2016–17 in Israeli football

Season

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The 2016–17 season is the 69th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 90th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Premier League	Ashdod !Ashdod Hapoel Ashkelon !Hapoel Ashkelon	Hapoel Acre !Hapoel Acre Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya
Liga Leumit	Ironi Nesher !Ironi Nesher Maccabi Sha'arayim !Maccabi Sha'arayim	Maccabi Yavne !Maccabi Yavne Maccabi Kiryat Gat !Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Liga Alef	Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Robi Shapira Haifa F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Tira	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Bnei Eilat Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon
Liga Bet	F.C. Julis Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt Shimshon Tel Aviv Nordia Jerusalem Maccabi Ashdod	Ahi Bir al-Maksur Hapoel Bnei Maghar Ihud Bnei Baqa F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Ironi Beit Dagan Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat
Ligat Nashim (women)	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	Bnot Netanya

IFA Competitions

League Competitions

2016–17 Israeli Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
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.^[1]

2016–17 Ligat Nashim

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Petah Tikva !Hapoel Petah Tikva	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualification to Championship round
2	ASA Tel Aviv University	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	F.C. Ramat HaSharon !F.C. Ramat HaSharon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	F.C. Kiryat Gat !F.C. Kiryat Gat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera !Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Youth Academy !Youth Academy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Relegation round
7	Maccabi Holon !Maccabi Holon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Bnot Sakhnin !Bnot Sakhnin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Bnot Netanya !Bnot Netanya	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Play-off.^[2]

International Club Competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–2	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	0–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	0–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	0–1

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	5–4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5–2	0 – 2

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sloboda Tuzla	0–1	Beitar Jerusalem	0–0	0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Gorica	3–0	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	2–2 (3–5 p)	Nõmme Kalju	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Kairat	2–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	1–2
Beitar Jerusalem	3–3 (a)	Omonia	1–0	2–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–3	1–2
Jelgava	1–4	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	0–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	Saint-Étienne	1–2	0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–3 (4–3 p)	Hajduk Split	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	AZ	DUN	MTA
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (A)	5	5	0	0	15	5	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–0	2–1	2–0
2	AZ	5	1	2	2	3	8	−5	5	Advance to knockout phase	8 Dec	—	1–1	1–2
3	Dundalk	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	4		1–2	0–1	—	1–0
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4		3–4	0–0	8 Dec	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
(A) Advance to a further round.

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPA	SOU	HBS	INT
1	Sparta Prague (A)	5	4	0	1	7	4	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	2–0	3–1
2	Southampton	5	2	1	2	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase	3–0	—	8 Dec	2–1
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7		0–1	0–0	—	3–2
4	Internazionale (E)	5	1	0	4	5	10	−5	3		8 Dec	1–0	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SFK	HaS	KHA	RIG
1	SFK 2000 (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Knockout phase	—	1–0	—	3–0
2	Ramat HaSharon	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6		—	—	1–0	—
3	Zhytlobud Kharkiv	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4		2–2	—	—	2–0
4	Rīgas FS	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0		—	0–4	—	—

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

UEFA Youth League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Youth League

First round (Champions Path)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	14	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	5 Oct	19 Oct

National Teams

National team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	3	1	0	15	1	+14	10	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Italy	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	10	Possible second round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Israel	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
4	Albania	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
5	Macedonia	4	0	0	4	4	11	−7	0
6	Liechtenstein	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
5 September 2016	2018 World Cup Qual.	Italy	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa	1–3	Ben Haim II
6 October 2016	2018 World Cup Qual.	Macedonia
9 October 2016	2018 World Cup Qual.	Liechtenstein
12 November 2016	2018 World Cup Qual.	Albania
24 March 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	Spain
11 June 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	Albania

Women's National Team

2017 Women's Euro qualification (group 8)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	8	7	1	0	29	2	+27	22	Final tournament
2	Austria	8	5	2	1	18	4	+14	17	Final tournament
3	Wales	8	3	2	3	13	11	+2	11
4	Kazakhstan	8	1	1	6	2	30	−28	4
5	Israel	8	0	2	6	2	17	−15	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
15 September 2016	2017 Women's Euro qual.	Wales
19 September 2016	2017 Women's Euro qual.	Norway

U-21 National team

2017 European U-21 qualifying round (Group 4)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	8	2	0	34	5	+29	26	Final tournament
2	Israel	10	6	3	1	21	4	+17	21
3	Greece	10	4	1	5	13	14	−1	13
4	Albania	10	3	3	4	11	20	−9	12
5	Hungary	10	3	3	4	19	16	+3	12
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	1	40	−39	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
2 September 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.	Portugal	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira	0–0
6 September 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.	Liechtenstein	HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	4–0	E. Peretz, M. Ohana (2), Barshazky
6 October 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.	Greece
10 October 2016	2017 U-21 Euro qual.	Albania

U-19 National team

2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Israel	Elite round
2	Scotland	Elite round
3	Liechtenstein	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Andorra (H)

