Israeli_Premier_League
Israeli Premier League
Top-division men's association football league in Israel
The Israeli Premier League (Hebrew: ליגת העל, Ligat HaAl, lit. 'The Super League') is a professional association football (soccer) league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league. This top tier league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.
| Organising body | Israel Football Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
| Country | Israel |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present) OFC (Oceania; 1985–89) AFC (Asia; 1954–74) |
| Number of teams | 14 (since 2013–14) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Liga Leumit |
| Domestic cup(s) | Israel State Cup Toto Cup (Al) Israel Super Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League |
| Current champions | Maccabi Haifa (15th title) (2022–23) |
| Most championships | Maccabi Tel Aviv (23 titles) |
| TV partners | Charlton Sport, Sport5.co.il |
| Website | www |
| Current: 2023–24 Israeli Premier League | |
The competition formed in 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked 15th in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.[1]
Since 1932, a total of 15 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League. Of the thirty clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, six have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (three times), Hapoel Tel Aviv (twice), Maccabi Haifa (ten times), Maccabi Tel Aviv (six times), and Ironi Kiryat Shmona (once). The current champions are Maccabi Haifa, who won the 2022–23 season.
The Israeli Premier League was founded in 1999 to replace its predecessor Liga Leumit (which became the second division) when the Israel Football Association decided to reshuffle all the leagues in hopes of improving competition. In its first season there were 14 clubs; the top thirteen clubs from the 1998–99 season and the top place club from the Liga Artzit (then, the third division). That season three clubs were relegated and one from Liga Leumit was promoted.[citation needed]
There are 14 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga Leumit while two highest-placed teams of Liga Leumit are promoted in their place. For the 2012–13 season the league was decreased from 16 to 14 clubs as a result of reforms passed by the IFA on 27 June 2011.[2]
The participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 26 matches.
Following this, the top six teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The runners-up and the third-placed teams qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
In addition, the Israeli State Cup winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
If the State Cup winners are also one of the teams to finish in the league's top three places then the fourth-placed team will also play in UEFA Europa Conference League. In case the State Cup winners also win the Israeli Premier League then the second-placed league team will play in first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
In addition, the bottom eight teams will play each other once to avoid two relegation spots.
A total of 30 clubs have played in the Israeli Premier League from its inception in 1999 and the start of the 2022–23 season. For a list of winners and runners-up of the Israeli Premier League since its inception, and top scorers for each season, see List of Israeli football champions.
Three clubs have been members of the Israeli Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Members of the 2023–24 season
The following 14 clubs will compete in the Israeli Premier League during the 2023–24 season.
In recent years, the league has been sponsored. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:
- 1999–2002: Pelephone – a mobile phone company (Ligat Pelephone)[3]
- 2005–2010: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Toto)
- 2010–2016: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Winner)[4]
- 2016–2018: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Ha'al)[5]
- 2018–2019: Japanika – Asian restaurant (Ligat Japanika)[6]
- 2019–2022: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Stock Exchange (Ligat Habursa Leniyarot Erech)[7]
- 2022–2024: ONE ZERO – Digital Bank (Ligat ONE ZERO)[8]
Teams are limited to six foreign players per team. Special circumstances such as Druze players from the Golan (no citizenship) or cases such as that of Toto Tamuz, do not count against the foreign player limit. In addition, players who play in the league for 6 consecutive years do not count against the foreign player limit. Also, Jewish players and players who are married to Israelis are exempt from these restrictions, as they are entitled to Israeli citizenship.
Television
Israeli Premier League games are broadcast live on Sport 1, Sport 1 HD, and Sport 2 channels, with the big match of the week which is reserved to be shown by Sport 5 and Channel 1 HD network television. There is also a league review show on Saturday nights at Sport 5 channel.
Abroad, rights to broadcasting in Hebrew are owned by The Israeli Network which broadcasts the matches in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Costa Rica and in Europe.
In the United Kingdom, William Hill broadcasts matches live with English commentary on their online television service, William Hill TV.
