Labor Dispute (Tel Aviv) 21054-09-21 AIRES DOS SANTO ALLYSON – Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva – Football Department

03 February 2026

We have before us a lawsuit by a soccer player against the Maccabi Petah Tikva team, in which he played, for payment of social benefits.

The Necessary Background to the Matter

1. The plaintiff is a footballer from Brazil who played for the defendant team during the relevant period.
2. The defendant is an association that operates the "Maccabi Petah Tikva" soccer team that plays in the Premier League (the team).
3. In July 2015, the parties entered into an agreement for a fixed period per season with an option for the team to extend the agreement for another season (the agreement or contract, as the case may be). The salary according to the agreement was determined as follows:

• ILS 242,000 for the 2015/16 season divided into 10 salaries of ILS 24,200.
• 80,000 USD for the 2016/17 season divided into 10 salaries.
• The plaintiff received economics and housing, and from the second year he received ILS 2,000 per car.

The agreement also stipulated consideration for an agent who would represent the plaintiff.

4. In June 2017, the tentative agreement ended.

The parties' arguments

5. According to the plaintiff, upon termination of his employment he did not receive a final account and was not paid severance pay; in addition, the plaintiff claimed that the employment agreement he received was invalid; he did not receive pay slips lawfully; he did not receive special compensation for working on Sundays, his day of rest as a Christian; he did not accrue and redeem vacation days; he did not receive convalescence pay; he did not receive holidays; he did not receive a pension; and he is entitled to withholding wages and severance pay.
6. The group denied all of the plaintiff's claiMs. According to her, mutual claims were conducted between the parties at the Football Association's arbitration institution, so that there was a court action in relation to the claims; In the arbitration award, it was determined on May 5, 2017 that the plaintiff must pay the class ILS 64,500 plus linkage differentials and interest. From this sum, the sum of ILS 28,800 that the group was obligated to pay should be deducted.  The plaintiff remains in debt of ILS 35,700.  But the plaintiff refuses to pay.  This amount must be deducted from the claim; The plaintiff is overpaid and must also be deducted; The plaintiff worked a maximum of 5 days a week.  Each workout lasted up to 4 hours.  Every week there was one league match (sometimes 2 games are exceptional, but then one training session was reduced that week).  There are about 30 games per season.  Each game lasts about 5 hours at most.  As is customary in the industry, the day after matches, the players were given a day off; The training and games were held only from August of each year until May of the following year.  In other words, the plaintiff worked as described only between 8/15 and 5/16 and between 8/16 and 5/17.  In the months of June-July 2016, the plaintiff did not work and was free from any task.  In addition, in the months of 8/15-5/16 and 8/16-5/17 there were weeks without activity due to weather conditions and there was no work; The plaintiff received all the payments that were agreed upon with him; The plaintiff's employment agreement was lawful.  This is an agreement in the format that the team must sign the plaintiff in accordance with the Football Association's regulations and the relevant regulations.  The plaintiff knew his working conditions and enjoyed high rates of payments and favorable working conditions that he received after negotiations he conducted himself and through his representatives; The plaintiff received pay slips lawfully; The plaintiff had many vacation days that he used; The plaintiff's salary included and included the full social payments to which he is entitled; The plaintiff terminated his employment under circumstances that do not entitle him to severance pay.  As noted in the arbitration award, the plaintiff was also offered to play in the 2017/18 season, and for his part, he "behaved and behaved towards the team in bad faith when it tricked it into thinking that he would play for the team in the 2017/18 season by presenting that his handshake was binding as an agreement...".

Discussion and Decision