2017–18 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Beitar Jerusalem 81st season since its establishment in 1936, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League. In the end of the previous season the association of Israeli football decide that The owner Tabib can't manage the team for 2 years, because his involvement in criminal case. In 28 May the owner Eli Tabib announced the joining of the biggest legend of Beitar Eli Ohana to the chairman. Within the preparations of the season, Beitar signed the players: Georginho, Amir Agayev, Zion Tzemah, Miki Siroshtein, Gaëtan Varenne, Or Va'aknin, and one of the successful Israeli players of all times, Yossi Benayoun.

Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
2017–18 season
ChairmanEli Ohana
ManagerSharon Mimer
Benny Ben Zaken
StadiumTeddy Stadium
Ligat Ha'Al3rd
State CupRunner-up
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Toto CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Itay Shechter & Claudemir (9 goals)
All: Gaëtan Varenne (16 goals)
Highest home attendance25,500 vs. Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
(5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance1,500 vs. Israel Hapoel Haifa
(21 May 2018)
Average home league attendance10,493

Current squad edit

As of 18 January 2018

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 Boris Klaiman
2 DF   FRA Antoine Conte
3 MF   ISR David Keltjens
6 DF   ISR Tal Kachila
7 FW   SVK Jakub Sylvestr
8 MF   ISR Idan Vered
9 FW   ISR Itay Shechter (Captain)
10 MF   BRA Georginho
12 MF   ISR Or Va'aknin
13 DF   ISR Sean Goldberg
14 MF   BRA Claudemir
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ISR Hen Dilmoni
18 MF   ISR Hen Ezra
19 DF   ISR Ofer Verta
20 DF   ISR Miki Siroshtein
21 FW   DEN David Boysen
22 GK   ISR Stav Shushan
23 DF   GER Marcel Heister
24 MF   ISR Ofir Kriaf
25 FW   FRA Gaëtan Varenne
52 MF   SVK Erik Sabo(on loan from PAOK FC)
77 MF   ISR Ya'akov Berihon

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

18 June 2017 Training Camp Vasas SC   2–1   Beitar Jerusalem

Competitions edit

Ligat Ha'Al edit

Results edit

20 August 2017 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
21:00 IDT Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 11,325
Referee: Liran Liany
28 August 2017 2 Beitar Jerusalem 4 – 1 Ashdod Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[note 1]
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
16 September 2017 4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 3 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
20:30 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ziv Adler
1 October 2017 6 Bnei Sakhnin 3 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Acre
21:00 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Eli Hachmon
16 October 2017 7 Beitar Jerusalem 4 – 1 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem
21:00 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Gal Leibowitz
21 October 2017 8 Maccabi Haifa 1 - 2 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:30 Allyson   42'
Ben Harush   49'
Kostadinov   84'
Athanasiadis   90+5'
Report Shechter   45'
Allyson   65' (o.g.)
Paul Edgar   78'
Klaiman   90'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 28,114
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz
28 October 2017 9 Beitar Jerusalem 2 - 0 Hapoel Ashkelon Jerusalem
20:30 Shechter   5'
Ezra   38'
Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Zvika Levi
4 November 2017 10 Bnei Yehuda 3 - 2 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
20:30 Buzaglo   22'   52'   60'
Valskis   89'   90'
Summary Claudemir   33' (pen.)
Paul Edgar Akoukou   42'
Kachila   44'
Shechter   49'
Verta   85'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Igal Frid
27 November 2017 11 Beitar Jerusalem 2 - 2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
21:00 Heister   52'
Sabo   90+2'
Summary Nwakaeme   54'
Melikson   62'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 22,434
Referee: Liran Liani
2 December 2017 12 Hapoel Acre 1 - 3 Beitar Jerusalem Acre
Zino   12' Summary Shechter   9'
Kachila   36'
Varenne   90'
Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Igal Frid
9 December 2017 13 Beitar Jerusalem 3 - 2 Hapoel Ra'anana Jerusalem
Varenne   27'
Shechter   35'
Claudemir   58' (pen.)
Summary Abuhatzira   45' (pen.)
Faucher   62'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Erez Papir
18 December 2017 14 Beitar Jerusalem 1 - 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Claudemir   55' Summary Rikan   1'
Blackman   42'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 24,232
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
23 December 2017 15 Ashdod 1 - 3 Beitar Jerusalem Ashdod
Elke   10' Summary Siroshtein   36'
Claudemir   45+2'
Tzemah   85'
Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zvika Levi
30 December 2017 16 Beitar Jerusalem 1 - 0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem
Berihon   69' Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ziv Adler
8 January 2018 17 Hapoel Haifa 0 - 2 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
Summary Varenne   33'
Ezra   59'
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Eli Hackmon
13 January 2018 18 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 - 1 Beitar Jerusalem Kiryat Shmona
Lako   3' Summary Claudemir   21' Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
22 January 2018 19 Beitar Jerusalem 4 - 2 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem
Kriaf   42'
Varenne   47'
Ezra   52'
Heister   68'
Summary Ataa   4'
Klaiman   37' (o.g.)
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Erez Papir
29 January 2018 20 Maccabi Netanya 2 - 1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
Levi   6'
Heubach   35'
Summary Varenne   89' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Eli Hackmon
3 February 2018 21 Beitar Jerusalem 3 - 1 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Varenne   45+1'
Sabo   53'
Shechter   69'
Summary Mizrachi   35' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Ziv Adler
10 February 2018 22 Hapoel Ashkelon 1 - 3 Beitar Jerusalem Ashkelon
Jovanović   56' Summary Claudemir   64'
Varenne   87'
Sabo   89'
Stadium: Sala Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Liran Liani
19 February 2018 23 Beitar Jerusalem 2 - 0 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem
Claudemir   72'
Sylvestr   90+1'
Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 0 *Radius game without fans
Referee: Shay Ben Avraam
25 February 2018 24 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
Maman   31' Summary Sylvestr   60' Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Erez Papir
3 March 2018 25 Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 Hapoel Acre Jerusalem
Summary Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,062
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
10 March 2018 26 Hapoel Ra'anana 0-2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
Report
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 5,280
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 17 6 3 43 18 +25 57 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Beitar Jerusalem 26 17 5 4 60 30 +30 56
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 7 3 44 20 +24 55
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 15 7 4 36 21 +15 52
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 9 5 43 29 +14 45
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.[27]



