2021–22 Israeli Premier League

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Israeli Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored593 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (20 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 6–0 F.C. Ashdod (7 February 2022 (2022-02-07))[1]
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa (25 December 2021 (2021-12-25))[2]
Highest scoringHapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (8 January 2022 (2022-01-08))[3]
Longest winning run10 — Maccabi Haifa[a][4]
Longest unbeaten run16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[b][5]
          Maccabi Haifa[c][4]
Longest winless run13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[d][6]
Longest losing run6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[e][7]
        Maccabi Petah Tikva[e][6]
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22).

Teams

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A total of fourteen teams were competing 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

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Stadiums and locations

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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 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
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 30,942
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
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Nof HaGalil
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Kiryat Shmona Stadium Green Stadium
       
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi 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
 
 
 

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Kobi Refua End of contract 30 May 2021 Pre-season   Amir Nussbaum[9] 31 May 2021
Beitar Jerusalem   Yossi Mizrahi Caretaking spell over 2 June 2021   Erwin Koeman[10] 2 June 2021
Maccabi Netanya   Raymond Atteveld Sacked 29 September 2021 14   Benyamin Lam 4 October 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Patrick van Leeuwen 26 October 2021 12   Barak Yitzhaki (Temporary) 26 October 2021
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Amir Nussbaum 8 November 2021 14     Slobodan Drapić 9 November 2021
Beitar Jerusalem   Erwin Koeman Left 1 December 2021 11   Yossi Mizrahi 10 December 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Barak Yitzhaki Caretaking spell over 9 December 2021 4   Mladen Krstajić 9 December 2021
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Nir Klinger Sacked 19 December 2021 7   Kobi Refua 19 December 2021
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Guy Luzon Left 28 December 2021 14   Nir Klinger 29 December 2021
Hapoel Nof HaGalil   Yaron Hochenboim Sacked 5 January 2022 13   Shay Barda 5 January 2022
Bnei Sakhnin   Sharon Mimer 18 January 2022 6   Haim Silvas 19 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem   Yossi Mizrahi Left 26 January 2022 11   Gal Cohen (Temporary) 26 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem   Gal Cohen Caretaking spell over 3 February 2022   Yossi Abukasis 3 February 2022
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Ronny Levy Sacked 1 March 2022 2   Elyaniv Barda 1 March 2022

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem   Josua Mejías   Richmond Boakye   Kamso Mara   Gleofilo Vlijter
Bnei Sakhnin   Ari Moura   Ante Puljić   Odah Marshall   Ibrahima Conté   Fahad Bayo   Fabian Sporkslede   Gaëtan Varenne
  Abdallah Jaber
F.C. Ashdod   Montari Kamaheni   Lawrence Ofori   Nenad Cvetković   Timothy Awany   Dimitrios Diamantakos   Martin Atemengue   Kenny Saief
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Danilo Asprilla   Eugene Ansah   Davide Petrucci   Hélder Lopes   André Martins   Gustavo Marmentini   Mariano Bareiro
  Nikita Rukavytsya
Hapoel Hadera   Jonathan Cissé   Ivaylo Markov   Steven Alfred   Muhammed Usman
Hapoel Haifa   Saikou Touray   Alen Ožbolt   Matija Ljujić   Izuchuckwu Anthony
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Morgan Ferrier   Džiugas Bartkus   Július Szöke
Hapoel Jerusalem   Yao Eloge Koffi   Ondřej Bačo   Eduardo Guerrero   Adebayo Adeleye   William Agada   Bright Enobakhare   Awaka Eshata
Hapoel Nof HaGalil   Guti   David Tweh   John Ogu   Stefan Marinovic   Luwagga Kizito   Ernest Mabouka
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Marko Janković   Farley Rosa   Mohamed Kalil Traoré   Ernestas Šetkus   Siyanda Xulu   Ange-Freddy Plumain   Bohdan Sarnavskyi
Maccabi Haifa   Mickaël Alphonse   José Rodriguez   Godsway Donyoh   Ali Mohamed   Bogdan Planić   Tjaronn Chery   Josh Cohen
  Mavis Tchibota
  Ryan Strain
Maccabi Netanya   Plamen Galabov   Boris Enow   Patrick Twumasi   Zlatan Šehović   Igor Zlatanović   Parfait Guiagon
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Marcus Diniz   Adi Mehremić   James Adeniyi   Ion Nicolaescu   Lameck Banda   Nico Olsak
  Marco Wolff
  Daniel Joulani
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Stipe Perica   Brandley Kuwas   Josué Sá   Enric Saborit   Đorđe Jovanović   André Geraldes   Daniel Tenenbaum

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

Regular season

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Regular season table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 5 3 62 19 +43 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 16 7 3 39 17 +22 55
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 5 5 48 31 +17 53
4 Bnei Sakhnin 26 12 6 8 28 29 −1 42
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 10 10 6 34 27 +7 40
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 10 8 8 36 31 +5 38
7 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 9 8 22 28 −6 36 Transfer to the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 9 6 11 29 32 −3 33
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 8 6 12 33 37 −4 30
10 F.C. Ashdod 26 8 3 15 28 44 −16 27
11 Hapoel Jerusalem 26 5 8 13 19 35 −16 23
12 Beitar Jerusalem 26 5 7 14 23 36 −13 22
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 5 6 15 27 37 −10 21
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 26 4 8 14 20 45 −25 20
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.

