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Israeli Premier League
Organising body	Israel Football Association
Founded	1999; 26 years ago
Country	Israel
Confederation	UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present); OFC (Oceania; 1985–89); AFC (Asia; 1954–74)
Number of clubs	14 (since 2013–14)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga Leumit
Domestic cup(s)	Israel State Cup; Toto Cup (Al); Israel Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League; UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv ; (25th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Maccabi Tel Aviv ; (25 titles)
TV partners	Charlton Sport, Sport 5
Website	football.co.il
	Current: 2024–25 Israeli Premier League

The Israeli Premier League (Hebrew: ליגת העל, Ligat HaAl, lit. 'The Super League') is a professional association football league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league. This top tier league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.

The competition formed in 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked 15th in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.^[1]

Since 1932, a total of 15 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League. Of the thirty clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, six have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (three times), Hapoel Tel Aviv (twice), Maccabi Haifa (ten times), Maccabi Tel Aviv (seven times), and Ironi Kiryat Shmona (once). The current champions are Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won the 2023–24 season.

Background

The Israeli Premier League was founded in 1999 to replace its predecessor Liga Leumit (which became the second division) when the Israel Football Association decided to reshuffle all the leagues in hopes of improving competition. In its first season there were 14 clubs; the top thirteen clubs from the 1998–99 season and the top place club from the Liga Artzit (then, the third division). That season three clubs were relegated and one from Liga Leumit was promoted.^{[citation needed]}

Competition

There are 14 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga Leumit while two highest-placed teams of Liga Leumit are promoted in their place. For the 2012–13 season the league was decreased from 16 to 14 clubs as a result of reforms passed by the IFA on 27 June 2011.^[2]

The participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 26 matches.

Following this, the top six teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The runners-up and the third-placed teams qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

In addition, the Israeli State Cup winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

If the State Cup winners are also one of the teams to finish in the league's top three places then the fourth-placed team will also play in UEFA Europa Conference League. In case the State Cup winners also win the Israeli Premier League then the second-placed league team will play in first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

In addition, the bottom eight teams will play each other once to avoid two relegation spots.

Clubs

A total of 31 clubs have played in the Israeli Premier League from its inception in 1999 and the start of the 2024–25 season. For a list of winners and runners-up of the Israeli Premier League since its inception, and top scorers for each season, see List of Israeli football champions.

Three clubs have been members of the Israeli Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Members of the 2024–25 season

Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem

Locations of the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League teams

The following 14 clubs will compete in the Israeli Premier League during the 2024–25 season.

Club	Position in 2023–24	First season in the Israeli Premier League	Number of seasons in the Israeli Premier League	First season of current spell in Israeli Premier League	Top division titles	Last top division title
Beitar Jerusalem^[a]^[b]	11th	1999–2000	25th	1999–2000	6	2007–2008
Bnei Sakhnin	6th	2009–2010	19th	2020–2021	0	Never
F.C. Ashdod^[b]	10th	1999–2000	24th	2016–2017	0	Never
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3rd	2001–2002	19th	2009–2010	5	2017–2018
Hapoel Hadera	12th	2018–2019	6th	2018–2019	0	Never
Hapoel Haifa^[b]	4th	1999–2000	19th	2009–2010	1	1998–1999
Hapoel Jerusalem^[b]	7th	1999–2000	5th	2021-2022	0	Never
Ironi Tiberias	2nd Liga Leumit	2024–2025	1st	2024–2025	0	Never
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1st Liga Leumit	2007–2008	16th	2024–2025	1	2011–2012
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	5th	2022–2023	3rd	2022–2023	0	Never
Maccabi Haifa^[a]^[b]	2nd	1999–2000	25th	1999–2000	15	2022–2023
Maccabi Netanya	9th	2003–2004	23rd	2017–2018	5	1982–1983
Maccabi Petah Tikva^[b]	8th	1999–2000	22nd	2023–2024	0	Never
Maccabi Tel Aviv^[a]^[b]	1st	1999–2000	25th	1999–2000	25	2023–2024

^ ^a ^b ^c Never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One of the original Israeli Premier League teams

Sponsorship

In recent years, the league has been sponsored. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

