Hapoel Tel Aviv is one of Israel’s historic football institutions, founded in 1926 and rooted in Tel Aviv. The red-and-white club combines a strong local identity with a broad domestic and continental history. Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa remains its shared municipal home and a central part of the match-day setting. Its story is shaped by the Hapoel movement, working-class traditions, intense supporter involvement and the enduring rivalry of the Tel Aviv Derby.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Upcoming matches by league
Ligat Ha'al
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- Regular Season - 5
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Bloomfield Stadium -
- Regular Season - 6
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaNo H2HHapoel Tel Aviv
Kiryat-Shmona Municipal Stadium -
- Regular Season - 7
Hapoel Tel AvivNo H2HIroni Tiberias
Bloomfield Stadium -
- Regular Season - 8
Hapoel KatamonNo H2HHapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv Last matches by league
Ligat Ha'al
UEFA Europa Conference League
Toto Cup Ligat Al
Friendlies Clubs
State Cup
Liga Leumit
Hapoel Tel Aviv Team Roster
Hapoel Tel Aviv’s recorded squad contains 30 players: seven attackers, eight defenders, four goalkeepers and 11 midfielders. The attacking group includes Xande Silva, O. Altman and E. Boateng, while Chico, D. Leidner and O. Israelov are among the listed defenders. Goalkeeping options include Dor Benyamini, A. Tzur and R. Baranes. Midfield is represented by A. Kraev, E. Kancepolsky, Falcão and Itay Shavit, alongside several other listed players. The roster also includes additional listed players, while no player ages or appearance totals are included in the current profile.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
Francisco Alves da Silva Neto
Fernand Destin Mayembo
Doron Leidner
Tal Archel
Or Alon Israelov
Shahar Piven-Bachtiar
Yannick Cereso Frederik Leliendal
Marcus Regis Coco
position Midfielder
Andrian Boykov Kraev
Yonatan Ferber
Stav Torial
El Yam Kancepolsky
Roee Alkokin
Itay Shavit
Amit Lemkin
Douglas Owusu
Lucas de Oliveira Teodoro Falcão
position Attacker
Roy Korine
Emmanuel Okyere Boateng
Alexandre Nascimento Costa Silva
Anas Mahamid
Mor Buskila
D. Dappa
Omri Altman
Last Hapoel Tel Aviv Coachs
Elyaniv Barda is the recorded current coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv, having begun the role on 1 December 2024. The timeline places Mesay Dego immediately before him, from June to December 2024, followed earlier by Yosef Abukasis from February to April 2024. Borja Lema is listed from October 2023 to January 2024, while Michael Valkanis appears from July to October 2023. This sequence indicates several coaching changes across the period, with Barda representing the latest recorded appointment.
Elyaniv Felix Barda
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elyaniv Felix Barda | Israel | 1 December 2024 | |
| Mesay Dego | Ethiopia | 1 June 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| Yosef Abukasis | Israel | 1 February 2024 | 1 April 2024 |
| Borja Lema | Spain | 1 October 2023 | 1 January 2024 |
| Michael Valkanis | Australia | 1 July 2023 | 1 October 2023 |
| Haim Silvas | Israel | 1 January 2023 | 1 June 2023 |
| Slobodan Drapić | Serbia | 1 September 2022 | 1 January 2023 |
| Kobi Refua | Israel | 1 December 2021 | 1 September 2022 |
| Nir Klinger | Israel | 1 November 2019 | 1 December 2021 |
| Nissim Avitan | Israel | 1 May 2019 | 1 November 2019 |
| Kobi Refua | Israel | 1 January 2019 | 1 May 2019 |
| Ofir Haim | Israel | 1 November 2018 | 1 January 2019 |
| Kobi Refua | Israel | 1 October 2017 | 1 November 2018 |
| Mordechai Ivanir | Israel | 1 May 2017 | 1 October 2017 |
| Menahem Koretski | Israel | 1 January 2017 | 1 May 2017 |
| Guy Igal Luzon | Israel | 1 September 2016 | 1 January 2017 |
| 1 August 2016 | |||
| Assaf Domb | Israel | 1 July 2014 | 1 January 2015 |
| Ran Ben Shimon | Israel | 1 July 2013 | 1 June 2014 |
| 19 February 2013 | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Yosef Abukasis | Israel | 1 September 2012 | 1 February 2013 |
| Guy Igal Luzon | Israel | 1 July 2007 | 1 January 2008 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv Transfers
The latest recorded arrivals, dated 29 and 30 June 2026, include transfers for Chico from Sport Recife, D. Leidner from Olympiakos Piraeus and Itay Shavit from Hapoel Kfar Saba. Y. Ferber is listed as a free-agent arrival from Hapoel Haifa. The same period includes several returns from loan, including R. Baranes from Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, O. Gelbard from Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa and O. Israelov from Estoril. Additional recorded loan returns came from clubs in Israel and abroad, so this summary represents selected movement rather than a complete arrivals register.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Owusu |
FK Crvena Zvezda
|
Transfer | 4 August 2026 |
| D. Owusu |
FK Crvena Zvezda
|
Transfer | 3 August 2026 |
| Y. Leliendal |
FC Volendam
|
Transfer | 29 July 2026 |
| I. Shavit |
Hapoel Kfar Saba
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| S. Ben Nesher |
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| Y. Ferber |
Hapoel Haifa
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
|
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 | |
| Chico |
Sport Recife
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
|
Hapoel Kfar Saba
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 | |
| D. Leidner |
Olympiakos Piraeus
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 |
| O. Gelbard |
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
Nordia Jerusalem
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 | |
|
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 | |
| A. Turgeman |
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| A. Cohen |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
