2017–18 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
2017–18 season
Chairman	Eli Ohana
Manager	Sharon Mimer ; Benny Ben Zaken
Stadium	Teddy Stadium
Ligat Ha'Al	3rd
State Cup	Runner-up
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Toto Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Itay Shechter & Claudemir (9 goals); All: Gaëtan Varenne (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,500 vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva ; (5 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs. Hapoel Haifa ; (21 May 2018)
Average home league attendance	10,493
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017–18 season is Beitar Jerusalem 81st season since its establishment in 1936, and 70th since the establishment of the State of Israel. During the 2017–18 campaign the club have competed in the Israeli Premier League, State Cup, Toto Cup, UEFA Europa League. In the end of the previous season the association of Israeli football decide that The owner Tabib can't manage the team for 2 years, because his involvement in criminal case. In 28 May the owner Eli Tabib announced the joining of the biggest legend of Beitar Eli Ohana to the chairman. Within the preparations of the season, Beitar signed the players: Georginho, Amir Agayev, Zion Tzemah, Miki Siroshtein, Gaëtan Varenne, Or Va'aknin, and one of the successful Israeli players of all times, Yossi Benayoun.

Current squad

As of 18 January 2018

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	Boris Klaiman
2	DF	FRA	Antoine Conte
3	MF	ISR	David Keltjens
6	DF	ISR	Tal Kachila
7	FW	SVK	Jakub Sylvestr
8	MF	ISR	Idan Vered
9	FW	ISR	Itay Shechter (Captain)
10	MF	BRA	Georginho
12	MF	ISR	Or Va'aknin
13	DF	ISR	Sean Goldberg
14	MF	BRA	Claudemir


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ISR	Hen Dilmoni
18	MF	ISR	Hen Ezra
19	DF	ISR	Ofer Verta
20	DF	ISR	Miki Siroshtein
21	FW	DEN	David Boysen
22	GK	ISR	Stav Shushan
23	DF	GER	Marcel Heister
24	MF	ISR	Ofir Kriaf
25	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Varenne
52	MF	SVK	Erik Sabo(on loan from PAOK FC)
77	MF	ISR	Ya'akov Berihon

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	ISR	Tal Kachila (loan return from Bnei Yehuda)
7	MF	ISR	Amir Agayev (from Bnei Yehuda)^[1]
10	MF	BRA	Georginho (from Bnei Sakhnin)^[2]
27	MF	ISR	Zion Tzemah (from Hapoel Acre)^[3]
4	DF	ISR	Miki Siroshtein (from F.C. Ashdod)^[4]
25	FW	ISR	Gaëtan Varenne (from Hapoel Jerusalem)^[4]
2	DF	FRA	Antoine Conte (from Reims, previously loaned)^[5]
15	MF	ISR	Yossi Benayoun (from Maccabi Tel Aviv)^[6]
5	MF	CIV	Paul Edgar Akoukou (loan from Ekenäs IF, later bought)^[7]^[8]
13	DF	ISR	Sean Goldberg (loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv)^[9]
—	DF	ISR	Ofer Verta (from Hapoel Tel Aviv)^[10]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ISR	Dan Einbinder (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva)^[11]
4	DF	ESP	Jesús Rueda (to APOEL)^[12]
26	FW	ISR	Shlomi Avisidris (to Hapoel Rishon LeZion)^[13]
27	DF	ISR	Oz Raly (to Hapoel Ashkelon)^[14]
7	MF	ISR	Yisrael Zaguri (to Bnei Sakhnin)^[15]
21	MF	ISR	Kobi Moyal (to New York Cosmos)^[16]
5	DF	ISR	Dan Mori (to Bnei Yehuda)^[17]
12	FW	ISR	Avishay Cohen (loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla)^[18]
10	MF	ISR	Danny Preda (to Maccabi Herzliya)^[19]

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ISR	Ofir Kriaf (from Ironi Kiryat Shmona)^[20]
—	MF	CIV	Paul Akouokou (from Ekenäs IF, previously loaned)
—	FW	ISR	David Boysen (from Lyngby BK)^[21]
—	FW	SVK	Jakub Sylvestr (from AaB)^[22]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ISR	Amir Agayev (to Hapoel Tel Aviv)^[23]
—	MF	ISR	Yossi Benayoun (to Maccabi Petah Tikva)^[24]
—	MF	ISR	Zion Tzemah (on loan to Hapoel Ashkelon)^[25]
—	MF	CIV	Paul Akouokou (on loan to Hapoel Rishon LeZion)
—	FW	ISR	Dekel Cohen (on loan to Hapoel Jerusalem)

