2020–21 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	2020–21
Dates	22 August 2020 – 30 May 2021
Champions	Maccabi Haifa
Relegated	Bnei Yehuda; Hapoel Kfar Saba
Champions League	Maccabi Haifa
Europa Conference League	Maccabi Tel Aviv; F.C. Ashdod; Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Matches played	240
Goals scored	561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikita Rukavytsya; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin; (14 September 2020)
Biggest away win	Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv; (28 December 2020); Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem; (6 January 2021)
Highest scoring	Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin; (14 September 2020); Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–3 Hapoel Haifa; (13 December 2020)
Longest winning run	10 — Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run	22 — Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run	13 — Hapoel Kfar Saba
Longest losing run	6 — Hapoel Kfar Saba
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange^[3] for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 79th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 22 August 2020 and concluded on 30 May 2021.

Teams edit

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted teams from the 2019–20 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Petah Tikva were promoted as the winners of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. The two teams returned just one year after their relegation.

Hapoel Ra'anana and Sektzia Nes Tziona were relegated to the 2020–21 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2019–20 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Stadiums and locations edit

Locations of the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium^[4]	31,733
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Doha Stadium^[5]	8,500
Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
F.C. Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium^[6]	7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Turner Stadium^[7]	16,126
Hapoel Hadera	Hadera	Netanya Stadium^[8]	13,610
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium^[9]	30,942
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona Stadium^[10]	5,300
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium^[11]	30,942
Maccabi Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Stadium^[12]	13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium^[13]	11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400

Beitar Jerusalem	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Stadium

Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Kfar Saba
Netanya Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium

F.C. Ashdod	Bnei Sakhnin	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium	Doha Stadium	Turner Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Moshe Hogeg	Slobodan Drapić Shai Berda	Idan Vered	Umbro	Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin	Fawzi Hameed	Sharon Mimer	Ali Ottman	Givova	——
Bnei Yehuda	Barak Abramov	Yossi Abukasis	Dan Mori	Lotto	——
F.C. Ashdod	F.C. Ashdod Supporters trust	Ran Ben Shimon	Tom Ben Zaken	Nike	Cooko
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Ronny Levy	Loai Taha	Kelme	Machsaney HaShuk
Hapoel Hadera	Oren Golan	Meni Koretski	Menashe Zalka	Lotto	Printer Center
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Haim Silvas	Dor Malul	Diadora	Moked Hat'ama
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Itzhak Shum	Elisha Levy	Omer Fadida	Macron	Advice
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Nisanov Group	Nir Klinger	Omri Altman	Macron	Hcsra Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Kobi Refua	Idan Nachmias	Kelme	Ituran
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Barak Bakhar	Neta Lavi	Nike	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Raymond Atteveld	Almog Cohen	Lotto	Panorama North
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Avraham Luzon	Guy Luzon	Arik Yanko	Macron	Jucky
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Patrick van Leeuwen	Sheran Yeini	Fila	PenguinPickUp

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.^[14]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem	Matheusinho	Marko Janković	Ali Mohamed	Santiago Ocampos	Gleofilo Vlijter	Antoine Conte	Nico Olsak^[a]
Bnei Sakhnin	Lukas Spendlhofer	Sebastián Velásquez	Dane Kelly	Ikouwem Udo	Nigel Hasselbaink
Bnei Yehuda	Allyson	Pedro Campos	Fatos Bećiraj	Yussif Moussa	Matija Ljujić	George Fochive
F.C. Ashdod	Montari Kamaheni	Abdul Mugees Zakaria	Moussa Bagayoko	Nenad Cvetković	Fahad Bayo	Timothy Awany
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Marcelo Meli	Farley Rosa	Jonathan Agudelo	Elton Acolatse	Josué Pesqueira	Miguel Vítor	Mariano Bareiro^[a]
Hapoel Haifa	Jasmin Burić	William Agada
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jamie Hopcutt	Amadou Soukouna	Florent Hasani	Domantas Šimkus	Sodiq Atanda	Luwagga Kizito
Hapoel Hadera	Gustavo Marmentini	Jonathan Cissé	Sékou Doumbia	Muhammed Usman Edu	Odah Marshall
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Emmanuel Boateng	Ernestas Šetkus	Siyanda Xulu
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Lúcio Maranhão	Saikou Touray	Eugene Ansah	Džiugas Bartkus	Mike Amanga
Maccabi Haifa	Ernest Mabouka	José Rodriguez	Godsway Donyoh	Tjaronn Chery	Yanic Wildschut	Bogdan Planić	Nikita Rukavytsya^[b] Josh Cohen^[a]
Maccabi Netanya	Aboubacar Junior Doumbia	Fernand Gouré	Kevaughn Frater	Kellian van der Kaap	Zlatan Šehović	Lameck Banda
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Marcus Diniz	Morgan Ferrier	Elvis Sakyi	Armando Cooper	Abdiel Arroyo	Jucie Lupeta
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Enric Saborit	Luis Hernández	Eduardo Guerrero	André Geraldes	Aleksandar Pešić	Uroš Nikolić	Nick Blackman^[a] Daniel Tenenbaum^[a]

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry.
^ Born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status.

