2000–01 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2000–01
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
6th title
RelegatedBnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
Top goalscorerAvi Nimni (25)

The 2000–01 Israeli Premier League season had Maccabi Haifa win the title, while Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated.

The regular season took place from the first match on 12 August 2000 to the final match on 22 April 2001. The table was then divided into two groups, the upper and lower, which had six teams each. Then each team played the other five in their group once. The second stage was held between 27 April 2001 and 26 May 2001.

One team from Liga Leumit was promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The three teams relegated were: Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Final table

First 6 teams played in the top playoffs while the last 6 teams played in the bottom playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 38 24 10 4 68 28 +40 82 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 38 21 12 5 55 29 +26 75 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Hapoel Haifa 38 20 11 7 59 38 +21 71 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 38 19 11 8 73 33 +40 68 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Beitar Jerusalem[c] 38 18 9 11 49 42 +7 62
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 38 12 10 16 58 66 −8 46
7 Maccabi Netanya 38 13 10 15 63 61 +2 49
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 38 13 8 17 43 52 −9 47
9 Ironi Rishon LeZion 38 11 8 19 41 61 −20 41
10 F.C. Ashdod 38 10 8 20 44 57 −13 38
11 Bnei Yehuda (R) 38 8 9 21 38 64 −26 33 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Tzafririm Holon (R) 38 4 4 30 25 85 −60 16
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.
  3. ^ Deducted 1 point.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Bnei Yehuda 2–2 — 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–2
F.C. Ashdod 0–1 2–0 — 1–2 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–2 6–1
Hapoel Haifa 1–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–2 2–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 5–1 3–3 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0
Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 — 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0
Maccabi Haifa 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–3 3–2 0–0 3–0 — 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–2
Maccabi Netanya 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 — 2–0 0–0 1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 — 2–1 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 10–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 — 6–2
Tzafririm Holon 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–6 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — — 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 — — 4–0 — 0–1 —
Bnei Yehuda 2–4 — 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 1–2 — — — — —
F.C. Ashdod — — — 0–2 4–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 — 1–5 —
Hapoel Haifa — — — — — — — 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva — — — 0–0 — — — 2–3 2–1 — 1–2 1–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv — 1–0 — 0–1 2–0 — — — — 3–2 — 2–0
Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–2 — 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 — — — — 1–3 —
Maccabi Haifa 3–0 5–0 — — — 1–1 0–0 — — 1–0 — 4–1
Maccabi Netanya — 2–2 — — — 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 — 0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 1–1 0–3 — 5–1 — 1–0 — — — — —
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 1–0 — — — 2–2 — 1–2 2–1 1–0 — 3–2
Tzafririm Holon 1–0 2–4 0–1 — — — 0–2 — — 1–5 — —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth round

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel-Aviv 25
2 Israel Motti Kakoun Hapoel Petah Tikva 19
3 Romania Viorel Tănase Maccabi Netanya 14
Israel Liron Vilner Maccabi Netanya 14
Israel Itzik Zohar Maccabi Netanya 14
6 Israel Yossi Benayoun Maccabi Haifa 13
Israel Rafi Cohen Maccabi Haifa 13
Israel Amir Turgeman Hapoel Haifa 13
9 Israel Alon Mizrahi Beitar Jerusalem 12
Georgia (country) Klimenti Tsitaishvili Ironi Rishon LeZion 12

See also