Radio
The rights of broadcasting on the radio belongs to Radio Tel Aviv since 2011, which broadcast alongside Radio Haifa, Radio Darom, Radio Galei Zahal and Radio Darom 101.5 in a show called Saturday of Football which also broadcasts live on ONE TV channel.
Internet
The big match of the week is shown on the Channel 1 website. Since 2010, games summaries are shown online by Ynet, ONE and Sport 5.
Cellular
Since 2012, ONE owns the broadcasting rights, which was previously owned by Sport 5.
Main sources of revenue for the clubs:
- Broadcast rights
- Ticket sales
- Merchandise
- Toto Winner – The Israeli Sports Betting Council
- Sponsorship
In European Leagues:
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- Country ranking
UEFA League Ranking for the 2018–2023 period:[9]
- 19.
(19) 
Croatian Football League (25.400) - 20.
(15) 
Super League Greece (25.225) - 21.
(22) 
Israeli Premier League (25.000) - 22. (21)
Cypriot First Division (24.475) - 23. (23)
Allsvenskan (23.750)
Source: UEFA Coefficients Graphs, 2023 UEFA Country Ranking
For the complete list read the main article.
Performance by club
A star above the crest is awarded for every five titles.
| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
23 | 12 | 1935–36, 1937, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20 |
| Maccabi Haifa ⭐⭐⭐ |
15 | 9 | 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv ⭐⭐ |
13 | 15 | 1933–34, 1934–35, 1938-39, 1940-41, 1943–44, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2009–10 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva ⭐ |
6 | 10 | 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63 |
| Beitar Jerusalem ⭐ |
6 | 6 | 1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08 |
| Maccabi Netanya ⭐ |
5 | 5 | 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva ⭐ |
5 | 3 | 1974–75, 1975–76, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2 | — | 1964–65, 1972–73 |
| Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 1 | 3 | 1989–90 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 1 | 2 | 1944–45[nb 1] |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1 | 1[nb 2] | 1963–64 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 1 | 1998–99 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 1 | 2011–12 |
| British Police[nb 3] | 1 | — | 1931–32 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | — | 1981–82 |
Israeli Premier League (1999–present)
When the Israeli Premier League became the top division of Israeli football in 1999–2000, Liga Leumit became the second division. Since then, only six clubs have won the title; Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem are sometimes referred to as the "Big Four" of Israeli football.[13]
Having won nine titles in the league's 23 seasons, the most successful club during this period is Maccabi Haifa; during the same period Maccabi Tel Aviv have added six to their total while Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv have won two championships each. Although Hapoel Tel Aviv have only finished top of the league twice since 1999—in 1999–2000 and ten years later in 2009–10—they have won the double on both occasions.
This achievement was matched by Beitar Jerusalem in 2007–08. Ironi Kiryat Shmona won their first championship during the 2011–12 season, thereby becoming the first northern title-winners. Maccabi Tel Aviv then won three titles in a row, including a Treble in 2014–15.
- Key
| † | Won the Israel State Cup during the same season. |
| ‡ | Won the League Cup during the same season. |
| § | Won both cups during the same season. |
| (titles) | A running tally of the total number of championships won by each club is kept in brackets. |
- Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.
- Won the League Cup during the same season.
| Season | BEI | HTA | MHA | MTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000–01 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001–02 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002–03 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004–05 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005–06 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007–08 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008–09 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009–10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010–11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011–12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012–13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 3 | – | 10 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022–23 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
Since the 2015–16 season, the Big Four's Dominance has been challenged by Hapoel Be'er Sheva, winning 3 successive championships, they also finished runners up in the 2021-22 season.
