Wiki English 2024
EnglishJapaneseVietnamese

2018–19 Israeli Premier League

The 2018–19 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Japanika for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 77th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019. Hapoel Be'er Sheva were the defending champions.

Israeli Premier League
Season2018–19
Dates25 August 2018 – 25 May 2019
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
RelegatedMaccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Sakhnin
Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
Europa LeagueMaccabi Haifa
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Matches played240
Goals scored599 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerIsrael Ben Sahar
(15 goals)
Biggest home winHapoel Tel Aviv 6–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
(3 March 2019)
Biggest away winBeitar Jerusalem 1–5 Bnei Yehuda
(27 October 2018)
Bnei Sakhnin 0–4 Hapoel Haifa
(19 January 2019)
Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Bnei Yehuda
(10 February 2019)
Highest scoringHapoel Haifa 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
(4 December 2018)
Longest winning run7 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run32 matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run13 matches
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Longest losing run4 matches
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Hadera
Highest attendance29,988
Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Hapoel Haifa
(1 December 2018)
Total attendance1,430,652 [1]
Average attendance5,925

Teams edit

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted teams from the 2017–18 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Akko and Hapoel Ashkelon were relegated to the 2018–19 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Hapoel Tel Aviv were promoted as the winners of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This ends the team's one-year absence from the top division.

Hapoel Hadera were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This marked the return of Hadera to the top division after 39 years of absence.

Stadiums and locations edit

class=notpageimage|
Locations of the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League teams
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium[2]31,733
Bnei SakhninSakhninDoha Stadium[3]8,500
Bnei YehudaTel AvivHaMoshava Stadium,[4] Petah Tikva11,500
F.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef Stadium[5]7,800
Hapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner Stadium[6]16,126
Hapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya Stadium,[7] Netanya13,610
Hapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium[8]30,942
Hapoel Ra'ananaRa'ananaRamat Gan Stadium,[9] Ramat Gan13,370
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivHaMoshava Stadium,[10] Petah Tikva11,500
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Stadium[11]5,300
Maccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium[12]30,942
Maccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya Stadium[13]13,610
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava Stadium[14]11,500
Maccabi Tel AvivTel AvivNetanya Stadium,[15] Netanya13,610
HaMoshava StadiumNetanya StadiumSammy Ofer Stadium
Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva		Hapoel Hadera
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv		Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Doha StadiumKiryat Shmona StadiumRamat Gan Stadium
Bnei SakhninIroni Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Ra'anana
Teddy StadiumTurner StadiumYud-Alef Stadium
Beitar JerusalemHapoel Be'er ShevaF.C. Ashdod

Personnel and sponsorship edit

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Moshe Hogeg Nir Klinger Idan VeredGivovaAppli Check
Bnei Sakhnin Mohammed Abu Yunes Amir Turgeman Khaled KhalailaJomaScania
Bnei Yehuda Barak Abramov Yossi Abukasis Itzik AzuzKappaHAP
F.C. Ashdod Jacky Ben-Zaken Avi Bohbot Tom Ben ZakenNike——
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Alona Barkat Barak Bakhar Maor MeliksonPumaTadiran
Hapoel Haifa Yoav Katz Haim Silvas Gil VermouthJomaBOGART
Hapoel Hadera Oren Golan Niso Avitan Menashe ZalkaLotto——
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Izzy Sheratzky Shimon Hadri Eden ShamirKappaIturan
Hapoel Ra'anana Asher Alon Meni Koretski Snir ShukerGivovaME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv Itzik and Sharon Nisanov Kobi Refua Orel DganiMacronArkia
Maccabi Haifa Ya'akov Shahar Marco Balbul Neta LaviNikeVolvo
Maccabi Netanya Eyal Segal Slobodan Drapić Dani AmosLottoKesrei Thofa
Maccabi Petah Tikva Amos Luzon Murad Magomedov Naor PeserMacronPanorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Mitchell Goldhar Vladimir Ivić Sheran Yeini——PenguinPickUp

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[16]

