yardımcı hakemler: damien macgraith (irl), marc douglas (irl)
4. hakem: graham kelly (irl)
h. kiryat shmona: daniel amos (gk), shir tzedek, barak badash (dk. 77 lászló lencse), el'ad gabai, salah hasarma, bryan gerzicich, shimon abuhazira, darko tasevski (dk. 64 ahmed abed), adrian rochet (c), david solari (dk. 20 ravid gazal), dušan matović
yedekler: itamar nitzan (gk), ben vahaba, lior levi, eytan tibi
teknik direktör: gili landau (isr)
neftçi: rauf mehdiyev (gk), rail melikov (c), igor mitreski, rashad a. sadygov, flavinho (dk. 80 araz abdullayev), julius wobay, nicolás canales, eric ramos, bruno bertucci, cavid imamverdiyev (dk. 59 mirhüseyin seyidov), elvin yunuszade
kiryat shmona put four past neftçi published: wednesday 1 august 2012, 21.15cet hapoel kiryat shmona fc 4-0 neftçi pfk the debutants have one foot in the play-offs after a comprehensive first-leg victory against their azerbaijani visitors.
debutants hapoel kiryat shmona fc took a sizeable step towards a place in the uefa champions league play-offs with a 4-0 first-leg defeat of neftçi pfk.
the deadlock was broken three minutes before the interval, when barak badash converted a penalty. shimon abihazira doubled the lead early in the second half, with bryan gerzicich then scoring twice in six minutes to put the match – and perhaps the tie – beyond neftçi.
the opening goal arrived at the perfect time for the hosts. igor mitreski fouled el'ad gabai, allowing badash to convert the resulting penalty. despite the half-time interval, neftçi failed to regroup and abihazira increased hapoel's advantage seven minutes into the second period, racing onto a long ball and lifting neatly over the onrushing goalkeeper.
gerzicich then stole the show with a quick-fire double, firing in loose balls from substitute ravid gazal's 70th and 76th-minute corners to leave his side in a commanding position going into next wednesday's second leg.