2015–16 Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. season

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

2015–16 season
Chairman	Alona Barkat
Manager	Barak Bakhar
Stadium	Turner Stadium
Israeli Premier League	Champions
Israel State Cup	Semi-finalists

The 2015–16 season was Hapoel Be'er Sheva's 67th season since its establishment, in May 1949. During the season, the team played in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup and Toto Cup domestically, and in the Europa League.

At the end of the season, the club had won the Israeli Premier League, its first league title since 1976 and its first major trophy since 1997.

Current squad

As of 23 June 2015

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos	In the club since	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1		David Goresh	GK	2015	Hapoel Acre
22		Robi Levkovich	GK	2014	Maccabi Netanya
36		Raz Rahamim	GK	2014	Hapoel Be'er Sheva U19
Defenders
2		Ben Bitton	RB	2013	Hapoel Nazareth Illit
3		Matan Ohayon	CB	2015	Hapoel Tel Aviv
4		Shir Tzedek	CB	2015	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
13		Ofir Davidzada	LB	2010	Hapoel Be'er Sheva U19
14		Evyatar Iluz	RB	2006	Hapoel Petah Tikva
17		Ben Algrabli	CB	2013	Hapoel Be'er Sheva U19
20		Loai Taha	CB	2015	Hapoel Ra'anana
23		Tomislav Pajović	CB	2013	Sheriff Tiraspol
25		William Ribeiro Soares	CB/DMF	2010	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Midfielders
7		Siraj Nassar	AM	2009	Maccabi Kafr Kanna
11		Maor Buzaglo	AM	2013	Standard Liège
12		Ovidiu Hoban	DM	2014	FC Petrolul Ploiești
24		Maor Melikson	AM	2014	Valenciennes FC
29		Roei Gordana	CMF	2014	Hapoel Tel Aviv
30		John Ogu	CMF	2014	Académica de Coimbra
Forwards
9		Anthony Nwakaeme	CF	2015	Hapoel Ra'anana
10		Elyaniv Barda	CF	2013	K.R.C.Genk
28		Shlomi Arbeitman	ST	2014	R.A.E.C.Mons

Transfers and loans

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 June 2015	CB	Shir Tzedek	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	€298K
14 June 2015	ST	Anthony Nwakaeme	Hapoel Ra'anana	€650K
16 June 2015	GK	David Goresh	Hapoel Acre	Free transfer
16 June 2015	CB	Matan Ohayon	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Free transfer
12 July 2015	MF	Maharan Radi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
9 June 2015	RB/MR	Dor Malul		Released
10 June 2015	ST	Tomer Swisa		Released
10 June 2015	GK	Austin Ejide		Released
10 June 2015	DM	Gal Harel		Released
15 June 2015	ST	Dovev Gabay	Beitar Jerusalem	End of contract

Pre-season and friendlies

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Frýdek-Místek

30 June 2015 Training camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3 - 1	Frýdek-Místek	Austria
	Gordana 58' Barda 80' Bukara 90'		Zapalač 66'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Górnik Łęczna

4 July 2015 Training camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0 - 1	Górnik Łęczna	Austria
			Kaźmierczak 61'

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Korona Kielce

7 July 2015 Training camp	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2 - 1	Korona Kielce	Austria
	Buzaglo 25' (pen.) Hoban 33'		Michał Przybyła 66'

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Thun

16 July 2015 Europa League	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1 - 1	Thun	Jerusalem
20:30	Hoban 26'	Report	Frontino 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,796 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Thun v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

23 July 2015 Europa League	Thun	2 - 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Thun
	Ferreira 40', 72'  54' Zino  47' Sulmoni  61'		Ogu 6' Tzedek  20' Davidzada  54' Soares  63'	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

Israel League Cup [Toto cup]

Main article: 2015–16 Toto Cup Al

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MNE	HBS	BEI	HRA	HKS
1	Maccabi Netanya (A)	4	2	2	0	4	0	4	8			2–0	2–0
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A)	4	2	1	1	7	3	4	7				4–0		2–0
3	Beitar Jerusalem (A)	4	2	0	2	2	6	−4	6					1–0	1–0
4	Hapoel Ra'anana	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5		0–0	1–1
5	Hapoel Kfar Saba	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1		0–0			0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2015. Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter finals