2021–22 Israeli Premier League

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Israeli Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored593 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (20 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 6–0 F.C. Ashdod (7 February 2022 (2022-02-07))[1]
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa (25 December 2021 (2021-12-25))[2]
Highest scoringHapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (8 January 2022 (2022-01-08))[3]
Longest winning run10 — Maccabi Haifa[a][4]
Longest unbeaten run16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[b][5]
          Maccabi Haifa[c][4]
Longest winless run13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[d][6]
Longest losing run6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[e][7]
        Maccabi Petah Tikva[e][6]
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22).

Teams edit

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2021–22 season edit

Stadiums and locations edit

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium31,733
Bnei SakhninSakhninDoha Stadium8,500
F.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef Stadium7,800
Hapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner Stadium16,126
Hapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya Stadium13,610
Hapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium30,942
Hapoel JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium31,733
Hapoel Nof HaGalilNof HaGalilGreen Stadium5,200
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium29,400
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Stadium5,300
Maccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium30,942
Maccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya Stadium13,610
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava Stadium11,500
Maccabi Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium29,400
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Nof HaGalil
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Kiryat Shmona StadiumGreen Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
Sammy Ofer Stadium
HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumTurner Stadium

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kobi RefuaEnd of contract30 May 2021Pre-season Amir Nussbaum[9]31 May 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Yossi MizrahiCaretaking spell over2 June 2021 Erwin Koeman[10]2 June 2021
Maccabi Netanya Raymond AtteveldSacked29 September 202114 Benyamin Lam4 October 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv Patrick van Leeuwen26 October 202112 Barak Yitzhaki (Temporary)26 October 2021
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Amir Nussbaum8 November 202114 Slobodan Drapić9 November 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Erwin KoemanLeft1 December 202111 Yossi Mizrahi10 December 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv Barak YitzhakiCaretaking spell over9 December 20214 Mladen Krstajić9 December 2021
Hapoel Tel Aviv Nir KlingerSacked19 December 20217 Kobi Refua19 December 2021
Maccabi Petah Tikva Guy LuzonLeft28 December 202114 Nir Klinger29 December 2021
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Yaron HochenboimSacked5 January 202213 Shay Barda5 January 2022
Bnei Sakhnin Sharon Mimer18 January 20226 Haim Silvas19 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Yossi MizrahiLeft26 January 202211 Gal Cohen (Temporary)26 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Gal CohenCaretaking spell over3 February 2022 Yossi Abukasis3 February 2022
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ronny LevySacked1 March 20222 Elyaniv Barda1 March 2022

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Josua Mejías Richmond Boakye Kamso Mara Gleofilo Vlijter
Bnei Sakhnin Ari Moura Ante Puljić Odah Marshall Ibrahima Conté Fahad Bayo Fabian Sporkslede Gaëtan Varenne
Abdallah Jaber
F.C. Ashdod Montari Kamaheni Lawrence Ofori Nenad Cvetković Timothy Awany Dimitrios Diamantakos Martin Atemengue Kenny Saief
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Danilo Asprilla Eugene Ansah Davide Petrucci Hélder Lopes André Martins Gustavo Marmentini Mariano Bareiro
Nikita Rukavytsya
Hapoel Hadera Jonathan Cissé Ivaylo Markov Steven Alfred Muhammed Usman
Hapoel Haifa Saikou Touray Alen Ožbolt Matija Ljujić Izuchuckwu Anthony
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Morgan Ferrier Džiugas Bartkus Július Szöke
Hapoel Jerusalem Yao Eloge Koffi Ondřej Bačo Eduardo Guerrero Adebayo Adeleye William Agada Bright Enobakhare Awaka Eshata
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Guti David Tweh John Ogu Stefan Marinovic Luwagga Kizito Ernest Mabouka
Hapoel Tel Aviv Marko Janković Farley Rosa Mohamed Kalil Traoré Ernestas Šetkus Siyanda Xulu Ange-Freddy Plumain Bohdan Sarnavskyi
Maccabi Haifa Mickaël Alphonse José Rodriguez Godsway Donyoh Ali Mohamed Bogdan Planić Tjaronn Chery Josh Cohen
Mavis Tchibota
Ryan Strain
Maccabi Netanya Plamen Galabov Boris Enow Patrick Twumasi Zlatan Šehović Igor Zlatanović Parfait Guiagon
Maccabi Petah Tikva Marcus Diniz Adi Mehremić James Adeniyi Ion Nicolaescu Lameck Banda Nico Olsak
Marco Wolff
Daniel Joulani
Maccabi Tel Aviv Stipe Perica Brandley Kuwas Josué Sá Enric Saborit Đorđe Jovanović André Geraldes Daniel Tenenbaum

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

Regular season edit

Regular season table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Maccabi Haifa2618536219+4359Qualification for the Championship round
2Hapoel Be'er Sheva2616733917+2255
3Maccabi Tel Aviv2616554831+1753
4Bnei Sakhnin2612682829−142
5Maccabi Netanya26101063427+740
6Hapoel Tel Aviv2610883631+538
7Hapoel Hadera269982228−636Transfer to the Relegation round
8Ironi Kiryat Shmona2696112932−333
9Hapoel Haifa2686123337−430
10F.C. Ashdod2683152844−1627
11Hapoel Jerusalem2658131935−1623
12Beitar Jerusalem2657142336−1322
13Maccabi Petah Tikva2656152737−1021
14Hapoel Nof HaGalil2648142045−2520
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.

