Just a day after Maccabi Tel Aviv’s 2:0 win over Maccabi Petah Tikva which ended the regular season, the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al published the dates and times for Matchdays 27-30. Get your day planners ready and begin marking them up:

Sunday March 18 – Matchday 27: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Haifa (21:00)
The Yellow & Blue will look for a repeat performance of their 4:0 win over Nir Klinger’s squad from a couple of weeks ago but the main goal will of course be to take the 3 points and get off to a good start in the Championship Playoffs. The stadium will be packed so make sure to pick up your tickets ASAP before they’re all gone.

Tuesday April 3 – Matchday 28: Maccabi Netanya – Maccabi Tel Aviv (19:30)
After a two week international break the league will get back underway with a Chol Hamoed Passover tilt at Maccabi Netanya. The following day Hapoel Beer Sheva will face Beitar Jerusalem.

Monday April 9 – Matchday 29: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Beer Sheva (21:00)
The match of the playoffs is here as the Yellow & Blue welcome Hapoel Beet Sheva and will look to record their third win against the southern side at the Netanya Stadium. Beitar Jerusalem will play Bnei Yehuda the day before the big game,

Monday April 16 – Matchday 30: Beitar Jerusalem – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Just one week after the Yellow & Blue’s big contest against Hapoel Beer Sheva they’ll travel to the capital city to take on Beitar Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium where Jordi Cruyff’s crew scored a 2:1 win a few months ago in the regular season.

Maccabi’s Regular Season

After the Matchday 1

After the win over Beer Sheva

First Place

The title battle from another angle

Dor Peretz is BACK

Atar’s Free Kicks

Taking advantage of the opportunities against the smaller teams

Rikan’s shots from outside of the box

Ready for the playoffs?

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It’s money time and now more than ever, Maccabi Tel Aviv needs you the fans as they head into the Championship Playoffs with one goal in mind, to win the league title.

Maccabi Tel Aviv will welcome Hapoel Haifa on Matchday 27, the opening contest of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al Championship Playoffs at 21:00 on Sunday March 18 at the Netanya Stadium. Tickets are now on sale, so come out and cheer on the Yellow & Blue!

Maccabi fans may purchase tickets for the following sections: West Stand Reserved Upper (203-209) & Lower Levels (103-109) , Silver and E+. This match is included in the 2017/18 season ticket package.

You may purchase tickets at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 101 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, by telephone *8780 and via the Leaan Website
Please note:
* Print at home is available

Ticket Prices

Leaan Ticket Office
West Stand
Adult – 100 NIS
E+ – 250 NIS
Silver – 450 NIS

Telephone/Website
West Stand
Adult – 105 NIS
Youth/Soldier/Woman – 55 NIS (Phone Sales only, sections108-109, 208-209 and are issued at the Leaan Box Office by providing appropriate documentation)
E+ – 255 NIS
Silver – 455 NIS

Ticket Collection
Tickets may be collected at the Leaan Ticket Office located at 101 Dizengoff Street 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.

Maccabi’s Regular season Record: 16 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses. Goal differential 44-20

241K have attended Maccabi matches this season. The most for one single match: 2:1 Maccabi Tel Aviv win at Beitar Jerusalem on Matchday 14 – 24,000.

Maccabi’s biggest win: 4:0 over Hapoel Haifa on Matchday 24.

The Yellow & Blue has the best record in the second round with 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Maccabi was issued 62 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

The Yellow & Blue were featured 11 times for the “Match of the Week” on TV; more than any other team.

Maccabi has worn the Yellow kit 22 times, the white 3 times and the checkered once against Maccabi Netanya on Matchday 17.

The average age of the Maccabi players per minutes played: 27.6. Last season it was 28.3.

Goal scoring leader – Vidar Kjartansson with 11 goals good for 2nd place.

Assist leader – Nick Blackman with 5 assists.

Most goals in a match – Eliran Atar with a hat trick against Hapoel Acre.

Maccabi had 13 clean sheets for second most in the league just behind Hapoel Haifa who have 14.

Winning streak – 6 wins in a row between Matchday 14-19

Predrag Rajikovic has played every minute of the League season to date.