The recorded departures through 27 July 2026 show several forms of movement. R. Olitski went to Hapoel Kfar Saba on loan, while Yarin Shyovitz and Shon Ben Nesher left as free agents. Transfers recorded in early July sent S. Genis and A. Turgeman to Maccabi Herzliya. L. Loizou moved to FK Crvena Zvezda on 30 June, and Sagi Pinhas and Y. Nassar also departed as free agents. The list includes further loans, including R. Talmi to Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, plus returns from loan for Chico and D. Leidner. It is a selected movement summary, not a complete departures register.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Ramot |
Ironi Beit Shemesh
|
Free agent | 15 August 2026 |
| Z. Morgan |
Ironi Tiberias
|
Free agent | 13 August 2026 |
|
Hapoel Kfar Saba
|
Loan | 27 July 2026 | |
| S. Ben Nesher |
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Free agent | 26 July 2026 |
|
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Free agent | 26 July 2026 | |
| Yarin Shyovitz |
Ironi Tiberias
|
Free agent | 26 July 2026 |
| A. Turgeman |
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Transfer | 4 July 2026 |
| S. Genis |
Maccabi Herzliya
|
Transfer | 4 July 2026 |
| R. Talmi |
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
|
Loan | 2 July 2026 |
| G. Amos |
Ironi Tiberias
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| G. Amos |
Ironi Tiberias
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| A. Cohen |
Ironi Tiberias
|
Loan | 30 June 2026 |
| I. Barnes |
Hapoel Ramat Gan
|
Loan | 30 June 2026 |
| Y. Nassar |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| Sagi Pinhas |
Maccabi Bnei Raina
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Between late June and late July 2026, the recorded movement pattern shows a busy transition period involving both player arrivals and player circulation. Incoming activity includes direct transfers for Chico, D. Leidner and Itay Shavit, a free-agent arrival for Y. Ferber, and a substantial group of returns from loan. Outgoing activity spans a loan for R. Olitski, free-agent departures for Yarin Shyovitz, Shon Ben Nesher and others, transfers involving S. Genis, A. Turgeman and L. Loizou, and further loans or returns to former clubs. The same player can appear in different dated movements, as illustrated by Chico and D. Leidner, who are listed both as arrivals on 30 June and as returns to their previous clubs on 29 June. These entries describe movement recorded around the squad and should not be treated as a complete seasonal balance. No recorded fees are provided, so the financial effect cannot be assessed from this summary.
Leagues Hapoel Tel Aviv has participated in
Hapoel Tel Aviv has recent recorded participation in Ligat Ha’al, the State Cup and Toto Cup Ligat Al, with each competition listed through 2025. The club’s competition history also includes Liga Leumit through 2024 and Friendlies Clubs through 2024, both treated here as historical rather than current. Its UEFA Europa League participation is recorded for 2014 only and is likewise historical. The record spans league and cup football in Israel, with a single earlier continental competition entry, but it does not provide results, positions or a 2026 competition outcome.
More about Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club, commonly known as Hapoel Tel Aviv, was founded in 1926 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The club’s traditional colors are red and white, while its historic visual identity is associated with a red star and the sickle-and-hammer emblem. Those symbols reflect the wider Hapoel sports movement and its historical connection with the Histadrut, Israel’s General Organization of Workers.
That background gives Hapoel Tel Aviv a distinctive social and cultural character within Israeli football. The club has long been associated with working-class and left-leaning traditions, while its supporter culture is marked by strong identification, activism and involvement in the club’s wider community. The Tel Aviv Derby with Maccabi Tel Aviv is the defining local rivalry and an important part of the club’s place in the city’s sporting life.
Bloomfield Stadium, shared as a municipal venue in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, is Hapoel Tel Aviv’s contemporary home setting and a central gathering point for its supporters. The stadium sits within a broader local history that includes earlier football and sports grounds in southern and central Tel Aviv, giving the club’s relationship with the city a long geographical continuity.
Hapoel Tel Aviv’s competitive ecosystem is primarily domestic. Its recorded participation includes Ligat Ha’al, the State Cup and Toto Cup Ligat Al, while Liga Leumit and earlier club friendlies are part of the recorded historical profile. The club also has a continental footprint through its UEFA Europa League participation recorded in 2014. Across these settings, its identity has combined Israeli football development with foreign scouting and a squad tradition that balances homegrown pathways, domestic experience and international additions.
Governance has varied over time between member- or supporter-influenced cooperative roots and corporate or investor ownership models. That changing structure has not removed the intensity of supporter engagement, which remains central to Hapoel Tel Aviv’s public identity.
Last matches statistics for Hapoel Tel Aviv
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ludogorets
2 - 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Hapoel Tel Aviv
2 - 0
GKS Katowice
|
6 / 0 |
|
0% | 15 | - | |
|
GKS Katowice
2 - 1
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
3 / 0 |
|
0% | 18 | 2 | |
|
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
1 - 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Atalanta
0 - 0
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
4 / 7 |
|
84 | 15 | 2 | 5 |
|
Hapoel Tel Aviv
0 - 1
Atalanta
|
3 / 11 |
|
88 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
|
Hapoel Haifa
0 - 0
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
4 / 10 |
|
88 | 18 | 3 1 | 1 |
|
Hapoel Tel Aviv
3 - 0
Beitar Jerusalem
|
7 / 15 |
|
0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
|
Hapoel Tel Aviv
4 - 0
Hapoel Ramat Gan
|
8 / 28 |
|
0% | 6 | - | 1 |
|
Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 - 1
Hapoel Tel Aviv
|
4 / 11 |
|
0% | 15 | 3 1 | 5 |
Detailed statistics Hapoel Tel Aviv
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).