Football league season
The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League , also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel . It began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit .
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.
Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2017–18 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 Acre
Acre
Acre Stadium
5,000
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 Ra'anana
Ra'anana
Netanya Stadium , Netanya
13,610
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona Stadium
5,300
Maccabi Haifa
Haifa
Sammy Ofer Stadium
30,942
Maccabi Netanya
Netanya
Netanya Stadium
13,610
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.[ 1]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
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.
[ 5] Notes:
^ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Regular season results
^ match originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss
Positions by round
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
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
7
12
8
6
6
10
5
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
Beitar Jerusalem
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
Maccabi Tel Aviv
13
7
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
3
3
Hapoel Haifa
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Maccabi Netanya
6
8
5
8
4
2
4
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Bnei Yehuda
3
4
6
9
11
9
10
11
9
7
9
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Maccabi Petah Tikva
4
6
10
11
10
11
11
8
10
11
10
10
9
10
10
10
10
7
8
8
7
7
8
7
7
7
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
9
9
7
4
5
7
8
9
6
8
6
7
7
7
7
7
8
9
7
7
8
8
7
8
9
8
Bnei Sakhnin
5
3
4
5
9
6
7
7
7
9
8
9
10
8
8
8
7
8
9
9
9
10
9
9
8
9
Maccabi Haifa
12
5
9
7
8
5
6
6
8
6
7
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
9
10
10
10
10
Hapoel Ra'anana
8
10
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
14
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
11
F.C. Ashdod
10
13
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
11
12
12
12
12
12
Hapoel Ashkelon
11
11
12
10
7
8
9
10
11
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
Hapoel Acre
14
14
11
12
12
12
12
14
14
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
Source: [1]
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 2 – 5 3 – 4
1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4
2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5
1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5
3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1
6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3
2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6
6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4
3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6
6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5
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
Notes:
Championship round results
Positions by round
Source: [2]
Relegation round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games )
Rounds
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14
11 - 14 12 - 10 13 - 9 7 - 8
8 - 11 9 - 7 10 – 13 14 - 12
11 - 12 13 - 14 7 - 10 8 - 9
9 - 11 10 - 8 14 - 7 12 - 13
11 - 13 7 - 12 8 - 14 9 -10
10 - 11 14 - 9 12 - 8 13 - 7
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.
[ 10] (R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Relegation round results
Positions by round
Source: [3]
Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Leumit
Season statistics
Top scorers
Source: (Hebrew )[4]
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Round
Reference
Eden Ben Basat
Hapoel Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem
3–3 (A)
16 September 2017
4
[ 11]
Dia Saba
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
4–0
2 October 2017
6
[ 12]
Alon Turgeman
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Acre
4–0
14 October 2017
7
[ 13]
Eliran Atar
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Acre
5–2
29 October 2017
9
[ 14]
Dia Saba
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv
4–1
3 April 2018
28
[ 15]
Guy Melamed
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Netanya
6–1
21 May 2018
36
[ 16]
References
^ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
^ Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5 .
^ Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).
^ "בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One . 29 November 2017.
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules" . Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016 .
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules" . Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017 .
^ Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5 .
^ Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).
^ "בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One . 29 November 2017.
^ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules" . Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017 .
^ Ben Ziv, Guy (16 September 2017). "בדקה ה-94: הפועל חיפה חילצה 3:3 מול בית"ר" [In the 94th minute: Hapoel Haifa salvaged 3:3 against Beitar]. ONE (in Hebrew).
^ "שלושער לסבע, 0:4 למכבי נתניה על מכבי פתח תקווה" [Hat-trick for Saba, 4:0 for Maccabi Netanya over Maccabi Petah Tikva]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 2 October 2017.
^ "הפועל חיפה הביסה 0:4 את הפועל עכו, שלושער לאלון תורג'מן" [Hapoel Haifa defeated Hapoel Acre 4:0, hat-trick for Alon Turgeman]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 14 October 2017.
^ "מכבי תל אביב חזרה לנצח עם 2:5 מוחץ על הפועל עכו, שלושער לעטר" [Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5:2 against Hapoel Acre, hat-trick for Eliran Atar]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 29 October 2017.
^ "דיא והותר: מכבי ת"א הושפלה עם 4:1 לנתניה" [Dia and enough, Maccabi Tel Aviv was humiliated 4:1 by Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 3 April 2018.
^ "בסטייל: ב"ש נפרדה מברדה עם 1:6 על נתניה" [in style: Be'er Sheva farewell from Barda with 6:1 on Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 21 May 2018.
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