Pre-season and friendlies

18 June 2017 Training Camp	Vasas SC	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem
	Kulcsár 3' Remili 63' (pen.)		Shechter 80'

21 June 2017 Training Camp	Ferencvárosi	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Budapest, Hungary
	Bognár 90+3'			Stadium: Groupama Arena

6 September 2017	Beitar Jerusalem	2–0	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Jerusalem, Israel
	Georginho Agayev	Report

11 October 2017	Hapoel Marmorek	0–1	Beitar Jerusalem	Rehovot, Israel
		Report	Dilmoni 33'	Stadium: Itztoni Stadium

Competitions

Ligat Ha'Al

Results

20 August 2017 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0 – 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
21:00 IDT		Summary Report (Hebrew)	Shechter 10', 34' Vered 90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 11,325 Referee: Liran Liany

28 August 2017 2	Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 1	Ashdod	Petah Tikva
20:30 IDT	Georginho 24' Benayoun 55' Berihon 81' Varenne 85'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Genev 15'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^{[note 1]} Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

11 September 2017 3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Petah Tikva
21:00 IDT	Romário 26' (pen.)	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Georginho 18' Heister 78'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alon Yefet

16 September 2017 4	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 3	Hapoel Haifa	Jerusalem
20:30 IDT	Vered 22', 39' Georginho 66'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Ben Basat 17', 27', 90+4'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ziv Adler

25 September 2017 5	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Jerusalem
20:30 IDT	Claudemir 8'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Gozlan 48'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

1 October 2017 6	Bnei Sakhnin	3 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Acre
21:00 IDT	Azulay 4' Ottman 63' Mugrabi 68'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Ezra 37' Benayoun 90+3'	Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eli Hachmon

16 October 2017 7	Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 1	Maccabi Netanya	Jerusalem
21:00 IDT	Shechter 17' Claudemir 74' (pen.) Vered 75' Benayoun 90+3'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Keita 57'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Gal Leibowitz

21 October 2017 8	Maccabi Haifa	1 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:30	Allyson 42' Ben Harush 49' Kostadinov 84' Athanasiadis 90+5'	Report	Shechter 45' Allyson 65' (o.g.) Paul Edgar 78' Klaiman 90'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 28,114 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz

28 October 2017 9	Beitar Jerusalem	2 - 0	Hapoel Ashkelon	Jerusalem
20:30	Shechter 5' Ezra 38'	Summary		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Zvika Levi

4 November 2017 10	Bnei Yehuda	3 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Petah Tikva
20:30	Buzaglo 22' 52' 60' Valskis 89' 90'	Summary	Claudemir 33' (pen.) Paul Edgar Akoukou 42' Kachila 44' Shechter 49' Verta 85'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Igal Frid

27 November 2017 11	Beitar Jerusalem	2 - 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Jerusalem
21:00	Heister 52' Sabo 90+2'	Summary	Nwakaeme 54' Melikson 62'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 22,434 Referee: Liran Liani

2 December 2017 12	Hapoel Acre	1 - 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Acre
	Zino 12'	Summary	Shechter 9' Kachila 36' Varenne 90'	Stadium: Acre Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Igal Frid

9 December 2017 13	Beitar Jerusalem	3 - 2	Hapoel Ra'anana	Jerusalem
	Varenne 27' Shechter 35' Claudemir 58' (pen.)	Summary	Abuhatzira 45' (pen.) Faucher 62'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Erez Papir

18 December 2017 14	Beitar Jerusalem	1 - 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
	Claudemir 55'	Summary	Rikan 1' Blackman 42'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 24,232 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

23 December 2017 15	Ashdod	1 - 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashdod
	Elke 10'	Summary	Siroshtein 36' Claudemir 45+2' Tzemah 85'	Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Zvika Levi

30 December 2017 16	Beitar Jerusalem	1 - 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Jerusalem
	Berihon 69'	Summary		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ziv Adler

8 January 2018 17	Hapoel Haifa	0 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
		Summary	Varenne 33' Ezra 59'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eli Hackmon

13 January 2018 18	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1 - 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Kiryat Shmona
	Lako 3'	Summary	Claudemir 21'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

22 January 2018 19	Beitar Jerusalem	4 - 2	Bnei Sakhnin	Jerusalem
	Kriaf 42' Varenne 47' Ezra 52' Heister 68'	Summary	Ataa 4' Klaiman 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Erez Papir

29 January 2018 20	Maccabi Netanya	2 - 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
	Levi 6' Heubach 35'	Summary	Varenne 89'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Eli Hackmon