Maccabi’s youngest player – Or Dasa 19 years old. The oldest player – Tal Ben Haim 36 years old.

Goal breakdown: Foot 34, Head 4, Penalty 4, direct free kick 2. Right foot 18, left foot 16.

Match breakdown per Stadium:
Netanya 15
Acre 3
Sammy Ofer 2
Moshava 2
Teddy 1
Tuner 1
Ashkelon 1
Ashdod 1

Today, March 13th, Good Deeds Day is being recognized across Israel. Maccabi Tel Aviv marked the day as the players, CEO Ben Mansford and the rest of the staff rolled up there sleeves and helped paint the school yard at the Dizengoff School in the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood with the children of Chinuch L’Psagot and of the school.

Good Deeds Day began over a decade ago in Israel and is now a global event in over 90 countries. Over a million people from around the country give back to their communities and beyond as we all strive to make the world a better place for all.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation has been working with many of the propulsion’s from around the State of Israel to help make a difference be it for children, adults and the elderly.

Maccabi Tel Aviv ended the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al Regular Season with a 2:0 home victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva and are just two points off the top of the table. Following the match, midfielder Avi Rikan who also scored the side’s second goal spoke about the contest plus looked ahead to the Playoff Round which be gins next week:

“The goal came at the right time, just before the break. It was good to be able to begin the second half with a 2:0 lead.”

Special goal:
“I don’t really care as to how the ball goes into the goal. It was just a simple goal, but if it’s a nice strike and the fans really like it then that’s great. The most important thing was that we took the three points.”

Momentum going into the playoffs:
“The playoffs will be a totally different story. There are 6 quality teams that will come and play football. It will be an interesting battle. The matches will be different than what we have seen to date and we will have to give much more. We can’t overlook Hapoel Haifa who are having a fabulous year and they are very close to the top 3. We have an important game against them on Sunday and we will have to prepare ourselves to play the best possible football at the highest level in order to win.”

Favorites to win the title:
“I don’t think that any one of the top three clubs has an advantage over the other. Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Netanya may not be fighting for the league title but they will give everyone a hard time and I can’t see a favorite due to that fact. The playoff will be interesting and it’s great that Israeli football has a playoff system like this.”

About the playoff format and the fact that Maccabi has played well against the top teams:
“What has been until today, has been and the playoff are a whole other story. We will all be playing in big matches with full stadiums and I’m sure our fans will come to support us as they always do.”

Vidar’s goal:
“He had a fantastic week and he worked very hard. I always tell him when he works hard outside of the box, the ball will eventually go in. Of course he plays so well with Eli Dasa and I’m happy for him. I’m sure he will score more goals in the playoffs. We all have to be ready, focused and in good shape.”

Missed opportunities during the match:
“We were happy after the match. We worked hard and had many chances. We had two goals called off and we had a penalty, so it looks like we did what we needed to do. If we didn’t take the points, I would have been very disappointed. We scored two goals, kept a clean sheet and I look at this as being very positive.”

Jordi Cruyff, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach summed up his squad’s 2:0 win over Maccabi Petah Tikva on Matchday 26 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:

“I think the first half was good, the second half so so. We had chances to help our goal average and we missed too many chances. That something we have to improve as we go into the playoffs. We have to take half chances and we are struggling with that. The fans pushed the team forward and we need the fans full support into the playoffs. We need to bring the Bloomfield feeling back again as the playoffs are very open and equal. Anything is possible.”

Looking back at the regular season:
“I would prefer to analyze the first round as weak and bad. We gave away a lot of points and didn’t play well. We were the best team in the second round by points and by everything. I hope that it gives us confidence going into the playoffs which is a new round against tough opponents where everybody plays to win. I hope that in the money time we can show that we can win the league.”

The Championship Playoffs ahead:
“We have to continue to play the bigger teams as we did in the second round. I think we’ve taken a lot of points especially in the direct confrontations, we just have to go with that mentality. When we seem to go with 99% we give up but when we give 100% effort the results come. We have to continue to fight this way and get similar results like we’ve had against the bigger teams in the second round. We’d prefer to be in a different spot as we lost some points. We got punished for that but everything is open for all the teams. Direct confrontation, emotional nice for the fans.”