2016–17 Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. season

The 2016–17 season Hapoel Be'er Sheva season was the clubs's 82nd season since its establishment in 1934, and 69th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2016–17 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Champions League.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C

2016–17 season
Chairman	Asi Rahamim
Manager	Barak Bakhar
Stadium	Turner Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Nwakaeme (5) All: Lúcio Maranhão (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won the Toto Cup after defeating Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the final.

Current squad

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	David Goresh
22	GK	ISR	Robi Levkovich
55	GK	ISR	Guy Haimov
2	DF	ISR	Ben Bitton
3	DF	ISR	Ben Turjeman
4	DF	POR	Miguel Vítor
5	DF	ISR	Shir Tzedek
13	DF	ISR	Ofir Davidzada
17	DF	ISR	Matan Ohayon
20	DF	ISR	Loai Taha
21	DF	ISR	Noam Gamon
25	DF	BRA	William Soares
26	DF	ISR	Amit Bitton
7	MF	ISR	Maharan Radi
11	MF	ISR	Maor Buzaglo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Hoban
15	MF	ISR	Vladimir Brown
19	MF	ISR	Dan Bitton
24	MF	ISR	Maor Melikson
28	MF	ISR	Or Havivyan
30	MF	NGA	John Ogu
—	MF	ISR	Yuval Shabtay
4	FW	ISR	Musa Tarabin
8	FW	ISR	Liel Sportas
9	FW	NGA	Anthony Nwakaeme
10	FW	ISR	Elyaniv Barda (Captain)
14	FW	ISR	Ben Sahar
16	FW	ISR	Mohammad Ghadir

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Israeli football transfers summer 2016

In:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Guy Haimov (from Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona)
—	DF	POR	Miguel Vítor (from PAOK)
—	MF	ISR	Yuval Shabtay (from Hapoel Ra'anana)
—	MF	ISR	Roei Gordana (loan return from Maccabi Petah Tikva)
—	FW	BRA	Lúcio Maranhão (from CRB)

Out:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ISR	Robi Levkovich (to Hapoel Haifa)
—	DF	BRA	William Soares (Free Agent)
—	DF	ISR	Ofir Davidzada (to Gent)
—	MF	ISR	Or Havivyan (on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva)
—	FW	ISR	Liel Saportas (on loan to Hapoel Petah Tikva)
—	FW	ISR	Musa Tarabin (on loan to Hapoel Bnei Lod)
—	FW	ISR	Amran Alkrenawi (on loan to Hapoel Bnei Lod)

Pre-season and friendlies

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Śląsk Wrocław

29 June 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–0	Śląsk Wrocław
18:30	Buzaglo 23' 31' Radi 40'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Pogoń Szczecin

2 July 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin
	Buzaglo 52' Shabtay 82'		Frączczak 65'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ruch Chorzów

5 July 2016 Training Camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Ruch Chorzów
	Barda 62'

Israeli Premier League

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Ra'anana

20 August 2016 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Be'er Sheva
20:10	Sahar 11' Tzedek  37' Radi 42' Brown  73'	Summary	Yarden Cohen  5' Levy  40' Mbola  58' Mihelič 75' (pen.) Mohammed Shaker  85'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

27 August 2016 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Petah Tikva
21:00		Summary	Tzedek  12' Bitton  27' Brown  51' Radi  66'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Liran Liany

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Bnei Sakhnin

10 September 2016 3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–0	Bnei Sakhnin	Be'er Sheva
20:10	Nwakaeme 49' 80' Tzadek  73' Lúcio Maranhão 85'	Report	Falah  61'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Eli Hacmon

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

19 September 2016 4	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
20:45	Rukavytsya 22' (pen.) Kahat  38' Ryan  52' Plet 80'	Report	Buzaglo 14' Turjeman  21' Miguel Vítor  66'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

State Cup

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Tzur Shalom

5 January 2017 Last 32	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	Be'er Sheva
19:40	Melikson 55' Ghadir 61'	Report	Saar Dhahn  21' Yonatan Yossipovich  75'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiah

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

24 January 2017 Last 16	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Be'er Sheva
20:55	Melikson 45+2' Brown  75'	Report	Mauricio 6' 71' Brossou  40'  Nitzan  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Toto Cup Al

Main article: 2016–17 Toto Cup Al § Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ASH	HBS	HAS	BEI
1	F.C. Ironi Ashdod	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Qualified to Quarter-finals		—		2–2	3–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6			0–1	—
3	Hapoel Ashkelon	3	0	2	1	3	8	−5	2				0–5	—	1–1
4	Beitar Jerusalem	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1				2–4		—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2016. 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.

