2001–02 Israeli Premier League

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The 2001–02 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their second consecutive title. It took place from the first match on 25 August 2001 to the final match on 18 May 2002.

Season2001–02
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
7th title
RelegatedHapoel Haifa
Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Top goalscorerKobi Refua (18)
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Israeli Premier League
Season2001–02
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
7th title
RelegatedHapoel Haifa
Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Top goalscorerKobi Refua (18)
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Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Kiryat Gat. The two teams relegated were Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon.

Teams and Locations

Locations of the 2002–03 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2001-02 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2000-01 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2000-01 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva were promoted as champions of the 2000-01 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Kiryat Gat were promoted as runners up. Hapoel Be'er Sheva returned to the top flight after an absence of four seasons while Maccabi Kiryat Gat made their debut in the top flight.

Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2000-01 season.

More information Club, Stadium ...
Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium21,600
Hapoel Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium15,700
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium13,000
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium7,800
Maccabi Kiryat Gat[A]
Maccabi NetanyaSar-Tov Stadium7,500
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium6,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Ironi Rishon LeZionHaberfeld Stadium6,000
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^^ The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

More information Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ...
Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Vasermil Stadium
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Haifa		 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva		 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Ironi Rishon LeZion
Sar-Tov Stadium Haberfeld Stadium
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Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 33 22 9 2 72 32 +40 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 20 7 6 55 32 +23 67 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 15 12 6 43 24 +19 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
4 F.C. Ashdod 33 14 7 12 47 52 −5 49 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 33 14 6 13 44 48 −4 48
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 33 13 8 12 39 35 +4 47
7 Maccabi Netanya 33 11 7 15 41 44 −3 40
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 8 12 13 36 47 −11 36
9 Ironi Rishon LeZion 33 10 5 18 39 53 −14 35
10 Beitar Jerusalem 33 7 12 14 39 49 −10 33
11 Hapoel Haifa (R) 33 7 9 17 35 50 −15 30 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Maccabi Kiryat Gat (R) 33 7 6 20 34 58 −24 27
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Source: futbol24.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.

Results

First and second round

More information Home \ Away, BEI ...
Home \ Away BEI ASH HBS HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MKG MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–1 — 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–3 3–1 — 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–4
Hapoel Haifa 4–1 6–1 1–3 — 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 3–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–2
Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 — 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 — 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Maccabi Kiryat Gat 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–5 — 0–2 2–0 1–2
Maccabi Netanya 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–4
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 — 0–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 —
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Home \ Away BEI ASH HBS HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MKG MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — — — 3–0 0–1 — — 1–1 — 2–1 — 0–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–0 — — 4–0 0–1 4–2 — — 2–1 0–3 — —
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–3 1–3 — 1–0 — 2–2 — — 3–1 1–0 — —
Hapoel Haifa — — — — 0–1 — — 0–2 — 1–0 2–2 1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva — — 0–1 — — — 2–0 0–5 3–1 — 0–1 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 — — 2–1 2–1 — — — 3–0 1–1 — 1–1
Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 — 2–0 — — — — — —
Maccabi Haifa — 5–1 3–1 — — 3–0 3–1 — 0–4 — 1–1 —
Maccabi Kiryat Gat 3–3 — — 2–0 — — 2–1 — — 2–1 1–2 —
Maccabi Netanya — — — — 3–1 — 2–2 2–6 — — 2–0 1–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–3 3–1 0–0 — — 1–3 1–1 — — — — —
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 2–1 4–0 — — — 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 —
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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 Israel Kobi Refua Maccabi Petah Tikva 18
2 Israel Shay Holtzman Ironi Rishon LeZion 17
3 Moldova Serghei Cleşcenco Hapoel Tel-Aviv 14
4 Nigeria Yakubu Maccabi Haifa 13
Chile Rodrigo Goldberg Maccabi Tel Aviv 13
Israel Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel-Aviv 13
7 Israel Assi Tubi F.C. Ashdod 12
8 Israel Manor Hassan Beitar Jerusalem 11
Israel Itzik Zohar Beitar Jerusalem 11
10 Israel Motti Kakoun Hapoel Petah Tikva 10
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