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Israeli Premier League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Maccabi Haifa ; 8th title
Relegated	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth ; Maccabi Netanya
Top goalscorer	Shay Holtzman / Ofir Haim (16 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Israeli Premier League season was held between 13 September 2003 and 22 May 2004. For the first time, there were two Israeli Arab clubs in the top division; Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Bnei Sakhnin.

Maccabi Haifa won the title, whilst Nazareth and Maccabi Netanya were relegated. Bnei Sakhnin (who qualified for Europe by winning the State Cup) became the first Arab club to spend more than a single season in the top flight.

Teams and Locations

Locations of the 2003–04 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2003-04 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2002-03 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2002-03 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were promoted as champions of the 2002-03 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as runners up. Both Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Bnei Sakhnin made their debut in the top flight.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Ironi Rishon LeZion were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2002-03 season.

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	21,600
Bnei Yehuda	Bloomfield Stadium	15,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	14,002
Bnei Sakhnin^[A]	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	14,002
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Vasermil Stadium	13,000
F.C. Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium	7,800
Maccabi Netanya	Sar-Tov Stadium	7,500
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium	6,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium	6,800
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth^[A]	Beit She'an Municipal Stadium	3,000

^ ^ The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Beitar Jerusalem	Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Vasermil Stadium

Maccabi Haifa Bnei Sakhnin	Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva	F.C. Ashdod
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium

Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Sar-Tov Stadium	Beit She'an Municipal Stadium

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	33	19	6	8	54	25	+29	63	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	16	9	8	35	22	+13	57	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	16	8	9	49	35	+14	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	16	7	10	48	36	+12	55	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	13	10	10	48	37	+11	49
6	Bnei Yehuda	33	12	9	12	34	42	−8	45
7	F.C. Ashdod	33	11	9	13	47	49	−2	42
8	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	11	9	13	46	52	−6	42
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	10	9	14	32	42	−10	39
10	Bnei Sakhnin	33	8	11	14	31	38	−7	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
11	Maccabi Netanya (R)	33	8	7	18	28	52	−24	31	Relegated to Liga Leumit
12	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth^[a] (R)	33	8	6	19	40	62	−22	27	Relegated to Liga Leumit

Source: futbol24.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Deducted 3 points

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	BnY	ASH	HBS	HPT	HTA	MAN	MHA	MNE	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0
Bnei Sakhnin	0–2	—	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–1	—	2–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0
F.C. Ashdod	2–1	1–0	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	3–3	3–5	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	4–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–2
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	2–1	0–4	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–3	0–2	—	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1
Maccabi Haifa	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	—	4–0	0–0	0–1
Maccabi Netanya	1–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	4–3	—	3–0	0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	—	2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	BnY	ASH	HBS	HPT	HTA	MAN	MHA	MNE	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	—	—	0–3	—	1–0	3–2	—	0–1	—	2–4	—
Bnei Sakhnin	0–0	—	1–1	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–0
Bnei Yehuda	2–0	—	—	—	1–6	—	—	0–2	—	1–0	0–1	1–0
F.C. Ashdod	—	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	—	—	—	—	0–0	3–2	2–1	—	2–1	1–3	—
Hapoel Petah Tikva	—	1–3	1–2	0–3	—	—	2–2	4–1	0–2	—	—	—
Hapoel Tel Aviv	—	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	—	3–2	1–0	—	—	0–1
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	0–0	1–0	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	2–3	—
Maccabi Haifa	—	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	0–1
Maccabi Netanya	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–3	2–0	—	1–0	—	0–3	—
Maccabi Petah Tikva	—	2–1	—	2–2	—	2–1	2–1	—	0–1	—	—	—
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	—	—	—	1–0	3–0	—	1–1	—	2–0	0–0	—