2010–11 Israeli Premier League

The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011.[2] Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions.[3]

Israeli Premier League
Season2010–11
Dates21 August 2010 – 21 May 2011
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
7th Premier League title
12th Israel title overall
RelegatedHapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Champions LeagueMaccabi Haifa
Europa LeagueHapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda
Matches played276
Goals scored737 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerToto Tamuz (21 goals)
Biggest home winH. Tel Aviv 5–0 H. Haifa
H. Be'er Sheva 5–0 Ashdod
Biggest away winH. Petah Tikva 1–5 H. Tel Aviv
H. Ashkelon 0–4 M. Netanya
H. Ramat Gan 0–4 H. Ashkelon
M. Netanya 0–4 Bnei Yehuda
Highest scoringH. Ashkelon 3–4 H. Be'er Sheva
Average attendance3,939[1]

Maccabi Haifa secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 16 May 2011. This was their twelfth Israeli league title, This win gave Maccabi Haifa a 6-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with one more round to go.

Teams edit

A total of sixteen teams compete in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2009–10 season and two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two bottom places.

Two teams were directly promoted from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Kiryat Shmona and the runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon.

ClubStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium21,600
Bnei SakhninDoha Stadium8,500
Bnei YehudaBloomfield Stadium15,700
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium7,800
Hapoel AcreGreen Stadium[A]4,000
Hapoel AshkelonSala Stadium5,250
Hapoel Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium13,000
Hapoel HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Hapoel Petah TikvaRamat Gan Stadium[B]41,583
Hapoel Ramat GanWinter Stadium[A]8,000
Hapoel Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium15,700
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaIroni Stadium5,300
Maccabi HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Maccabi NetanyaSar-Tov Stadium7,500
Maccabi Petah TikvaRamat Gan Stadium[B]41,583
Maccabi Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium15,700

^A The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.
^B The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva are hosting their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium will be fully constructed. Both Hapoel and Maccabi chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium.[4]

Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Acre
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Kiryat Shmona StadiumGreen Stadium
Maccabi NetanyaHapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Ashkelon
Sar-Tov Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Ramat Gan StadiumSala Stadium
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Ramat Gan
Yud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumVasermil StadiumWinter Stadium

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
F.C. Ashdod Yossi MizrahiResigned20 May 2010[5]6th (09–10) John Gregory20 May 2010[5]Pre-Season
Hapoel Haifa Shlomi DoraResigned25 May 2010[6]11th (09–10) Nitzan Shirazi5 June 2010[7]Pre-Season
Hapoel Acre Yaron HochenboimEnd of contract27 May 2010[8]12th (09–10) Eli Cohen28 May 2010[9]Pre-Season
Bnei Yehuda Guy LuzonEnd of contract31 May 2010[10]4th (09–10) Dror Kashtan31 May 2010[11]Pre-Season
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vico HaddadEnd of contract31 May 2010[12]9th (09–10) Nir Klinger31 May 2010[13]Pre-Season
Hapoel Ashkelon Uri MalmilianEnd of contract31 May 2010[14]Liga Leumit
2nd (09–10)
Guy Azouri14 June 2010[15]Pre-Season
Maccabi Tel Aviv Nir LevineEnd of contract31 May 20103rd (09–10) Yossi Mizrahi10 June 2010[16]Pre-Season
Beitar Jerusalem David AmsalemStepped down to
assistant manager
11 June 2010[17]5th (09–10) Uri Malmilian11 June 2010[17]Pre-Season
Hapoel Ramat Gan Yuval NaimResigned29 June 2010[18]14th (09–10) Shlomi Dora1 July 2010[19]Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin Marco BalbulResigned29 June 2010[20]7th (09–10) Yuval Naim1 July 2010[21]Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin Yuval NaimSacked11 August 2010[22]Pre-Season Haim Levy14 August 2010[23]Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin Haim LevySacked27 September 2010[24]16th Slobodan Drapić27 September 2010[24]16th
Hapoel Petah Tikva Eli MahpudSacked16 October 2010[25]14th Yuval Naim16 October 2010[25]14th
Hapoel Ramat Gan Shlomi DoraSacked15 November 2010[26]16th Tzvika Tzemah15 November 2010[26]16th
Maccabi Tel Aviv Yossi MizrahiResigned4 January 2011[27]3rd Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)4 January 2011[27]3rd
Maccabi Tel Aviv Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)Resigned10 January 2011[28]3rd Motti Ivanir10 January 2011[29]3rd
Hapoel Ramat Gan Tzvika TzemahResigned15 January 2011[30]16th Itzik Baruch (caretaker)15 January 2011[31]16th
Beitar Jerusalem Uri MalmilianResigned17 January 2011[32]12th Ronny Levy17 January 2011[33]12th
Hapoel Ramat Gan Itzik Baruch (caretaker)End of tenure
as caretaker
3 February 2011[34]16th Yaron Hochenboim3 February 2011[34]16th
Hapoel Ashkelon Guy AzouriSacked15 March 2011[35]15th Eli Mahpud15 March 2011[35]15th
Bnei Sakhnin Slobodan DrapićResigned4 April 2011[36]15th Shlomi Dora4 April 2011[36]15th
Hapoel Petah Tikva Yuval NaimSacked13 April 2011[37][38]13th Itzik Shaki
(caretaker)
13 April 2011[37][38]13th
F.C. Ashdod John GregoryResigned18 April 2011[39]13th Yossi Mizrahi18 April 2011[39]13th
Hapoel Petah Tikva Itzik Shaki
(caretaker)
End of tenure
as caretaker
1 May 2011[40]13th Gili Landau1 May 2011[40]13th