Notably, three of the big four teams all finished near or at the bottom of the table at some point. (Hapoel Tel Aviv has been the only one to be relegated so far)
Appearances
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Top scorers
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Player transfer fees
| Rank | Player | Fee (min.) | Date | Transfer | Reference(s) | |
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| 1 |  Eran Zahavi |
€7.23M | 29 June 2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Guangzhou R&F |
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| 2 | Oscar Gloukh |
€7M | 27 January 2023 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Red Bull Salzburg |
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| 3 | Manor Solomon |
€6M | 11 January 2019 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| 4 | Daniel Peretz |
€5M | 25 August 2023 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Bayern Munich |
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| 5 |  Predrag Rajković |
€5M | 23 July 2019 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Reims |
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| 6 |  Yakubu Ayegbeni |
€4.75M | 6 January 2003 | Maccabi Haifa |  Portsmouth |
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| 7 | Dia Saba |
€4.37M | 31 January 2019 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Guangzhou R&F |
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| 8 | Liel Abada |
€4M | 14 July 2021 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |  Celtic |
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| 9 | Gadi Kinda |
€3.7M | 23 January 2020 | Beitar Jerusalem |  Kansas City |
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| 10 | Avi Nimni |
€3.5M | 11 January 1998 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Atlético Madrid |
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The All-time Israeli Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Israeli Premier League since its inception in 1999. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in green are part of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.
| Pos. | Club | S | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GFPG | GA | GAPG | GD | Pts | 1° | 2° | 3° | R | Avg. Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 769 | 412 | 181 | 176 | 1279 | 1.663 | 732 | 0.952 | 547 | 1417 | 9 | 6 | 63.53 | ||
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 23 | 772 | 412 | 188 | 172 | 1253 | 1.623 | 659 | 0.854 | 594 | 1416[nb 4] | 6 | 5 | 5 | 64.36 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 721 | 326 | 203 | 192 | 1035 | 1.436 | 734 | 1.018 | 301 | 1167[nb 5] | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 55.57 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 760 | 311 | 205 | 244 | 1035 | 1.362 | 894 | 1.176 | 141 | 1129[nb 6] | 2 | 6 | 51.32 | ||
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 21 | 684 | 242 | 193 | 249 | 782 | 1.143 | 819 | 1.197 | –37 | 916[nb 7] | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45.8 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 17 | 556 | 249 | 144 | 163 | 809 | 1.455 | 643 | 1.156 | 166 | 891 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 55.69 |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 20 | 688 | 233 | 186 | 269 | 780 | 1.134 | 868 | 1.262 | –88 | 885 | 1 | 3 | 44.25 | ||
| 8 | Ashdod | 22 | 715 | 225 | 197 | 293 | 846 | 1.183 | 997 | 1.394 | –151 | 872 | 2 | 1 | 41.52 | ||
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | 650 | 227 | 178 | 245 | 814 | 1.252 | 867 | 1.334 | –53 | 859 | 2 | 3 | 45.21 | ||
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 17 | 551 | 174 | 164 | 213 | 646 | 1.172 | 715 | 1.298 | –69 | 686 | 1 | 3 | 42.88 | ||
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 17 | 543 | 164 | 149 | 230 | 546 | 1.006 | 709 | 1.306 | –163 | 639[nb 8] | 1 | 39.94 | |||
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 14 | 447 | 167 | 124 | 156 | 545 | 1.219 | 509 | 1.139 | 36 | 625 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48.08 |
| 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13 | 448 | 135 | 115 | 198 | 548 | 1.223 | 678 | 1.513 | –130 | 508[nb 9] | 1 | 3 | 39.08 | ||
| 14 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 9 | 303 | 72 | 90 | 141 | 291 | 0.96 | 436 | 1.439 | –145 | 303[nb 10] | 5 | 33.67 | |||
| 15 | Hapoel Ironi Acre | 8 | 270 | 72 | 81 | 117 | 288 | 1.067 | 389 | 1.441 | –101 | 295[nb 11] | 2 | 36.88 | |||
| 16 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 269 | 66 | 81 | 122 | 251 | 0.933 | 367 | 1.364 | –116 | 279 | 1 | 34.88 | |||
| 17 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 135 | 46 | 34 | 55 | 150 | 1.111 | 178 | 1.319 | –28 | 172 | 43 | ||||
| 18 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 5 | 180 | 41 | 41 | 98 | 195 | 1.083 | 316 | 1.756 | –121 | 164 | 2 | 32.8 | |||
| 19 | Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon | 3 | 106 | 32 | 23 | 51 | 97 | 0.9 | 154 | 1.5 | –57 | 119 | 1 | 39.67 | |||
| 20 | Maccabi Herzliya | 3 | 105 | 25 | 24 | 56 | 113 | 1.076 | 180 | 1.714 | –67 | 99 | 2 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 3 | 101 | 20 | 25 | 56 | 80 | 0.792 | 159 | 1.574 | –79 | 85 | 2 | 28.33 | |||