1999–2002: Pelephone – a mobile phone company (Ligat Pelephone)^[3]
2005–2010: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Toto)
2010–2016: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Winner)^[4]
2016–2018: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Ha'al)^[5]
2018–2019: Japanika – Asian restaurant (Ligat Japanika)^[6]
2019–2022: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Stock Exchange (Ligat Habursa Leniyarot Erech)^[7]
2022–2024: ONE ZERO – Digital Bank (Ligat ONE ZERO)^[8]

2024- : Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Toto Winner)^[9]

Number of foreigners

Teams are limited to six foreign players per team. Special circumstances such as Druze players from the Golan (no citizenship) or cases such as that of Toto Tamuz, do not count against the foreign player limit. In addition, players who play in the league for 6 consecutive years do not count against the foreign player limit. Also, Jewish players and players who are married to Israelis are exempt from these restrictions, as they are entitled to Israeli citizenship.

Broadcast rights

Television

Israeli Premier League games are broadcast live on Sport 1, Sport 1 HD, and Sport 2 channels, with the big match of the week which is reserved to be shown by Sport 5 and Channel 1 HD network television. There is also a league review show on Saturday nights at Sport 5 channel.

Abroad, rights to broadcasting in Hebrew are owned by The Israeli Network which broadcasts the matches in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Costa Rica and in Europe.

In the United Kingdom, William Hill broadcasts matches live with English commentary on their online television service, William Hill TV.

Radio

The rights of broadcasting on the radio belongs to Radio Tel Aviv since 2011, which broadcast alongside Radio Haifa, Radio Darom, Radio Galei Zahal and Radio Darom 101.5 in a show called Saturday of Football which also broadcasts live on ONE TV channel.

Internet

The big match of the week is shown on the Channel 1 website. Since 2010, games summaries are shown online by Ynet, ONE and Sport 5.

Cellular

Since 2012, ONE owns the broadcasting rights, which was previously owned by Sport 5.

Revenue

Main sources of revenue for the clubs:

Broadcast rights
Ticket sales
Merchandise
Toto Winner – The Israeli Sports Betting Council
Sponsorship

UEFA league ranking

Country ranking in European Leagues

UEFA League Ranking for the 2019–2024 period:

15. (20) Super League Greece (31.525)
16. (17) Danish Superliga (31.450)
17. (21) Israeli Premier League (31.125)
18. (14) Ukrainian Premier League (28.000)
19. (11) Serbian SuperLiga (27.775)

Source: UEFA Coefficients Graphs, 2024 UEFA Country Ranking

Champions

For the complete list read the main article.

Performance by club

A star above the crest is awarded for every five titles.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Maccabi Tel Aviv ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	25	12	1935–36, 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, 2023–24
Maccabi Haifa ⭐⭐⭐	15	10	1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Hapoel Tel Aviv ⭐⭐	13	16	1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2009–10
Hapoel Petah Tikva ⭐	6	10	1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63
Beitar Jerusalem ⭐	6	6	1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08
Maccabi Netanya ⭐	5	5	1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83
Hapoel Be'er Sheva ⭐	5	3	1974–75, 1975–76, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Hakoah Ramat Gan	2	—	1964–65, 1972–73
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1	3	1989–90
Hapoel Ramat Gan	1	—	1963–64
Hapoel Haifa	1	1	1998–99
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1	1	2011–12
British Police^{[nb 1]}	1	—	1931–32
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1	—	1981–82

Israeli Premier League (1999–present)

A stand full of football supporters clad in yellow and blue, beside a pitch. — Maccabi Tel Aviv celebrating their league winners title at the end of the 2012–13 season

When the Israeli Premier League became the top division of Israeli football in 1999–2000, Liga Leumit became the second division. Since then, only six clubs have won the title; Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem are sometimes referred to as the "Big Four" of Israeli football.^[10]

Having won nine titles in the league's 23 seasons, the most successful club during this period is Maccabi Haifa; during the same period Maccabi Tel Aviv have added six to their total while Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv have won two championships each. Although Hapoel Tel Aviv have only finished top of the league twice since 1999—in 1999–2000 and ten years later in 2009–10—they have won the double on both occasions. This achievement was matched by Beitar Jerusalem in 2007–08.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona won their first championship during the 2011–12 season, thereby becoming the first northern title-winners. Maccabi Tel Aviv then won three titles in a row, including a Treble in 2014–15.

