2021–22 Israeli Premier League

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Israeli Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played134
Goals scored344 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (12 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Petah Tikva 4–0 Hapoel Nof HaGalil (23 October 2021 (2021-10-23))[1]
Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (7 November 2021 (2021-11-07))[2]
Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Hapoel Haifa (2 December 2021 (2021-12-02))[3]
Hapoel Haifa 5–1 Beitar Jerusalem (29 January 2022 (2022-01-29))[4]
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa (25 December 2021 (2021-12-25))[5]
Highest scoringHapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (8 January 2022 (2022-01-08))[6]
Longest winning run10 — Maccabi Haifa[a][7]
Longest unbeaten run16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[b][8]
Longest winless run13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[c][9]
Longest losing run6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[d][10]
        Maccabi Petah Tikva[d][9]
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All statistics correct as of 29 January 2022 (2022-01-29).

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[11] for sponsorship reasons, will be the 22nd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams[]

A total of fourteen teams will compete in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2021–22 season[]

2021–22 Israeli Premier League is located in Israel
Beitar Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Sakhnin
Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Nof HaGalil
Hapoel Nof HaGalil
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Locations of the 2020–22 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 34,000
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 30,780
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 34,000
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,780
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 		Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Nof HaGalil
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Kiryat Shmona Stadium Green Stadium
Teddy stadium, Jerusalem.JPG איצטדיון בלומפילד המחודש 03.jpg Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium1.jpg Green Stadium01.jpg
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera 		Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
 Sammy Ofer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium
WikiAir IL-13-05 A18.JPG SammyOferSTD.jpg Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 2.jpg
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium
Yod alef1.JPG
Doha Stadium01.jpg
 Turner Stadium 03.jpg

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Kobi Refua End of contract 30 May 2021 Pre-season Israel Amir Nussbaum[12] 31 May 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Yossi Mizrahi Caretaking spell over 2 June 2021 Netherlands Erwin Koeman[13] 2 June 2021

Foreign players[]

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 Ghana Edwin Gyasi Ghana Richmond Boakye Guinea Kamso Mara Montenegro Marko Janković Suriname Gleofilo Vlijter Venezuela Josua Mejías Paraguay Santiago Ocampos
Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Croatia Ante Puljić Ghana Richard Gadze Guinea Ibrahima Conté Serbia Nikola Ćirković
F.C. Ashdod Ghana Montari Kamaheni Ghana Zakaria Mugees Serbia Nenad Cvetković Uganda Timothy Awany Uganda Fahad Bayo Brazil Matheusinho United States Kenny Saief
Azerbaijan Amir Agayev
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Colombia Danilo Asprilla Ghana Eugene Ansah Italy Davide Petrucci Portugal Hélder Lopes Portugal Miguel Vítor Argentina Mariano Bareiro
Hapoel Hadera Brazil Gustavo Marmentini Bulgaria Ivaylo Markov Ivory Coast Sékou Doumbia Nigeria Muhammed Usman Ivory Coast Jonathan Cissé
Hapoel Haifa The Gambia Slovenia Alen Ožbolt France Kevin Tapoko Nigeria Izuchuckwu Anthony
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ivory Coast Stephane Acka England Morgan Ferrier Lithuania Džiugas Bartkus Montenegro Stefan Milošević Romania Ovidiu Bic
Hapoel Jerusalem Ivory Coast Eloge Yao Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Ghana Cletus Nombil Nigeria Nigeria William Agada Nigeria
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Brazil Pedro Petrazzi Ghana David Acquah Jamaica Kevaughn Frater New Zealand Stefan Marinovic Uganda Luwagga Kizito
Hapoel Tel Aviv Brazil Lúcio Maranhão Brazil Farley Rosa Guinea Mohamed Kalil Traoré Lithuania Ernestas Šetkus South Africa Siyanda Xulu
Maccabi Haifa Australia Ryan Strain Spain José Rodriguez Ghana Godsway Donyoh Niger Ali Mohamed Serbia Bogdan Planić Suriname Tjaronn Chery United States Josh Cohen
Maccabi Netanya Ivory Coast Aboubacar Doumbia Cameroon Boris Enow The Gambia Omar Gaye Serbia Zlatan Šehović Serbia Igor Zlatanović Ivory Coast Parfait Guiagon
Maccabi Petah Tikva Brazil Marcus Diniz Senegal Ablaye Mbengue Nigeria James Adeniyi Slovakia Jaroslav Mihalík Zambia Lameck Banda Argentina
Ukraine Daniel Joulani
Maccabi Tel Aviv Croatia Stipe Perica Curaçao Brandley Kuwas Spain Luis Hernández Spain Enric Saborit Panama Eduardo Guerrero Portugal André Geraldes Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum

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

Regular season[]

Regular season table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa 20 14 4 2 50 16 +34 46 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 20 14 4 2 32 13 +19 46
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 20 10 5 5 34 27 +7 35
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 9 6 5 30 22 +8 33
5 Hapoel Haifa 20 8 5 7 30 27 +3 29
6 Hapoel Hadera 20 7 8 5 18 20 −2 29
7 Bnei Sakhnin 20 8 4 8 21 27 −6 28 Transfer to the Relegation round
8 Maccabi Netanya 20 6 8 6 22 22 0 26
9 F.C. Ashdod 20 8 2 10 23 26 −3 26
10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 20 7 4 9 24 27 −3 25
11 Beitar Jerusalem 20 4 5 11 19 29 −10 17
12 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 20 4 5 11 17 36 −19 17
13 Hapoel Jerusalem 20 3 7 10 14 28 −14 16
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 2 5 13 14 28 −14 11
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. 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.

Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Qualification for the Championship round
Transfer to the Relegation round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi Haifa105746533222222221111
Hapoel Be'er Sheva22421111111111112222
Maccabi Tel Aviv131081079128966444344343
Hapoel Tel Aviv31255424455875433434
Hapoel Haifa73312242334657658965
Hapoel Hadera681063355577568910101076
Bnei Sakhnin16671081166433335656107
Maccabi Netanya1112111411791011911121010889788
F.C. Ashdod1214141213131313131187891097859
Ironi Kiryat Shmona41113912127121414129967765910
Beitar Jerusalem147589118118810111213111111111111
Hapoel Nof HaGalil9413461077109101112131313131312
Hapoel Jerusalem813121314141414121314141311121212121213
Maccabi Petah Tikva599118106910121313141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. Source: worldfootball.net

Regular season results[]

Home \ Away MHA HBS MTA HTA HHA HAH BnS MNE ASH IKS BEI HNG HJE MPT
Maccabi Haifa — 1–2 3–2 19 Feb 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 5 Feb 4–0 2–1 5 Mar 1–1 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 5 Mar 2–2 3–0 5 Feb 1–1 19 Feb 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 19 Feb 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 5 Feb 5 Mar 1–1 1–0 1–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3 26 Feb 12 Feb — 0–2 0–1 0–3 12 Mar 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Haifa 26 Feb 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 3–0 12 Feb 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 12 Mar 2–2
Hapoel Hadera 0–0 1–2 12 Mar 0–3 5 Feb — 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 19 Feb 0–0 0–0 26 Feb
Bnei Sakhnin 0–6 0–0 3–1 5 Feb 2–2 5 Mar — 1–3 0–1 0–3 2–0 19 Feb 2–1 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 — 0–1 5 Mar 0–0 1–3 12 Feb 2–0
F.C. Ashdod 2–2 12 Feb 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–1 26 Feb — 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 5 Mar
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 12 Feb 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 12 Mar — 2–2 1–0 26 Feb 1–0
Beitar Jerusalem 12 Mar 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 26 Feb 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 5 Feb 3–0[e] 12 Feb
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 0–4 12 Mar 26 Feb 2–2 0–1 12 Feb 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–6 1–0 — 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–4 0–1 1–3 5 Mar 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 19 Feb 0–1 0–3 3–1 — 1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 12 Mar 19 Feb 0–1 1–1 0–3 4–0 5 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Matches 9–18
  2. ^ Matches 1–16
  3. ^ Matches 8–20
  4. ^ a b Matches 12–17
  5. ^ The match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerualem originally ended 1–1. However, Beitar was awarded a 3–0 victory after Hapoel ineligibly fielded 6 foreign players during the match (a team is allowed to field at most 5 foreign players in a match).

Results by round[]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi HaifaDWLWLWWDWWWWWWWWWWDD
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWLLWW
Maccabi Tel AvivLDWLWLLWDWDWWDWLWWDW
Hapoel Tel AvivWWDLDWWLDLLDDWWWWDWL
Hapoel HaifaDWWWLWLWDLLLDLWDLDWW
Hapoel HaderaDDDWWWLLDDDWLLLDDWWW
Bnei SakhninWLDDLWLWDWWLWDLLWLLW
Maccabi NetanyaDLDLWWLDLWLLDWWDDWDD
F.C. AshdodLLLWLLWDDWWWLLLWWLWL
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDLLWDLWLLLWWWWLDWDLL
Beitar JerusalemLWDLDLWLWDLLLLWDLDLL
Hapoel Nof HaGalilDWWLDLLWDLDLLLLLLDLW
Hapoel JerusalemDLDDLLLWWLLDDWLDLLDL
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDDLWLWLLLDLLLLLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2022. Source: soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 12
2 Israel Dean David Maccabi Haifa 10
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
Slovenia Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa
5 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Be'er Sheva 8
6 Israel Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa 7
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
Croatia Stipe Perica Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Source:[15]

Top Assists[]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Israel Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 9
2 Israel Liran Serdal Hapoel Haifa 6
Israel Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa
Israel Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5 Israel Dan Einbinder Hapoel Tel Aviv 5
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
United States Kenny Saief F.C. Ashdod
9 9 players 4

Source:[15]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maccabi Petah Tikva vs. Hapoel Nof HaGalil 4–0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Maccabi Haifa vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4–0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Haifa 5–1". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Hapoel Haifa vs. Beitar Jerusalem 5–1". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Maccabi Haifa 6-0 Bnei Sakhnin". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Maccabi Haifa – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Maccabi Petah Tikva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  11. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (28 May 2019). "Officially: The Stock Exchange have become the premier league's sponsor". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Coach Amir Nussbaum has signed this morning at the teams offices and will heat the team's technical array". iturank8.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Erwin Koeman to coach Beitar "Geshem" Jerusalem". beitarfc.co.il (in Hebrew). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  14. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (20 June 2016). "The players' organization and the league administration have decided: move on to six foreigners in the Premier League". Walla! sports (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Players – Ligat ha'Al". Israel Football Association. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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