2023–24 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates26 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
RelegatedHapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv
UEFA Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
UEFA Europa League (via State Cup)Maccabi Petah Tikva
UEFA Conference LeagueMaccabi Haifa
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Matches played227
Goals scored571 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerDean David / Eran Zahavi (20 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 run10 — Hapoel Tel Aviv[iii]
Longest losing run5 — 4 Teams
Highest attendance29,842
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
(11 May 2024 (2024-05-11))
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024.

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

Teams

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.

Locations of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

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[iv] 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

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

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

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 Dmitry Antilevsky Jalo Korka 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

Regular season table

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

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 —
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTA MHA HBS HHA MBR BnS
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 26 7 3 75 25 +50 85 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0
2 Maccabi Haifa 36 23 7 6 75 28 +47 74[a] Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 0–1 — 4–1 0–2 1–2 1–0
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 19 4 13 55 40 +15 61 1–0 1–4 — 2–1 2–1 2–1
4 Hapoel Haifa 36 18 5 13 48 47 +1 59 0–3 0–2 2–0 — 2–0 1–2
5 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 36 11 11 14 38 44 −6 44 2–3 1–5 1–0 0–1 — 2–2
6 Bnei Sakhnin 36 10 15 11 39 46 −7 44[b] 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 —
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.[19][20]
  2. ^ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.[21]

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HJE MPT MNE ASH BEI HAH HTA HPT
7 Hapoel Jerusalem 33 12 7 14 38 39 −1 43 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 11 7 15 44 57 −13 40 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] 0–2 0–1 4–2 4–1
9 Maccabi Netanya 33 11 5 17 36 48 −12 38 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1
10 F.C. Ashdod 33 9 10 14 29 45 −16 37 3–1 0–0 1–0
11 Beitar Jerusalem 33 11 8 14 45 40 +5 36[b] 1–1 0–0 0–1
12 Hapoel Hadera 33 10 6 17 28 49 −21 36 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–1
13 Hapoel Tel Aviv (R) 33 8 10 15 35 51 −16 33[c] Relegation to Liga Leumit 0–2 1–5 1–1
14 Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) 33 4 12 17 25 51 −26 24 1–0 1–3 0–2
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Petah Tikva qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Israel State Cup.
  2. ^ Beitar Jerusalem had 5 points deducted.[17][18]
  3. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.[16]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 May 2024[22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dean David Maccabi Haifa 20
Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 20
3 Frantzdy Pierrot Maccabi Haifa 18
4 Guy Melamed Hapoel Haifa 17
5 Yarden Shua Beitar Jerusalem 12
Elad Madmon Hapoel Hadera
7 Tomer Yosefi Hapoel Haifa 11

Attendances

Maccabi Tel-Aviv drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Israeli top-flight football league.[23]

# Football club Home games Average attendance
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 13 20,356
2 Maccabi Haifa FC 13 20,344
3 Beitar Jerusalem FC 13 12,698
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv FC 13 11,025
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC 13 9,943
6 Maccabi Netanya FC 13 6,079
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva FC 13 5,016
8 Hapoel Haifa FC 13 4,704
9 Hapoel Jerusalem FC 13 3,755
10 Maccabi Petah Tikva FC 13 3,309
11 Hapoel Hadera F.C. 13 2,799
12 Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. 13 2,119
13 Bnei Sakhnin FC 13 2,105
14 FC Ashdod 13 2,031

Notes

  1. ^ Matches 3–12
  2. ^ Matches 3–18
  3. ^ Matches 21–31
  4. ^ a b The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

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