3 February 2018 21	Beitar Jerusalem	3 - 1	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem
	Varenne 45+1' Sabo 53' Shechter 69'	Summary	Mizrachi 35'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Ziv Adler

10 February 2018 22	Hapoel Ashkelon	1 - 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashkelon
	Jovanović 56'	Summary	Claudemir 64' Varenne 87' Sabo 89'	Stadium: Sala Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Liran Liani

19 February 2018 23	Beitar Jerusalem	2 - 0	Bnei Yehuda	Jerusalem
	Claudemir 72' Sylvestr 90+1'	Summary		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 0 *Radius game without fans Referee: Shay Ben Avraam

25 February 2018 24	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1-1	Beitar Jerusalem	Be'er Sheva
	Maman 31'	Summary	Sylvestr 60'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Erez Papir

3 March 2018 25	Beitar Jerusalem	3-0	Hapoel Acre	Jerusalem
	Sabo 14' (pen.) Shechter 64' Kriaf 84'	Summary		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 6,062 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

10 March 2018 26	Hapoel Ra'anana	0-2	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
		Report	Camara 45' (o.g.) Sylvestr 90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 5,280 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	17	6	3	43	18	+25	57	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Beitar Jerusalem	26	17	5	4	60	30	+30	56
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	16	7	3	44	20	+24	55
4	Hapoel Haifa	26	15	7	4	36	21	+15	52
5	Maccabi Netanya	26	12	9	5	43	29	+14	45

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[27]

Top playoff

17 March 2018 27	Beitar Jerusalem	2-0	Maccabi Netanya	Jerusalem
20:30 IST	Sylvestr 5' Sabo 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

4 April 2018 28	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3-1	Beitar Jerusalem	Be'er Sheva
19:30 IST	Sahar 3' Zrihan 39', 50'	Report	Sabo 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Ziv Adler

8 April 2017 29	Beitar Jerusalem	1-1	Bnei Yehuda	Jerusalem
20:55 IST	Vered 10'	Report	Gordana 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 6,870 Referee: Eli Hackmon

16 April 2018 30	Beitar Jerusalem	3-2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem
20:55 IST	Claudemir 29' Ezra 34' Sylvestr 42'	Report	Atzili 38' (pen.) Kjartansson 58'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Liran Liani

23 April 2018 31	Hapoel Haifa	0-1	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa
20:55 IST		Report	Ezra 23'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Alon Yefet

30 April 2018 32	Maccabi Netanya	4-1	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
21:00 IST	Avraham 16' Saba 31' Kougbenya 42' Heubach 81'	Report	Ezra 82'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Orel Greenfeld

5 May 2018 33	Beitar Jerusalem	1-4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Jerusalem
21:00 IST	Ezra 22'	Report	Elhamed 47' Mamam 52' Sahar 62' Nwakaeme 74'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Alon Yefet

12 May 2018 34	Bnei Yehuda	3-3	Beitar Jerusalem	Petah Tikva
20:15 IST	Gordana 52' (pen.) Tchibota 53' Cohen 78'	Report	Kachila 20' Vered 45+1' (pen.) Sylvestr 60'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ziv Adler

15 May 2018 35	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-1	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya
20:55 IST	Rikan 8' Davidzada 31' Blackman 37' (pen.)	Report	Kachila 64'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 6,595 Referee: Idan Layba

21 May 2018 36	Beitar Jerusalem	1-1	Hapoel Haifa	Jerusalem
21:00 IST	Kriaf 59'	Report	Ginsari 63'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gal Laibovich

Top playoff table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C)	36	24	8	4	70	27	+43	80	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	21	8	7	60	33	+27	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem	36	20	8	8	75	51	+24	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Hapoel Haifa	36	17	11	8	48	39	+9	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Maccabi Netanya	36	16	10	10	59	54	+5	58
6	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	36	13	10	13	47	41	+6	49

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

UEFA Europe League

First qualifying round

29 June 2017 First leg	Beitar Jerusalem	4–3	Vasas	Petah Tikva, Israel
19:45 IDT	Georginho 19' Benayoun 88' Vered 90+1' Sabo 90+2'	Report	Pavlov 36', 43' Kulcsár 52'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^{[note 1]} Attendance: 0 (No-crowd radius match) Referee: Nenad Đokić (Serbia)

6 July 2017 Second leg	Vasas	0–3 (3–7 agg.)	Beitar Jerusalem	Budapest, Hungary
20:30 CEST		Report	Ezra 10', 61' Varenne 90+1'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc stadion Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Second qualifying round

