2023–24 Israeli Premier League

The 2023–24 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 82nd season of top-tier football in Israel.

Israeli Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates26 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played199
Goals scored507 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerEran Zahavi (16 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (14 January 2024 (2024-01-14))
Biggest away winHapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (26 September 2023 (2023-09-26))
F.C. Ashdod 0–5 Maccabi Haifa (25 February 2024 (2024-02-25))
Highest scoringBeitar Jerusalem 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (23 December 2023 (2023-12-23))
Longest winning run10 ‍–‍ Maccabi Tel Aviv[i]
Longest unbeaten run16 ‍–‍ Maccabi Haifa[ii]
Longest winless run9 — Hapoel Jerusalem[iii]
Longest losing run5 — 4 Teams
Highest attendance28,787
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Hapoel Haifa
(11 February 2024 (2024-02-11))
All statistics correct as of 19 April 2024.

Teams edit

The league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Liga Leumit (Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Petah Tikva). Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the top flight after a single season, while Hapoel Petah Tikva returned after 9 seasons (for the first time since the 2014–15 season). They replaced the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Sektzia Ness Ziona.

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium[iv] 5,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium 13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Green Stadium
     
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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   Barak Abramov   Barak Yitzhaki   Ofir Kriaf Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin   Mohammed Abu Younes   Slobodan Drapić   Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif White - Sakhnin Dairy
F.C. Ashdod   Rafi Niddam   Eli Levy   Tom Ben Zaken Nike Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Alona Barkat   Elyaniv Barda   Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera   Yakir Schwartz   Haim Silvas   Menashe Zalka Umbro BTB
Hapoel Haifa   Yoav Katz   Ronny Levy   Dor Malul Diadora Leos
Hapoel Jerusalem   Yotam Karmon   Ziv Arie   Ofek Bitton Legea Alon Ventures
Hapoel Tel Aviv   David Mincberg   Salim Tuama   Dan Einbinder Adidas Hcsra Insurance
Hapoel Petah Tikva   Almog Portman   Benyamin Lam   Ram Levy Lotto Mivne Group
Maccabi Bnei Reineh   Saeed Basoul   Sharon Mimer   Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa   Ya'akov Shahar   Messay Dego   Lior Refaelov Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya   Eyal Segal   Marco Balbul   Aviv Avraham Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Avraham Luzon   Ran Kojok   Mohammed Hindy Kelme Jucky
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Jack Angelides   Robbie Keane   Sheran Yeini Fila Israel Canada

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bnei Sakhnin   Kobi Refua[2] End of contract 20 May 2023 Pre-season   Slobodan Drapić[3] 20 May 2023
Ashdod   Ran Ben Shimon[4] Mutual agreement   Eli Levy[4]
Maccabi Haifa   Barak Bakhar[5] Signed by Red Star Belgrade   Messay Dego[6]
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Haim Silvas[7] Mutual agreement   Michael Valkanis[8] 3 June 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Aitor Karanka[9] Sacked 25 June 2023   Robbie Keane[10] 26 June 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Michael Valkanis Signed by Ajax 30 October 2023 7th   Borja Lema 30 October 2023
Maccabi Netanya   Ran Kojok Sacked 23 December 2023 11th   Guy Tzarfati 24 December 2023
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Benyamin Lam 2 January 2024 10th   Ran Kojok 5 January 2024
Hapoel Hadera   Nissim Avitan 16 January 2024 13th   Haim Silvas 17 January 2024
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Borja Lema 27 January 2024 7th   Salim Tuama (Temporary) 27 January 2024
Beitar Jerusalem   Yossi Abukasis Left 31 January 2024 8th   Gal Cohen (Temporary) 1 February 2024
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Salim Tuama (Temporary) Caretaking spell over 6 February 2024 8th   Yossi Abukasis 6 February 2024
Hapoel Petah Tikva   Ofer Tesselpepe Sacked 11 February 2024 14th   Benyamin Lam 12 February 2024
Beitar Jerusalem   Gal Cohen (Temporary) Caretaking spell over 18 February 2024 11th   Barak Yitzhaki 19 February 2024
Maccabi Netanya   Guy Tzarfati Sacked 1 April 2024 11th   Marco Balbul 1 April 2024
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Yossi Abukasis 28 April 2024 13th   Salim Tuama (Temporary) 28 April 2024

