Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Khazar Lankaran of Azerbaijan 3:1 in Israel and played a scoreless draw away in the Second Qualifying Round. In the Third Qualifying Round they will play Željezničar of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Last season Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Željezničar 5:0 and 1:0 in the Second Qualifying Round of the Champions League. For 2006-2007 though 2010-2011, Maccabi Tel Aviv has a 5.900 coefficient and Željezničar has a 2.824. Maccabi Tel Aviv was unseeded but has the better coefficient because Željezničar upset Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova (9.549 coefficient) in the Second Qualifying Round.
So apparently, FK Khazar Lankaran released ten players including all the new signings after they failed to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv at home. Because of this, the manager quit. The funniest part? Look at the url for the official statement for what happened with the squad and the direction the club has taken: http://lankaranfc.com/az/oh_my_god.html
Israel has the most coefficient points per game played of any UEFA country excluding countries who have only had clubs play 1 game so far and excluding bonus points for reaching the Champions League Group Stage.
Maccabi Tel Aviv was the only Israeli club to win in a UEFA competition this week as they won 6-0 today.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Panathinaikos of Greece in the Playoff Round. Panathinaikos has the tenth best coefficient of the 38 seeded clubs in the draw.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is in good shape to eliminate a Greek club for the second consecutive season as they won the first leg at home 3-0 over Panathinaikos.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine, Besiktas of Turkey, and Stoke City of England in Group E.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...sandra-ambrosio-arizona-ucla-brawl/index.html says "here's a new one: soccer player gets mad at ref, and kicks his shoe at him" and has video from yesterday's Stoke City-Maccabi Tel Aviv game.
I am going to the game tonight against Stoke! Soooo pumped I know their form has been bad but Israeli teams somehow do well at home and if they can pull 3 points they are very much alive in Europa again. any tips on who the big playmakers are for TA? I don't know too much about Maccabi club
Maccabi Tel Aviv was eliminated before their Matchday 5 trip to Dinamo Kiev today. Dinamo Kiev took a 2-0 lead in the first 17 minutes with one of the goals being an own goal. Dinamo Kiev had a player ejected in the 47th minute and Maccabi Tel Aviv scored in the 49th minute. Then Dinamo Kiev had another player ejected in the 56th minute, Maccabi Tel Aviv tied it in the 62nd minute, and Maccabi Tel Aviv took the lead in the 75th minute. Dinamo Kiev equalized in the 81st minute while down two men and it ended 3-3. Maccabi Tel Aviv finished last in Group E with 0 wins, 2 draws (both against third place Dinamo Kiev), and 4 losses for 2 points.