Regular season edit

Table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Maccabi Haifa3021725525+3070Qualification for the championship round
2Hapoel Tel Aviv3020556527+3865
3Maccabi Tel Aviv30155104133+850
4Ironi Kiryat Shmona3013985034+1648
5Bnei Yehuda3013983327+648
6Maccabi Netanya30111183933+644
7Hapoel Haifa30128103837+144Qualification for the middle round
8Maccabi Petah Tikva30119105039+1142
9Hapoel Acre30101194338+541
10Hapoel Be'er Sheva30108123638−238
11Beitar Jerusalem30108123032−238Qualification for the relegation round
12Hapoel Petah Tikva3096153651−1533
13F.C. Ironi Ashdod3089133652−1633
14Hapoel Ashkelon3075182956−2726
15Bnei Sakhnin3067171940−2125
16Hapoel Ramat Gan[a]3019201856−388
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Ramat Gan were docked four points due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year.[41]

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYBnSASHHACHASHBSHHAHPTHRGHTAIKSMHAMNEMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem1–10–00–02–04–05–11–00–2[a]3–21–01–0[b]0–00–00–20–1
Bnei Yehuda2–12–00–01–02–00–03–22–00–00–13–12–31–12–02–0
Bnei Sakhnin1–00–10–20–12–01–11–31–10–01–31–01–21–12–31–3
F.C. Ironi Ashdod3–0[c]1–20–03–13–20–3[d]0–01–22–23–32–21–21–01–31–2
Hapoel Acre3–03–10–01–21–02–32–13–00–02–23–00–20–01–13–1
Hapoel Ashkelon2–10–01–04–10–03–40–03–11–10–20–10–30–40–12–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–20–11–05–00–21–00–20–02–00–31–11–11–22–10–1
Hapoel Haifa0–22–04–12–01–11–21–13–22–01–01–40–21–21–10–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva1–02–10–13–12–20–23–12–02–01–51–30–11–11–40–1
Hapoel Ramat Gan0–01–11–21–23–20–40–01–21–10–10–31–30–10–20–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–00–11–00–24–15–1[e]3–25–02–04–02–44–12–12–01–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–12–22–03–02–22–21–01–33–11–01–10–13–02–24–0
Maccabi Haifa3–31–01–01–13–13–02–20–02–03–20–23–23–01–03–0
Maccabi Netanya4–10–01–02–01–33–01–01–13–32–01–31–11–12–20–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva2–13–01–22–21–14–00–12–32–34–11–20–01–32–02–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–02–04–04–12–22–00–20–12–1[f]2–01–10–10–10–31–1
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Beitar Jerusalem hosted the match against Hapoel Petah Tikva without a crowd of both sides due to Beitar fans hooliganism.[42]
  2. ^ Beitar Jerusalem hosted the match against Ironi Kiryat Shmona without a crowd of both sides due to Beitar fans racist calls.[43]
  3. ^ F.C. Ashdod hosted the match against Beitar Jerusalem without a crowd of both sides due to Ashdod fans hooliganism.[44]
  4. ^ The match between F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Be'er Sheva was abandoned with a 3–3 draw in the 93rd minute after the linesman had been hit, allegedly by an iron sign thrown by Ashdod's crowd. Hapoel Be'er Sheva was awarded with a technical win.[44]
  5. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv hosted the match against Hapoel Ashkelon without a crowd of both sides due to Hapoel fans hooliganism.[45]
  6. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted the match against Hapoel Petah Tikva without a crowd of both sides due to Maccabi fans racist calls against Abbas Suan in the match against Bnei Sakhnin.[46]

