Maccabi Tel Aviv host Hapoel Beer Sheva on December 25 (21:00) Matchday 15 of the Israel Premier League action. Tickets go on sale at 19:00 Tuesday night December 18 via the Leaan Website and should tickets remain they will be in sale at the Leaan Ticket Office and via Telephone *8780.

Please note: There are a limited amount of tickets available.

You may purchase tickets on the Leaan Website by using the User ID and password. If you do know one or both of those details please send an email to support@leaan.co.il.

Home printing is available
Ticket sales are for Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters only. Supporters from the opposing team who enter the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan stands will be ejected from stadium and the ticket price will not be refunded.

Ticket Prices
Leaan Ticket Office
Youth/Soldier/Women – (Sections 109, 208-209 only) – 50 NIS
Lower East Stand – 110 NIS
West Stand (Sections 108-109, 208-209) – 100 NIS
Upper West Stand (Sections 204-207) – 110 NIS
E+ – 300 NIS
Silver Section – 500 NIS

Phone/Leaan Website
Youth/Soldier/Women – (Sections 109, 208-209 only) – 55 NIS
Lower East Stand – 115 NIS
West Stand (Sections 108-109, 208-209) – 105 NIS
Upper West Stand (Sections 204-207) – 115 NIS
E+ – 305 NIS
Silver Section – 505 NIS

Ticket Collection
Tickets may be collected at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 42 Frishman Street, Tel Aviv between Sunday-Thursday 09:00-19:00, Friday 09:00-13:30.

Tickets may be collected on Matchday at the Stadium ticket windows beginning 3 hours prior to the match until 45 minutes after the start of the match.

The victory over Maccabi Haifa was the 5th out of the last 8 matches at Sammy Ofer. The other three contests ended in draws.

The Yellow & Blue also extended their away winning streak against the Greens to 11. The last defeat came in 2012/13 when Maccabi lost 1:0.

It was the 6th time that Maccabi scored three goals into the Haifa goal since 2013/14.

Eliran Atar made some history last night entering the Maccabi Tel Aviv All-time Top 10 goalscorers with his brace.

Atar passed Rachmim Talbi with his 67th league goal and tied Vicky Peretz who as of yesterday was in 9th place. With three goals, #16 will match Itzik Zohar who is in 8th.

The two goals moved Atar into first place for Maccabi league goal scorers with 7. He’s just one goal away from the league leader Yarden Shua. Atar has 13 goals across all competitions.

Atar’s second goal was a header. Up until yesterday, his last goal via a header came in the 4:0 Derby win over Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2012/13.

Omer Atzili is in second place with 5 goals and Dor Peretz moved into 3rd place with his 4th of the season. In fact, Peretz scored last round against Haifa as well.

Peretz’s marked improvement in this category is fantastic as last season he scored only one goal as well as one during the 2015/16 campaign.

Maor Kandil added his first assist yesterday.

Dor Micha also recorded an assist for his 6th of the season and is second overall in this category with Valon Ahmedi of Kiryat Shemona holding the league lead with 8.

Chico Ofoedu was the fastest player on Maccabi clocking in at 32.6kph.

Maccabi players covered 110.3km compared to 109km by Haifa.

Omer Atzili ran the most against the Greens going 11.1km.

Vladimir Ivic, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach summed up his squad’s 3:1 victory over Maccabi Haifa at Sammy Ofer Stadium on Matchday 14 and spoke about taking it one match at a time:

“Game by game. It’s one game for 3 points”

Satisfied with first 70 minutes, disappointed with last 20 minutes:
“Exactly like this. We played a big part of the game well and sometimes when you put players on the bench you need help from them in the last few minutes. All of them know that they must give 100% the whole game if they are coming off the bench or if they are starters. We will discuss this between us and look ahead to the next game on Saturday.”

About Eliran Atar:
“He had a good game. The previous games he played pretty good as did the other players. All of them know that they have to be serious and if they aren’t they can be punished. Concentration must be 95 minutes, not 65, 45 or 70.”

Smiling after a victory:
“I hope at the end of the season.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Haifa 3:1 at Sammy Ofer Stadium on Matchday 14 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika thanks to two first half goals by Eliran Atar and a single marker by Dor Peretz thanks to a corner by Atar to start off the second half. Sintayehu Sallalich scored Haifa’s lone goal as Yellow & Blue keeper Predrag Rajkovic had a brilliant second half to quell the Green threats time after time. This Saturday, Maccabi will head to Teddy Stadium for a State Cup Round of 32 match against Beitar Jerusalem.

Head Coach Vladimir Ivic’s Starting XI included keeper Predrag Rajkovic, Eric Saborit, Shahar Piven, Sheran Yeini (C), Mor Kandil, Dor Peretz, Ruslan Barsky, Dor Micha, Omer Atzili, Eliran Atar, Itay Shechter.

Available on the bench: Haviv Ohayon, Jair Amador, Chico Ofoedu, Yonatan Cohen, Aron Schoenfeld, Dan Glazer, Avi Rikan.

First Half
Maccabi began the contest off well finding the back of the goal in the 4’ via Atar to take a 1:0 lead. Peretz sent a tremendous ball from the midfield to Kandil on the right side who sent a perfect cross into the box that the striker finished off to give the Yellow & Blue the advantage early on.

Haifa had their first chance of the match in the 9’ when Georges Mandjeck gave Mohammed Awaed a through ball but Rajikovic was up to the task, while 8 minutes later Atzili’s attempt towards the far corner was saved by Green keeper Guy Haimov. Barsky picked up a yellow card in get 18’ and Awaed had another quality chance for Haifa in the 22’ but Rajikovic was in place once again to make the save.