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem Antoine Conte Ange-Freddy Plumain Anthony Annan Afonso Taira Mihai Voduț
Bnei Sakhnin Alban Pnishi George Akpabio Shuaibu Ibrahim Emmanuel Mbola
Bnei Yehuda Ismaila Soro Emilijus Zubas Mavis Tchibota Fejsal Mulić Jakub Sylvestr Carlos Cuéllar
F.C. Ashdod Issoumaila Lingane Romain Habran Johan Martial Leonard Owusu Seybou Koita Filip Knežević
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Kevin Tapoko Nigel Hasselbaink John Ogu Miguel Vítor Erik Sabo
Hapoel Haifa Ernestas Šetkus Radu Gînsari Risto Mitrevski Gabriel Tamaș Rasmus Sjöstedt
Hapoel Hadera Lúcio Nathan Oduwa Austin Ejide David Mateos George Fochive
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Valon Ahmedi Marcus Diniz Hadji Barry Džiugas Bartkus Jorge Morcillo Levi Garcia
Hapoel Ra'anana Ariel Ngueukam Mirko Oremuš Martin Zeman Teddy Mézague Eugene Ansah
Hapoel Tel Aviv Marvin Peersman Caio Alves Claudemir Emmanuel Boateng Nerijus Valskis
Maccabi Haifa Allyson Ernest Mabouka Georges Mandjeck Manuel Iturra Etiënne Reijnen Kerim Frei
Maccabi Netanya Jahmir Hyka Branko Vrgoč Tim Heubach Fatos Bećiraj Ali Mohamed
Maccabi Petah Tikva Tomáš Sivok Franck-Yves Bambock Kpehi Didier Brossou Armando Cooper Issa Cissokho Anton Bratkov
Maccabi Tel Aviv Chikeluba Ofoedu Jair Amador Uroš Nikolić Predrag Rajković Enric Saborit

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

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Beitar JerusalemBenny Ben Zaken1 June 2018Pre-seasonGuy Luzon
Bnei SakhninTal BaninBenny Ben Zaken
F.C. AshdodYossi Mizrahi Blagoja Milevski
Maccabi Petah TikvaSharon MimerElisha Levy
Maccabi Tel Aviv Jordi CruyffLeft Vladimir Ivić1 June 2018
Beitar JerusalemGuy LuzonSacked22 October 201813thNir Klinger30 October 2018
Hapoel HaifaNir KlingerLeft25 October 201811thSharon Mimer31 October 2018
Maccabi Haifa Fred RuttenLeft1 November 20188thEli Guttman8 November 2018
Bnei SakhninBenny Ben ZakenSacked5 November 201814thAmir Turgeman18 November 2018
F.C. Ashdod Blagoja MilevskiSacked13 November 201813thYuval Naim23 November 2018
Hapoel Tel AvivKobi RefuaSacked25 November 201812thOfir Haim26 November 2018
Maccabi HaifaEli GuttmanRetired3 December 201811thItay Mordechai (caretaker)3 December 2018
Maccabi HaifaItay Mordechai (caretaker)Caretaking spell over19 December 201810thMarco Balbul19 December 2018
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaHaim SilvasSacked30 December 201810thTomer Kashtan30 December 2018
Hapoel Tel AvivOfir HaimSacked6 January 201912thKobi Refua6 January 2019
Maccabi Petah TikvaElisha LevySacked6 January 20199th Murad Magomedov (caretaker)6 January 2019
Maccabi Petah Tikva Murad Magomedov (caretaker)Caretaking spell over20 January 20199thGuy Luzon20 January 2019
Bnei SakhninBenny Ben ZakenSacked20 January 201913th Giorgi Daraselia23 January 2019
F.C. AshdodYuval NaimSacked26 January 201914thAvi Bohbot19 February 2019
Bnei Sakhnin Giorgi DaraseliaSacked5 March 201914th Juan Carlos (caretaker)5 March 2019
Bnei Sakhnin Juan Carlos (caretaker)Caretaking spell over26 March 201914th Eldad Shavit26 March 2019
Hapoel HaifaSharon MimerSacked14 April 201910thHaim Silvas17 April 2019
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaTomer KashtanSacked6 May 201912thShimon Hadri6 May 2019