Key

^†	Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.
^‡	Won the League Cup during the same season.
^§	Won both cups during the same season.
(titles)	A running tally of the total number of championships won by each club is kept in brackets.

v t e Season	Winners (titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer	Goals	Notes
1999–2000	Hapoel Tel Aviv (11)^{†^[a]}	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Assi Tubi (Maccabi Petah Tikva)	27	–
2000–01	Maccabi Haifa (6)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa^{‡^[b]}	Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel Aviv)	25	^[13]
2001–02	Maccabi Haifa (7)	Hapoel Tel Aviv^{‡^[b]}	Maccabi Tel Aviv^{†^[a]}	Kobi Refua (Maccabi Petah Tikva)	18	–
2002–03	Maccabi Tel Aviv (19)	Maccabi Haifa^{‡^[b]}	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Yaniv Abargil (Hapoel Kfar Saba) • Shay Holtzman (Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod)	18	–
2003–04	Maccabi Haifa (8)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Maccabi Petah Tikva^{‡^[b]}	Ofir Haim (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) • Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod)	16	–
2004–05	Maccabi Haifa (9)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	F.C. Ashdod	Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa)	19	–
2005–06	Maccabi Haifa (10)^{‡^[b]}	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem	Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod)	18	–
2006–07	Beitar Jerusalem (5)	Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yaniv Azran (F.C. Ashdod)	15	–
2007–08	Beitar Jerusalem (6)^{†^[a]}	Maccabi Netanya	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Samuel Yeboah (Hapoel Kfar Saba)	15	–
2008–09	Maccabi Haifa (11)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem^{†^[a]}	Barak Yitzhaki (Beitar Jerusalem) • Shimon Abuhatzira (Hapoel Petah Tikva) • Eliran Atar (Bnei Yehuda)	14	–
2009–10	Hapoel Tel Aviv (13)^{†^[a]}	Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shlomi Arbeitman (Maccabi Haifa)	28	–
2010–11	Maccabi Haifa (12)	Hapoel Tel Aviv ^{†^[a]}	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Toto Tamuz (Hapoel Tel Aviv)	21	–
2011–12	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1)^{‡^[b]}	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Bnei Yehuda	Achmad Saba'a (Maccabi Netanya)	20	–
2012–13	Maccabi Tel Aviv (20)	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Eliran Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv)	22	–
2013–14	Maccabi Tel Aviv (21)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ironi Kiryat Shmona^{†^[a]}	Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)	29	–
2014–15	Maccabi Tel Aviv (22)^{§^[c]}	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Hapoel Be'er Sheva		27	–
2015–16	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem		35	–
2016–17	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (4) ^{‡^[b]}	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv)	19	–
2017–18	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (5)	Maccabi Tel Aviv^{‡^[b]}		Dia Saba (Maccabi Netanya)	24	–
2018–19	Maccabi Tel Aviv (23)^{‡^[b]}	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ben Sahar (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)	15	–
2019–20	Maccabi Tel Aviv (24)	Maccabi Haifa	Beitar Jerusalem^{‡^[b]}	Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa)	22	–
2020–21	Maccabi Haifa (13)	Maccabi Tel Aviv^{§^[c]}	Ashdod	Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa)	19	–
2021–22	Maccabi Haifa (14)^{‡^[b]}	Hapoel Be'er Sheva^{†^[a]}	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa)	20	–
2022–23	Maccabi Haifa (15)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa)	21	–
2023–24	Maccabi Tel Aviv (25)^{‡^[b]}	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Dean David (Maccabi Haifa) • Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)	20	–

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Won the League Cup during the same season.
^ ^a ^b Won both cups during the same season.

