaglo  14' Turjeman  21' Miguel Vítor  66'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

State Cup

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Tzur Shalom

5 January 2017 Last 32	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 - 0	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	Beersheba
19:40	Melikson  55' Ghadir  61'	Report	Saar Dhahn  21' Yonatan Yossipovich  75'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiah

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

24 January 2017 Last 16	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 - 2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Beersheba
20:55	Melikson  45+2' Brown  75'	Report	Mauricio  6'  71' Brossou  40'  Nitzan  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Toto Cup Al

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ASH	HBS	HAS	BEI
1	F.C. Ironi Ashdod	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Qualified to Quarter-finals		—		2–2	3–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6			0–1	—
3	Hapoel Ashkelon	3	0	2	1	3	8	−5	2				0–5	—	1–1
4	Beitar Jerusalem	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1				2–4		—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Hapoel Ashkelon v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

30 July 2016 Group 3 game 1	Hapoel Ashkelon	0 - 5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Rishon LeZion
21:00	Lior Hidrian  49'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão  23' Bitton  38' Hoban  40' Sahar  51' (pen.) Buzaglo  59' Biton  66'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Beitar Jerusalem v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

7 August 2016 Group 3 game 2	Beitar Jerusalem	2 - 4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Jerusalem
19:00	Cohen  22' Abuhatzira  45' Moyal  66' Atzili  79'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão  35' Bitton  58' Radi  70' Barda  81' (pen.) Buzaglo  84'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ashdod

9 August 2016 Group 3 game 3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0 - 1	Ashdod	Beersheba
19:30	Shabtay  50'	Report	Bagarić  40' Lior Inbrum  56' David  66'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Gal Laibuvitz

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

22 September 2016 Quarter Final First Leg	Maccabi Haifa	2 - 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
21:00	Habshi  16' Mugrabi  32' (pen.) Gozlan  46' Musa  52' Menahem  59'	Report	Korhut  43' Gordana  72' Taha  84'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Haifa

30 November 2016 Quarter Final Second Leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 - 1 (4 - 3 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Beersheba
19:00	Taha  36' Nwakaeme  77'  78'	Report	Kahat  21' Gozlan  36' Glazer  66' Rukavytsya  88' (pen.) Ryan  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Haifa

15 December 2016 Semi Final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 - 1	Hapoel Haifa	Netanya
19:30	Barda  10' Sahar  35'  44'  54' (pen.) Shabtay  45' Bitton  90'	Report	Jazvić  10' Fishler  38' Serdal  63'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Oren Siminyan

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

28 December 2016 Final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4 - 1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Netanya
20:00	Sahar  34' (pen.)  36' Radi  73' Barda  90'	Report	Amir Nassar  38' N'Douassel  45' Turjeman  70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Sheriff Tiraspol

12 July 2016 First leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Turner Stadium, Beersheba
19:50	Hoban  4' Ogu  43' Barda  52' (pen.) Taha  61' Melikson  87' Radi  90' (pen.)	Report	Aliti  9'  26' Ivančić  22' Dupovac  51' Brezovec  64'	Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

19 July 2016 Second leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
20:00	Kvržić  20' Metoua  21' Galešić  77' Ivančić  87'		Ogu  20' Goresh  84' Hoban  42'  90+4'

Third qualifying round

Olympiacos v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

27 July 2016 First leg	Olympiacos	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Piraeus
	Botía  49' Figueiras  53'		Ogu  27' Brown  46' Vitor  56' Bitton  68'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Olympiacos F.C.

3 August 2016 Second leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Olympiacos F.C.	Be'er Sheva
21:00	Lúcio  68' Tzedek  79'		Bouchalakis  5' Figueiras  49' Botía  78' Milivojević  85' Cost  86'	Stadium: Turner Stadium

Play-Off Round

Celtic v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

17 August 2016 Play-Off Round	Celtic	5–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Glasgow, Scotland
	Rogic  9' Sinclair  30' Griffiths  39', 45+1' Dembélé  73' Brown  85' Touré  87' Forrest  90+1'	Report	Goresh  10' Tzedek  45' Maranhão  55' Melikson  57' Taha  90+4'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Damir Skomina

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Celtic

23 August 2016 Play-Off Round	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0 (4–5 agg.)	Celtic	Beersheba, Israel
	Sahar  21' Hoban  48' Shabtay  90+3'	Report	Janko  14' McGregor  56' Lustig  66' Gordon  90+2'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,383 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPP	HBS	SOU	INT
1	Sparta Prague	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			0–1	—	0–0	3–2
3	Southampton	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8			3–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Internazionale	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6			2–1	0–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Internazionale v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

15 September 2016 1	Internazionale	0–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Milan
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murillo  53'	Report	Buzaglo  36',  69' Bitton  43' Vítor  54' Turjeman  85' Taha  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Southampton

29 September 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	Southampton	Beersheba
18:00 BST	Vitor  62' Sahar  86'	Report		Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Sparta Prague

20 October 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Sparta Prague	Beersheba
18:00 BST		Summary	Juliš  28' Holek  67' Pulkrab  71' Dočkal  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,607 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Sparta Prague v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

3 November 2016 Group Stage	Sparta Prague	2–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Prague
20:05 BST	Bitton  23' (o.g.) Lafata  38' Karavayev  71' Pulkrab  88'	Summary		Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 12,891 Referee: István Vad

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Internazionale

24 November 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Internazionale	Beersheba
18:00 BST	Korhut  19' Lúcio Maranhão  42'  58' Bitton  55' Nwakaeme  64'  71' (pen.) Sahar  90+3'	Summary	Icardi  12' Brozović  25' Handanović  45'  Nagatomo  87'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Javier Estrada

Southampton v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

8 December 2016 Group Stage	Southampton	1–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Southampton
20:05 BST	Bertrand  48' van Dijk  90+1'	Summary	Ogu  42' Miguel Vítor  45+1' Tzedek  61' Buzaglo  78' Goresh  81'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,416 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Knockout Phase

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Beşiktaş

16 February 2017 Last 32 First Leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 - 3	Beşiktaş	Beersheba
20:05 BST	Tzedek  5' Barda  44'	Report	William  42' (o.g.) Tosun  60' Hutchinson  90+3'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,347 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Beşiktaş v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

23 February 2017 Last 32 Second Leg	Beşiktaş	2 - 1 (5 - 2 agg.)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Istanbul
18:00 BST	Aboubakar  17' Tosun  87' Marcelo  89'	Report	Nwakaeme  64' Barda  89'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 27,892 Referee: Matej Jug