Regular season edit

Regular season table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Maccabi Tel Aviv2620605712+4566Qualification for the Championship round
2Maccabi Haifa2612863427+744
3Maccabi Netanya2612773429+543
4Hapoel Be'er Sheva2610973632+439
5Bnei Yehuda2610793925+1437
6Hapoel Hadera2696113041−1133
7Hapoel Haifa2671184237+532Qualification for the Relegation round
8Hapoel Tel Aviv2661372623+331
9Ironi Kiryat Shmona2679102528−330
10Hapoel Ra'anana2661282030−1030
11Beitar Jerusalem2678113237−529
12Maccabi Petah Tikva26610102640−1428
13F.C. Ashdod2657142042−2222
14Bnei Sakhnin2649132139−1821
Source: 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.[17]

Regular season results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnSBnYASHHAHHBSHHAHRAHTAMNEIKSMHAMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem—3–21–54–10–12–31–12–00–11–10–01–10–00–2
Bnei Sakhnin0–0—2–14–31–20–00–40–01–10–20–30–20–10–0
Bnei Yehuda0–20–1—2–02–03–14–23–00–00–00–11–12–21–3
F.C. Ashdod1–12–11–0—2–31–00–31–11–11–41–00–11–10–2
Hapoel Hadera0–32–10–43–2—1–22–00–02–12–21–01–23–00–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva3–11–10–01–02–2—2–02–02–11–12–10–24–11–1
Hapoel Haifa2–20–30–20–11–14–4—2–21–15–01–10–04–21–3
Hapoel Ra'anana2–12–10–01–11–03–10–3—0–01–22–11–11–00–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–32–03–20–01–11–01–00–0—1–20–01–26–01–1
Maccabi Netanya3–11–11–31–01–01–01–21–01–1—1–00–00–11–2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–02–20–20–03–11–11–11–11–01–0—2–30–21–2
Maccabi Haifa1–22–01–02–03–10–01–30–03–20–22–2—1–21–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva4–10–01–12–01–11–31–11–10–01–40–11–2—1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–03–02–14–04–03–01–14–10–04–13–02–02–0—
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Source: [1]

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi Tel Aviv33112211111111111111111111
Maccabi Haifa1266991012898117910765433233332
Maccabi Netanya141314141213107677856556575644223
Hapoel Be'er Sheva69121311745544443334767775544
Bnei Yehuda111111126333323222222222422455
Hapoel Hadera41221122232334443346356666
Hapoel Haifa15588121113811101065677654567777
Hapoel Tel Aviv107767881112121313141413121212111112121111118
Ironi Kiryat Shmona71285456445557910108888888989
Hapoel Ra'anana849710111310101099118999999101010101010
Beitar Jerusalem13141310131414141314141413121111111010109998911
Maccabi Petah Tikva224334567666878810111212111112121212
F.C. Ashdod58345679111312121213141414141414141313131313
Bnei Sakhnin91010111499121498111011121313131313131414141414
Source: [citation needed]

Championship round edit

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

Rounds
27th28th29th30th31st32nd33rd34th35th36th
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

Due to 3 teams that play in the Netanya stadium qualifying to this round, and in order to insure that all the last games of this round, can be played in the same time(for purity reasons), the order of the games, has been changed. Affecting fixtures 33,35 and 36.

Rounds
33rd34th35th36th
6 – 3
2 – 4
1 – 5		6 – 2
1 – 3
5 – 4		2 – 1
3 – 5
4 – 6		3 – 2
4 – 1
5 – 6

Championship round table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)3627817717+6089Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Maccabi Haifa361610104641+558Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3Hapoel Be'er Sheva361510114846+255
4Maccabi Netanya36158134547−253
5Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv36149135641+1551Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6Hapoel Hadera36126184359−1642
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.[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Israel State Cup.
2018–19 Israeli Premier League champions


Maccabi Tel Aviv
22nd title

Championship round results edit

Home \ AwayBnYHAHHBSMHAMNEMTA
Bnei Yehuda—1–22–32–21–10–2
Hapoel Hadera2–3—1–42–01–20–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva2–11–0—0–10–20–4
Maccabi Haifa0–21–33–1—2–11–1
Maccabi Netanya0–23–20–11–2—1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–32–00–01–03–0—
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233343536
Maccabi Tel Aviv11111111111
Maccabi Haifa32433322232
Hapoel Be'er Sheva24222344423
Maccabi Netanya43345433344
Bnei Yehuda55554555555
Hapoel Hadera66666666666
2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Source: [2]