Managerial changes edit

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Vladimir Ivić	End of contract	6 July 2020^[15]	Pre-season	Giorgos Donis^[16]	12 August 2020
Maccabi Haifa	Marco Balbul	End of contract	7 July 2020^[17]		Barak Bakhar^[18]	8 July 2020
Maccabi Netanya	Slobodan Drapić	Sacked	16 July 2020^[19]		Raymond Atteveld^[20]	16 July 2020
Beitar Jerusalem	Ronny Levy	Sacked	28 August 2020^[21]		Slobodan Drapić^[22]	4 September 2020
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Elisha Levy	Left	7 October 2020	6	Nir Berkovic	12 October 2020
Bnei Sakhnin	Eldad Shavit	Left	14 October 2020	14	Nisso Avitan	18 October 2020
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Nir Berkovic	Sacked	26 November 2020	5	Kfir Edri (caretaker)	26 November 2020
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Amir Turgeman		13 December 2020	8	Elisha Levy^[23]	28 December 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Giorgos Donis		23 December 2020	5	Patrick van Leeuwen	23 December 2020
Hapoel Hadera	Sharon Mimer		28 January 2021	13	Meni Koretski	29 January 2021
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Yossi Abukasis	Left	30 January 2021	5	Ronny Levy	17 February 2021
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Kfir Edri	Caretaking spell over	1 February 2021	12	Yossi Abukasis	1 February 2021
Bnei Sakhnin	Nisso Avitan	Sacked	28 February 2021	14	Sharon Mimer	1 March 2021
Beitar Jerusalem	Slobodan Drapić	Left	20 March 2021	8	Yossi Mizrahi	21 March 2021
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Elisha Levy	Sacked	21 March 2021	13	Ravid Gazal	29 March 2021
Hapoel Haifa	Haim Silvas	Sacked	5 April 2021	10	Elisha Levy	5 April 2021

Regular season edit

Regular season table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	26	19	2	5	52	20	+32	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	17	7	2	48	21	+27	58
3	F.C. Ashdod	26	13	4	9	37	25	+12	43
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	11	5	10	26	28	−2	38
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	9	10	7	31	29	+2	37
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	11	4	11	24	23	+1	37
7	Maccabi Netanya	26	9	7	10	35	30	+5	34	Transfer to the Relegation round
8	Beitar Jerusalem	26	8	8	10	31	32	−1	32
9	Hapoel Hadera	26	8	8	10	26	28	−2	32
10	Hapoel Haifa	26	7	9	10	30	37	−7	30
11	Bnei Sakhnin	26	8	5	13	15	36	−21	29
12	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	6	9	11	17	28	−11	27
13	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	5	15	19	33	−14	23
14	Bnei Yehuda	26	5	7	14	15	36	−21	22

Source: 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.

Regular season results edit

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	BnY	ASH	HAH	HBS	HHA	HKS	HTA	IKS	MHA	MNE	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	2–3	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–0
Bnei Sakhnin	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–2
Bnei Yehuda	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2
F.C. Ashdod	2–0	0–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–2
Hapoel Hadera	0–4	4–0	0–0	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	—	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–1
Hapoel Haifa	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	—	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–4
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	0–3	1–4	2–1	0–2
Maccabi Haifa	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2
Maccabi Netanya	1–2	7–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	—	3–2	1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	—

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round edit

The table lists the results of teams in each round
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
Team ╲ Round
Beitar Jerusalem	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L
Bnei Sakhnin	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W
Bnei Yehuda	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L
F.C. Ashdod	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Hapoel Hadera	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W
Hapoel Haifa	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L
Hapoel Kfar Saba	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L
Hapoel Tel Aviv	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W
Maccabi Haifa	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Maccabi Netanya	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L
Maccabi Petah Tikva	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L
Maccabi Tel Aviv	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round edit

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

	Leader and Qualification for the Championship round
	Qualification for the Championship round
	Qualification for the Relegation round