Playoffs edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st32nd33rd34th35th
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
07 – 10
8 – 9
7 – 8
10 – 90
08 – 10
9 – 7
0
0
0
0
11 – 16
12 – 15
13 – 14
11 – 12
15 – 13
16 – 14
12 – 16
13 – 11
14 – 15
11 – 14
12 – 13
16 – 15
13 – 16
14 – 12
15 – 11

Top playoff edit

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 35 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 33, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 25, Ironi Kiryat Shmona with 24, Bnei Yehuda with 24 and Maccabi Netanya started with 22.

Table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Maccabi Haifa (C)3524836328+3545Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Hapoel Tel Aviv3521777236+3638Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3Maccabi Tel Aviv35186115340+1335Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4Bnei Yehuda351510104234+831
5Ironi Kiryat Shmona351410115745+1228
6Maccabi Netanya351213104747027
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv have qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Israel State Cup.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBnYHTAIKSMHAMNEMTA
Bnei Yehuda1–11–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–12–22–2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona1–22–1
Maccabi Haifa2–02–01–2
Maccabi Netanya0–43–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv3–10–24–1
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Middle playoff edit

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Haifa started with 22 points, Maccabi Petah Tikva with 21, Hapoel Acre with 21 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva started with 19.

Table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
7Maccabi Petah Tikva331310105741+1628
8Hapoel Acre331211104945+427
9Hapoel Be'er Sheva33119134143−223
10Hapoel Haifa33128134043−322
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 edit

Home \ AwayHACHBSHHAMPT
Hapoel Acre2–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva2–3
Hapoel Haifa1–20–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva4–11–1
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff edit

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Beitar Jerusalem started with 19 points, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 17, F.C. Ashdod with 17, Hapoel Ashkelon with 13, Bnei Sakhnin with 13 and Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 4.

Table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
11Beitar Jerusalem35129143835+326
12F.C. Ironi Ashdod351011144255−1325
13Bnei Sakhnin3598182544−1923
14Hapoel Petah Tikva (O)35108174258−1622Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15Hapoel Ashkelon (R)3595213366−3319Relegation to Liga Leumit
16Hapoel Ramat Gan (R)3539232465−4110
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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnSASHHASHPTHRG
Beitar Jerusalem0–13–05–1
Bnei Sakhnin1–01–0
F.C. Ironi Ashdod0–04–11–0
Hapoel Ashkelon2–10–3
Hapoel Petah Tikva1–11–11–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan1–22–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff edit

The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Petah Tikva faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on 24 and 27 May 2011.

Hapoel Petah Tikva4–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Luzon 7', 31'
Exbard 22'
Tzarfati 52'
Report 86' Abu Arar

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers edit

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Toto TamuzHapoel Tel Aviv21
2 Eden Ben BasatHapoel Haifa18
Eliran AtarMaccabi Tel Aviv18
4 Moshe OhayonF.C. Ashdod17
5 Pedro GalvánBnei Yehuda16
Ben SaharHapoel Tel Aviv16
7 Omer DamariMaccabi Petah Tikva15
8 Roei DayanHapoel Acre14
Wiyam AmasheIroni Kiryat Shmona14
10 Tomer HemedMaccabi Haifa13
Total737
Average per game2.67

Source: Israel Football Association

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Discipline edit

See also edit

References edit