| 22 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 3 | 103 | 19 | 29 | 55 | 95 | 0.922 | 161 | 1.563 | –66 | 82[nb 12] | 2 | 27.33 | |||
| 23 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 3 | 66 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 71 | 1.076 | 93 | 1.409 | –22 | 80 | 1 | 40 | |||
| 24 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 2 | 72 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 0.806 | 123 | 1.708 | –65 | 57 | 1 | 28.5 | |||
| 25 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 2 | 66 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 58 | 0.879 | 100 | 1.515 | –42 | 57 | 2 | 28.5 | |||
| 26 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 2 | 66 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 54 | 0.818 | 102 | 1.545 | –48 | 57 | 2 | 28.5 | |||
| 27 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2 | 68 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 73 | 1.074 | 143 | 2.103 | –70 | 55[nb 13] | 2 | 27.5 | |||
| 28 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 1 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 0.97 | 54 | 1.636 | –22 | 35 | 35 | ||||
| 29 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 1.03 | 58 | 1.758 | –24 | 27 | 1 | 27 | |||
| 30 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 1 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 0.658 | 85 | 2.237 | –60 | 16 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Total | 23 | 5,039 | 3,731 | 2724 [nb 14] | 3,731 | 12,761 | 2.532 | – | 13,857 [nb 15] | 23 | 45 | 629.86 | |||||
| Ligat HaAl | |
| Liga Leumit | |
| Liga Alef | |
| Liga Bet | |
| Liga Gimel | |
| Clubs that no longer exist |
Notes
- Two regional leagues were held instead of a national championship. Beitar Tel Aviv finished top of the Southern District league while Hapoel Tel Aviv won in the Northern District.[10][11] The IFA recognize both team as league champions for this season.[12]
- In 1944–45, two regional leagues were held instead of a national championship. Beitar Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Avivwon the two divisions, with Maccabi Rehovot and Hapoel Ramat Gan finishing as runners-up.[10][11]
- British Police ceased to exist along its parent organisation, the Palestine Police Force, in 1948.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv were deducted 7 points and had 0-0 tie without points
- Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted 13 points and had 0-0 tie without points
- Beitar Jerusalem were deducted 9 points
- Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted 3 points
- Bnei Sakhnin were deducted 2 points
- Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted 12 points
- Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted 3 points
- Hapoel Ironi Acre were deducted 2 points
- Hapoel Ramat Gan were deducted 4 points
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted 3 points
- 2724 games ended up with a draw, resulting up with 5,448 points
- 58 points were deducted over the years
Table correct as at the end of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League season.
| Club | Best result | S | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
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| Maccabi Haifa | 1st (x10) | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1st (x6) | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1st (x2) | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1st (x2) | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 10 | ||
| F.C. Ashdod | 3rd (x2) | 24 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2nd (x1) | 22 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2nd (x2) | 22 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Bnei Yehuda | 3rd (x1) | 20 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1st (x3) | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Hapoel Haifa | 3rd (x1) | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
| Bnei Sakhnin | 4th (x1) | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1st (x1) | 15 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3rd (x1) | 14 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 8th (x1) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Ironi Acre | 8th (x1) | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 6th (x1) | 8 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9th (x3) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Hadera | 6th (x1) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 4th (x1) | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon | 6th (x1) | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Herzliya | 10th (x1) | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 12th (x1) | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14th (x2) | 3 | 14 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 5th (x1) | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 11th (x2) | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 12th (x1) | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | 13th (x1) | 2 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 12th (x1) | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 12th (x1) | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 11th (x1) | 2 | 11 |
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