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
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Haifa	4	1	1	2	3	1	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	6	7	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
F.C. Ashdod	13	7	4	5	6	9	3	5	3	3	2	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2	4	5	7	8	5	1	2	4	6	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	7	5	5	4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	8	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	5
Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	2	2	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	5	4	3	3	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	6
Maccabi Netanya	8	5	7	4	5	3	4	7	6	4	4	5	8	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7
Beitar Jerusalem	7	6	8	9	2	6	9	9	12	9	11	10	12	11	9	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8
Hapoel Hadera	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	11	9	12	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	9
Hapoel Haifa	12	11	11	13	12	12	10	10	8	10	8	7	7	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10
Bnei Sakhnin	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	12	10	12	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	13	14	14	12	13	12	11
Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	12
Hapoel Kfar Saba	5	9	3	6	7	7	7	8	9	11	12	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	13
Bnei Yehuda	1	3	6	3	4	2	6	4	5	8	9	9	10	9	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship round edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Rounds
27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4	1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4	2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5	1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5	3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1	6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3	2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6	6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4	3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6	6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5

Championship round table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MHA	MTA	ASH	HBS	MPT	IKS
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	36	24	7	5	72	29	+43	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round	—	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–0
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	21	12	3	65	33	+32	75	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2
3	F.C. Ashdod	36	15	9	12	48	39	+9	54		0–3	1–2	—	2–2	0–0	1–1
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	11	15	10	45	43	+2	48		1–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–0	3–2
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	36	13	7	16	32	38	−6	46		1–2	0–3	1–3	0–0	—	2–0
6	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	36	12	10	14	37	45	−8	46		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—

Source: 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.^[26]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the 2020–21 Israel State Cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv, qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position, the last Europa Conference League berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team.^[24]^[25]

Results by round edit

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Haifa	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W
Maccabi Tel Aviv	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	D
F.C. Ashdod	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W
Maccabi Petah Tikva	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	L
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	D

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Haifa	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
F.C. Ashdod	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= 2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round; = 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round^[24]^[25]

Relegation round edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Rounds
27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14	11 – 14 12 – 10 13 – 9 7 – 8	8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12	11 – 12 13 – 14 7 – 10 8 – 9	9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13	11 – 13 7 – 12 8 – 14 9 – 10	10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7

Due to 2 teams that play in the Bloomfield Stadium qualified to this round, and in order to insure that all the last games of this round, can be played in the same time (for purity reasons), the order of the games, has been changed, affecting fixtures 29, 30, 32 and 33.

Rounds
29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd
11 – 13 7 – 12 8 – 14 9 – 10	10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7	9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13	8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12	11 – 12 13 – 14 7 – 10 8 – 9

Relegation round table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	MNE	HAH	HHA	BEI	HTA	BNS	BnY	HKS
7	Maccabi Netanya	33	13	9	11	43	34	+9	48				2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
8	Hapoel Hadera	33	13	9	11	40	34	+6	48		2–2		3–0		0–1	1–0
9	Hapoel Haifa	33	11	9	13	40	48	−8	42					3–1		1–0	1–3	3–2
10	Beitar Jerusalem	33	10	10	13	40	43	−3	40			0–3				3–1	2–2	3–1
11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	9	11	13	24	35	−11	38				0–2	0–0				2–2
12	Bnei Sakhnin	33	9	7	17	22	45	−23	34						2–3		1–1	3–0
13	Bnei Yehuda (R)	33	8	9	16	27	46	−19	33	Relegation to Liga Leumit	1–2	2–3			1–0
14	Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)	33	6	6	21	26	49	−23	24	Relegation to Liga Leumit	0–1	1–2					1–2

Source: 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.^[27]
(R) Relegated

Results by round edit

The table lists the results of teams in each round
Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Netanya	D	W	L	W	W	D	W
Hapoel Hadera	L	W	W	W	W	D	W
Hapoel Haifa	L	W	L	W	W	W	L
Beitar Jerusalem	W	L	D	D	L	W	L
Hapoel Tel Aviv	W	L	W	D	D	L	W
Bnei Sakhnin	D	D	W	L	L	L	L
Bnei Yehuda	W	D	D	L	L	W	W
Hapoel Kfar Saba	L	L	L	L	D	L	L

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Netanya	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Hapoel Hadera	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Hapoel Haifa	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9
Beitar Jerusalem	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Hapoel Tel Aviv	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Bnei Sakhnin	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	12
Bnei Yehuda	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Hapoel Kfar Saba	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Relegation to Liga Leumit

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikita Rukavytsya	Maccabi Haifa	19
2	Tjaronn Chery	Maccabi Haifa	12
2	Liel Abada	Maccabi Petah Tikva	12
4	Eliran Atar	Beitar Jerusalem	11
5	Eugene Ansah	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	10
	Aleksandar Pešić	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Yonatan Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	Gavriel Kanichowsky	Maccabi Netanya	9
	Dean David	Ashdod
	Josué	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
11	Sagiv Yehezkel^[a]	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	8
	Lúcio Maranhão	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
	Odah Marshall	Hapoel Hadera
	Hanan Maman	Hapoel Haifa
	Dolev Haziza	Maccabi Haifa
	Godsway Donyoh	Maccabi Haifa
	Omer Fadida	Hapoel Kfar Saba

Source:^[28]

