The 2011–12 season was Maccabi Haifa's 54th season in Israeli Premier League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.
This season is considered by Haifa as the "almost season". After winning the Israeli Premier League in the earlier season, the team started the season with qualification matches in the Champions League, but lost the last qualification match on penalties to the Belgian team Genk. At the UEFA Europa League the team failed to qualify for the playoff level after losing the last game to Schalke from Germany, while FC Steaua București from Romania won their respective match, therefore qualifying ahead of Haifa. Their Israeli Premier League campaign was one of their most disappointing seasons ever. Haifa wasn't one of the contenders for the title, and the last match ended as a draw, meaning the team did not qualify for the UEFA Europa League the followingseason. At the State Cup the team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv through a 93' minute goal. This disappointing season caused the owner Ya'akov Shahar to appoint former player Reuven Atar as the manager for the next season instead of Elisha Levi.
UEFA Champions League
Qualification
Maccabi Haifa won 7–4 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate Genk won 4–1 on Penalties
UEFA Europa League
Group J
Ligat Ha'al
Regular season
DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance21 September 2011Bnei SakhninA0–22,50024 September 2011Ironi Ramat HaSharonH5–0Katan 14', Amashe 43', Falah 45', Vered 56', Ottman 72'8,0003 October 2011Maccabi Tel AvivA1–1Golasa 27'15,00015 October 2011Hapoel Be'er ShevaA1–1Meshumar 45'6,00023 October 2011Ironi Kiryat ShmonaH0–38,00029 October 2011Maccabi Petah TikvaA4–1Amashe (3) 3', 9', 62', Yampolsky 36'3,0006 November 2011Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivH1–1Azriel 31'8,00021 November 2011Beitar JerusalemA4–1Amashe (2) 26', 90', Dvalishvili (2) 61', 67'16,00026 November 2011Hapoel AkkoH1–0Dvalishvili 55'8,5005 December 2011Hapoel Tel AvivA0–314,50010 December 2011Hapoel HaifaH1–3Dvalishvili 22'13,50019 December 2011Maccabi NetanyaH2–1Amashe 50', Yampolsky 80'8,00024 December 2011Hapoel Petah TikvaA1–3Turgeman 63'7,00028 December 2011F.C. AshdodH1–1Dvalishvili 65'8,00031 December 2011Ironi Rishon LeZionA2–4Dvalishvili 4', 8'3,0009 January 2012Bnei SakhninH0–06,00014 January 2012Ironi Ramat HaSharonA0–02,00023 January 2012Maccabi Tel AvivH2–1Vered 84, Twatiha 90 12,500 28 January 2012Hapoel Be'er ShevaH3–1Golasa 11', Ghadir 49' Turgeman 92'9,0005 February 2012Ironi Kiryat ShmonaA0–1 5,00013 February 2012Maccabi Petah TikvaH4–1Katan 8' Ghadir 24' Turgeman 50' 64'6,00019 October 2011Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivA 0–0 4,00026 February 2012Beitar JerusalemH1–0 Ghadir 33'12,0004 March 2012Hapoel AkkoA 1–0Golasa 5' 4,00012 March 2012Hapoel Tel AvivH1–4 Vered 48'10,00017 March 2012Hapoel HaifaA 1–1 Cesarec 93'7,500
Top playoff
DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance24 March 2012Bnei SakhninA 2–0Yampolsky 24', Katan 73' 1,2002 April 2012F.C. AshdodH 3–0 Yampolsky 45', Katan 80', Yahaya 85'6,50014 April 2012Maccabi NetanyaA 0–1 3,50028 April 2012Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivA1–2 Turgeman 69'2,0006 May 2012Maccabi Tel AvivH2–1 Katan 12', Amashe 24'10,0009 May 2012Ironi Kiryat ShmonaA 1–0 Turgeman 12'3,00012 May 2012Hapoel Tel AvivH 1–1 Katan 23'11,000
Israel State Cup
Toto Cup
DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance30 July 2011Ironi Kiryat ShmonaA1–2Azulay 51'2,0006 August 2011Hapoel HaifaA1–1Ghadir 34'8,00013 August 2011Bnei SakhninH1–0Amashe 17'4,000
Squad statistics No.NameEuropeLeagueState CupToto CupTotal1 Nir Davidovich7615100171492000439000021250103026621102 Sari Falah8669100221712502212200032700003527716023 Jurica Buljat9810201312812400548010021800004742827014 Orel Dgani322510015127540000000000001815005004 Shai Maimon0000000000000001140001140005 Itzik Cohen32891109732001000001900001311111116 Seidu Yahaya108995003529475014360100326200052446811017 Gustavo Boccoli104943002717857005347000216600044280210008 Haim Megrelashvili0000023800000000313600051740008 Hen Azriel411600012531011290100290000208270119 Vladimir Dvalishvili1074820412662307000000000022141050119 Danijel Cesarec00000819200117400000000926400111 Idan Vered128921033119775034389100313410050341980611 Roi Atar00000120000000000000012000012 Shoval Gozlan00000610800025700000000816500012 Shadi Shaban00000000000000026500026500013 Taleb Twatiha1211102012823421014280000314200047387430214 Wiyam Amashe12954306282132201443150003152001473553502115 Eyal Golasa12110240224201821321410000000038280461516 Mohammad Ghadir51510012212644044219000324700134188140617 Alon Turgeman355000291374206524710112300038170830718 Ali Ottman31811001814463012210000318010026200750119 Shlomi Azulay146000149000000003221001531600119 Ismaeel Ryan00000156000000000000015600019 Ataa Jaber00000147000000000000014700020 Yaniv Katan7492002312276406324900200000413017401021 Tamir Cohen62021001468420000000000002088630022 Bojan Šaranov6495000211838300190000213500030255830023 Dor Kochav00000000001110000000011100023 Eran Rozenbom00000437000110310000000514010024 Andriy Pylyavskyi3261000000000000000000326100025 Edin Cocalić0000016138330054780010000021186130126 Dela Yampolsky93781022613832045268002318500043221430827 Eyal Meshumar10930201201574411436010129700036293171328 Marlon de Jesús28500063470000000000000843200030 Martinez Dapakos000000000000000146000146000
External links Maccabi Haifa website