2017–18 Israeli Premier League

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Israeli Premier League
Season2017–18
Dates19 August 2017 – 21 May 2018
ChampionsHapoel Be'er Sheva
Champions LeagueHapoel Be'er Sheva
Europa LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Haifa
Matches played240
Goals scored622 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerIsrael Dia Saba
(24 goals)
Biggest home winHapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya
(21 May 2018)
Biggest away winMaccabi Netanya 1–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
(22 April 2018)
Highest scoringMaccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 Hapoel Acre
(29 October 2017)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya
(21 May 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run11 matches
Hapoel Ashkelon
Longest losing run8 matches
Hapoel Ashkelon
Highest attendance27,180
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem
(21 October 2017)
Total attendance1,296,236
Average attendance6,114

The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.

Teams[edit]

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva 11,500
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Ashkelon Ashkelon Sala Stadium 5,250
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya Stadium, Netanya 13,610
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
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 Netanya Stadium, Netanya 13,610
Netanya Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium
Hapoel Ra'anana
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Acre Stadium Doha Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium
Hapoel Acre Bnei Sakhnin Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Ashkelon Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. Ashdod

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Eli Tabib Israel Benny Ben Zaken Israel Itay Shechter Givova Brown Hotels
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Yunes Israel Tal Banin Israel Khaled Khalaila Givova Scania
Bnei Yehuda Israel Barak Obramov Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Almog Buzaglo Kappa HAP
F.C. Ashdod Israel Jacky Ben-Zaken Israel Amir Turgeman Israel Moshe Ohayon Nike SeeMe
Hapoel Acre Israel Dan Lobalski Israel Itzik Twizer Israel Gal Shish Kappa Landora Group
Hapoel Ashkelon Israel Municipality of Ashkelon Israel Messay Dego Israel Tal Makhlouf Lotto Albar
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Barak Bakhar Israel Elyaniv Barda Puma Tadiran
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Nir Klinger Israel Eden Ben Basat Diadora
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Asher Alon Israel Meni Koretski Israel Snir Shuker Givova
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Haim Silvas Israel Itamar Nitzan Umbro Ituran
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Netherlands Fred Rutten Israel Rami Gershon Nike Honda
Maccabi Netanya Israel Eyal Segal Israel Slobodan Drapić Israel Eran Levy Lotto Kesrei Thofa
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Amos Luzon Israel Sharon Mimer Israel Naor Peser Macron Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Netherlands Jordi Cruyff Israel Sheran Yeini

Foreign players[edit]

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[1]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem Brazil Claudemir Brazil Georginho France Antoine Conte Germany Marcel Heister Slovakia Erik Sabo Slovakia Jakub Sylvestr
Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Wanderson Croatia Antonio Mršić France Jordan Faucher Nigeria Akpan David Udoh Spain Abraham Paz
Bnei Yehuda Republic of the Congo Mavis Tchibota Lithuania Nerijus Valskis Lithuania Emilijus Zubas
F.C. Ashdod Brazil Mauricio Bulgaria Viktor Genev Croatia Karlo Bručić Nigeria Blessing Eleke
Hapoel Acre Belgium Dylan Damraoui France Mohamadou Sissoko Nigeria Aliko Bala Nigeria Bruno Ibeh Nigeria Peter Onyekachi
Hapoel Ashkelon Central African Republic David Manga Croatia Mirko Oremuš Georgia (country) Vladimir Dvalishvili Nigeria Dele Aiyenugba Serbia Branislav Jovanović Serbia Milan Smiljanić
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Czech Republic Tomáš Pekhart Hungary Mihály Korhut Nigeria Anthony Nwakaeme Nigeria John Ogu Portugal Miguel Vítor Spain Isaac Cuenca
Hapoel Haifa Croatia Josip Ivančić Lithuania Ernestas Šetkus North Macedonia Risto Mitrevski Moldova Radu Gînsari Romania Gabriel Tamaș Sweden Rasmus Sjöstedt
Hapoel Ra'anana Bolivia Guillermo Vizcarra Guinea Mohamed Aly Camara Montenegro Nemanja Nikolić Zambia Emmanuel Mayuka Zambia Emmanuel Mbola
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Brazil Marcus Diniz Ivory Coast Didier Brossou Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Portugal Afonso Taira Serbia Miloš Radivojević Spain Carlos Cuéllar
Maccabi Haifa Brazil Allyson Brazil Caio Bulgaria Georgi Kostadinov Cameroon Ernest Mabouka Greece Stefanos Athanasiadis Netherlands Etiënne Reijnen
Maccabi Netanya Brazil Leandro Ribeiro Croatia Branko Vrgoč Germany Tim Heubach Guinea Alhassane Keita Niger Ali Mohamed Togo Didier Kougbenya
Maccabi Petah Tikva Brazil Elivelto Brazil Romário Czech Republic Tomáš Sivok France Johan Martial France Grégory Tadé Guinea Richard Soumah
Maccabi Tel Aviv Iceland Viðar Örn Kjartansson Italy Cristian Battocchio Martinique Jean-Sylvain Babin Serbia Predrag Rajković Spain José Rodríguez

