2021–22 Israeli Premier League

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, will be the 22nd 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
Matches played213
Goals scored522 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (18 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[lower-alpha 1][4]
Longest unbeaten run16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[lower-alpha 2][5]
          Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 3][4]
Longest winless run13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 4][6]
Longest losing run6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[lower-alpha 5][7]
        Maccabi Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 5][6]
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2022 (2022-04-25).

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
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
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
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

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 Miguel Vítor
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

Regular season table
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.

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 Haifa105746533222222221111111111
Hapoel Be'er Sheva22421111111111112222222222
Maccabi Tel Aviv131081079128966444344343333333
Bnei Sakhnin16671081166433335656107675554
Maccabi Netanya1112111411791011911121010889788867445
Hapoel Tel Aviv31255424455875433434446766
Hapoel Hadera681063355577568910101076554677
Ironi Kiryat Shmona411139121271214141299677659101099998
Hapoel Haifa73312242334657658965788889
F.C. Ashdod121414121313131313118789109785991010101010
Hapoel Jerusalem813121314141414121314141311121212121213131313121311
Beitar Jerusalem147589118118810111213111111111111111111111112
Maccabi Petah Tikva5991181069101213131414141414141414141414141213
Hapoel Nof HaGalil9413461077109101112131313131312121212131414
Source: worldfootball.net

Regular season results
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[lower-alpha 6] — 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. Matches 12–17
  6. 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 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

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 MHA HBS MTA MNE BnS HTA
1 Maccabi Haifa (X) 31 21 6 4 69 23 +46 69 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round — 2–0 10 May 21 May 1–0 3–0
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (X) 32 18 9 5 47 26 +21 63 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 7 May — 1–0 4–1 21 May 2–2
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv (X) 32 17 8 7 55 35 +20 59 1–1 14 May — 7 May 0–0 5–0
4 Maccabi Netanya 32 12 12 8 43 35 +8 48 3–0 3–0 1–1 — 10 May 14 May
5 Bnei Sakhnin 32 13 9 10 32 34 −2 48 14 May 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 7 May
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 31 12 9 10 42 42 0 45 2 May 10 May 21 May 2–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 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.
(X) Assured of at least Europa Conference League but can still qualify for the Champions League.

Relegation round

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation IKS HAH ASH HHA BEI HJE MPT HNG
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (X) 31 13 7 11 43 36 +7 46 4–0 2–1 1–1 8 May
8 Hapoel Hadera (X) 31 11 9 11 30 37 −7 42 1–4 2–3 8 May 3–1
9 F.C. Ashdod (X) 31 11 3 17 35 50 −15 36 1–3 14 May 1–0 2–0
10 Hapoel Haifa (X) 31 9 8 14 35 44 −9 35 1–0 9 May 1–1 0–2
11 Beitar Jerusalem (X) 31 8 9 14 30 39 −9 33 14 May 1–0 2–2
12 Hapoel Jerusalem 31 6 9 16 23 41 −18 27 0–1 8 May 0–0
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 31 5 9 17 30 45 −15 24 Relegation to Liga Leumit 14 May 0–0 0–4
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 31 5 9 17 24 51 −27 24 0–2 14 May 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 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. [13]
(X) Safe from relegation

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 18
2 Dean David Maccabi Haifa 15
3 Stipe Perica Maccabi Tel Aviv 12
Itamar Shviro Ironi Kiryat Shmona
5 Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa 11
Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya
7 Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa 10
Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Be'er Sheva
9 Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva 9
Guy Melamed Bnei Sakhnin

Source, as of 27 April 2022:[14]

Top Assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 9
2 Dan Biton Maccabi Tel Aviv 7
Gabi Kanichowsky Maccabi Tel Aviv
Guy Badash Hapoel Jerusalem
5 Liran Serdal Hapoel Haifa 6
Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa
Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Dan Einbinder Hapoel Tel Aviv
Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa

Source:[14]

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
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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    3. "Hapoel Nof HaGalil vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
    4. "Maccabi Haifa – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
    5. "Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
    6. "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. "Israel » Ligat ha'Al 2022 Playoffs". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
    13. "Ligat Ha'Al 2021/2022 – Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
    14. "Players – Ligat ha'Al". Israel Football Association. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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