"Big Four" dominance

"Big Four" since the start of the Israeli Premier League^[14]
Season	BEI	HTA	MHA	MTA
1999–2000	5	1	2	6
2000–01	5	2	1	4
2001–02	10	2	1	3
2002–03	9	3	2	1
2003–04	9	5	1	2
2004–05	4	9	1	8
2005–06	3	2	1	6
2006–07	1	4	5	3
2007–08	1	7	5	6
2008–09	3	2	1	6
2009–10	5	1	2	3
2010–11	11	2	1	3
2011–12	9	2	5	6
2012–13	10	3	2	1
2013–14	7	4	5	1
2014–15	4	8	5	1
2015–16	3	9	4	2
2016–17	3	14	6	2
2017–18	3	–	10	2
2018–19	7	8	2	1
2019–20	3	5	2	1
2020–21	10	11	1	2
2021–22	10	5	1	3
2022–23	8	10	1	3
2023–24	11	13	2	1

Since the 2015–16 season, the Big Four's Dominance has been challenged by Hapoel Be'er Sheva, winning 3 successive championships, they also finished runners up in the 2021-22 season.

Notably, three of the big four teams all finished near or at the bottom of the table at some point. (Hapoel Tel Aviv has been the only one to be relegated so far)

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Goals	Club
1999–2000	Assi Tubi	27	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2000–01	Avi Nimni	25	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2001–02	Kobi Refua	18	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2002–03	Yaniv Abargil	18	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2002–03	Shay Holtzman	18	Ironi Rishon LeZion / FC Ashdod
2003–04	Ofir Haim	16	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2003–04	Shay Holtzman	16	FC Ashdod
2004–05	Roberto Colautti	19	Maccabi Haifa
2005–06	Shay Holtzman	18	FC Ashdod
2006–07	Yaniv Azran	15	FC Ashdod
2007–08	Samuel Yeboah	15	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2008–09	Barak Yitzhaki	14	Beitar Jerusalem
	Shimon Abuhatzira	14	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	Eliran Atar	14	Bnei Yehuda
2009–10	Shlomi Arbeitman	28	Maccabi Haifa
2010–11	Toto Tamuz	21	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2011–12	Ahmad Saba'a	20	Maccabi Netanya
2012–13	Eliran Atar	22	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2013–14	Eran Zahavi	29
2014–15		27
2015–16		35
2016–17	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	19
2017–18	Dia Saba	24	Maccabi Netanya
2018–19	Ben Sahar	15	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2019–20	Nikita Rukavytsya	22	Maccabi Haifa
2020–21	Nikita Rukavytsya	19
2021–22	Omer Atzili	20
2022–23	Omer Atzili	21
2023–24	Dean David	20	Maccabi Haifa
2023–24	Eran Zahavi	20	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Individual records

Appearances

As of 20 December 2022

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Arik Benado	573
2	Rafi Cohen	546
3	Walid Badir	531
4	Alon Harazi	526
5	Gidi Damti	519
6	Liran Strauber	513
7	Shlomo Iluz	509
8	Miko Bello	498
9	Yigal Antebi	494
10	Alon Hazan	483

Top scorers

As of 4 January 2025

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Alon Mizrahi	206
2	Oded Machnes	197
3	Avi Nimni	194
4	Moshe Romano	192
5	Shay Holtzman	169
6	Mordechai Spiegler	168
6	Eran Zahavi	168
8	Uri Malmilian	159
9	David Lavi	158
10	Nahum Stelmach	155

Player transfer fees

Top transfer fees received by Israeli Premier League clubs
Rank	Player	Fee (min.)	Date	Transfer
1	Anan Khalaily	€7.5M	17 June 2024	Maccabi Haifa	Saint-Gilloise
2	Eran Zahavi	€7.23M	29 June 2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Guangzhou R&F
3	Oscar Gloukh	€7M	27 January 2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Red Bull Salzburg
4	Manor Solomon	€6M	11 January 2019	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	Daniel Peretz	€5M	25 August 2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Bayern Munich
6	Felício Milson	€5M	26 July 2024	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Red Star Belgrade
7	Predrag Rajković	€5M	23 July 2019	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Reims
8	Yakubu Ayegbeni	€4.75M	6 January 2003	Maccabi Haifa	Portsmouth
9	Dia Saba	€4.37M	31 January 2019	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Guangzhou R&F
10	Liel Abada	€4M	14 July 2021	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Celtic

All-time table

The All-time Israeli Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Israeli Premier League since its inception in 1999. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in green are part of the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

Pos.	Club	S	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GFPG	GA	GAPG	GD	Pts	1°	2°	3°	R	Avg. Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa	23	769	412	181	176	1279	1.663	732	0.952	547	1417	9	6			63.53
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23	772	412	188	172	1253	1.623	659	0.854	594	1416^{[nb 2]}	6	5	5		64.36
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	721	326	203	192	1035	1.436	734	1.018	301	1167^{[nb 3]}	2	6	2	1	55.57
4	Beitar Jerusalem	23	760	311	205	244	1035	1.362	894	1.176	141	1129^{[nb 4]}	2		6		51.32
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	21	684	242	193	249	782	1.143	819	1.197	–37	916^{[nb 5]}		1	1	2	45.8
6	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	17	556	249	144	163	809	1.455	643	1.156	166	891	3	2	2	1	55.69
7	Bnei Yehuda	20	688	233	186	269	780	1.134	868	1.262	–88	885			1	3	44.25
8	Ashdod	22	715	225	197	293	846	1.183	997	1.394	–151	872			2	1	41.52
9	Maccabi Netanya	20	650	227	178	245	814	1.252	867	1.334	–53	859		2		3	45.21
10	Hapoel Haifa	17	551	174	164	213	646	1.172	715	1.298	–69	686			1	3	42.88
11	Bnei Sakhnin	17	543	164	149	230	546	1.006	709	1.306	–163	639^{[nb 6]}				1	39.94
12	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	14	447	167	124	156	545	1.219	509	1.139	36	625	1	1	2	1	48.08
13	Hapoel Petah Tikva	13	448	135	115	198	548	1.223	678	1.513	–130	508^{[nb 7]}			1	3	39.08
14	Hapoel Kfar Saba	9	303	72	90	141	291	0.96	436	1.439	–145	303^{[nb 8]}				5	33.67
15	Hapoel Ironi Acre	8	270	72	81	117	288	1.067	389	1.441	–101	295^{[nb 9]}				2	36.88
16	Hapoel Ra'anana	8	269	66	81	122	251	0.933	367	1.364	–116	279				1	34.88
17	Hapoel Hadera	4	135	46	34	55	150	1.111	178	1.319	–28	172					43
18	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	5	180	41	41	98	195	1.083	316	1.756	–121	164				2	32.8
19	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	3	106	32	23	51	97	0.9	154	1.5	–57	119				1	39.67
20	Maccabi Herzliya	3	105	25	24	56	113	1.076	180	1.714	–67	99				2	33
21	Hapoel Ashkelon	3	101	20	25	56	80	0.792	159	1.574	–79	85				2	28.33
22	Hapoel Ramat Gan	3	103	19	29	55	95	0.922	161	1.563	–66	82^{[nb 10]}				2	27.33
23	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	3	66	20	20	26	71	1.076	93	1.409	–22	80				1	40
24	Hapoel Jerusalem	2	72	14	15	43	58	0.806	123	1.708	–65	57				1	28.5
25	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	2	66	12	21	33	58	0.879	100	1.515	–42	57				2	28.5
26	Sektzia Ness Ziona	2	66	13	18	30	54	0.818	102	1.545	–48	57				2	28.5
27	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	2	68	15	13	40	73	1.074	143	2.103	–70	55^{[nb 11]}				2	27.5
28	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	1	33	8	11	14	32	0.97	54	1.636	–22	35					35
29	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	1	33	7	6	20	34	1.03	58	1.758	–24	27				1	27
30	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	1	38	4	4	30	25	0.658	85	2.237	–60	16				1	16
31	Ironi Tiberias	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
Total		23	5,039	3,731	2724 ^{[nb 12]}	3,731	12,761		2.532		–	13,857 ^{[nb 13]}	23			45	629.86

League or status at 2024–25:
	Ligat HaAl
	Liga Leumit
	Liga Alef
	Liga Bet
	Liga Gimel
	Clubs that no longer exist

Notes

^ British Police ceased to exist along its parent organisation, the Palestine Police Force, in 1948.
^ Maccabi Tel Aviv were deducted 7 points and had 0-0 tie without points
^ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted 13 points and had 0-0 tie without points
^ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted 9 points
^ Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted 3 points
^ Bnei Sakhnin were deducted 2 points
^ Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted 12 points
^ Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted 3 points
^ Hapoel Ironi Acre were deducted 2 points
^ Hapoel Ramat Gan were deducted 4 points
^ Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted 3 points
^ 2724 games ended up with a draw, resulting up with 5,448 points
^ 58 points were deducted over the years

Record of finishing positions of clubs in the Israeli Premier League

Table correct as at the end of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League season.

Club	Best result	S	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24
Maccabi Haifa	1st (x10)	26	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	5	1	2	1	5	2	5	5	4	6	10	2	2	1	1	1	2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1st (x7)	26	6	4	3	1	2	8	6	3	6	6	3	3	6	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	1
Beitar Jerusalem	1st (x2)	26	5	5	10	9	9	4	3	1	1	3	5	11	9	10	7	4	3	3	3	7	3	10	10	8	11
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1st (x2)	24	1	2	2	3	5	9	2	4	7	2	1	2	2	3	4	8	9	14		8	5	11	5	10	13
F.C. Ashdod	3rd (x2)	25	8	10	4	7	7	3	8	7	8	8	6	12	7	7	8	14		9	12	12	8	3	9	6	10
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2nd (x1)	23	4	8	8	6	3	2	5	6	10	7	8	7	14		12	6	7	4	8	13		5	13		8
Maccabi Netanya	2nd (x2)	23	10	7	7	4	11		7	2	2	4	10	6	4	13		9	14		5	4	10	7	4	5	9
Bnei Yehuda	3rd (x1)	20	11	11		10	6	6	4	9	9	5	4	4	3	4	14		8	11	6	5	7	13
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1st (x3)	20			5	5	4	12					9	9	13	8	2	3	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	3
Hapoel Haifa	3rd (x1)	20	7	3	11			11					11	10	12	9	11	12	12	8	4	11	6	9	11	7	4
Bnei Sakhnin	4th (x1)	20					10	10	12		4	9	7	13	8	12	6	7	5	5	11	14		12	6	9	6
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1st (x1)	16									3	12		5	1	5	3	2	11	7	7	10	12	6	7	13
Hapoel Petah Tikva	3rd (x1)	14	3	6	6	8	8	7	9	12		10	13	14	16			13									14
Hapoel Kfar Saba	8th (x1)	9	12			11			10	8	11								10	13			11	14
Hapoel Ironi Acre	8th (x1)	8											12	8	10	11	10	11	13		14
Hapoel Ra'anana	6th (x1)	8											15				9	10	6	10	9	9	14
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	9th (x3)	5	9	9	9	12									15
Hapoel Hadera	6th (x1)	7																				6	9	8	8	12	12
Hapoel Jerusalem	4th (x1)	5	14																						12	4	7
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	6th (x1)	3													11	6	13
Maccabi Herzliya	10th (x1)	3	13							10	12
Hapoel Ashkelon	12th (x1)	3												15						12	13
Hapoel Ramat Gan	14th (x2)	3											14	16		14
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	5th (x1)	3						5	11																14
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	11th (x2)	2								11		11
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	12th (x1)	2					12						16
Sektzia Ness Ziona	13th (x1)	2																					13			14
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	12th (x1)	1			12
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	12th (x1)	1		12
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	5th (x1)	3																								11	5
Irony Tiberias	? (x1)	1

