Adar Ratner

Central Midfielder - Maccabi Petach Tikva
18 Oct 2026
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Marked for Adar Ratner

11 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Roee Fucs says Maccabi Petach Tikva went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Nowaf Bazia signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nowaf Bazia commits to Maccabi Petach Tikva for another 3 years.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ben Lederman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Late improvement for Dor Hebron

At 25 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near José Cortés

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Dor Hebron and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A promise honoured at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Something was said to Ben Lederman and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Nir Shechter was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Maccabi Petach Tikva dressing room was either.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Maor Erlich gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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8 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

José Cortés runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 48. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ben Lederman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match19 Sep 2026

3 matches without a goal for Maccabi Petach Tikva

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Idan Dahan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Nir Shechter was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Maccabi Petach Tikva dressing room was either.

Match19 Sep 2026

Maccabi Petach Tikva and Hapoel Acre cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Hapoel Acre came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

Ben Vahaba faces his old club

Hapoel Raanana next, and one man in the Maccabi Petach Tikva dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Edson

Nobody at Maccabi Petach Tikva is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

Market21 Sep 2026

Aviv Salem placed on the list

Maccabi Petach Tikva have made Aviv Salem available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

2 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Maccabi Petach Tikva rebuffed over Daniel Dappa

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hapoel Tel Aviv have kept their man, and Maccabi Petach Tikva go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Adar Ratner stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adar Ratner and Maccabi Petach Tikva agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Maccabi Petach Tikva training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ofek Biton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market10 Aug 2026

Maccabi Petach Tikva promote Guy Natcho from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guy Natcho has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Omer Natcho joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Omer Natcho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Sagiv Cohen steps up from the Maccabi Petach Tikva academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sagiv Cohen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Almog Refaelov joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Almog Refaelov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Eitan Tibi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad10 Aug 2026

7 new faces, and Maccabi Petach Tikva are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

1 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Nowaf Bazia signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nowaf Bazia commits to Maccabi Petach Tikva for another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adar Ratner was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Eitan Tibi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Maccabi Petach Tikva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Maccabi Petach Tikva try to borrow Ben Lederman

Maccabi Tel Aviv have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Maccabi Petach Tikva ask about Roee Fucs

A loan enquiry to Maccabi Haifa: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Nowaf Bazia's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Adar Ratner knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Adar Ratner trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Maccabi Petach Tikva and Omer Shirazi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Maccabi Petach Tikva, another week without a signature from Omer Shirazi.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Samuel Owusu handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Samuel Owusu. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

In brief