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The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.

Season2017–18
Dates19 August 2017 – 21 May 2018
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Israeli Premier League
Season2017–18
Dates19 August 2017 – 21 May 2018
ChampionsHapoel Be'er Sheva
Champions LeagueHapoel Be'er Sheva
Europa LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Haifa
Matches240
Goals622 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerIsrael Dia Saba
(24 goals)
Biggest home winHapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya
(21 May 2018)
Biggest away winMaccabi Netanya 1–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
(22 April 2018)
Highest scoringMaccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 Hapoel Acre
(29 October 2017)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya
(21 May 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run11 matches
Hapoel Ashkelon
Longest losing run8 matches
Hapoel Ashkelon
Highest attendance27,180
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem
(21 October 2017)
Total attendance1,296,236
Average attendance6,114
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Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, Location ...
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Personnel and sponsorship

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[1]

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

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Tomer Kashtan End of contract 1 June 2017 Pre-season Haim Silvas 1 June 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Haim Silvas Released Dudu Avraham
Bnei Yehuda Kfir Edri Signing of permanent manager Yossi Abukasis
Bnei Sakhnin Yossi Abukasis End of contract Brazil Jairo Swirsky 8 June 2017
Maccabi Tel Aviv Angola Lito Vidigal Sacked 14 June 2017 Netherlands Jordi Cruyff 14 June 2017
F.C. Ashdod Ran Ben Shimon Released 5 July 2017 Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) 16 July 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Jairo Swirsky Sacked 1 August 2017 Ayman Khalaila (temporary) 1 August 2017
F.C. Ashdod Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) Signing of permanent manager 3 August 2017 Reuven Atar 3 August 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Ayman Khalaila (temporary) Signing of permanent manager 9 August 2017 Felix Naim 9 August 2017
Beitar Jerusalem Sharon Mimer Sacked 16 August 2017 Gili Lavanda (caretaker) 16 August 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Dudu Avraham Sacked 16 September 2017 13th Guy Levy 18 September 2017
Maccabi Petah Tikva Kobi Refua Resign 17 September 2017 11th Sharon Mimer 17 September 2017
Beitar Jerusalem Gili Lavanda (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 1 October 2017 1st Benny Ben Zaken 1 October 2017
F.C. Ashdod Reuven Atar Sacked 3 October 2017 14th Amir Turgeman 10 October 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana Guy Levy Sacked 15 October 2017 14th Meni Koretski 30 October 2017
Hapoel Acre Shlomi Dora Sacked 23 October 2017 14th Eldad Shavit 25 October 2017
Maccabi Haifa Guy Luzon Mutual contract termination 9 December 2017 8th Netherlands Rob Maas (caretaker) 9 December 2017
Bnei Sakhnin Felix Naim Sacked 5 January 2018 8th Tal Banin 18 January 2018
Hapoel Acre Eldad Shavit Resign 16 January 2018 14th Itzik Twizer 16 January 2018
Maccabi Haifa Netherlands Rob Maas (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 24 January 2018 10th Netherlands Fred Rutten 24 January 2018
Hapoel Ashkelon Yuval Naim Sacked 12 February 2018 13th Messay Dego 14 February 2018
F.C. Ashdod Amir Turgeman Sacked 24 April 2018 12th Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) 24 April 2018
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Regular season

Regular season table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 17 6 3 43 18 +25 57 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Beitar Jerusalem 26 17 5 4 60 30 +30 56
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 16 7 3 44 20 +24 55
4 Hapoel Haifa 26 15 7 4 36 21 +15 52
5 Maccabi Netanya 26 12 9 5 43 29 +14 45
6 Bnei Yehuda 26 11 7 8 32 26 +6 40
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 9 6 11 30 35 −5 33 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 9 5 12 28 30 −2 32
9 Bnei Sakhnin 26 8 6 12 24 35 −11 30
10 Maccabi Haifa 26 6 7 13 26 33 −7 25
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 6 6 14 23 40 −17 24
12 F.C. Ashdod 26 4 9 13 22 39 −17 21
13 Hapoel Ashkelon 26 3 8 15 19 39 −20 17
14 Hapoel Acre[a] 26 4 2 20 19 54 −35 12
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Source: Israel Football Association, 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.[5]
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[2][3][4]

Regular season results

More information Home \ Away, BEI ...
Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HAS HBS HHA HAC HRA MNE IKS MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2
Bnei Sakhnin 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1
Bnei Yehuda 3–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0
Hapoel Ashkelon 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–2
Hapoel Acre 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–0 0–3[a] 0–2
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–1
Maccabi Netanya 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. match originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss

