2004–05 Israeli Premier League

The 2004–05 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their second consecutive title and ninth overall. It took place from the first match on 21 August 2004 to the final match on 28 May 2005.

Israeli Premier League
Season2004–05
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
9th title
RelegatedHapoel Haifa
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Top goalscorerRoberto Colautti (19)

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The two teams relegated were Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

Teams and Locations

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Twelve teams took part in the 2004-05 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2003-04 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2003-04 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Haifa were promoted as champions of the 2003-04 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nazareth Illit were promoted as runners up. Hapoel Haifa returned to the top flight after an absence of two seasons, while Hapoel Nazareth Illit made their debut in the top flight.

Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2003-04 season.

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 021,600
Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 015,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 014,002
Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Sakhnin[A]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 013,000
F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 07,800
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 06,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 04,000

^ The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Vasermil Stadium
     
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
     
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Green Stadium
 

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 33 21 8 4 66 27 +39 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 16 12 5 47 24 +23 60 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 F.C. Ashdod 33 15 5 13 48 44 +4 50
4 Beitar Jerusalem 33 13 8 12 46 44 +2 47 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 33 12 10 11 46 46 0 46
6 Bnei Yehuda 33 12 8 13 40 46 −6 44
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 33 11 9 13 41 46 −5 42
8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 10 10 13 32 42 −10 40 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 10 9 14 30 34 −4 39
10 Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 6 17 40 51 −11 36
11 Hapoel Haifa (R) 33 9 8 16 36 44 −8 35 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (R) 33 7 11 15 33 57 −24 32
Source: Table
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.

Results

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First and second round

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Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HBS HHA HNI HPT HTA MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0
Bnei Sakhnin 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 3–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 2–3 2–2 4–3 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Hapoel Haifa 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 4–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–1 1–0 5–0 6–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HBS HHA HNI HPT HTA MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 0–1 3–3 4–2 3–2
Bnei Sakhnin 2–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2
Bnei Yehuda 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 4–0 0–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1
Hapoel Haifa 2–0 4–0 0–2 6–1 1–0
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–4
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 3–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Roberto Colautti Maccabi Haifa 19
2   Lior Asulin Beitar Jerusalem 15
3   Shay Holtzman F.C. Ashdod 14
4   José Duarte Hapoel Nazareth Illit 13
  Idan Tal Maccabi Haifa 13
6   Shlomi Arbeitman Hapoel Petah Tikva 12
  Avi Nimni Beitar Jerusalem 12
8   Ngoy Alumeida Bnei Sakhnin 10
  Gustavo Boccoli Maccabi Haifa 10
  Stanislav Dubrovin Maccabi Petah Tikva 10
  Moshe Biton Bnei Yehuda 10

See also

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