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2017–18 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

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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

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.

Current squad

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

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Pre-season and friendlies

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

Competitions

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Ligat Ha'Al

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Results

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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
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 Yellow card 42'
Ben Harush Yellow card 49'
Kostadinov Yellow card 84'
Athanasiadis 90+5'
Report Shechter 45'
Allyson 65' (o.g.)
Paul Edgar Yellow card 78'
Klaiman Yellow card 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' Yellow card 52' 60'
Valskis Yellow card 89' 90'
Summary Claudemir 33' (pen.)
Paul Edgar Akoukou Yellow card 42'
Kachila 44'
Shechter Yellow card 49'
Verta Yellow card 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

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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

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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

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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

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First qualifying round

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29 June 2017 First leg Beitar Jerusalem Israel 4–3 Hungary 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 Hungary 0–3
(3–7 agg.)
Israel Beitar Jerusalem Budapest, Hungary
20:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc stadion
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Second qualifying round

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State Cup

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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

Toto Cup

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Group stage

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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

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (20 May 2017). ז'אורז'יניו על סף חתימה בבית"ר, עגייב חתם [Georginho on verge of signing with Beitar; Agayev has signed]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  2. ^ Pshechazky, Moti (21 May 2017). מאדום לצהוב: ז'אורז'יניו חתם ל-3 שנים בבית"ר י-ם [From Red to Yellow: Georginho signed for 3 years at Beitar Jerusalem] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  3. ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (12 June 2017). צמח חתם לשלוש שנים, ניהולו של אוחנה אושר [Tzemah signed for 3 years, management by Ohana has been confirmed]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  4. ^ a b Pshehatzky, Moti (14 June 2017). וראן וסירושטיין חתמו בבית"ר ירושלים [Varenne and Siroshtein signed with Beitar Jerusalem] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  5. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (15 June 2017). "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" [Tabib bought Conte and extended his contract by 3 years]. ONE.
  6. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (19 June 2017). בניון הצטרף לבית"ר: הקבוצה שאהדתי כל חיי [Benayoun joined Beitar: The team I have supported all my life]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  7. ^ Sa'ar, Ofir (27 August 2017). בית"ר ירושלים: פול אדגר חתם בהשאלה לעונה, עם אופציה לרכישה [Beitar Jerusalem: Paul Edgar has signed on loan for the season, with an option to buy] (in Hebrew). Walla!.
  8. ^ Pshehatzky, Moti (13 September 2017). הצליח להרשים: פול אדגר סיכם בבית"ר לחמש שנים [Managed to impress: Paul Edgar agreed to terms with Beitar for 5 years] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  9. ^ Pshehazky, Moti (4 September 2017). "רשמית: שון גולדברג חתם בבית"ר ירושלים" [Official: Sean Goldberg signed with Beitar Jerusalem]. Sport 5.
  10. ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (8 September 2017). "רשמית: עופר ורטה חתם לעונה בבית"ר ירושלים" [Official: Ofer Verta signed for the season at Beitar Jerusalem]. ONE.
  11. ^ Berman, Yigal (25 May 2017). דן איינבינדר חתם ל-3 שנים בהפועל באר שבע [Dan Einbinder signed for 3 years at Hapoel Be'er Sheva]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  12. ^ רשמית: חסוס רואדה חתם באפואל ניקוסיה [Official: Jesús Rueda signed with APOEL Nicosia]. ONE (in Hebrew). 1 June 2017.
  13. ^ Gefen, Guy (4 June 2017). שלומי אביסידריס חתם בהפועל ראשל"צ [Shlomi Avisidris signed with Hapoel Rishon LeZion]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  14. ^ Krakow, Amit (4 June 2017). נעים מתחזק: עוז ראלי חתם בהפועל אשקלון [Naim is strengthening: Oz Raly signed with Hapoel Ashkelon]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  15. ^ Blach, Dor (20 June 2017). זגורי חתם בבני סכנין על חוזה לשנתיים [Zaguri signed with Bnei Sakhnin on a two-year contract] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  16. ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (21 June 2017). קובי מויאל חתם לשנתיים בניו יורק קוסמוס [Kobi Moyal signed for two years at New York Cosmos]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  17. ^ Blach, Dor (23 August 2017). בני יהודה הודיעה: דן מורי חתם לשנתיים [Bnei Yehuda have announced: Dan Mori has signed for two years] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  18. ^ Portal, Kobi; Doref, Liran (5 September 2017). אבישי כהן חתם בבית"ר ת"א/רמלה [Avishay Cohen signed with Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  19. ^ דני פרדה חתם במכבי הרצליה [Danny Preda signed with Maccabi Herzliya]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5. 5 September 2017.
  20. ^ אופיר קריאף חתם לשנתיים וחצי בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 15 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
  21. ^ דיויד כץ בויסן חתם בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 7 December 2017 (in Hebrew)
  22. ^ בית"ר ירושלים: יקוב סילבסטר חתם לחצי עונה עם אופציה להארכה Ofir Sa'ar, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
  23. ^ מתחזקת: עגייב חתם בהפועל תל אביב לשנה וחצי Maor Rahmani, 4 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
  24. ^ יוסי בניון חתם לעונה וחצי במכבי פתח תקוה, ירוויח כ-180 אלף דולר בעונה Itzik Itzhaki, 30 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
  25. ^ ישראל זגורי וציון צמח חתמו בהפועל אשקלון Dor Biton, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
  26. ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (11 May 2017). סופית: בית"ר תפתח את העונה הבאה במושבה [Confirmed: Beitar will open the next season at HaMoshava]. ONE (in Hebrew).
  27. ^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  28. ^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.