2025–26 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv
2025–26 season
ChairmanMitchell Goldhar
ManagerŽarko Lazetić
StadiumBloomfield Stadium
Premier LeagueOngoing
Super CupRunners-up
State CupOngoing
Toto CupOngoing
Champions LeagueOngoing
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2025.

The 2025–26 season is Maccabi Tel Aviv's 119th season since its establishment in 1906 and 78th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2025–26 campaign, the club will compete in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup and UEFA Champions League.

Season squad

As of 13 July 2025[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Israel ISR Yoav Gerafi
2 DF Israel ISR Avishay Cohen
3 DF Israel ISR Roy Revivo
4 DF Brazil BRA Heitor
5 DF Guinea GUI Ali Camara
6 DF Netherlands NED Tyrese Asante
9 FW Israel ISR Dor Turgeman
10 FW Brazil BRA Weslley Patati
11 MF Israel ISR Sagiv Yehezkel
13 DF Israel ISR Raz Shlomo
14 DF Israel ISR Denny Gropper
15 FW Israel ISR Yonas Malede
18 DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Stojić
19 FW Israel ISR Elad Madmon
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Ghana GHA Henry Addo
21 DF Israel ISR Noam Ben Harush
22 GK Israel ISR Ofek Melika
23 MF Israel ISR Ben Lederman
27 MF Israel ISR Ori Azo
28 MF Mali MLI Issouf Sissokho
30 MF Israel ISR Itamar Noy
34 FW Israel ISR Saied Abu Farchi
36 MF Israel ISR Ido Shahar
41 DF Israel ISR Itay Ben Hamo
42 MF Israel ISR Dor Peretz
77 MF Israel ISR Osher Davida
90 GK Israel ISR Roi Mishpati
98 FW Moldova MDA Ion Nicolaescu

Internationals

Only up to eight non-Israeli nationals can be in an Israeli club squad . Those with Jewish ancestry, married to an Israeli or have played in Israel for an extended period of time, can claim a passport or permanent residency which would allow them to play with Israeli status.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. No. Player Transferred from Fee Ref
30 May 2025 MF 23 Israel Ben Lederman Poland Raków Częstochowa Free Transfer [2]
1 June 2025 DF 21 Israel Noam Ben Harush Israel Hapoel Haifa €1,000,000 [3]
1 June 2025 MF 30 Israel Itamar Noy Israel Hapoel Haifa Free Transfer [4]
1 June 2025 GK 1 Israel Yoav Gerafi Israel Hapoel Haifa Free Transfer [5]
25 June 2025 FW 98 Moldova Ion Nicolaescu Netherlands Heerenveen €1,300,000 [6]
26 June 2025 DF 14 Israel Denny Gropper Bulgaria Ludogorets Free Transfer [7]
15 July 2025 DF 4 Brazil Heitor Hungary Győri €850,000 [8]
17 July 2025 DF - Guinea Ali Camara Switzerland Young Boys €300,000 [9]

Out

Date Pos. No. Player To club Fee Ref
31 May 2025 FW 7 Israel Eran Zahavi End of Contract [10]
31 May 2025 MF 14 Netherlands Joris van Overeem Netherlands Heerenveen End of Contract [11]
31 May 2025 GK 23 Croatia Simon Sluga Slovenia Celje End of Contract [12]
31 May 2025 DF 4 Israel Stav Lemkin Netherlands Twente End of Loan
31 May 2025 DF 5 Israel Idan Nachmias End of Contract
21 June 2025 DF 27 Israel Ofir Davidzada Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva End of Contract [13]
20 July 2025 MF 16 Israel Gabi Kanichowsky Hungary Ferencváros End of Contract [14][15]
23 July 2025 MF 33 Israel Hisham Layous Greece Levadiakos Loan [16]

Israeli Premier League

Regular season

Regular season matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 August 2025 1 Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Report Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
30 August 2025 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Israel Super Cup

13 July 2025 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Tel Aviv
19:30
  • Patati 62'
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Referee: Gal Levi

Toto Cup Al

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 August 2025 5–6 place Maccabi Tel Aviv v Higher Group stage Runners-up Tel Aviv
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

UEFA Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Second qualifying round

22 July 2025 Q21st leg Pafos FC Cyprus 1–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Limassol, Cyprus
20:00 Report
Stadium: Limassol Stadium
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
30 July 2025 Q22nd leg Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–1 Cyprus Pafos FC Bačka Topola, Serbia[note 1]
21:00 Report Stadium: TSC Arena

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[17]

References

  1. ^ "First Team Squad". Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
  2. ^ רז, גיא (2025-05-30). "Lederman joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  3. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-01). "Ben Harush joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-01). "Noy joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  5. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-01). "Gerafi joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  6. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-25). "Nicolaescu joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  7. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-26). "Gropper joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  8. ^ רז, גיא (2025-07-15). "Heitor joins Maccabi". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  9. ^ רז, גיא (2025-07-17). "Ali Camara Joins Maccabi Tel Aviv". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  10. ^ רז, גיא (2025-05-13). "Eran Zahavi to depart Maccabi Tel Aviv". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  11. ^ רז, גיא (2025-05-21). "Thank you Joris!". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  12. ^ רז, גיא (2025-05-27). "Thank you, Simon!". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  13. ^ רז, גיא (2025-06-21). "Thank you Davidzada!". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  14. ^ רז, גיא (2025-07-20). "Thank You Gabi!". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  15. ^ "ISRAELI CHAMPION PLAYER SIGNED". fradi.hu. Ferencvárosi TC Official Website. 23 July 2025.
  16. ^ פרייהייטר, עמית (2025-07-23). "Layous joins Levadiakos F.C on loan". Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  17. ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.