2012–13 Israeli Premier League

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The 2012–13 Israeli Premier League was the fourteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 71st season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 20 May 2013. Ironi Kiryat Shmona were the defending champions, having won their first Premier League title last season.

Season2012–13
Dates25 August 2012 – 20 May 2013
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
2nd Premier League title
19th Israeli title overall
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Israeli Premier League
Season2012–13
Dates25 August 2012 – 20 May 2013
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
2nd Premier League title
19th Israeli title overall
RelegatedMaccabi Netanya
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
(Second qualifying round)
Europa LeagueHapoel Ramat Gan
(Third qualifying round)
Maccabi Haifa (Second qualifying round)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Second qualifying round)
Matches240
Goals608 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerEliran Atar (22 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 6–0 Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–4 Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Highest scoringMaccabi Tel Aviv 6–2 Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Acre 4–4 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya 3–5 Bnei Yehuda
Longest winning run8 games
Maccabi Tel Aviv[1]
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Maccabi Tel Aviv[1]
Longest winless run16 games
Hapoel Acre[2]
Longest losing run6 games
Hapoel Acre[2]
Highest attendance33,000 – Ironi Ramat HaSharon 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (22 April 2013)[3]
Lowest attendance150
Ironi Ramat HaSharon 3–1 Hapoel Acre[4]
Average attendance4,916[5]
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Maccabi Tel Aviv secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Ramat HaSharon on 22 April 2012. This was their 19th Israeli league title, this win gave Maccabi Tel Aviv a 13-point advantage over the second-place team Maccabi Haifa with four more rounds to go.

Structural changes

There were three structural changes:[6]

  • Only fourteen teams competed in this season, reducing from sixteen teams.
  • The top playoff were contested by six teams which were played against each other twice, and the bottom playoff was contested by eight teams which were played against each other once.
  • There were two relegated teams, and two promoted team from Liga Leumit.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams competed in the league, including thirteen sides from the 2011–12 season and one promoted team from the 2011–12 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2012–13 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2011–12 season in the bottom three places. Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated after 21 straight seasons, Hapoel Petah Tikva after four years consecutively and Hapoel Rishon LeZion after just one year on the top division.

Hapoel Ramat Gan were promoted to the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League after beating Hapoel Bnei Lod in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit promotion playoff. They last played in the top division in the 2010–11 Season.

Stadia and locations

^A: The club plays its home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.
^B: While Netanya Stadium was under construction. Maccabi Netanya hosted their home games in Ramat Gan Stadium until 6 October 2012.

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Final position
Hapoel Acre Israel Eli Cohen (b. 1961) End of contract 13 May 2012[7] 10th (11–12) Israel Shimon Edri 28 May 2012[8] 14th
Hapoel Haifa Israel Tal Banin End of contract 13 May 2012[9] 12th (11–12) Israel Nir Klinger 23 May 2012[10] 9th
Maccabi Netanya Israel Reuven Atar End of contract 13 May 2012[11] 4th (11–12) Israel Tal Banin 13 May 2012[12] 12th
Bnei Yehuda Israel Yossi Abukasis End of contract 13 May 2012[13] 3rd (11–12) Israel Dror Kashtan 13 May 2012[13] 5th
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Ran Ben Shimon End of contract 13 May 2012[14] 1st (11–12) Israel Gili Landau 13 May 2012[14] 7th
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Nir Levine End of contract 13 May 2012 6th (11–12) Spain Óscar García 22 May 2012[15] 1st
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Israel Yehoshua Feigenbaum End of contract 13 May 2012 11th (11–12) Israel Nissan Yehezkel 14 May 2012[16] 6th
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Guy Levy End of contract 13 May 2012 13th (11–12) Israel Elisha Levy 16 May 2012[17] 10th
Maccabi Haifa Israel Elisha Levy End of contract 16 May 2012[11] 5th (11–12) Israel Reuven Atar 16 May 2012[11] 13th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Israel Nissan Yehezkel Sacked 2 September 2012[18] 6th Israel Beni Tabak (joint manager)
Israel Meni Koretski (joint manager)
4 September 2012[19] 5th
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Nitzan Shirazi Stepped down for health reasons 27 September 2012[20] 3rd Israel Yossi Abukasis 27 September 2012[20] 3rd
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Gili Landau Sacked 3 October 2012[21] 7th Israel Barak Bakhar (caretaker) 3 October 2012[21] 4th
Maccabi Haifa Israel Reuven Atar Sacked 13 November 2012[22] 13th Israel Arik Benado[C] 17 November 2012[23] 2nd
Hapoel Ramat Gan Israel Freddy David Sacked 28 November 2012[24] 13th Israel Eli Cohen (b. 1961) 28 November 2012[24] 12th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Israel Meni Koretski (joint manager) Resigned 12 January 2013[25] 5th Israel Benny Tabak (sole manager) 12 January 2013[25] 6th
Hapoel Acre Israel Shimon Edri Sacked 31 January 2013[26] 14th Israel Yuval Naim 31 January 2013[24] 11th
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Yossi Abukasis Sacked 16 February 2013[27] 3rd Israel Freddy David 18 February 2013[28] 3rd
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Shlomi Dora Sacked 10 March 2013[29] 12th Israel Marco Balbul 11 March 2013[30] 13th
Maccabi Netanya Israel Tal Banin Sacked 18 March 2013[31] 12th Israel Reuven Atar 19 March 2013[32] 14th
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^C Arik Benado was acted as caretaker manager for eight days until his appointment as manager on 25 November 2012.[33]

