Ligat ha'Al 2000-01

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Ligat ha'Al is the football (soccer) premier league in Israel. The 2000-01 season had Maccabi Haifa win the title, whilst Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated.

The regular season took place from the first match on 12 August 2000 to the final match on 22 April 2001. The table was then divided into two groups, the upper and lower, which had six teams each. Then each team played the other five in their group once. The second stage was held between 27 April 2001 and 26 May 2001.

One team from Liga Leumit was promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The three teams relegated were: Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem.

1 Final Table
2 Results
3 Top scorers

[edit] Final Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Comments
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	38	24	10	4	68	28	+40	82	UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	38	21	12	5	55	29	+26	75	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
3	Hapoel Haifa	38	20	11	7	59	38	+14	71	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	38	19	11	8	73	33	+40	68	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round¹
5	Beitar Jerusalem	38	18	9	11	49	42	+7	62²
6	Hapoel Petah Tikva	38	12	10	16	58	66	-8	46
7	Maccabi Netanya	38	13	10	15	63	61	+2	49
8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	38	13	8	17	43	52	-9	47
9	Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion	38	11	8	19	32	42	-20	41
10	F.C. Ashdod	38	10	8	20	44	57	-13	38
11	Bnei Yehuda (R)	38	8	9	21	38	64	-26	33	Relegation to Liga Leumit
12	Tzafririm Holon (R)	38	4	4	30	25	85	-60	16	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.
2. Deducted 1 point.

[edit] Results

[edit] Season

[edit] Upper Group


Round 34
Maccabi Haifa	4–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Haifa	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Round 35
Hapoel Haifa	3–1	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv	7–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	Maccabi Haifa
Round 36
Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem	0–2	Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–0	Hapoel Haifa
Round 37
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa	1–3	Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem
Round 38
Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–4	Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa	0–2*	Maccabi Tel Aviv

*Technical victory

[edit] Lower Group


Round 34
Tzafririm Holon	2–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda	0–1	Maccabi Netanya
F.C. Ashdod	0–0	Ironi Rishon LeZion
Round 35
F.C. Ashdod	1–0	Tzafririm Holon
Ironi Rishon LeZion	0–1	Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Netanya	6–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 36
Maccabi Netanya	1–1	Tzafririm Holon
Ironi Rishon LeZion	2–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod	3–1	Bnei Yehuda
Round 37
Bnei Yehuda	1–0	Tzafririm Holon
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–1	F.C. Ashdod
Ironi Rishon LeZion	4–4	Maccabi Netanya
Round 38
Ironi Rishon LeZion	2–0	Tzafririm Holon
F.C. Ashdod	3–5	Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Yehuda	1–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva

[edit] Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1st	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel-Aviv	25
2nd	Motti Kakoun	Hapoel Petah Tikva	19
3rd	Viorel Tănase	Maccabi Nethanya	14
	Liron Vilner	Maccabi Nethanya	14
	Itzik Zohar	Maccabi Nethanya	14
6th	Yossi Benayoun	Maccabi Haifa	13
	Rafi Cohen	Maccabi Haifa	13
	Amir Turjeman	Hapoel Haifa	13
9th	Alon Mizrahi	Beitar Jerusalem	12
	Klimenti Tsitaishvili	Ironi Rishon LeZion	12