Relegation round edit

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

Rounds
27th28th29th30th31st32nd33rd
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

Relegation round table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
7Beitar Jerusalem331110124343043
8Hapoel Tel Aviv3391594030+1042
9Hapoel Ra'anana33815102938−939
10Ironi Kiryat Shmona33911133435−138
11Hapoel Haifa33813124447−337
12F.C. Ashdod33107163454−2037
13Maccabi Petah Tikva (R)33812133351−1836Relegation to Liga Leumit
14Bnei Sakhnin (R)33512162750−2327
Source: 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.[17]
(R) Relegated

Relegation round results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnSASHHHAHRAHTAIKSMPT
Beitar Jerusalem—0–02–3————4–1
Bnei Sakhnin———1–2——0–21–1
F.C. Ashdod—1–2—1–0——3–2—
Hapoel Haifa0–0———0–20–0—0–3
Hapoel Ra'anana1–22–21–2——2–1——
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–23–05–1———2–2—
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–1——3–00–0——0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva——0–3—1–10–2——
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round2627282930313233
Beitar Jerusalem11121197777
Hapoel Tel Aviv877781088
Hapoel Ra'anana1099129899
Ironi Kiryat Shmona911121011111210
Hapoel Haifa78881091011
F.C. Ashdod1314131313131312
Maccabi Petah Tikva1210101112121113
Bnei Sakhnin1413141414141414
Relegation to 2019–20 Liga Leumit
Source: [3]

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Ben SaharHapoel Be'er Sheva15
2 Fatos BećirajMaccabi Netanya13
LúcioHapoel Hadera
4 Yarden ShuaBnei Yehuda / Maccabi Haifa12
Eliran AtarMaccabi Tel Aviv
6 Mavis TchibotaBnei Yehuda11
Omer AtziliMaccabi Tel Aviv
8 Guy MelamedHapoel Be'er Sheva / Maccabi Netanya10
9 Nikita RukavytsyaMaccabi Haifa9
Ange-Freddy PlumainHapoel Hadera / Beitar Jerusalem
Shlomi AzulayBnei Sakhnin
126 different players3 different teams8

Source: (Hebrew)[4]

Hat-tricks edit

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Matan HozezHapoel HaifaBnei Sakhnin4–019 January 201919[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Premier League: Season attendance" (in Hebrew). football.co.il.
  2. ^ Beitar Jerusalem venue
  3. ^ Bnei Sakhnin venue
  4. ^ Bnei Yehuda venue
  5. ^ F.C. Ashdod venue
  6. ^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva venue
  7. ^ Hapoel Hadera venue
  8. ^ Hapoel Haifa venue
  9. ^ Hapoel Ra'anana venue
  10. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv venue
  11. ^ Ironi Kiryat Shmona venue
  12. ^ Maccabi Haifa venue
  13. ^ Maccabi Netanya venue
  14. ^ Maccabi Petah Tikva venue
  15. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv venue
  16. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
  17. ^ a b c "Ligat ha'AL 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https:https://www.how.com.vn/wiki/index.php?lang=en&q=2018–19_Israeli_Premier_League&oldid=1218013809"
🔥 Top keywords: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS te ShqiperiseAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBilderberg GroupCristiano RonaldoDong XiaowanMinecraftOperation GladioPrimal cutRiot FestStrictly Come Dancing (series 7)Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesChirag PaswanMichael Mosley (broadcaster)2024 European Parliament electionDragon Boat FestivalUnion Council of MinistersHit Man (2023 film)Cleopatra2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupCarlos AlcarazDeaths in 20242024 Indian general electionThird Modi ministryNXT Battleground (2024)Bad Boys: Ride or DieUEFA Euro 2024Yolanda SaldívarSelenaJordan BardellaGlen PowellRam Vilas PaswanKinjarapu Ram Mohan NaiduProject 2025YouTubeKalki 2898 ADJrue HolidayNational RallyMarine Le PenSabrina CarpenterNarendra ModiEmmanuel MacronAdria ArjonaMiley Naa Miley Hum.xxxChatGPT2024 French legislative electionNirmala Sitharaman