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

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Tomer Kashtan End of contract 1 June 2017 Pre-season Haim Silvas 1 June 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Haim Silvas Released Dudu Avraham
Bnei Yehuda Kfir Edri Signing of permanent manager Yossi Abukasis
Bnei Sakhnin Yossi Abukasis End of contract Brazil Jairo Swirsky 8 June 2017
Maccabi Tel Aviv Angola Lito Vidigal Sacked 14 June 2017 Netherlands Jordi Cruyff 14 June 2017
F.C. Ashdod Ran Ben Shimon Released 5 July 2017 Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) 16 July 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Jairo Swirsky Sacked 1 August 2017 Ayman Khalaila (temporary) 1 August 2017
F.C. Ashdod Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) Signing of permanent manager 3 August 2017 Reuven Atar 3 August 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Ayman Khalaila (temporary) Signing of permanent manager 9 August 2017 Felix Naim 9 August 2017
Beitar Jerusalem Sharon Mimer Sacked 16 August 2017 Gili Lavanda (caretaker) 16 August 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Dudu Avraham Sacked 16 September 2017 13th Guy Levy 18 September 2017
Maccabi Petah Tikva Kobi Refua Resign 17 September 2017 11th Sharon Mimer 17 September 2017
Beitar Jerusalem Gili Lavanda (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 1 October 2017 1st Benny Ben Zaken 1 October 2017
F.C. Ashdod Reuven Atar Sacked 3 October 2017 14th Amir Turgeman 10 October 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Guy Levy Sacked 15 October 2017 14th Meni Koretski 30 October 2017
Hapoel Acre Shlomi Dora Sacked 23 October 2017 14th Eldad Shavit 25 October 2017
Maccabi Haifa Guy Luzon Mutual contract termination 9 December 2017 8th Netherlands Rob Maas (caretaker) 9 December 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Felix Naim Sacked 5 January 2018 8th Tal Banin 18 January 2018
Hapoel Acre Eldad Shavit Resign 16 January 2018 14th Itzik Twizer 16 January 2018
Maccabi Haifa Netherlands Rob Maas (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 24 January 2018 10th Netherlands Fred Rutten 24 January 2018
Hapoel Ashkelon Yuval Naim Sacked 12 February 2018 13th Messay Dego 14 February 2018
F.C. Ashdod Amir Turgeman Sacked 24 April 2018 12th Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) 24 April 2018

Regular season[edit]

Regular season table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 17 6 3 43 18 +25 57 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Beitar Jerusalem 26 17 5 4 60 30 +30 56
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 7 3 44 20 +24 55
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 15 7 4 36 21 +15 52
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 9 5 43 29 +14 45
6 Bnei Yehuda 26 11 7 8 32 26 +6 40
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 9 6 11 30 35 −5 33 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 9 5 12 28 30 −2 32
9 Bnei Sakhnin 26 8 6 12 24 35 −11 30
10 Maccabi Haifa 26 6 7 13 26 33 −7 25
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 6 6 14 23 40 −17 24
12 F.C. Ashdod 26 4 9 13 22 39 −17 21
13 Hapoel Ashkelon 26 3 8 15 19 39 −20 17
14 Hapoel Acre[a] 26 4 2 20 19 54 −35 12
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.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[2][3][4]


Regular season results[edit]

Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HAS HBS HHA HAC HRA MNE IKS MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2
Bnei Sakhnin 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1
Bnei Yehuda 3–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0
Hapoel Ashkelon 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–2
Hapoel Acre 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–3[a] 0–2
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1
Maccabi Netanya 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ match originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss

Positions by round[edit]

