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
Most points in a season:
Fewest points in a season
Team
Highest finish by a promoted club: 1st, joint record:
Lowest finish by the previous season's champions: 16th out of 16 (relegated), Hapoel Kfar Saba (Liga Leumit, 1982–83 )
Goals
Individual
Premier League – Since 1999–2000 season
Titles
Most titles: 10, Maccabi Haifa
Most consecutive title wins: 3, joint record:
Wins
Most wins in a season: 27, 3, joint record:
Fewest wins in a season: 3, join record:
Most Premier League wins: 395, Maccabi Haifa (1999–present)
Draws
Losses
Most losses in a season: 30, Tzafririm Holon (2000–01 )
Fewest losses in a season: 1, joint record:
Most Premier League losses: 235, F.C. Ashdod (1999–2014, 2015–present)
Premier League Appearances
Most appearances: 20 seasons, joint record:
Most consecutive seasons in the Premier League: 20 seasons, joint record:
Points
Most points in a season:
Fewest points in a season
Goals
Most goals scored in a season: 87, Hapoel Tel Aviv (2009–10 )
Most Premier League goals: 1050, Maccabi Haifa (1999–present)
Fewest goals scored in a season: 14, Maccabi Netanya (2015–16 )
Most goals conceded in a season: 85, Tzafririm Holon (2000–01 )
Most Premier League goals conceded: 808, F.C. Ashdod (1999–2014, 2015–present)
Fewest goals conceded in a season: 10, Maccabi Tel Aviv (2019–20 )
Best points average in the Premier League: 64.94, Maccabi Haifa (1999–present)
Best goal difference in the Premier League: +469, Maccabi Haifa (1999–present)
Worst goal difference in the Premier League: –130p, Hapoel Petah Tikva (1999–2007, 2008–2012, 2013–2014)
Individual
State Cup
Most wins: 24, Maccabi Tel Aviv (1929, 1930,[ 2] 1933, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2021)
Most consecutive wins: 3, Hapoel Tel Aviv (1937, 1938, 1939; 2010, 2011, 2012)
Most appearances: 36, Maccabi Tel Aviv (1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Biggest win: Beitar Tel Aviv 12–1 Maccabi Haifa (1942)
Most goals in a final: 13, Beitar Tel Aviv 12–1 Maccabi Haifa (1942)
Most goals by a losing side: 3 –
Most defeats in a final: 13, Maccabi Tel Aviv (1934, 1938, 1940, 1952, 1962, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2016, 2017)
Toto Cup
Most wins: 7, Maccabi Tel Aviv (1993, 1999, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most consecutive wins: 2, joint record:
Most successful clubs overall
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
Most League title wins: Dror Kashtan , 6 (Hapoel Kfar Saba , Beitar Jerusalem , Maccabi Tel Aviv , Hapoel Tel Aviv )
Most State Cup wins: Dror Kashtan , 6 (Hapoel Lod , Beitar Jerusalem , Maccabi Tel Aviv , Hapoel Tel Aviv )
Most Toto Cup wins: Avram Grant , 5 (Hapoel Petah Tikva , Maccabi Tel Aviv , Maccabi Haifa )
Most Asian Champion Club Tournament wins: Yosef Merimovich , 2 (Hapoel Tel Aviv , Maccabi Tel Aviv )
Player records
Top scorers
As of matches played 29 April 2018
Rank
Nat
Name
Club
Years
Goals
Apps
Ratio
1
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
Oded Machnes
Maccabi Netanya , Maccabi Petah Tikva , Maccabi Tel Aviv
1974–1990
196
385
0.51
3
Avi Nimni
Maccabi Tel Aviv , Beitar Jerusalem
1989–2008
194
429
0.45
4
Moshe Romano
Shimshon Tel Aviv , Beitar Tel Aviv
1965–1982
192
402
0.48
5
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
Mordechai Spiegler
Maccabi Netanya , Hapoel Haifa
1963–1981
168
362
0.63
7
Uri Malmilian
Beitar Jerusalem , Maccabi Tel Aviv , Hapoel Be'er Sheva , Hapoel Kfar Saba
1973–1993
159
480
0.33
8
David Lavi
Maccabi Netanya , Beitar Tel Aviv
1973–1988
158
360
0.44
9
Nahum Stelmach
Hapoel Petah Tikva , Bnei Yehuda
1952–1970
155
367
0.42
10
Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Hapoel Tel Aviv , Shimshon Tel Aviv , Hapoel Jerusalem , Hapoel Ramat Gan , Hapoel Haifa
1964–1983
148
430
0.34
Most appearances
Notes
^ 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.
^ The team winning the cup was registered as Maccabi Tel Aviv B, but fielded the first team squad.
External links
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation