2016–17 Israeli Premier League
Season | 2016–17 |
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Matches played | 42 |
Goals scored | 105 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Tal Ben Haim (8 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Haifa 5-0 Hapoel Ashkelon |
Biggest away win |
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Sakhnin 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda 0–3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Highest scoring | Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Highest attendance |
27,754 [1] Maccabi Haifa 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (22 August 2016) |
Lowest attendance |
600 [2] Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–0 Hapoel Ra'anana (20 August 2016) |
Average attendance | 6,292 [3] |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2016. |
The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League is the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2016 and will end in May 2017. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are the defending champions.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Stadia and locations
Beitar Jerusalem [4] | Bnei Yehuda [5] | Bnei Sakhnin [6] | F.C. Ashdod [7] |
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Teddy Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Doha Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
Capacity: 31,733 | Capacity: 11,500 | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 8,200 |
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Hapoel Ashkelon [8] | Hapoel Be'er Sheva [9] | ![]() 2016–17 Israeli Premier League (Israel) | |
Sala Stadium | Turner Stadium | ||
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 16,100 | ||
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Hapoel Haifa [10] | Hapoel Kfar Saba [11] | ||
Sammy Ofer Stadium | Levita Stadium | ||
Capacity: 30,820 | Capacity: 5,800 | ||
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Hapoel Ra'anana [12] | Hapoel Tel Aviv [13] | ||
Netanya Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | ||
Capacity: 13,800 | Capacity: 11,500 | ||
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Ironi Kiryat Shmona [14] | Maccabi Haifa [15] | Maccabi Petah Tikva [16] | Maccabi Tel Aviv [17] |
Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Netanya Stadium |
Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 30,820 | Capacity: 11,500 | Capacity: 13,800 |
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Personnel and sponsorship
Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Bnei Sakhnin | ![]() |
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Givova | Toyga |
Bnei Yehuda | ![]() |
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Kappa | Azrieli Group |
F.C. Ashdod | ![]() |
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Nike | SeeMe |
Hapoel Ashkelon | ![]() |
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Joma | Albar |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ![]() |
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Puma | Mobli |
Hapoel Haifa | ![]() |
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Diadora | |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | ![]() |
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Macron | Trigo |
Hapoel Ra'anana | ![]() |
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Umbro | ME Tel Aviv |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | ![]() |
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Nike | Cmec |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
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Umbro | Ituran |
Maccabi Haifa | ![]() |
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Nike | Honda |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | ![]() |
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Macron | Panorama North |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
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Adidas |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[18]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
End of contract | 16 May 2016 | Pre-season | ![]() |
18 May 2016 |
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ![]() |
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24 May 2016 | |||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | ![]() |
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31 May 2016 | |||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Signed By Ajax | 24 May 2016 | ![]() |
16 June 2016 | |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() |
End of contract | 1 June 2016 | ![]() |
4 June 2016 | |
Maccabi Haifa | ![]() |
Sacked | 27 July 2016 | ![]() |
9 August 2016 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Became a sports director | 20 September 2016 | 12th | ![]() |
20 September 2016 |
Regular season
Regular season table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 28 | Qualification to Championship round |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 20 | |
3 | Maccabi Haifa | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 20 | |
4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 19 | |
5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 15 | |
6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 14 | |
7 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 13 | Qualification to Relegation round |
8 | Hapoel Haifa | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 13 | |
9 | Ashdod | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 11 | |
10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 11 | |
11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 11 | |
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 11 | |
13 | Bnei Yehuda | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | |
14 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 7 |
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.[19]
Regular season results
Home ╲ Away | ASH | BEI | BnS | BnY | HAS | HBS | HHA | HKS | HRA | HTA | IKS | MHA | MPT | MTA |
Ashdod | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
Beitar Jerusalem | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||||||||||
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |||||||||||
Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | ||||||||||
Hapoel Ashkelon | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |||||||||||
Hapoel Haifa | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | ||||||||||
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
Hapoel Ra'anana | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |||||||||||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | |||||||||||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |||||||||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
Updated to games played on 24 October 2016.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs
Championship round
Championship round table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.[20]
Relegation round
Relegation round table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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7 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
14 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.[21]
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beitar Jerusalem | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Haifa | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Ra'anana | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bnei Sakhnin | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Ashkelon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bnei Yehuda | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
F.C. Ashdod | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Source: Israel Football Association
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round | |
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round | |
Relegation to 2016–17 Liga Leumit |
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 15 October 2016
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv | 8 |
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Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 5 |
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Hapoel Haifa | 4 |
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Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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References
- ↑ "Premier League: Maccabi Haifa defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 : 0". walla.co.il. Retrieved 23 August 2016.(Hebrew)
- ↑ "Premier League: Irony Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Raanana separated in 0: 0". walla.co.il. Retrieved 20 August 2016.(Hebrew)
- ↑ "Average home attendance in 2016/2017 season". walla.co.il. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ Beitar Jerusalem Vanue
- ↑ Bnei Yehuda Vanue
- ↑ Bnei Sakhnin Vanue
- ↑ F.C. Ashdod Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Ashkelon Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Haifa Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Kfar Saba Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Ra'anana Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv Vanue
- ↑ Ironi Kiryat Shmona Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Haifa Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Petah Tikva Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv Vanue
- ↑ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
- ↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Hapoel Ashkelon 3 - 2 Hapoel Haifa". 20 August 2016.