Foreign players

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa Foreign Former Players
Beitar Jerusalem Argentina Darío Fernández Croatia Dino Škvorc Croatia Dominik Glavina Russia Dzhabrail Kadiyev Russia Zaur Sadayev France Steven Cohen2
Bnei Sakhnin Democratic Republic of the Congo Pieter Mbemba Ghana Imoro Lukman Nigeria Yero Bello Serbia Aleksandar Davidov Togo Arafat Djako France Maxime Josse
Ivory Coast Joël Damahou
Bnei Yehuda Argentina Pedro Galván Hungary Ádám Hrepka Lithuania Kęstutis Ivaškevičius Nigeria Dele Aiyenugba Serbia Nenad Marinković
F.C. Ashdod Bulgaria Dimitar Makriev Democratic Republic of the Congo Paty Yeye Lenkebe Nigeria Juwon Oshaniwa Serbia Stefan Šćepović Slovenia Sandi Arčon Ghana William Owusu
Nigeria Efe Ambrose
Hapoel Acre Nigeria Dimaku Fidelis Serbia Branislav Jovanović Serbia Nebojša Marinković Serbia Nemanja Arsenijević Serbia Srđa Knežević Brazil Leo
Ghana Imoro Lukman
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Marković Brazil William Soares Kenya Patrick Osiako Nigeria Austin Ejide Zambia William Njobvu United States Ryan Adeleye2
Hapoel Haifa Montenegro Stefan Denković Montenegro Vladimir Gluščević Serbia Dušan Brković Serbia Danilo Nikolić Suriname Touvarno Pinas Croatia Tvrtko Kale2 Switzerland Fabian Stoller
Hapoel Ramat Gan Central African Republic David Manga Mali Djibril Sidibé Republic of the Congo Bernard Itoua Romania Dorin Goga Slovenia Miran Burgić Argentina Carlos Chacana2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Pejić
Russia Anton Arkhipov
Hapoel Tel Aviv Armenia Apoula Edel Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba Montenegro Savo Pavićević Portugal Tiago Costa Spain David Rochela Brazil Bruno Coutinho
Ghana John Paintsil
Serbia Nikola Petković
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Argentina David Solari Ghana Osei Mawuli North Macedonia Darko Tasevski Serbia Dušan Matović United States Bryan Gerzicich1 Finland Roni Porokara
Hungary László Lencse
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Argentina Adrián Fernández Democratic Republic of the Congo Savity Lipenia Nigeria Udo Fortune Serbia Marko Anđelković Spain Hugo López Brazil Cadu
Bulgaria Yordan Miliev
North Macedonia Hristijan Kirovski
Maccabi Haifa Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Cocalić Serbia Bojan Šaranov South Africa Dino Ndlovu Ukraine Andriy Pylyavskyi Canada Daniel Haber2 Ivory Coast Joël Damahou
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In bold: Players that join the club mid-season

