Barak Bachar - 10
The man who has signed the most of all for Maccabi Haifa's professional success over the past three years. The best Israeli coach in history, period. After flourishing the Negev with three championships after 40 years and a dream season in the Europa League, Behar arrived at the stressed club in Israel, which had known a decade without success. Behar not only brought him back to the top of our football, but surpassed himself in the third season - and after two consecutive championships he reached the Champions League group stage in mega-impressive fashion and became the first manager to manage to take a championship, with his team playing in the Champions League group stage. Perfect.
Behar. Top of the evening, photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Josh Cohen - 6.5
29 appearances
One of the best acquisition players Haifa has brought in recent years, quietly, under the radar, and has arranged for itself one of the best goals in the league that we have. So although he played less this season (Roy Mashpati got 800 minutes, 7 assists), he was still stable in both the league and the Champions League.
Daniel Sundgren - 6.5
Cooking
Started the season great and was one of the main factors in qualifying for the Champions League group stage. He declined in form after the World Cup, and still solved Haifa's right-back problem and was one of the players who allowed Behar tactical flexibility and switching between set-ups.
Shawn Goldberg - 7
1 gate
Until the World Cup break, he was Behar's Iron Man, and even scored a debut goal in green (an important victory goal in Sakhnin). We will play physically and mentally in the second part of the season and experience a decline in his ability, but nevertheless, Goldberg's transformation into a bunker in the champions and the Israeli national team is one of the winning moves of Behar and Alberman in the past two years.
Goldberg, Photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Pierre Corneau - 7
5 cooks
The arrival of Cornu is one of the most successful moves of Haifa's scouting department this season. A defender with great offensive abilities, who gives Haifa an offensive option from this position, which it did not have in the previous two championships.
Abdulai Sec - 7.5
3 goals, <> assist
So if we talked about Haifa's scouting department in the context of Corno, during the bringing of Seck and Tubinsika, this department was revealed in all its glory. Seck stepped into the huge shoes of Bogdan Planić, who left just after qualifying for the Champions League, and not only filled the shoes, but even upgraded the position. An exceptionally strong brake, a human wall in front of the goalkeeper (4th in the league in threats), a leader and as a bonus - a very significant threat in stationary situations in attack.
Sec, Photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Dylan Batubinsika - 7
2 goals
Like Seck, he arrived just before the closing of the Champions League player registration window and immediately got into business. Started even better than Mask, but later turned out to be the second quality brake. However, this is a great brake for our league. Haifa will have to make a decision about him ahead of next season, because it is too much of a privilege for the club to have four foreigners on the defensive line.
Ali Muhammad - 7
2 cooks
Stable and good as usual, and becoming Israeli made him an even greater asset for Maccabi Haifa.
Neta Lavi - 7.5
Left in January for Gamba Osaka, 2 cooks
Came back in a big way at the start of the season after a difficult year in the second championship season. Was one of the factors in the promotion to the group stage, as well as Haifa's tremendous success in the league in the first half of the season.
Lavi, Photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Muhammad Abu Fani - 7
4 goals, 4 assists
Abu Fani continued to show stability and maintained his numbers from last season. In many games, including the big ones, he dropped to 6 (sometimes with five offensive players ahead of him), and this is also reflected in the stats (second in the league in successful tackles).
Charon Shree - 7
9 goals, 7 assists
The permanent captain of Haifa and the face of the club from the moment Lavi left for Japan. Sari is no longer a child, but he is still one of Haifa's most important offensive tools and second to Noble in most offensive categories.
Sari, Photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Dia Seba - 7
5 goals, 4 assists
Seba's arrival is one of Haifa's most important victories this season in the fight against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Seba got into things very quickly, and did not do it at the expense of a noble and minister, but, on the contrary, made them, especially noble, flourish next to him. A great player who, if he stays, will be one of the main figures in Haifa next season and his numbers will rise accordingly.
Omer Noble - 9
Top scorer in the league (21), second in assists (10)
Unbeaten Player of the Season, second consecutive season. Second consecutive season double-double with involvement in more than 30 goals. Unusually impressive.
Dolev Haziza - 5
2 goal, 1 assist
Haifa's No. 1 Israeli player in the Champions League qualifiers, but in the league his ability has declined significantly compared to previous seasons. In his defense, he played far less than last season due to injury, and was still far less dominant, not providing numbers that match the role and credit he received.
Haziza, Photo: Maor Elkeslassy
Dean David - 6
9 goals, 1 assist
Haifa's deputy top scorer, who is missing one goal for the second consecutive season with double-digit goals. Piero's arrival made him a second option for large parts of the season, but despite this, he managed to provide good games, including two great duos in the season games against Ivić's Maccabi Tel Aviv (his second goal in this game is one of the goals of the season) and Hapoel B'Sheva.
Frantzdi Piero - 5.5
8 goals, 4 assists
Another player who was a major factor in advancing to the group stage and struggled in league matches. Piero scored two critical goals in the championship fight (two victory goals against runners-up, Hapoel Be'Sheva), and it still seems that if Haifa wants to upgrade and refresh for next season, Piero is one of the main candidates for replacement.
Point to note
After three championships in a row, usually comes relegation. In the case of Maccabi Haifa, the challenge is even greater, because of the departure of Barak Bachar and his team and the inability to prepare a real replacement for him on the fly. Behar's departure will leave a vacuum that will be very difficult to fill, no matter who arrives, Israeli or foreign.
Many times, maximum concentration in the here and now hurts in the long run. It happened to Maccabi Tel Aviv after Ivich, Lev Sheva after Behar and Haifa will try to avoid a similar fate next season. This will be Gal Alberman's most important decision - which team he builds, who will lead him (local or foreign), whether they start running a future local coach under him and how much patience there will be in case of a tough start.
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His partners were Raz Meir, Sun Menachem, Rami Gershon, Nikita Rukavica, Goni Naor, Maor Levy, Mavis Chibota (3 assists), Mahmoud Jaber, Yinon Eliyahu, Bassam Za'arora and Ben Shahar.
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