Maccabi almost doubled the lead thanks to a short corner but Yeini and Shechter couldn’t find a way to get the ball behind Haimov as they headed it out in the 34’ and eight minutes later Peretz sent a 22’ meter scorcher that Haimov parried away. But just seconds later Atar headed home a brilliant Micha cross into the box for a 2:0 lead as the side’s headed into the break.

Second Half
The Yellow & Blue opened the second half the same way the first half began, with a goal as Peretz scored off an Atar corner kick to give Maccabi a 3:0 lead in the 47th minute. Piven was issued a yellow card in the 54’ while Micha’s attempt two minutes later was saved by Haimov.

Dan Glazer replaced Barsky in the 59’ as Ivic’s first substitute of the contest. Awaed’s long distance chance went out in the 62’ while Nikita Rukavytsya’s header three minutes later was caught by Rajkovic. Atzili’s 67’ attempt was just saved by Haimov and then it looked like Shechter’s header made it 4:0 for the Yellow & Blue but it was called off by the linesman.
Sallalich pulled a goal back for Haifa in the 70’ and Ivic then made his second substitute when he inserted Chico Ofoedu for Atar. Rajikovic again was up to the task in the 76’ when the shot stopper saved a Roie Kehat clean chance in the box and three minutes later Shon Weissman’s attempt to keep the score as is.

Avi Rikan was introduced in the 85’ in favor of Micha as Maccabi wrapped up a 3:1 win over Haifa at Sammy Ofer Stadium ahead of their State Cup Round of 32 match on Saturday night at Beitar Jerusalem.

Hapoel Ramat Hasharon 1:1 Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv (U19)
Guy Tzarfati’s squad drew away at Ramat Hasharon as the side’s split the points thanks to a goal by Nadav Nidam. For the Full Match Report Click Here

Hapoel Tel Aviv 1:3 Maccabi “Oded” Tel Aviv (U17)
The Under-17 team defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Derby as Or Roizman bagged a brace and Tal Torgman scored a lone marker.
Head Coach Eliezer Ben Aharon summed up the win: “Derbies are games that have extraordinary energy created by the rivalry between the clubs and that was the case this time as well. Many emotions caused a lack of concentration and inaccuracy in simple actions during the first half of the match. We continue to improve match by match and I’m proud of the players for their investment in the club.”

Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” Tel Aviv 0:0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
The Under-16 squad also played a Derby, however, this one ended in a goalless draw as the side’s each took a point. Head Coach Eran Sassi: “This was an organized match from a defensive standpoint as we took Hapoel out of the game and didn’t have any chances on our goal. On the other hand we weren’t accurate enough on the attack and didn’t take advantage of our opportunities.”

Maccabi “Eldad” Tel Aviv 1:5 Hapoel Katamon (U15)
The Under-16 squad’s match took place on Wednesday when Ori David’s side defeated Hapoel Katamon 5:1 thanks to goals by Oscar Gloch x2, Oral Bahia, Ofer Nagar and Eliran Avisher. David spoke about the win: “This was a good match from our guys. There were many good football actions that took place using our philosophy that we worked on throughout the week. We scored some nice goals and I’m happy about that as well.”

The path to the league title continues at Sammy Ofer Stadium on Monday at 21:00 when Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Maccabi Haifa to open the second round of Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika matches. The round will last roughly three months until March 7, 2019 when the regular season will come to an end and the playoff round will begin.

Is it just League action that awaits over the next few months? Not really. Just before the opening whistle blows let’s take a look at the upcoming action over the next few months.

Let’s turn the page and begin

This will be the 157th match between Maccabi and Maccabi Haifa, the Yellow & Blue’s most frequent opponent just ahead of Hapoel Tel Aviv (152) and Maccabi Netanya (136).

The record: 62 Maccabi wins, 46 draws, 48 Haifa victories. Goal differential: 222:196 in favor of Maccabi.

The last time Maccabi met Maccabi Haifa to open the second round of matches was in 2012/13 and ended in a 1:0 defeat at Kiryat Eliezer.

Since then Haifa has hosted ten matches in which Maccabi won 5 and drew 5.

In 2002/03 the two sides met on Matchday 14 in Haifa at Kiryat Eliezer and it ended with Maccabi taking home a big 3:2 win that changed the season’s momentum as the Yellow & Blue captured the league title in dramatic fashion.

Watch the highlights of the 3:2 win:

Avi Nimni has the most appearances by Maccabi against Maccabi Haifa with 33. Eli Driks has 31 and Sheran Yeini is in third with 30.

Maccabi has played 15 league matches to date at Sammy Ofer Stadium: 7 against Maccabi Haifa, 6 versus Hapoel Haifa and 2 radius matches against Beitar Jerusalem (1 home, 1 away).

In addition, Maccabi has played 7 other matches at Sammy Ofer: 3 Champions League Group Stage matches and 4 Cup contests throughout the years.

Maccabi’s record against Maccabi Haifa in 7 league matches at Sammy Ofer Stadium: 4 win and 3 draws. Goal Differential: 11:4 in favor of Maccabi.

Last season Vidar Kjartansson scored the fastest goal in Maccabi’s history – 13 seconds into the match in a 3:1 win over Haifa at Sammy Ofer Stadium.

Kjartansson also scored the latest goal against the Greens which occurred in 2016/17 to draw 2:2 in the 91’.