2004–05 Ligat Nashim

Ligat Nashim Rishona
Season	2004–05
Matches played	187
Goals scored	1,370 (7.33 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Ligat Nashim is the seventh season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. The league began on 26 January 2005, following a Supreme Court ruling which ordered Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Limor Livnat to introduce measures to equal funding for women football clubs.^[1]

The league was won by Maccabi Holon, its second title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup.

League format[]

With a record number of 19 teams registered to play, the league was split into two divisions, Northern and Southern. Following a single round of play, the top four teams in each division progressed to the Championship Group, which was played as double round-robin tournament, while the rest of the teams were placed in the bottom group, which was played as a single round-robin tournament. For the second phase, all points gathered by the teams in the first phase was erased and both groups started with a clean slate.

Regular season results[]

Northern Division[]

With 9 teams in the division, teams played 8 matches in the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASA Tel Aviv University	8	8	0	0	91	3	+88	24	Championship Group
2	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	8	6	1	1	48	7	+41	19
3		8	6	0	2	55	14	+41	18
4		8	4	1	3	37	17	+20	13
5	Bnot Tiv'on	8	4	0	4	44	18	+26	12	Bottom Group
6	Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva	8	2	2	4	29	22	+7	8
7	Bnot Sakhnin	8	2	2	4	21	25	−4	8
8	Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik	8	1	0	7	14	60	−46	3
9	Bnot Beit She'an	8	0	0	8	1	174	−173	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Southern Division[]

With 10 teams in the division, teams played 9 matches in the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Holon	9	9	0	121	0	+121	27	Championship Group
2		9	8	1	55	16	+39	24
3	Hapoel Marmorek	9	7	2	50	12	+38	21
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	9	6	3	46	20	+26	18
5		9	5	4	23	20	+3	15	Bottom Group
6		9	4	5	19	26	−7	12
7	Beitar Jerusalem	9	2	7	13	34	−21	6
8		9	2	7	13	54	−41	6
9		9	2	7	4	71	−67	6
10	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	9	0	9	0	91	−91	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Playoff results[]

Championship group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Holon	14	14	0	0	120	5	+115	42	Qualification to UEFA Women's Cup
2	ASA Tel Aviv University	14	12	0	2	70	10	+60	36
3	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	14	7	1	6	26	37	−11	22
4	Hapoel Marmorek	14	4	4	6	19	49	−30	16
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	14	4	3	7	29	53	−24	15
6		14	4	3	7	29	53	−24	15
7		14	2	2	10	11	61	−50	8
8		14	2	1	11	10	63	−53	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Bottom group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		10	10	0	0	73	10	+63	30
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	10	9	0	1	54	8	+46	27
3	Bnot Tiv'on	10	8	0	2	72	11	+61	24
4		10	6	0	4	43	21	+22	18
5	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	10	6	0	4	35	30	+5	18
6	Maccab Tzur Shalom Bialik	10	4	1	5	38	27	+11	13
7	Bnot Sakhnin	10	4	1	5	31	33	−2	13
8		10	3	1	6	28	48	−20	10
9	Beitar Jerusalem	10	2	1	7	8	43	−35	7
10	Bnot Beit She'an	10	1	0	9	11	88	−77	3
11		10	0	0	10	3	77	−74	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ 2005 Women's League Women's Football in Israel (in Hebrew)

External links[]

Ligat Nashim 2004-05 Eran R, 8 April 2015, israblog.co.il (in Hebrew)
2004-2005 Women's League One.co.il (in Hebrew)

[fund-1] 2005 Women's League Women's Football in Israel (in Hebrew)

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