^ Started the season at F.C. Ashdod

Hat-tricks edit

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Reference
Yonas Malede^[a]	Maccabi Netanya	Bnei Sakhnin	7–0 (H)	14 September 2020	Report
Odah Marshall	Hapoel Hadera	Bnei Sakhnin	4–0 (H)	25 November 2020	Report
Eliran Atar	Beitar Jerusalem	Hapoel Hadera	4–0 (A)	6 January 2021	Report

^ Scored four goals.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Maccabi Tel Aviv". soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Hapoel Kfar Saba". soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "רשמית: הבורסה הפכה לספונסרית של ליגת העל". One.co.il.
^ Beitar Jerusalem venue
^ Bnei Sakhnin venue
^ F.C. Ashdod venue
^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva venue
^ Hapoel Hadera venue
^ Hapoel Haifa venue
^ Ironi Kiryat Shmona venue
^ Maccabi Haifa venue
^ Maccabi Netanya venue
^ Maccabi Petah Tikva venue
^ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
^ "איביץ מסיים את תפקידו במכבי תל אביב". maccabi-tlv.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "גאורגיוס דוניס מונה למאמן מכבי". www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ "הודעת נשיא המועדון, יעקב שחר". mhaifafc.com/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ ""החיבור שלי עם המועדון הוא מגיל צעיר"". mhaifafc.com/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "מועדון הכדורגל מכבי נתניה גאה להציג את הצוות המקצועי לעונת 2020-2021". www.facebook.com/Fcmn2/?hc_ref=ARSoZdvUp4ag8GHto6rWNf2Me7RcpVDCK851RwdSujFUUVolbtf1tb--CIKCGzdLViw&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "מועדון הכדורגל מכבי נתניה גאה להציג את הצוות המקצועי לעונת 2020-2021". www.facebook.com/Fcmn2/?hc_ref=ARSoZdvUp4ag8GHto6rWNf2Me7RcpVDCK851RwdSujFUUVolbtf1tb--CIKCGzdLViw&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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^ ^a ^b "There's no Europe: Hapoel Tel Aviv's appeal was rejected". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 24 May 2021.
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[fpl2-15] Born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry.

[fpl1-16] Born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status.

[table_note_res_ECL2Q0.80573204336955-28] Since the 2020–21 Israel State Cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv, qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position, the last Europa Conference League berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team.^[24]^[25]

[31] Started the season at F.C. Ashdod

[33] Scored four goals.

[MTA-1] "Maccabi Tel Aviv". soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[HKS-2] "Hapoel Kfar Saba". soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[3] "רשמית: הבורסה הפכה לספונסרית של ליגת העל". One.co.il.

[4] Beitar Jerusalem venue

[5] Bnei Sakhnin venue

[6] F.C. Ashdod venue

[7] Hapoel Be'er Sheva venue

[8] Hapoel Hadera venue

[9] Hapoel Haifa venue

[10] Ironi Kiryat Shmona venue

[11] Maccabi Haifa venue

[12] Maccabi Netanya venue

[13] Maccabi Petah Tikva venue

[14] Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.

[17] "איביץ מסיים את תפקידו במכבי תל אביב". maccabi-tlv.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[18] "גאורגיוס דוניס מונה למאמן מכבי". www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[19] "הודעת נשיא המועדון, יעקב שחר". mhaifafc.com/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[20] ""החיבור שלי עם המועדון הוא מגיל צעיר"". mhaifafc.com/ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[21] "מועדון הכדורגל מכבי נתניה גאה להציג את הצוות המקצועי לעונת 2020-2021". www.facebook.com/Fcmn2/?hc_ref=ARSoZdvUp4ag8GHto6rWNf2Me7RcpVDCK851RwdSujFUUVolbtf1tb--CIKCGzdLViw&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[22] "מועדון הכדורגל מכבי נתניה גאה להציג את הצוות המקצועי לעונת 2020-2021". www.facebook.com/Fcmn2/?hc_ref=ARSoZdvUp4ag8GHto6rWNf2Me7RcpVDCK851RwdSujFUUVolbtf1tb--CIKCGzdLViw&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[23] "אחרי ההדחה: רוני לוי פוטר מאימון בית"ר ירושלים" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[24] "הכסף מדבר: פרטי החוזה של דראפיץ' וברדה בבית"ר" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[25] "אלישע לוי מונה למאמן הפועל כפר סבא" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[4th1-26] "Hapoel's appeal rejected, 4th place to Europe". Sports Channel (Israel) (in Hebrew). 24 May 2021.

[4th2-27] "There's no Europe: Hapoel Tel Aviv's appeal was rejected". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 24 May 2021.

[soccerway12753-29] "Ligat ha'AL 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[30] "Ligat ha'AL 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[Stats-32] "Stock Exchange League stats". football.co.il. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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