13 July 2017 First leg	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	Botev Plovdiv	Petah Tikva, Israel
19:45 IDT	Kachila 11'	Report	Yusein 73'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium^{[note 1]} Attendance: 9,450 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

20 July 2017 Second leg	Botev Plovdiv	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Beitar Jerusalem	Burgas, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST	Dimov 10' Viana 32' Baltanov 47' Brisola 90'	Report		Stadium: Lazur Stadium Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

State Cup

4 January 2018 Eight Round	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Rishon LeZion
21:00 IDT	Omri Shekel 19'	Report	Varenne 25', 42'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Daniel Bar Nathan

25 January 2018 Round of 16	Beitar Jerusalem	2 - 1	Hapoel Marmorek	Jerusalem
20:50	Varenne 19' Varenne 25'	Report	Dyulgerov 32'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Daniel Bar Nathan

6 February 2018 Quarter-finals , 1st leg	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0 - 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Kfar Saba
20:50	Varenne 42' Yazo 61' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alon Yeffet

28 February 2018 Quarter-finals , 2nd leg	Beitar Jerusalem	0-0 (2-0 agg.)	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jerusalem
20:50				Stadium: Teddy Stadium

1 April 2018 Semi-finals	Beitar Jerusalem	3-2	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haifa
20:50	Sylvestr 53', 79' Sabo 88' (pen.)	Report	Shaker 31' Nachmias 90+4'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Erez Papir

9 May 2018 Final	Hapoel Haifa	3-1 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem
	Plakuschenko 28' Scheimann 105' Turgeman 120'	Report	Varenne 29'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Liran Liany

Toto Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	Qualified to Quarter-finals
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Qualified to Quarter-finals
3	F.C. Ironi Ashdod	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Hapoel Ashkelon	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

30 July 2017 Group C	Ashdod	1–3	Beitar Jerusalem	Rishon LeZion
19:10 IDT	Abd Elhamed 44' (pen.)	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Varenne 25', 81' Benayoun 54'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ziv Adler

6 August 2017 Group C	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–3	Beitar Jerusalem	Be'er Sheva
21:00 IDT		Summary Report (Hebrew)	Keltjens 44' Shechter 76', 82'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Liran Liany

12 August 2017 Group C	Hapoel Ashkelon	1–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Rishon LeZion
21:00 IDT	Tzemah 63'	Summary Report (Hebrew)	Haddad 16' Ivančić 55'	Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alon Yefet

Knockout stage

25 October 2017 Quarter-final	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1-0	Beitar Jerusalem	Kiryat Shmona
	Gozlan 67'			Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Igal Frid

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Beitar Jerusalem hosted their UEFA Europa League home matches and the regular season round 2 outside Jerusalem, due to the 2017 Maccabiah Games and reseeding of the grass at Teddy Stadium.^[26]

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^ דיויד כץ בויסן חתם בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 7 December 2017 (in Hebrew)
^ בית"ר ירושלים: יקוב סילבסטר חתם לחצי עונה עם אופציה להארכה Ofir Sa'ar, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ מתחזקת: עגייב חתם בהפועל תל אביב לשנה וחצי Maor Rahmani, 4 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ יוסי בניון חתם לעונה וחצי במכבי פתח תקוה, ירוויח כ-180 אלף דולר בעונה Itzik Itzhaki, 30 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ ישראל זגורי וציון צמח חתמו בהפועל אשקלון Dor Biton, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ Ben Ziv, Guy (11 May 2017). סופית: בית"ר תפתח את העונה הבאה במושבה [Confirmed: Beitar will open the next season at HaMoshava]. ONE (in Hebrew).
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.21781809777851-29] Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

[HaMoshava_Stadium-27] Beitar Jerusalem hosted their UEFA Europa League home matches and the regular season round 2 outside Jerusalem, due to the 2017 Maccabiah Games and reseeding of the grass at Teddy Stadium.^[26]

[1] Ben Ziv, Guy (20 May 2017). ז'אורז'יניו על סף חתימה בבית"ר, עגייב חתם [Georginho on verge of signing with Beitar; Agayev has signed]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[Georginho-2] Pshechazky, Moti (21 May 2017). מאדום לצהוב: ז'אורז'יניו חתם ל-3 שנים בבית"ר י-ם [From Red to Yellow: Georginho signed for 3 years at Beitar Jerusalem] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[Tzemah-3] Ben Ziv, Guy (12 June 2017). צמח חתם לשלוש שנים, ניהולו של אוחנה אושר [Tzemah signed for 3 years, management by Ohana has been confirmed]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[SiroshteinVarenne-4] Pshehatzky, Moti (14 June 2017). וראן וסירושטיין חתמו בבית"ר ירושלים [Varenne and Siroshtein signed with Beitar Jerusalem] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[5] Lipkin, Gidi (15 June 2017). "טביב רכש את קונטה והאריך את חוזהו ב-3 שנים" [Tabib bought Conte and extended his contract by 3 years]. ONE.