Regular season results

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Home \ Away MHA HBS MTA BnS MNE HTA HAH IKS HHA ASH HJE BEI MPT HNG
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin 0–6 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Hapoel Hadera 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 2–2 3–1
F.C. Ashdod 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–4 3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–4 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 3–1
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0[f] 2–1 0–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 4–0
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 0–4 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–6 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
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 6–21
  4. ^ Matches 8–20
  5. ^ a b Matches 12–17
  6. ^ The match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem 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

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi HaifaDWLWLWWDWWWWWWWWWWDDWLWWDW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWLLWWLDDDWW
Maccabi Tel AvivLDWLWLLWDWDWWDWLWWDWWWWWWW
Bnei SakhninWLDDLWLWDWWLWDLLWLLWWDWDWW
Maccabi NetanyaDLDLWWLDLWLLDWWDDWDDWWDWWD
Hapoel Tel AvivWWDLDWWLDLLDDWWWWDWLLLLDWD
Hapoel HaderaDDDWWWLLDDDWLLLDDWWWWDWLLL
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDLLWDLWLLLWWWWLDWDLLLWDDLW
Hapoel HaifaDWWWLWLWDLLLDLWDLDWWLDLLLL
F.C. AshdodLLLWLLWDDWWWLLLWWLWLLDLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemDLDDLLLWWLLDDWLDLLDLLLWDLW
Beitar JerusalemLWDLDLWLWDLLLLWDLDLLDWLDLL
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDDLWLWLLLDLLLLLLDLLWLDWWL
Hapoel Nof HaGalilDWWLDLLWDLDLLLLLLDLWDDLLDL
Source: soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Championship round

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MHA HBS MTA MNE HTA BnS
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 36 24 6 6 79 27 +52 78 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 2–0 1–3 4–0 3–0 1–0
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 20 10 6 53 30 +23 70 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 20 9 7 63 38 +25 69 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
4 Maccabi Netanya 36 13 13 10 47 41 +6 52 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 13 11 12 44 47 −3 50 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1
6 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 10 13 33 43 −10 49 0–3[12] 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
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

Results by round

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The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Team ╲ Round27282930313233343536
Maccabi HaifaWWDWLWLLWW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWLDWDLWLDW
Maccabi Tel AvivDDDLWLWWDW
Maccabi NetanyaLDDLWWLWDL
Hapoel Tel AvivLWDWLLDWDL
Bnei SakhninDLDLDWDLLL
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation round

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation IKS HAH ASH BEI HHA HJE MPT HNG
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 14 8 11 48 39 +9 50 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
8 Hapoel Hadera 33 11 9 13 34 43 −9 42 1–4 2–3 1–2 3–1
9 F.C. Ashdod 33 12 3 18 37 52 −15 39 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0
10 Beitar Jerusalem 33 9 10 14 35 43 −8 37 3–3 1–0 2–2
11 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 8 16 36 47 −11 35 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2
12 Hapoel Jerusalem 33 8 9 16 25 41 −16 33 0–1 1–0 0–0
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) 33 6 9 18 34 49 −15 27 Relegation to Liga Leumit 4–3 0–0 0–4
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil (R) 33 6 9 18 25 53 −28 27 0–2 0–2 1–0
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.[13]
(R) Relegated

Results by round

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The table lists the results of teams in each round
Team ╲ Round27282930313233
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDWWWWWD
Hapoel HaderaWLLLWLL
F.C. AshdodWLWWLWL
Beitar JerusalemDWWWDWD
Hapoel HaifaDDWLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemLDLLWWW
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDLWDLW
Hapoel Nof HaGalilLDLWLLW
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Relegation Round – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 20
2   Dean David Maccabi Haifa 15
  Itamar Shviro Ironi Kiryat Shmona
  Stipe Perica Maccabi Tel Aviv
5   Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya 12
6   Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa 11
  Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
8   Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10
  Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva
10   Guy Melamed Bnei Sakhnin 9
  Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa
  Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa
  Đorđe Jovanović Maccabi Tel Aviv

Source, as of 17 May 2022:[14]

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Round
  Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem 5–1 (H) 29 January 2022 20
  Omer Atzili4 Maccabi Haifa F.C. Ashdod 6–0 (H) 7 February 2022 21

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Maccabi Haifa vs. F.C. Ashdod 6–0". soccerway.com. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Bnei Sakhnin vs. Maccabi Haifa 0–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Maccabi Haifa – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Maccabi Petah Tikva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (28 May 2019). "Officially: The Stock Exchange have become the premier league's sponsor". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Erwin Koeman to coach Beitar "Geshem" Jerusalem". beitarfc.co.il (in Hebrew). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Ben Dor, Doron (22 May 2022). "Sakhnin sanctioned with a technical loss and a two point deduction probation". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Ligat Ha'Al 2021/2022 – Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Players – Ligat ha'Al". Israel Football Association. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.