Positions by round

More information Team \ Round ...
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Hapoel Be'er Sheva7128661054432211111121221211
Beitar Jerusalem11111322223333332333332322
Maccabi Tel Aviv137333435344444444212113133
Hapoel Haifa22222111111122223444444444
Maccabi Netanya68584243555555555665555555
Bnei Yehuda34691191011979666666556666666
Maccabi Petah Tikva461011101111810111010910101010788778777
Ironi Kiryat Shmona99745789686777778977887898
Bnei Sakhnin5345967779891088878999109989
Maccabi Haifa12597856686788999910101010910101010
Hapoel Ra'anana810131313131413131412121212121212121111121111111111
F.C. Ashdod1013141414141312121314131313131313131313111212121212
Hapoel Ashkelon1111121078910111011111111111111111212131313131313
Hapoel Acre1414111212121214141213141414141414141414141414141414
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Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

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
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Championship round table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) 36 24 8 4 70 27 +43 80 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 8 7 60 33 +27 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 36 20 8 8 75 51 +24 68
4 Hapoel Haifa 36 17 11 8 48 39 +9 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 16 10 10 59 54 +5 58
6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 36 13 10 13 47 41 +6 49
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Source: Israel Football Association, 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.[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:
2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions


Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5th title

Championship round results

More information Home \ Away, BEI ...
Home \ Away BEI BnY HBS HHA MNE MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 3–2
Bnei Yehuda 3–3 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–1 0–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2
Maccabi Netanya 4–1 0–5 1–5 2–1 4–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

More information Team/ Round ...
Team/
Round
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Hapoel Haifa 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Maccabi Netanya 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bnei Yehuda 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
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Source:

2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round

Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

More information Rounds ...
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
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Relegation round table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 13 6 14 39 36 +3 45
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 12 7 14 40 44 −4 43
9 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 11 7 15 36 45 −9 40
10 Maccabi Haifa 33 10 8 15 38 39 −1 38
11 Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 8 15 32 47 −15 38
12 F.C. Ashdod 33 6 10 17 29 48 −19 28
13 Hapoel Ashkelon (R) 33 4 9 20 23 51 −28 21 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Acre[a] (R) 33 6 4 23 26 67 −41 20
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Source: Israel Football Association, 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.[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[2][3][4]

Relegation round results

More information Home \ Away, BnS ...
Home \ Away BnS ASH HAS HAC HRA IKS MHA MPT
Bnei Sakhnin 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 1–0 1–2 2–1
Hapoel Ashkelon 2–0 0–2 0–2
Hapoel Acre 1–2 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana 1–0 4–0 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–1
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Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

More information Team/ Round ...
Team/
Round
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 8 7 8 9 8 7 7 7
Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
Hapoel Ra'anana 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9
Maccabi Haifa 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
Bnei Sakhnin 9 9 9 8 11 11 11 11
F.C. Ashdod 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Hapoel Ashkelon 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Hapoel Acre 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
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Source:

Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Leumit

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Scorer ...
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya 24
2 Iceland Viðar Kjartansson Maccabi Tel Aviv 13
3 Israel Eden Ben Basat Hapoel Haifa 12
Israel Hanan Maman Hapoel Haifa/Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa
6 Israel Ben Sahar Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11
7 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya Maccabi Haifa 10
Czech Republic Tomáš Pekhart Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Shimon Abuhatzira Hapoel Raanana
England Nick Blackman Maccabi Tel Aviv
Nigeria Anthony Nwakaeme Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Lidor Cohen Maccabi Petah Tikva
Israel Omer Atzili Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya
France Jordan Faucher Bnei Sakhnin
17 3 different players 2 different teams 9
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Source: (Hebrew)stats

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Israel Eden Ben Basat Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem 3–3 (A) 16 September 2017 4 [7]
Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–0 2 October 2017 6 [8]
Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Acre 4–0 14 October 2017 7 [9]
Israel Eliran Atar Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Acre 5–2 29 October 2017 9 [10]
Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 3 April 2018 28 [11]
Israel Guy Melamed Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Netanya 6–1 21 May 2018 36 [12]
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Attendances

Source:[13]

More information No., Club ...
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest
1Maccabi Haifa16,899-14,4%28,114
2Hapoel Be'er-Sheva14,4772,8%15,712
3Beitar Jerusalem12,49163,5%24,000
4Maccabi Tel Aviv10,0522,1%12,400
5Hapoel Haifa6,86253,5%23,475
6Maccabi Netanya6,801107,8%12,500
7Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv3,60015,6%9,000
8Hapoel Ashkelon2,593-14,2%5,200
9Maccabi Petah Tikva2,575-40,9%8,000
10Ashdod2,038-12,1%5,100
11Hapoel Ironi Acre1,758153,0%5,000
12Hapoel Ra'anana1,712-7,0%5,500
13Bnei Sakhnin1,604-30,1%4,000
14Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona1,226-11,8%3,750
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