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
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 7 12 8 6 6 10 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1
Beitar Jerusalem 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 7 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 3
Hapoel Haifa 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Maccabi Netanya 6 8 5 8 4 2 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bnei Yehuda 3 4 6 9 11 9 10 11 9 7 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 6 10 11 10 11 11 8 10 11 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9 9 7 4 5 7 8 9 6 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 7 8 8 7 8 9 8
Bnei Sakhnin 5 3 4 5 9 6 7 7 7 9 8 9 10 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 9
Maccabi Haifa 12 5 9 7 8 5 6 6 8 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10
Hapoel Ra'anana 8 10 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 11
F.C. Ashdod 10 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 12 12 12 12 12
Hapoel Ashkelon 11 11 12 10 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13
Hapoel Acre 14 14 11 12 12 12 12 14 14 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Source: [1]

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
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 24 8 4 70 27 +43 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 8 7 60 33 +27 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 36 20 8 8 75 51 +24 68
4 Hapoel Haifa 36 17 11 8 48 39 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 16 10 10 59 54 +5 58
6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 36 13 10 13 47 41 +6 49
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.[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:


2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions


Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5th title

Championship round results[edit]

Home \ Away BEI BnY HBS HHA MNE MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 3–2
Bnei Yehuda 3–3 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–1 0–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2
Maccabi Netanya 4–1 0–5 1–5 2–1 4–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

Team/
Round
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Hapoel Haifa 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Maccabi Netanya 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bnei Yehuda 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Source: [2]

2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round

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

Relegation round table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 13 6 14 39 36 +3 45
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 12 7 14 40 44 −4 43
9 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 11 7 15 36 45 −9 40
10 Maccabi Haifa 33 10 8 15 38 39 −1 38
11 Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 8 15 32 47 −15 38
12 F.C. Ashdod 33 6 10 17 29 48 −19 28
13 Hapoel Ashkelon (R) 33 4 9 20 23 51 −28 21 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Akko[a] (R) 33 6 4 23 26 67 −41 20
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.[10]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[7][8][9]


Relegation round results[edit]

Home \ Away BnS ASH HAS HAC HRA IKS MHA MPT
Bnei Sakhnin 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 1–0 1–2 2–1
Hapoel Ashkelon 2–0 0–2 0–2
Hapoel Acre 1–2 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana 1–0 4–0 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–1
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

Team/
Round
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 8 7 8 9 8 7 7 7
Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
Hapoel Ra'anana 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9
Maccabi Haifa 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
Bnei Sakhnin 9 9 9 8 11 11 11 11
F.C. Ashdod 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Hapoel Ashkelon 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Hapoel Acre 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Source: [3]

Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Leumit

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya 24
2 Iceland Viðar Kjartansson Maccabi Tel Aviv 13
3 Israel Eden Ben Basat Hapoel Haifa 12
Israel Hanan Maman Hapoel Haifa/Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
6 Israel Ben Sahar Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11
7 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya Maccabi Haifa 10
Czech Republic Tomáš Pekhart Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Shimon Abuhatzira Hapoel Raanana
England Nick Blackman Maccabi Tel Aviv
Nigeria Anthony Nwakaeme Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Lidor Cohen Maccabi Petah Tikva
Israel Omer Atzili Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya
France Jordan Faucher Bnei Sakhnin
17 3 different players 2 different teams 9

Source: (Hebrew)[4]

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date Round Reference
Israel Eden Ben Basat Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem 3–3 (A) 16 September 2017 4 [11]
Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–0 2 October 2017 6 [12]
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Acre 4–0 14 October 2017 7 [13]
Israel Eliran Atar Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Acre 5–2 29 October 2017 9 [14]
Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 3 April 2018 28 [15]
Israel Guy Melamed Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Netanya 6–1 21 May 2018 36 [16]

Top Assists[edit]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya 11
2 Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9
Israel Maor Melikson Hapoel Be'er Sheva
4 Israel Sintayehu Sallallich Maccabi Haifa 8
Israel Firas Mugrabi Bnei Sakhnin
Israel Oren Biton Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Idan Vered Beitar Jerusalem
8 3 different players 3 different teams 5

Source: (Hebrew)[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
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  12. ^ "שלושער לסבע, 0:4 למכבי נתניה על מכבי פתח תקווה" [Hat-trick for Saba, 4:0 for Maccabi Netanya over Maccabi Petah Tikva]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 2 October 2017.
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  14. ^ "מכבי תל אביב חזרה לנצח עם 2:5 מוחץ על הפועל עכו, שלושער לעטר" [Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5:2 against Hapoel Acre, hat-trick for Eliran Atar]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 29 October 2017.
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