Top playoff edit

17 March 2018 27 Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem
20:30 IST Sylvestr   5'
Sabo   78' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
4 April 2018 28 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem Be'er Sheva
19:30 IST Sahar   3'
Zrihan   39', 50'
Report Sabo   53' (pen.) Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Ziv Adler
8 April 2017 29 Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem
20:55 IST Vered   10' Report Gordana   53' (pen.) Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 6,870
Referee: Eli Hackmon
16 April 2018 30 Beitar Jerusalem 3-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
20:55 IST Claudemir   29'
Ezra   34'
Sylvestr   42'
Report Atzili   38' (pen.)
Kjartansson   58'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Liran Liani
23 April 2018 31 Hapoel Haifa 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
20:55 IST Report Ezra   23' Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Alon Yefet
30 April 2018 32 Maccabi Netanya 4-1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
21:00 IST Avraham   16'
Saba   31'
Kougbenya   42'
Heubach   81'
Report Ezra   82' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Orel Greenfeld
5 May 2018 33 Beitar Jerusalem 1-4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Jerusalem
21:00 IST Ezra   22' Report Elhamed   47'
Mamam   52'
Sahar   62'
Nwakaeme   74'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Alon Yefet
12 May 2018 34 Bnei Yehuda 3-3 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
20:15 IST Gordana   52' (pen.)
Tchibota   53'
Cohen   78'
Report Kachila   20'
Vered   45+1' (pen.)
Sylvestr   60'
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Ziv Adler
15 May 2018 35 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
20:55 IST Rikan   8'
Davidzada   31'
Blackman   37' (pen.)
Report Kachila   64' Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 6,595
Referee: Idan Layba
21 May 2018 36 Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
21:00 IST Kriaf   59' Report Ginsari   63' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Gal Laibovich

Top playoff table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 24 8 4 70 27 +43 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 8 7 60 33 +27 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 36 20 8 8 75 51 +24 68
4 Hapoel Haifa 36 17 11 8 48 39 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 16 10 10 59 54 +5 58
6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 36 13 10 13 47 41 +6 49
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.[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:


UEFA Europe League edit

First qualifying round edit

29 June 2017 First leg Beitar Jerusalem   4–3   Vasas Petah Tikva, Israel
19:45 IDT
Report
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[note 1]
Attendance: 0 (No-crowd radius match)
Referee: Nenad Đokić (Serbia)
6 July 2017 Second leg Vasas   0–3
(3–7 agg.)
  Beitar Jerusalem Budapest, Hungary
20:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc stadion
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Second qualifying round edit

20 July 2017 Second leg Botev Plovdiv   4–0
(5–1 agg.)
  Beitar Jerusalem Burgas, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST
Report Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

State Cup edit

4 January 2018 Eight Round Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Rishon LeZion
21:00 IDT Omri Shekel   19' Report Varenne   25', 42' Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Daniel Bar Nathan
25 January 2018 Round of 16 Beitar Jerusalem 2 - 1 Hapoel Marmorek Jerusalem
20:50 Varenne   19'
Varenne   25'
Report Dyulgerov   32' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Daniel Bar Nathan
6 February 2018 Quarter-finals , 1st leg Hapoel Kfar Saba 0 - 2 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba
20:50 Varenne   42'
Yazo   61' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alon Yeffet
28 February 2018 Quarter-finals , 2nd leg Beitar Jerusalem 0-0
(2-0 agg.)
Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
20:50 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
1 April 2018 Semi-finals Beitar Jerusalem 3-2 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Haifa
20:50
Report
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Erez Papir
9 May 2018 Final Hapoel Haifa 3-1 (a.e.t.) Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem
Plakuschenko   28'
Scheimann   105'
Turgeman   120'
Report Varenne   29' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Liran Liany

Toto Cup edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beitar Jerusalem 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Qualified to Quarter-finals
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Hapoel Ashkelon 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. 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.
30 July 2017 Group C Ashdod 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem Rishon LeZion
19:10 IDT
Summary
Report (Hebrew)
Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ziv Adler

Knockout stage edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Beitar Jerusalem hosted their UEFA Europa League home matches and the regular season round 2 outside Jerusalem, due to the 2017 Maccabiah Games and reseeding of the grass at Teddy Stadium.[26]

References edit

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