First match(es) will be played on 25 October 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
9 August 2016	Friendly	Romania	Centrul National De Fotbal, Buftea	4–0^[4]	Mahamid (2), Y. Levi, Abu Pani
11 August 2016	Friendly	Romania	Centrul National De Fotbal, Buftea	2–1^[5]^[6]	Mahamid (2)
1 September 2016	Tournament Cele	Ukraine	Stadion na Somborskoj kapiji, Subotica	1–2^[7]	Almog
2 September 2016	Tournament Cele	Hungary	Gradski Stadion, Bačka Topola	3–0^[7]	Aharon, Almog
5 September 2016	Tournament Cele	Serbia	Stadion na Somborskoj kapiji, Subotica	1–3^[8]^[9]	Abu Pani
25 October 2016	2017 U-19 Euro qual. round	Liechtenstein
27 October 2016	2017 U-19 Euro qual. round	Andorra
30 October 2016	2017 U-19 Euro qual. round	Scotland

U-19 Women's National team

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Elite round
2	Slovenia (H)	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Israel	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Greece (E)	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host.

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
8 September 2016	2017 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Russia	Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci	1–1	Cabrera
10 September 2016	2017 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Slovenia	Lendava Sports Park, Lendava	0–0
13 September 2016	2017 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Greece

U-18 National team

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
3 September 2016	Friendly	Italy	Edgeley Park, Stockport	1–4^[10]	Goldberg
5 September 2016	Friendly	England	Globe Arena, Morecambe	1–5^[11]	Nadir

U-17 National team

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Poland	Elite round
2	Israel (H)	Elite round
3	Iceland	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Armenia

First match(es) will be played on 1 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

2016–17 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
17 August 2016	Friendly	Bulgaria	National Team Complex, Shefayim	1–0^[12]	Berkovic
18 August 2016	Friendly	Bulgaria	National Team Complex, Shefayim	3–0^[13]	Dahan, Cana'an, Kartsev
9 September 2016	Four Nations, Germany	Italy	Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt	1–1^[14]	Hen
11 September 2016	Four Nations, Germany	Netherlands	bluechip-Arena, Meuselwitz	0–2^[15]
13 November 2016	Four Nations, Germany	Germany
1 November 2016	2017 U-17 Euro qual. round	Armenia
3 November 2016	2017 U-17 Euro qual. round	Iceland
6 November 2016	2017 U-17 Euro qual. round	Poland

U-17 Women's National team

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Switzerland	Elite round
2	Denmark	Elite round
3	Slovakia	Possible qualification based on ranking
4	Israel (H)

First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

2016–17 results

Date	Competition	Opponent
20 September 2016	2017 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Denmark
22 September 2016	2017 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Switzerland
25 September 2016	2017 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Slovakia

U-16 National team

Valentin Ivanov Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	13	0	+13	7
2	Israel	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Source: RFS
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2016–17 results

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[3]	Scorers
16 August 2016	Valentin Ivanov Tournament	Lithuania	Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow	2–0^[16]^[17]	Joabra, Nathaniel
18 August 2016	Valentin Ivanov Tournament	Moldova	Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow	2–1^[18]	Ovadia (2)
20 August 2016	Valentin Ivanov Tournament	Russia	Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow	2–2	Nathaniel, Ovadia

References

↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Championship Regulations" (PDF) (in Hebrew). IFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Israel's score written first
↑ Romania-Israel 9/8/2016 IFA (Hebrew)
↑ Romania-Israel 11/8/2016 IFA (Hebrew)
↑ Israel câștigă și al doilea meci împotriva României FRF (Romanian)
1 2 Youth A Team in Cele Tournament 2 September 2016, IFA (Hebrew)
↑ Fudbaleri Srbije (U19) osvojili 23. memorijal "Stevan Ćele Vilotić 6 September 2016, Subotica.com (Serbian)
↑ Youth Team Lost in the Tournament Cele Final 6 September 2016, IFA (Hebrew)
↑ Under-18s: Azzurrini beat Israel with Gabbia and Gori netting braces Vivo Azzuro, 4 September 2016
↑ Globe-trotting display from five-star England Under-18s The FA, 5 September 2016
↑ Wins for U-17 and U-16 National Teams IFA, 17 August 2016 (Hebrew)
↑ U-17 National Team Won 3:0 Against Bulgaria IFA, 18 August 2016 (Hebrew)
↑ Israel U17 – Italy U17 DFB, 9 September 2016 (German)
↑ Netherlands U17 – Israel U17 DFB, 11 September 2016 (German)
↑ Lithuania-Israel 16/8/2016 IFA (Hebrew)
↑ Израиль победил Литву RFU (Russian)
↑ U16 Team Beat Moldova 2:1 IFA, 19 August 2016 (Hebrew)

Seasons in Israeli football

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Domestic leagues

Israeli Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel

Ligat Nashim Israeli Noar Premier League

Domestic cups

State Cup
- Final
Toto Cup
- 2016–17 Al
- 2016–17 Leumit
Super Cup

Youth State Cup

Women's Cup

European competitions

Transfers

Summer 2016
Winter 2017

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League

Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Ra'anana
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Liga Leumit

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Afula
Hapoel Bnei Lod
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Ironi Nesher
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Sha'arayim

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