2021–22 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored593 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (20 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 6–0 F.C. Ashdod (7 February 2022 (2022-02-07))[1]
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa (25 December 2021 (2021-12-25))[2]
Highest scoringHapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (8 January 2022 (2022-01-08))[3]
Longest winning run10 — Maccabi Haifa[a][4]
Longest unbeaten run16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[b][5]
          Maccabi Haifa[c][4]
Longest winless run13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[d][6]
Longest losing run6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[e][7]
        Maccabi Petah Tikva[e][6]
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22).

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2021–22 season

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Locations of the 2020–22 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
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 Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem 		Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 		Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Nof HaGalil
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Kiryat Shmona Stadium Green Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera 		Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
 Sammy Ofer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Kobi Refua End of contract 30 May 2021 Pre-season Israel Amir Nussbaum[9] 31 May 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Yossi Mizrahi Caretaking spell over 2 June 2021 Netherlands Erwin Koeman[10] 2 June 2021
Maccabi Netanya Netherlands Raymond Atteveld Sacked 29 September 2021 14 Israel Benyamin Lam 4 October 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv Netherlands Patrick van Leeuwen 26 October 2021 12 Israel Barak Yitzhaki (Temporary) 26 October 2021
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Amir Nussbaum 8 November 2021 14 Serbia Israel Slobodan Drapić 9 November 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Netherlands Erwin Koeman Left 1 December 2021 11 Israel Yossi Mizrahi 10 December 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Barak Yitzhaki Caretaking spell over 9 December 2021 4 Serbia Mladen Krstajić 9 December 2021
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Nir Klinger Sacked 19 December 2021 7 Israel Kobi Refua 19 December 2021
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Guy Luzon Left 28 December 2021 14 Israel Nir Klinger 29 December 2021
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Israel Yaron Hochenboim Sacked 5 January 2022 13 Israel Shay Barda 5 January 2022
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Sharon Mimer 18 January 2022 6 Israel Haim Silvas 19 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Yossi Mizrahi Left 26 January 2022 11 Israel Gal Cohen (Temporary) 26 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Gal Cohen Caretaking spell over 3 February 2022 Israel Yossi Abukasis 3 February 2022
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Ronny Levy Sacked 1 March 2022 2 Israel Elyaniv Barda 1 March 2022

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Venezuela Josua Mejías Ghana Richmond Boakye Guinea Kamso Mara Suriname Gleofilo Vlijter
Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Ari Moura Croatia Ante Puljić Nigeria Odah Marshall Guinea Ibrahima Conté Uganda Fahad Bayo Netherlands Fabian Sporkslede France Gaëtan Varenne
State of Palestine Abdallah Jaber
F.C. Ashdod Ghana Montari Kamaheni Ghana Lawrence Ofori Serbia Nenad Cvetković Uganda Timothy Awany Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos Cameroon Martin Atemengue United States Kenny Saief
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Colombia Danilo Asprilla Ghana Eugene Ansah Italy Davide Petrucci Portugal Hélder Lopes Portugal André Martins Brazil Gustavo Marmentini Argentina Mariano Bareiro
Australia Nikita Rukavytsya
Hapoel Hadera Ivory Coast Jonathan Cissé Bulgaria Ivaylo Markov Nigeria Steven Alfred Nigeria Muhammed Usman
Hapoel Haifa The Gambia Saikou Touray Slovenia Alen Ožbolt Serbia Matija Ljujić Nigeria Izuchuckwu Anthony
Ironi Kiryat Shmona England Morgan Ferrier Lithuania Džiugas Bartkus Slovakia Július Szöke
Hapoel Jerusalem Ivory Coast Yao Eloge Koffi Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Panama Eduardo Guerrero Nigeria Adebayo Adeleye Nigeria William Agada Nigeria Bright Enobakhare Ethiopia Awaka Eshata
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Brazil Guti Liberia David Tweh Nigeria John Ogu New Zealand Stefan Marinovic Uganda Luwagga Kizito Cameroon Ernest Mabouka
Hapoel Tel Aviv Montenegro Marko Janković Brazil Farley Rosa Guinea Mohamed Kalil Traoré Lithuania Ernestas Šetkus South Africa Siyanda Xulu France Ange-Freddy Plumain Ukraine Bohdan Sarnavskyi
Maccabi Haifa Guadeloupe Mickaël Alphonse Spain José Rodriguez Ghana Godsway Donyoh Niger Ali Mohamed Serbia Bogdan Planić Suriname Tjaronn Chery United States Josh Cohen
Republic of the Congo Mavis Tchibota
Australia Ryan Strain
Maccabi Netanya Bulgaria Plamen Galabov Cameroon Boris Enow Ghana Patrick Twumasi Serbia Zlatan Šehović Serbia Igor Zlatanović Ivory Coast Parfait Guiagon
Maccabi Petah Tikva Brazil Marcus Diniz Bosnia and Herzegovina Adi Mehremić Nigeria James Adeniyi Moldova Ion Nicolaescu Zambia Lameck Banda Argentina Nico Olsak
Argentina Marco Wolff
Ukraine Daniel Joulani
Maccabi Tel Aviv Croatia Stipe Perica Curaçao Brandley Kuwas Portugal Josué Sá Spain Enric Saborit Serbia Đorđe Jovanović Portugal André Geraldes Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 5 3 62 19 +43 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 16 7 3 39 17 +22 55
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 5 5 48 31 +17 53
4 Bnei Sakhnin 26 12 6 8 28 29 −1 42
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 10 10 6 34 27 +7 40
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 10 8 8 36 31 +5 38
7 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 9 8 22 28 −6 36 Transfer to the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 9 6 11 29 32 −3 33
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 8 6 12 33 37 −4 30
10 F.C. Ashdod 26 8 3 15 28 44 −16 27
11 Hapoel Jerusalem 26 5 8 13 19 35 −16 23
12 Beitar Jerusalem 26 5 7 14 23 36 −13 22
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 5 6 15 27 37 −10 21
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 26 4 8 14 20 45 −25 20
Source: 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.