Regular season results edit

Home \ AwayMHAHBSMTABnSMNEHTAHAHIKSHHAASHHJEBEIMPTHNG
Maccabi Haifa1–23–22–12–02–01–04–05–16–01–12–12–01–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–22–03–00–12–12–20–03–11–13–13–11–02–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–11–01–12–21–13–01–02–00–21–03–11–11–1
Bnei Sakhnin0–60–03–11–31–01–00–32–20–12–12–01–02–0
Maccabi Netanya1–11–14–21–01–10–23–11–00–12–00–02–01–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–31–12–30–32–20–12–00–22–11–11–02–12–2
Hapoel Hadera0–01–20–22–11–10–32–01–02–10–01–01–40–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–11–21–30–12–10–20–12–22–00–02–21–01–0
Hapoel Haifa0–10–11–31–10–00–23–01–02–11–25–12–23–1
F.C. Ashdod2–21–11–30–11–31–41–20–21–31–02–03–43–0
Hapoel Jerusalem1–40–11–30–02–10–11–10–11–12–00–31–03–1
Beitar Jerusalem0–10–21–21–11–10–20–01–12–10–23–0[f]2–10–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–40–11–20–11–11–11–11–12–00–13–10–34–0
Hapoel Nof HaGalil0–40–21–31–20–12–21–12–60–12–00–01–01–0
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Matches 9–18
  2. ^ Matches 1–16
  3. ^ Matches 6–21
  4. ^ Matches 8–20
  5. ^ a b Matches 12–17
  6. ^ The match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem originally ended 1–1. However, Beitar was awarded a 3–0 victory after Hapoel ineligibly fielded 6 foreign players during the match (a team is allowed to field at most 5 foreign players in a match).

Results by round edit

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi HaifaDWLWLWWDWWWWWWWWWWDDWLWWDW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWLLWWLDDDWW
Maccabi Tel AvivLDWLWLLWDWDWWDWLWWDWWWWWWW
Bnei SakhninWLDDLWLWDWWLWDLLWLLWWDWDWW
Maccabi NetanyaDLDLWWLDLWLLDWWDDWDDWWDWWD
Hapoel Tel AvivWWDLDWWLDLLDDWWWWDWLLLLDWD
Hapoel HaderaDDDWWWLLDDDWLLLDDWWWWDWLLL
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDLLWDLWLLLWWWWLDWDLLLWDDLW
Hapoel HaifaDWWWLWLWDLLLDLWDLDWWLDLLLL
F.C. AshdodLLLWLLWDDWWWLLLWWLWLLDLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemDLDDLLLWWLLDDWLDLLDLLLWDLW
Beitar JerusalemLWDLDLWLWDLLLLWDLDLLDWLDLL
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDDLWLWLLLDLLLLLLDLLWLDWWL
Hapoel Nof HaGalilDWWLDLLWDLDLLLLLLDLWDDLLDL
Source: soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Championship round table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationMHAHBSMTAMNEHTABnS
1Maccabi Haifa (C)3624667927+5278Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round2–01–34–03–01–0
2Hapoel Be'er Sheva36201065330+2370Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round1–01–04–12–23–1
3Maccabi Tel Aviv3620976338+25691–11–12–15–00–0
4Maccabi Netanya361313104741+6523–03–01–10–03–0
5Hapoel Tel Aviv361311124447−3500–22–10–22–02–1
6Bnei Sakhnin361310133343−10490–3[12]1–11–01–10–0
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.
(C) Champions

Results by round edit

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Team ╲ Round27282930313233343536
Maccabi HaifaWWDWLWLLWW
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWLDWDLWLDW
Maccabi Tel AvivDDDLWLWWDW
Maccabi NetanyaLDDLWWLWDL
Hapoel Tel AvivLWDWLLDWDL
Bnei SakhninDLDLDWDLLL
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegationIKSHAHASHBEIHHAHJEMPTHNG
7Ironi Kiryat Shmona33148114839+9504–02–11–12–0
8Hapoel Hadera33119133443−9421–42–31–23–1
9F.C. Ashdod33123183752−15391–30–11–02–0
10Beitar Jerusalem33910143543−8373–31–02–2
11Hapoel Haifa3398163647−11351–01–21–10–2
12Hapoel Jerusalem3389162541−16330–11–00–0
13Maccabi Petah Tikva (R)3369183449−1527Relegation to Liga Leumit4–30–00–4
14Hapoel Nof HaGalil (R)3369182553−28270–20–21–0
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.[13]
(R) Relegated

Results by round edit

The table lists the results of teams in each round
Team ╲ Round27282930313233
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDWWWWWD
Hapoel HaderaWLLLWLL
F.C. AshdodWLWWLWL
Beitar JerusalemDWWWDWD
Hapoel HaifaDDWLLLL
Hapoel JerusalemLDLLWWW
Maccabi Petah TikvaDDLWDLW
Hapoel Nof HaGalilLDLWLLW
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Relegation Round – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Omer AtziliMaccabi Haifa20
2 Dean DavidMaccabi Haifa15
Itamar ShviroIroni Kiryat Shmona
Stipe PericaMaccabi Tel Aviv
5 Igor ZlatanovićMaccabi Netanya12
6 Alen OžboltHapoel Haifa11
Alon TurgemanHapoel Haifa
8 Nikita RukavytsyaHapoel Be'er Sheva10
Ramzi SafouriHapoel Be'er Sheva
10 Guy MelamedBnei Sakhnin9
Dolev HazizaMaccabi Haifa
Tjaronn CheryMaccabi Haifa
Đorđe JovanovićMaccabi Tel Aviv

Source, as of 17 May 2022:[14]

Hat-tricks edit

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
Alen OžboltHapoel HaifaBeitar Jerusalem5–1 (H)29 January 202220
Omer Atzili4Maccabi HaifaF.C. Ashdod6–0 (H)7 February 202221

Notes edit

References edit