Hapoel Ashkelon v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

30 July 2016 Group 3 game 1	Hapoel Ashkelon	0–5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Rishon LeZion
21:00	Lior Hidrian  49'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão 23' Bitton  38' Hoban 40' Sahar 51' (pen.) Buzaglo 59' Biton 66'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet

Beitar Jerusalem v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

7 August 2016 Group 3 game 2	Beitar Jerusalem	2–4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Jerusalem
19:00	Cohen 22' Abuhatzira 45' Moyal  66' Atzili  79'	Report	Lúcio Maranhão 35' Bitton  58' Radi 70' Barda 81' (pen.) Buzaglo 84'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ashdod

9 August 2016 Group 3 game 3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Ashdod	Be'er Sheva
19:30	Shabtay  50'	Report	Bagarić  40' Lior Inbrum  56' David 66'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Gal Laibuvitz

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

22 September 2016 Quarter Final First Leg	Maccabi Haifa	2–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Haifa
21:00	Habshi  16' Mugrabi 32' (pen.) Gozlan 46' Musa  52' Menahem  59'	Report	Korhut 43' Gordana 72' Taha  84'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Haifa

30 November 2016 Quarter Final Second Leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
19:00	Taha  36' Nwakaeme 77' 78'	Report	Kahat  21' Gozlan  36' Glazer  66' Rukavytsya 88' (pen.) Ryan  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Haifa

15 December 2016 Semi Final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Hapoel Haifa	Netanya
19:30	Barda  10' Sahar  35' 44' 54' (pen.) Shabtay  45' Bitton  90'	Report	Jazvić 10' Fishler  38' Serdal  63'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Oren Siminyan

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Ironi Kiryat Shmona

28 December 2016 Final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Netanya
20:00	Sahar 34' (pen.) 36' Radi 73' Barda 90'	Report	Amir Nassar  38' N'Douassel  45' Turjeman 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Sheriff Tiraspol

12 July 2016 First leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva
19:50	Hoban  4' Ogu 43' Barda 52' (pen.) Taha  61' Melikson  87' Radi 90' (pen.)	Report	Aliti  9'  26' Ivančić 22' Dupovac  51' Brezovec 64'	Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

19 July 2016 Second leg	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
20:00	Kvržić  20' Metoua  21' Galešić  77' Ivančić  87'		Ogu  20' Goresh  84' Hoban  42'  90+4'

Third qualifying round

Olympiacos v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

27 July 2016 First leg	Olympiacos	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Piraeus
	Botía  49' Figueiras  53'		Ogu  27' Brown  46' Vitor  56' Bitton  68'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Olympiacos F.C.

3 August 2016 Second leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Olympiacos F.C.	Be'er Sheva
21:00	Lúcio  68' Tzedek 79'		Bouchalakis  5' Figueiras  49' Botía  78' Milivojević  85' Cost  86'	Stadium: Turner Stadium

Play-Off Round

Celtic v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

17 August 2016 Play-Off Round	Celtic	5–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Glasgow, Scotland
	Rogic 9' Sinclair  30' Griffiths 39', 45+1' Dembélé 73' Brown 85' Touré  87' Forrest  90+1'	Report	Goresh  10' Tzedek  45' Maranhão 55' Melikson 57' Taha  90+4'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Damir Skomina

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Celtic

23 August 2016 Play-Off Round	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0 (4–5 agg.)	Celtic	Be'er Sheva, Israel
	Sahar 21' Hoban 48' Shabtay  90+3'	Report	Janko  14' McGregor  56' Lustig  66' Gordon  90+2'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,383 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPP	HBS	SOU	INT
1	Sparta Prague	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			0–1	—	0–0	3–2
3	Southampton	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8			3–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Internazionale	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6			2–1	0–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Internazionale v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

15 September 2016 1	Internazionale	0–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Milan
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murillo  53'	Report	Buzaglo  36', 69' Bitton  43' Vítor 54' Turjeman  85' Taha  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Southampton

29 September 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	Southampton	Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST	Vitor  62' Sahar  86'	Report		Stadium: Turner Stadium Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Sparta Prague

20 October 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Sparta Prague	Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST		Summary	Juliš  28' Holek  67' Pulkrab 71' Dočkal  90'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,607 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Sparta Prague v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

3 November 2016 Group Stage	Sparta Prague	2–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Prague
20:05 BST	Bitton 23' (o.g.) Lafata 38' Karavayev  71' Pulkrab  88'	Summary		Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 12,891 Referee: István Vad

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Internazionale

24 November 2016 Group Stage	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Internazionale	Be'er Sheva
18:00 BST	Korhut  19' Lúcio Maranhão  42' 58' Bitton  55' Nwakaeme  64' 71' (pen.) Sahar 90+3'	Summary	Icardi 12' Brozović 25' Handanović  45'  Nagatomo  87'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Javier Estrada

Southampton v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

8 December 2016 Group Stage	Southampton	1–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Southampton
20:05 BST	Bertrand  48' van Dijk 90+1'	Summary	Ogu  42' Miguel Vítor  45+1' Tzedek  61' Buzaglo 78' Goresh  81'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,416 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Knockout Phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Beşiktaş

16 February 2017 Round of 32 – 1st leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–3	Beşiktaş	Be'er Sheva
22:05 (IST)	Tzedek  5' Barda 44'	Report	42' (o.g.) William 60' Tosun 90+3' Hutchinson	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,347 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Beşiktaş v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

23 February 2017 Round of 32 – 2nd leg	Beşiktaş	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Istanbul
20:00 (IST)	Aboubakar 17' Tosun 87' Marcelo  89'	Report	64' Nwakaeme  89' Barda	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 27,892 Referee: Matej Jug