Regular season results

Home \ Away MHA HBS MTA BnS MNE HTA HAH IKS HHA ASH HJE BEI MPT HNG
Maccabi Haifa — 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 — 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin 0–6 0–0 3–1 — 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–2 — 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Hapoel Hadera 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 — 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 5–1 2–2 3–1
F.C. Ashdod 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–3 — 1–0 2–0 3–4 3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–4 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 0–3 1–0 3–1
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0[f] — 2–1 0–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 — 4–0
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 0–4 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–6 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 —
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Matches 9–18
  2. ^ Matches 1–16
  3. ^ Matches 6–21
  4. ^ Matches 8–20
  5. ^ a b Matches 12–17
  6. ^ The match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem originally ended 1–1. However, Beitar was awarded a 3–0 victory after Hapoel ineligibly fielded 6 foreign players during the match (a team is allowed to field at most 5 foreign players in a match).

Results by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi HaifaDWLWLWWDWWWWWWWWWWDDWLWWDW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWLLWWLDDDWW
Maccabi Tel AvivLDWLWLLWDWDWWDWLWWDWWWWWWW
Bnei SakhninWLDDLWLWDWWLWDLLWLLWWDWDWW
Maccabi NetanyaDLDLWWLDLWLLDWWDDWDDWWDWWD
Hapoel Tel AvivWWDLDWWLDLLDDWWWWDWLLLLDWD
Hapoel HaderaDDDWWWLLDDDWLLLDDWWWWDWLLL
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDLLWDLWLLLWWWWLDWDLLLWDDLW
Hapoel HaifaDWWWLWLWDLLLDLWDLDWWLDLLLL
F.C. AshdodLLLWLLWDDWWWLLLWWLWLLDLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemDLDDLLLWWLLDDWLDLLDLLLWDLW
Beitar JerusalemLWDLDLWLWDLLLLWDLDLLDWLDLL
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDDLWLWLLLDLLLLLLDLLWLDWWL
Hapoel Nof HaGalilDWWLDLLWDLDLLLLLLDLWDDLLDL
Source: soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MHA HBS MTA MNE HTA BnS
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 36 24 6 6 79 27 +52 78 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — 2–0 1–3 4–0 3–0 1–0
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 20 10 6 53 30 +23 70 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–0 — 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 20 9 7 63 38 +25 69 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 5–0 0–0
4 Maccabi Netanya 36 13 13 10 47 41 +6 52 3–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–0 3–0
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 13 11 12 44 47 −3 50 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 — 2–1
6 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 10 13 33 43 −10 49 0–3[12] 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 —
Source: 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.
(C) Champions

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Team ╲ Round27282930313233343536
Maccabi HaifaWWDWLWLLWW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWLDWDLWLDW
Maccabi Tel AvivDDDLWLWWDW
Maccabi NetanyaLDDLWWLWDL
Hapoel Tel AvivLWDWLLDWDL
Bnei SakhninDLDLDWDLLL
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation IKS HAH ASH BEI HHA HJE MPT HNG
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 14 8 11 48 39 +9 50 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
8 Hapoel Hadera 33 11 9 13 34 43 −9 42 1–4 2–3 1–2 3–1
9 F.C. Ashdod 33 12 3 18 37 52 −15 39 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0
10 Beitar Jerusalem 33 9 10 14 35 43 −8 37 3–3 1–0 2–2
11 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 8 16 36 47 −11 35 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2
12 Hapoel Jerusalem 33 8 9 16 25 41 −16 33 0–1 1–0 0–0
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) 33 6 9 18 34 49 −15 27 Relegation to Liga Leumit 4–3 0–0 0–4
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil (R) 33 6 9 18 25 53 −28 27 0–2 0–2 1–0
Source: 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.[13]
(R) Relegated

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round
Team ╲ Round27282930313233
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDWWWWWD
Hapoel HaderaWLLLWLL
F.C. AshdodWLWWLWL
Beitar JerusalemDWWWDWD
Hapoel HaifaDDWLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemLDLLWWW
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDLWDLW
Hapoel Nof HaGalilLDLWLLW
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Relegation Round – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 20
2 Israel Dean David Maccabi Haifa 15
Israel Itamar Shviro Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Croatia Stipe Perica Maccabi Tel Aviv
5 Serbia Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya 12
6 Slovenia Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa 11
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
8 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10
Israel Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva
10 Israel Guy Melamed Bnei Sakhnin 9
Israel Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa
Suriname Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa
Serbia Đorđe Jovanović Maccabi Tel Aviv

Source, as of 17 May 2022:[14]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round
Slovenia Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem 5–1 (H) 29 January 2022 20
Israel Omer Atzili4 Maccabi Haifa F.C. Ashdod 6–0 (H) 7 February 2022 21

Notes

References

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