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
Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)
Regular season
Bottom playoff
State Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance29 January 2013Round of 32Um Al-Fahm F.C.H5–0Levy 8',38',53'; Glavina 64',89'8,00027 February 2013Round of 16Maccabi Tel AvivA0–2Azriel 30'; Glavina 90'14,50013 April 2013Quarter FinalMaccabi HaifaH0–312,000
Toto Cup
Group C
DateOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance4 August 2012Hapoel Be'er ShevaH0 – 23,5008 August 2012Ironi Ramat HasharonA2 – 2Levy 34'; Elihen 56';1,00011 August 2012FC AshdodH0 – 01,00019 August 2012Hapoel Ramat-GanA2 – 3Levy 5', 57' Elihen 90'1,500
Statistics Goals RankPlayerPositionLigat Ha'AlState CupToto CupTotal1 Avi Reikan1100112 Eran Levy533113 Hen Azriel81094 Amit Ben-Shushan70075 Dominik Glavina33066 Kobi Moyal2002 Tzahi Elihen00228 Haim Megrelashvili1001 Ofir Kriaf1001 Eli Dasa1001 Steven Cohen1001 Dino Škvorc1001 Liron Diamant1001 Zaur Sadayev1001Own goals1001Total437555
Overall {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! !Total !Home !Away !Neutral |- |align=left| Games played || 40 || 21 || 19 || 0 |- |align=left| Games won || 12 || 6 || 6 || 0 |- |align=left| Games drawn || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 |- |align=left| Games lost || 14 || 7 || 7 || 1 |- |align=left| Biggest win || 5–0 vs Umm al-Fahm |- |align=left| Biggest loss || 5–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |- |align=left| Biggest win (League) || 3–0 vs Hapoel Haifa |- |align=left| Biggest win (Cup) || 5–0 vs Umm al-Fahm |- |align=left| Biggest loss (League) || 5–0 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv |- |align=left| Biggest loss (Cup) || 0-3 vs Maccabi Haifa |- |align=left| Clean sheets || 9 || 5 || 4 || 0 |- |align=left| Goals scored || 55 || 29 || 26 || 0 |- |align=left| Goals conceded || 63 || 28 || 35 || 0 |- |align=left| Goal difference || -8 || +1 || -9 || 0 |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || 0 |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || 0 |- |align=left| Yellow cards || 102 || * || * || * |- |align=left| Red cards || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- |align=left| Most appearances || align=left| Ariel Harush (39) || colspan=3|– |- |align=left| Most goals || align=left| Avi Reikan (11) || colspan=3|– |- |align=left| Most assists || align=left| Eran Levy (6) || colspan=3|– |- |align=left| Points || 50/120 (%) || 26/63 (%) || 24/57 (%) ||0 |- |align=left| Winning rate || % || % || % || 0
Starting 11 4–3–3 formation
References
External links Beitar Jerusalem website