1993–94 Liga Leumit

The 1993–94 Liga Leumit season began on 28 August 1993 and ended on 4 June 1994, with Maccabi Haifa winning their fifth title.

Liga Leumit
Season1993–94
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
4th title
RelegatedHapoel Kfar Saba
Top goalscorerAlon Mizrahi (28)

That season saw one of the best teams in history of Israeli football, according to many pundits, when Maccabi Haifa won the league without suffering a single loss, breaking many Israeli records in the process.

In that season (as well as in the previous season) it was decided that three teams will be promoted from Liga Artzit and one relegated from Liga Leumit. The fourth place in Liga Artzit would play against before last (13th) place in Liga Leumit in a Playoff to see which team is to play in the premier league.

The three teams from Liga Artzit that were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod and Hapoel Kfar Saba. The team relegated was Beitar Tel Aviv.

Final table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Maccabi Haifa (C)39281109727+7095Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2Maccabi Tel Aviv3927758036+4488Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a]
3Hapoel Be'er Sheva391811105438+1665Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round[a]
4Beitar Jerusalem39197137566+964
5Hapoel Tel Aviv39166176159+254
6Maccabi Netanya391310166471−749
7Hapoel Petah Tikva391212155356−348
8Maccabi Petah Tikva391114143746−947
9Bnei Yehuda39138185567−1247
10Tzafririm Holon391112164368−2545
11Maccabi Herzliya391011184153−1241
12Maccabi Ironi Ashdod39911195357−438
13Hapoel Haifa (O)39713193980−4134Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)39711213664−2832Relegation to Liga Artzit
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup, then the 3rd-positioned team awarded with entry to the 1994–1995 UEFA Cup.

Results edit

First and second round edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYHBSHHAHKSHPTHTAMHAMHEMIAMNEMPTMTATZH
Beitar Jerusalem2–10–23–13–23–01–02–32–22–01–13–10–14–2
Bnei Yehuda3–10–43–13–10–14–00–30–10–21–10–12–01–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva2–30–12–11–03–13–10–21–10–02–13–00–31–1
Hapoel Haifa1–10–01–30–21–12–30–00–10–70–00–00–73–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–11–00–22–01–10–31–10–10–01–01–11–21–4
Hapoel Petah Tikva1–11–20–14–02–13–11–33–03–13–01–11–20–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–42–01–30–23–02–00–11–12–23–12–11–22–3
Maccabi Haifa4–05–12–14–00–02–12–11–02–14–24–05–05–0
Maccabi Herzliya0–22–12–31–12–22–01–30–20–02–10–01–20–2
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod0–26–00–12–10–21–11–21–30–35–11–02–51–1
Maccabi Netanya1–52–01–17–13–02–21–32–24–33–24–11–32–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–01–10–00–04–00–13–00–10–11–01–21–11–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–35–12–03–02–12–11–01–11–01–01–04–06–0
Tzafririm Holon5–11–11–10–02–13–11–10–01–02–01–21–10–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYHBSHHAHKSHPTHTAMHAMHEMIAMNEMPTMTATZH
Beitar Jerusalem1–31–01–11–01–21–26–1
Bnei Yehuda8–22–21–34–23–12–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–33–00–02–12–23–10–0
Hapoel Haifa1–14–32–11–31–11–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba2–01–41–42–00–01–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva3–31–10–04–20–02–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–00–11–40–02–35–24–0
Maccabi Haifa5–11–06–16–01–11–11–1
Maccabi Herzliya2–22–20–11–30–05–1
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod1–31–30–02–04–10–2
Maccabi Netanya2–11–13–13–22–01–11–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–01–21–13–00–54–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–03–22–00–02–11–12–3
Tzafririm Holon1–30–00–21–40–10–02–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-relegation play-off edit

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 13th-placed team in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Haifa, and the 4th team in Liga Artzit, Shimshon Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Haifa won 3–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alon MizrahiMaccabi Haifa28
2 Itzik ZoharMaccabi Tel Aviv22
3 Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva21
4 Nikolay KodritskiBnei Yehuda20
5 Vladimir GrechnyovBeitar Jerusalem19
6 Amir TurgemanMaccabi Ironi Ashdod17
7 Amir AvigdorHapoel Be'er Sheva16
Eli OhanaBeitar Jerusalem16
9 Ronen HaraziBeitar Jerusalem15
Roman FilipchukMaccabi Netanya13

References edit