Football records and statistics in Israel

This page details football records in Israel.

National team

See Israel national football team records.

League

Records in this section refer to Palestine League from its founding in 1931 to 1947, Israeli League from 1949 to 1950, Liga Alef from 1951 to 1955, Liga Leumit from 1955 to 1999 and to the Premier League since the 1999 season.

Titles

  • Most League titles: 25, Maccabi Tel Aviv (1936, 1937, 1939, 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, 2023-2024)
  • Most consecutive League titles: 5, Hapoel Petah Tikva (1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63)

Top-flight Appearances

Unbeaten runs

  • Longest unbeaten League run: 48, Maccabi Haifa (Liga Leumit, between 3 April 1993 and 10 October 1994)

Points

Team

Promotion and change in position

Goals

Individual

Premier League – Since 1999–2000 season

Titles

Wins

Draws

Losses

Premier League Appearances

Points

Promotion and change in position

Goals

Individual

State Cup

Toto Cup

Most successful clubs overall

Team Domestic Continental Total
Israeli Championships Israel State Cup Toto Cup
(Top division only)
Israel Super Cup Total Asian Champion
Club Tournament
Maccabi Tel Aviv 25 24 8 7 63 2 65
Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 15 1 5 34 1 35
Maccabi Haifa 15 6 5 5 31 31
Beitar Jerusalem 6 7 3 2 18 18
Hapoel Petah Tikva 6 2 4 1 13 13
Maccabi Netanya 5 1 5 11 11
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 1 3 3 11 11
Bnei Yehuda 1 4 2 1 8 8
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2 4 1 7 7
Hapoel Haifa 1 3 2 - 6 6
Hakoah Ramat Gan 2 2 1 5 5
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1 3 1 5 5
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1 2 3 3
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 1 2 1 5 5
British Police 1 1 2 2
Beitar Tel Aviv 2 2 2
Hapoel Lod 1 1 2 2
Shimshon Tel Aviv 2 2 2
Bnei Sakhnin 1 1 1
Hapoel Yehud 1 1 1
Hapoel Jerusalem 1 1 1
Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem 1 1 1
Maccabi Herzliya 1 1 1
Maccabi Yavne 1 1 1
  • The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by an Israeli team.
  • The teams in italic represent a defunct team.

Managers

Player records

Top scorers

As of matches played 29 April 2018
Rank Nat Name Club Years Goals Apps Ratio
1 Israel Alon Mizrahi Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ironi Ashdod, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Ahi Nazareth, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1989–2005 206 404 0.51
2 Israel Oded Machnes Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Maccabi Tel Aviv 1974–1990 196 385 0.51
3 Israel Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem 1989–2008 194 429 0.45
4 Israel Moshe Romano Shimshon Tel Aviv, Beitar Tel Aviv 1965–1982 192 402 0.48
5 Israel Shay Holtzman Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, F.C. Ashdod 1990–2009 169 474 0.36
6 Israel Mordechai Spiegler Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Haifa 1963–1981 168 362 0.63
7 Israel Uri Malmilian Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Kfar Saba 1973–1993 159 480 0.33
8 Israel David Lavi Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv 1973–1988 158 360 0.44
9 Israel Nahum Stelmach Hapoel Petah Tikva, Bnei Yehuda 1952–1970 155 367 0.42
10 Israel Yehoshua Feigenbaum Hapoel Tel Aviv, Shimshon Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Haifa 1964–1983 148 430 0.34

Most appearances

Rank Nat Name Years Apps Goals
1 Israel Arik Benado 1991–2011 573 12
2 Israel Rafi Cohen 1988–2010 546 0
3 Israel Walid Badir 1992–2013 531 71
4 Israel Alon Harazi 1990–2009 526 34
5 Israel Gidi Damti 1968–1989 519 143
6 Israel Liran Strauber 1992–2012 513 0
7 Israel Shlomo Iluz 1978–1996 509 0
8 Israel Menachem Bello 1964–1982 498 1
9 Israel Yigal Antebi 1993–2014 494 14
10 Israel Alon Hazan 1984–2004 483 66

Notes

  1. ^ Even though Mordechai Spiegler scored 38 goals in the 1966–68 season its counted as two seasons, he scored 15 during the 1966–67 season and 23 in the 1967–68 season.
  2. ^ The team winning the cup was registered as Maccabi Tel Aviv B, but fielded the first team squad.

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