[6] Lipkin, Gidi (19 June 2017). בניון הצטרף לבית"ר: הקבוצה שאהדתי כל חיי [Benayoun joined Beitar: The team I have supported all my life]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[Akoukou-7] Sa'ar, Ofir (27 August 2017). בית"ר ירושלים: פול אדגר חתם בהשאלה לעונה, עם אופציה לרכישה [Beitar Jerusalem: Paul Edgar has signed on loan for the season, with an option to buy] (in Hebrew). Walla!.

[8] Pshehatzky, Moti (13 September 2017). הצליח להרשים: פול אדגר סיכם בבית"ר לחמש שנים [Managed to impress: Paul Edgar agreed to terms with Beitar for 5 years] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[Goldberg-9] Pshehazky, Moti (4 September 2017). "רשמית: שון גולדברג חתם בבית"ר ירושלים" [Official: Sean Goldberg signed with Beitar Jerusalem]. Sport 5.

[Verta-10] Ben Ziv, Guy (8 September 2017). "רשמית: עופר ורטה חתם לעונה בבית"ר ירושלים" [Official: Ofer Verta signed for the season at Beitar Jerusalem]. ONE.

[Einbinder-11] Berman, Yigal (25 May 2017). דן איינבינדר חתם ל-3 שנים בהפועל באר שבע [Dan Einbinder signed for 3 years at Hapoel Be'er Sheva]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[12] רשמית: חסוס רואדה חתם באפואל ניקוסיה [Official: Jesús Rueda signed with APOEL Nicosia]. ONE (in Hebrew). 1 June 2017.

[Avisidris-13] Gefen, Guy (4 June 2017). שלומי אביסידריס חתם בהפועל ראשל"צ [Shlomi Avisidris signed with Hapoel Rishon LeZion]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[Raly-14] Krakow, Amit (4 June 2017). נעים מתחזק: עוז ראלי חתם בהפועל אשקלון [Naim is strengthening: Oz Raly signed with Hapoel Ashkelon]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[Zaguri-15] Blach, Dor (20 June 2017). זגורי חתם בבני סכנין על חוזה לשנתיים [Zaguri signed with Bnei Sakhnin on a two-year contract] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[16] Ben Ziv, Guy (21 June 2017). קובי מויאל חתם לשנתיים בניו יורק קוסמוס [Kobi Moyal signed for two years at New York Cosmos]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[Mori-17] Blach, Dor (23 August 2017). בני יהודה הודיעה: דן מורי חתם לשנתיים [Bnei Yehuda have announced: Dan Mori has signed for two years] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[AvishayCohen-18] Portal, Kobi; Doref, Liran (5 September 2017). אבישי כהן חתם בבית"ר ת"א/רמלה [Avishay Cohen signed with Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[Preda-19] דני פרדה חתם במכבי הרצליה [Danny Preda signed with Maccabi Herzliya]. Double Pass (in Hebrew). Sport 5. 5 September 2017.

[Kriaf-20] אופיר קריאף חתם לשנתיים וחצי בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 15 January 2018 (in Hebrew)

[21] דיויד כץ בויסן חתם בבית"ר ירושלים Guy Ben Ziv, 7 December 2017 (in Hebrew)

[22] בית"ר ירושלים: יקוב סילבסטר חתם לחצי עונה עם אופציה להארכה Ofir Sa'ar, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)

[Agayev-23] מתחזקת: עגייב חתם בהפועל תל אביב לשנה וחצי Maor Rahmani, 4 January 2018 (in Hebrew)

[24] יוסי בניון חתם לעונה וחצי במכבי פתח תקוה, ירוויח כ-180 אלף דולר בעונה Itzik Itzhaki, 30 January 2018 (in Hebrew)

[TzemahZaguri-25] ישראל זגורי וציון צמח חתמו בהפועל אשקלון Dor Biton, 31 January 2018 (in Hebrew)

[26] Ben Ziv, Guy (11 May 2017). סופית: בית"ר תפתח את העונה הבאה במושבה [Confirmed: Beitar will open the next season at HaMoshava]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[28] "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[30] "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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