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem   Miguel Silva   Plamen Galabov   Ismaila Soro   Nika Khorkheli   Mayron George   Fred Friday   Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin   Konstantinos Sotiriou   Stéphane Oméonga   Adrian Păun   Claudio Spinelli   Alaa Aldeen Hassan
  Abed Yassin
F.C. Ashdod   Timothy Awany   Clark Robertson   Montari Kamaheni   Martin Ndzie   Ebenezer Mamatah   Jordan Botaka   Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Hélder Lopes   André Biyogo Poko   Antonio Sefer   Imran Oulad Omar   Déinner Quiñones   Artur Shushenachev   Mariano Bareiro
  Yoni Stoyanov
  Máximo Levi
Hapoel Hadera   Mamadou Mbodj   Philip Ipole   Josip Tomašević   Samy Bourard   Godsway Donyoh   James Adeniyi   Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa   Fernand Mayembo   Denis Polyakov   Mohammed Kamara   Felipe Santos   George Diba
Hapoel Petah Tikva   Nico Antonitsch   Jean Quiñónez   Djimy Alexis   Dennis Adeniran   Gilbert Koomson   Fortune Bassey   Matan Peleg
Hapoel Jerusalem   Adebayo Adeleye   Yao Eloge Koffi   Capita   Cédric Franck Don   Kévin Soni   Jelle Duin
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Emilijus Zubas   Bryan Passi   Alen Ožbolt   Bubacarr Tambedou   Mavis Tchibota
  David Cuperman
  Matthew Frank
Maccabi Bnei Reineh   Nemanja Ljubisavljević   Sambinha   Muhammed Usman Edu   Freddy Vargas   Freddy Góndolaa   Márk Koszta   Abdallah Jaber
  Omar Nahfaoui
Maccabi Haifa   Pierre Cornud   Frantzdy Pierrot   Abdoulaye Seck   Show   Lorenco Šimić   Ali Mohamed
  Erik Shuranov
  Daniel Sundgren
  Kenny Saief
  Daniil Lesovoy
Maccabi Netanya   Saba Khvadagiani   Nassim Ouammou   Boris Enow   Igor Zlatanović   Ibrahim Tanko   Stanislav Bilenkyi
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Andreas Karo   Moïse Adiléhou   Ibraheem Jabaar   Luka Štor   Saliou Guindo   Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Enric Saborit   Derrick Luckassen   Felício Milson   Kiko Bondoso   Orlando Mosquera   Henry Addo   Joris van Overeem
  Daniel Tenenbaum

Regular season edit

Regular season table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 5 2 55 20 +35 62[a] Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 17 6 3 55 18 +37 55[b]
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 15 4 7 45 19 +26 49
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 14 5 7 38 32 +6 47
5 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 26 8 10 8 27 26 +1 34
6 Bnei Sakhnin 26 7 13 6 26 31 −5 33[c]
7 Hapoel Jerusalem 26 8 7 11 28 33 −5 31 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 8 6 12 31 48 −17 30
9 Maccabi Netanya 26 8 4 14 29 41 −12 28
10 Hapoel Hadera 26 8 4 14 21 38 −17 28
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 6 9 11 29 37 −8 26[d]
12 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 6 12 34 34 0 25[e]
13 F.C. Ashdod 26 5 7 14 20 42 −22 22
14 Hapoel Petah Tikva 26 3 10 13 20 39 −19 19
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted. but after appeal the 1 point was returned [12]
  2. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.[13][14]
  3. ^ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.[15]
  4. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.[16]
  5. ^ Beitar Jerusalem had 5 points deducted.[17][18]

Regular season results edit

Home \ Away MTA MHA HHA HBS MBR BnS MPT HJE MNE HTA HAH BEI ASH HPT
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 4–3 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–4 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2
Maccabi Netanya 1–5 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–0 4–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–1
Hapoel Hadera 0–3 1–5 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 0–2 1–2 4–4 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 1–4 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2024. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)[citation needed]

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[a] MTA MHA HBS HHA MBR BnS
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Y) 31 22 6 3 65 24 +41 72 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 1–1 4–0 2–0
2 Maccabi Haifa 31 20 7 4 64 22 +42 65[b] Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round May 11 4–1 1–2 1–0
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 18 4 9 51 26 +25 58 1–0 2–1 May 9 2–1
4 Hapoel Haifa 31 15 5 11 42 42 0 50 0–2 May 4 2–0 May 9
5 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 31 11 10 10 34 32 +2 43 2–3 May 4 1–0
6 Bnei Sakhnin 31 8 13 10 29 39 −10 36[c] May 6 2–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. 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.
(Y) Assured of at least Conference League second qualifying round
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023–24 Israel State Cup winners (Hapoel Be'er Sheva or Maccabi Petah Tikva) will qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.[19][20]
  3. ^ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.[21]