Football league season
The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League was the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel . It began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won a back-to-back title, finishing 13 points ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv .
Teams
A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit .
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League teams
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Teddy Stadium
31,733
Bnei Sakhnin
Sakhnin
Doha Stadium
8,500
Bnei Yehuda
Tel Aviv
HaMoshava Stadium , Petah Tikva
11,500
F.C. Ashdod
Ashdod
Yud-Alef Stadium
7,800
Hapoel Ashkelon
Ashkelon
Sala Stadium
5,250
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Be'er Sheva
Turner Stadium
16,126
Hapoel Haifa
Haifa
Sammy Ofer Stadium
30,942
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba
Levita Stadium
5,800
Hapoel Ra'anana
Ra'anana
Netanya Stadium , Netanya
13,610
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
11,500
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona Stadium
5,300
Maccabi Haifa
Haifa
Sammy Ofer Stadium
30,942
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva
HaMoshava Stadium
11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
13,610
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[ 4]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
All Hapoel Tel Aviv foreign players were released due to budget cuts.
Managerial changes
Regular season
Regular season table
Source:
Israel Football Association ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
[ 6] Notes:
Regular season results
Source:
Israel Football Association Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Championship round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games )
Rounds
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
36th
1 – 6
1 – 2
2 – 6
1 – 4
3 – 6
6 – 1
2 – 1
6 – 2
3 – 2
6 – 3
Championship round table
Source:
Israel Football Association ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
[ 6] (C) Champions;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Championship round results
Relegation round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games )
Rounds
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd
7 – 14
7 – 8
8 – 14
8 – 9
9 – 14
9 – 10
10 – 14
Relegation round table
Source:
Israel Football Association ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
[ 6] (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Relegation round results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.
Team \ Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3
6
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Beitar Jerusalem 6
9
9
5
8
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 7
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Bnei Sakhnin 8
5
8
11
11
13
10
6
8
9
7
7
7
8
6
7
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Maccabi Haifa 5
8
6
4
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
6
6
7
7
7
6
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4
3
5
7
6
7
7
10
6
7
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
6
7
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Hapoel Haifa 10
7
10
6
4
4
6
7
9
11
9
10
11
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
9
8
8
8
F.C. Ashdod 12
14
13
13
14
14
14
14
12
10
10
12
12
12
12
10
9
9
9
9
10
11
10
10
10
9
8
10
10
10
9
9
9
Hapoel Ra'anana 11
13
12
14
12
11
8
8
10
6
8
8
8
7
8
9
9
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
11
9
11
8
10
10
10
Bnei Yehuda 9
10
11
8
10
9
13
12
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
13
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
11
10
11
9
11
11
11
11
Hapoel Ashkelon 2
2
4
9
9
10
12
13
14
14
14
14
13
14
14
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
12
12
12
12
12
Hapoel Kfar Saba 14
12
7
10
7
8
11
11
7
8
12
11
10
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
13
Hapoel Tel Aviv 13
11
14
12
13
12
9
9
11
12
11
9
9
10
10
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
12
13
13
13
13
14
Source: [1] [permanent dead link ]
Season statistics
Top scorers
As of 20 May 2017 Source: [2]
Hat-tricks
Attendances
Football clubs with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:[ 10]
Team
Home average
Maccabi Haifa
19,752
Hapoel Beer Sheva
14,082
References
External links
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