2023–24 Israeli Premier League
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 26 August 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 458 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Eran Zahavi (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (14 January 2024 ) |
Biggest away win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (26 September 2023 ) F.C. Ashdod 0–5 Maccabi Haifa (25 February 2024 ) |
Highest scoring | Beitar Jerusalem 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (23 December 2023 ) |
Longest winning run | 10 – Maccabi Tel Aviv[i] |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 – Maccabi Haifa[ii] |
Longest winless run | 9 — Hapoel Jerusalem[iii] |
Longest losing run | 5 — 4 Teams |
Highest attendance | 28,787 Maccabi Haifa 2–0 Hapoel Haifa (11 February 2024 ) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2024. |
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.
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 |
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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 |
Personnel and sponsorship[edit]
Managerial changes[edit]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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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 204 | 8th | Yossi Abukasis | 6 February 2024 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Ofer Tesselpepe | Sacked | 11 February 204 | 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 |
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.
Regular season[edit]
Regular season table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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:
Regular season results[edit]
Championship round[edit]
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)[citation needed]
Rounds | |||||||||
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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 | |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 1–1 | Apr 20 | 2–0 | |||
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 59[b] | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | May 11 | — | Apr 20 | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 55 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | May 9 | Apr 29 | |||
4 | Hapoel Haifa | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 50 | Apr 29 | May 4 | — | 2–0 | May 9 | |||
5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 40 | Apr 27 | May 4 | 1–0 | — | ||||
6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 36[c] | May 6 | 2–1 | Apr 20 | — |
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:
- ^ The 2023–24 Israel State Cup winners will qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Cup winners finish first). 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.
- ^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.[19][20]
- ^ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.[21]
Relegation round[edit]Relegation round table[edit]
Updated to match(es) played on 14 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. Notes: Season statistics[edit]Top scorers[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
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