In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;
2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 2 5 61 20 +41 59 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 14 7 5 41 20 +21 49
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 11 10 5 34 25 +9 43
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 12 6 8 33 29 +4 42
5 Bnei Yehuda 26 11 5 10 35 31 +4 38
6 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 26 11 4 11 28 30 2 37
7 F.C. Ashdod 26 10 5 11 30 30 0 35 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 9 9 36 42 6 33
9 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 7 9 10 23 35 12 30
10 Hapoel Haifa 26 6 10 10 28 40 12 28
11 Maccabi Netanya 26 6 9 11 32 39 7 27
12 Bnei Sakhnin 26 6 8 12 25 45 20 26
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 6 7 13 32 39 7 25
14 Hapoel Acre 26 5 9 12 29 42 13 24
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Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Results

More information Home \ Away, BEI ...
Home \ Away BEI BnY BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA HRG HTA IKS IRH MHA MNE MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–3
Bnei Sakhnin 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–3
F.C. Ironi Ashdod 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–0
Hapoel Acre 2–3 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–4 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–1
Hapoel Haifa 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–3
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–4
Maccabi Haifa 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 2–3 3–5 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–2 1–2 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 6–2 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[34]

More information Rounds ...
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
7–14
8–13
9–12
10–11
7–8
13–9
12–10
14–11
8–14
9–7
10–13
11–12
8–9
7–10
13–11
14–12
9–14
10–8
11–7
12–13
9–10
8–11
7–12
14–13
10–14
11–9
12–8
13–7
 
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Top Playoff

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 25 5 6 78 30 +48 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Haifa 36 19 10 7 62 33 +29 67 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 17 7 12 47 45 +2 58
4 Bnei Yehuda 36 16 7 13 50 40 +10 55
5 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 36 14 11 11 45 38 +7 53
6 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 36 12 4 20 31 50 19 40
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Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) Champions

Results

More information Home \ Away, BnY ...
Home \ Away BnY HTA IKS IRH MHA MTA
Bnei Yehuda 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–4
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–0 3–2 3–2 6–0 2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 F.C. Ashdod 33 12 7 14 38 40 2 43
8 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 33 10 11 12 32 39 7 41
9 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 12 12 36 45 9 39
10 Beitar Jerusalem 33 9 12 12 44 54 10 39
11 Hapoel Acre 33 8 13 12 39 48 9 37
12 Bnei Sakhnin 33 8 13 12 31 49 18 37
13 Maccabi Netanya (R) 33 8 11 14 38 50 12 35 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) 33 7 9 17 39 48 9 30 Europa League qualifying and relegation to Liga Leumit[a]
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Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Ramat Gan qualified for the Europa League third qualifying of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Israel State Cup.

Results

More information Home \ Away, BEI ...
Home \ Away BEI BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA HRG MNE
Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3
Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–0 1–0
F.C. Ironi Ashdod 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0
Hapoel Acre 1–1 2–1 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Haifa 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–2 1–1 0–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 2–1 0–3
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: Israel Football Association

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
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  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

Discipline

Clean sheets

  • Most clean sheets: 17
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • Fewest clean sheets: 4
    • Hapoel Ramat Gan[48]

Attendances

More information Rank, Club ...
Rank Club Average Highest
1Maccabi Tel Aviv11,19514,000
2Maccabi Haifa10,62614,363
3Hapoel Tel Aviv8,76716,217
4Beitar Jerusalem7,91728,000
5Maccabi Netanya5,14614,000
6Hapoel Haifa4,60110,228
7Hapoel Be'er-Sheva4,5349,000
8Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv4,31414,000
9Bnei Sakhnin3,1068,500
10Hapoel Ironi Acre2,3998,000
11Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona2,2334,500
12Ashdod2,0406,800
13Hapoel Ramat Gan1,8484,800
14Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon1,2023,500
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Source:[49]

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