2012–13 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season
# 2012–13 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Beitar Jerusalem's 44th season in the Israeli Premier League. Beitar started the season with two victories vs its enemy Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Chairman Arcadi Gaydamak decided to bring two Muslim-Russian players Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev from Terek Grozny FC. This proved controversial with many Beitar fans, and the new signings were subject to verbal abuse from the stands. The hardcore right-wing fan group "La familia" were behind much of this, and organised a boycott for part of the season.

The two Chechen players signed with Beitar near the top of the table. Their arrival triggered a losing run which eventually left Beitar at the bottom of the table, narrowly avoiding relegation.

## First team

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 | Ariel Harush |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Haim Megrelashvili (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Tal Kachila |
| 5 | DF | ISR | Matan Barashi |
| 7 | FW | ISR | Amit Ben Shushan (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Hen Azriel (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Zaur Sadayev |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Shai Haddad |
| 16 | MF | ISR | Evyatar Baruchyan |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Tzahi Elihen |
| 18 | MF | ISR | Avi Rikan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Dominik Glavina |
| 21 | MF | ISR | Kobi Moyal |
| 22 | GK | ISR | Ohad Saidof |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Dario Fernandez |
| 24 | MF | ISR | Ofir Kriaf |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Dino Škvorc |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Steven Cohen |
| 27 | FW | ISR | Omer Nachmani |
| 28 | MF | ISR | Barak Moshe |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Dzhabrail Kadiyev |
| 99 | FW | ISR | Eran Levy |

## Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)

### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Bottom playoff

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 41 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 37 | |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 37 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Netanya (R) | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 30 | Europa League qualifying and relegation to Liga Leumit |

* ↑ Hapoel Ramat Gan qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Israel State Cup.

## State Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 January 2013 | Round of 32 | Um Al-Fahm F.C. | H | 5–0 | Levy 8',38',53'; Glavina 64',89' | 8,000 |
| 27 February 2013 | Round of 16 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | A | 0–2 | Azriel 30'; Glavina 90' | 14,500 |
| 13 April 2013 | Quarter Final | Maccabi Haifa | H | 0–3 | | 12,000 |

## Toto Cup

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon (A) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 |
| 5 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 4 August 2012 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | H | 0 – 2 | | 3,500 |
| 8 August 2012 | Ironi Ramat Hasharon | A | 2 – 2 | Levy 34'; Elihen 56'; | 1,000 |
| 11 August 2012 | FC Ashdod | H | 0 – 0 | | 1,000 |
| 19 August 2012 | Hapoel Ramat-Gan | A | 2 – 3 | Levy 5', 57' Elihen 90' | 1,500 |

## Statistics

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Ligat Ha'Al | State Cup | Toto Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Avi Reikan | MF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Eran Levy | FW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Hen Azriel | FW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Amit Ben-Shushan | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dominik Glavina | MF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Kobi Moyal | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Tzahi Elihen | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Haim Megrelashvili | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ofir Kriaf | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Eli Dasa | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Steven Cohen | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Dino Škvorc | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Liron Diamant | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zaur Sadayev | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 43 | 7 | 5 | 55 |

### Overall

| | Total | Home | Away | Neutral |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games played | 40 | 21 | 19 | 0 |
| Games won | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Games lost | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Biggest win | 5–0 vs Umm al-Fahm |
| Biggest loss | 5–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Biggest win (League) | 3–0 vs Hapoel Haifa |
| Biggest win (Cup) | 5–0 vs Umm al-Fahm |
| Biggest loss (League) | 5–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | 0-3 vs Maccabi Haifa |
| Clean sheets | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 55 | 29 | 26 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 63 | 28 | 35 | 0 |
| Goal difference | -8 | +1 | -9 | 0 |
| Average GF per game | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.37 | 0 |
| Average GA per game | 1.58 | 1.33 | 1.84 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 102 | * | * | * |
| Red cards | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Most appearances | Ariel Harush (39) | – | – | – |
| Most goals | Avi Reikan (11) | – | – | – |
| Most assists | Eran Levy (6) | – | – | – |
| Points | 50/120 (41.67%) | 26/63 (41.27%) | 24/57 (42.11%) | 0 |
| Winning rate | 30% | 28.57% | 31.58% | 0 |

Last updated: 5 May 2013 Source: Competitive matches

### Starting 11

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