Ligat ha'Al 2004-05

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Ligat ha'Al is the football (soccer) premier league in Israel. The 2004-05 season saw Maccabi Haifa win their second consecutive title. It took place from the first match on August 21, 2004 to the final match on May 28, 2005.

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The two teams relegated were Maccabi Netanya and Akhi Nazareth.

1 Final Table
2 Results
3 Top Goalscorers
4 See also

[edit] Final Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Comments
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	33	21	8	4	66	27	+39	71	UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	16	12	5	47	24	+23	60	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
3	F.C. Ashdod	33	15	5	13	48	44	+4	50	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
4	Beitar Jerusalem	33	13	8	12	46	44	+2	47	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
5	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	33	12	10	11	46	46	0	46
6	Bnei Yehuda	33	11	8	14	40	45	-5	41
7	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	11	9	13	41	46	-5	40
8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	10	10	13	32	42	-10	40	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round¹
9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	10	9	14	30	34	-4	39
10	Bnei Sakhnin	33	10	6	17	40	51	-11	36
11	Hapoel Haifa (R)	33	9	8	16	36	44	-8	35	Relegation to Liga Leumit
12	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (R)	33	7	11	15	33	57	-24	32	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.

Ligat ha'Al 2004-05 Winners
Maccabi Haifa 9th Title

[edit] Results

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1st	Roberto Colautti	Maccabi Haifa	19
2nd	Lior Asulin	Beitar Jerusalem	15
3rd	Shay Holtzman	F.C. Ashdod	14
4th	José Duarte	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	13
	Idan Tal	Maccabi Haifa	13
6th	Shlomi Arbeitman	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
	Avi Nimni	Beitar Jerusalem	12
8th	Ngoy Alumeida	Bnei Sakhnin	10
	Gustavo Boccoli	Maccabi Haifa	10
	Stanislav Dubrovin	Maccabi Petah Tikva	10
	Moshe Biton	Bnei Yehuda	10