References

^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2021". kassiesa.net. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "This season will have no halving of points" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ Daskal, Oriel (7 August 2013). "80 מיליון שקל על ליגת העל, לא הגזמנו?" [80 million shekel for the Premier League, haven't we exaggerated?]. Calcalist (in Hebrew).
^ "ליגת העל בכדורגל היא מהיום "ליגת ווינר"" [The Football Premier League is from now on "Winner League"]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 1 July 2010.
^ Blech, Dor (18 July 2016). "כך ייראה הסכם השיווק הבא של ליגת העל" [This is how the next sponsorship deal of the Premier League will look]. Haaretz (in Hebrew).
^ "ליגת העל תיקרא מעתה "ליגת ג'פניקה"" [The Premier League will be called "Japanika League" from now on]. ynet (in Hebrew). 23 August 2018.
^ Ben Shimol, David (28 May 2019). "שמה החדש של ליגת העל: ליגת הבורסה לניירות ערך" [The New Name of the Premier League: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange League]. ynet (in Hebrew).
^ Lipkin, Gidi (31 March 2022). "ליגת ONE ZERO: ספונסר חדש לכדורגל ישראלי" [ONE ZERO League: New sponsor to the Israeli football] (in Hebrew).
^ Lipkin, Gidi (3 July 2024). "Toto Winner - the sponsor of the Premier League in football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ Sinai, Allon (20 July 2011). "Local Soccer: Season schedule released". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
^ Bleicher, Yaniv (13 September 2009). "Israel 2000/01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
^ Adar, Shaul (October 2010). "Walid objection". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
^ Maccabi Haifa's final match of the 2000–01 season, at home against Maccabi Tel Aviv, was abandoned after 82 minutes with Maccabi Haifa 3–2 ahead when supporters attempted to invade the pitch, resulting in a crush which injured 41 people. Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded a 2–0 victory.^[11]^[12]
^ "Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2008.

External links

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[a-3] Never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League

[b-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g One of the original Israeli Premier League teams

[S-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.

[L-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Won the League Cup during the same season.

[T-19] Won both cups during the same season.

[police-12] British Police ceased to exist along its parent organisation, the Palestine Police Force, in 1948.

[21] Maccabi Tel Aviv were deducted 7 points and had 0-0 tie without points

[22] Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted 13 points and had 0-0 tie without points

[23] Beitar Jerusalem were deducted 9 points

[24] Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted 3 points

[25] Bnei Sakhnin were deducted 2 points

[26] Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted 12 points

[27] Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted 3 points

[28] Hapoel Ironi Acre were deducted 2 points

[29] Hapoel Ramat Gan were deducted 4 points

[30] Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted 3 points

[31] 2724 games ended up with a draw, resulting up with 5,448 points

[32] 58 points were deducted over the years

[1] "UEFA Country Ranking 2021". kassiesa.net. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[2] "This season will have no halving of points" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[5] Daskal, Oriel (7 August 2013). "80 מיליון שקל על ליגת העל, לא הגזמנו?" [80 million shekel for the Premier League, haven't we exaggerated?]. Calcalist (in Hebrew).

[6] "ליגת העל בכדורגל היא מהיום "ליגת ווינר"" [The Football Premier League is from now on "Winner League"]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 1 July 2010.

[7] Blech, Dor (18 July 2016). "כך ייראה הסכם השיווק הבא של ליגת העל" [This is how the next sponsorship deal of the Premier League will look]. Haaretz (in Hebrew).

[8] "ליגת העל תיקרא מעתה "ליגת ג'פניקה"" [The Premier League will be called "Japanika League" from now on]. ynet (in Hebrew). 23 August 2018.

[BursaSponsor-9] Ben Shimol, David (28 May 2019). "שמה החדש של ליגת העל: ליגת הבורסה לניירות ערך" [The New Name of the Premier League: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange League]. ynet (in Hebrew).

[DigitalBankSponsor-10] Lipkin, Gidi (31 March 2022). "ליגת ONE ZERO: ספונסר חדש לכדורגל ישראלי" [ONE ZERO League: New sponsor to the Israeli football] (in Hebrew).

[sponsor-11] Lipkin, Gidi (3 July 2024). "Toto Winner - the sponsor of the Premier League in football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[jpost20110720-13] Sinai, Allon (20 July 2011). "Local Soccer: Season schedule released". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

[israel2001-16] Bleicher, Yaniv (13 September 2009). "Israel 2000/01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2011.

[wscadar-17] Adar, Shaul (October 2010). "Walid objection". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.

[18] Maccabi Haifa's final match of the 2000–01 season, at home against Maccabi Tel Aviv, was abandoned after 82 minutes with Maccabi Haifa 3–2 ahead when supporters attempted to invade the pitch, resulting in a crush which injured 41 people. Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded a 2–0 victory.^[11]^[12]

[20] "Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2008.

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