2014–15 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season 2014–15
Matches played 192
Goals scored 487 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer Eran Zahavi (24 goals)
Biggest home win Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Ashdod
(14 February 2015)
Biggest away win Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (25 October 2014)
Maccabi Netanya 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (3 December 2014)
Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (14 December 2014)
Highest scoring Maccabi Netanya 4–4 Maccabi Petah Tikva (20 September 2014)
Longest winning run 5 games
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest unbeaten run 16 games
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest winless run 12 games
Hapoel Acre
Longest losing run 4 games
Ashdod
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2015–16 →

All statistics correct as of 6 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Israeli Premier League is the sixteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 72nd season of top-tier football in Israel. It began in the end of August 2014 and will end in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted team from the 2013–14 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. were relegated to the 2014–15 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2013–14 season in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted after finishing the 2013–14 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 32,700
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,420
Hapoel Ironi Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,820
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya Stadium[1] 13,800
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Ironi Stadium 5,300
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,820
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium 13,800
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Tabib, EliEli Tabib Israel Levy, GuyGuy Levy Israel Kriaf, OfirOfir Kriaf Puma itrader
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Abu Yunes, MohammedMohammed Abu Yunes Israel Cohen, EliEli Cohen Israel Khalaila, KhaledKhaled Khalaila Umbro Toyga
F.C. Ashdod Israel Ben-Zaken, JackyJacky Ben-Zaken Israel Klinger, NirNir Klinger Israel Martziano, OfirOfir Martziano Nike
Hapoel Ironi Acre Israel Barshishat, YehudaYehuda Barshishat Israel Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora Israel Goresh, DavidDavid Goresh Macron Azrieli Group
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Barkat, AlonaAlona Barkat Israel Levy, ElishaElisha Levy Israel Barda, ElyanivElyaniv Barda Kappa Mobli
Hapoel Haifa Israel Katz, YoavYoav Katz Israel Banin, TalTal Banin Israel Roash, OshriOshri Roash Diadora Hatama
Hapoel Petah Tikva Israel Ben Dakon, DoronDoron Ben Dakon Israel Koretski, MeniMeni Koretski Israel Musa, KobiKobi Musa Lotto
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Alon, AsherAsher Alon Israel Silvas, HaimHaim Silvas Israel Shuker, SnirSnir Shuker Umbro ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Fans, The RedThe Red Fans Israel Cohen, EliEli Cohen Israel Abutbul, ShayShay Abutbul Umbro Fujicom
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Sheratzky, IzzyIzzy Sheratzky Israel Bakhar, BarakBarak Bakhar Israel Tzedek, ShirShir Tzedek Puma Ituran
Maccabi Haifa Israel Shahar, Ya'akovYa'akov Shahar Israel Balbul, MarcoMarco Balbul Israel Benayoun, YossiYossi Benayoun Nike Honda
Maccabi Netanya Israel Segev, EliEli Segev Israel Levy, RonnyRonny Levy Israel Levy, EranEran Levy Joma Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Luzon, AmosAmos Luzon Israel Ben Shimon, RanRan Ben Shimon Israel Peser, NaorNaor Peser Macron Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Goldhar, MitchellMitchell Goldhar Spain Ayestarán, PakoPako Ayestarán Israel Yeini, SheranSheran Yeini Adidas

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maccabi Haifa Israel Arik Benado Sacked 14 April 2014 Pre-season Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević 1 May 2014
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Ronny Levy Sacked 10 May 2014 Israel Meni Koretski 10 May 2014
Hapoel Haifa Israel Shlomi Dora End of contract 14 May 2014 Israel Reuven Atar 14 May 2014
Hapoel Ironi Acre Israel Naim, YuvalYuval Naim Sacked Israel Harazi, AlonAlon Harazi
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Ran Ben Shimon Sacked 26 May 2014 Israel Asi Domb 27 May 2014
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Meni Koretski Resigned Israel Haim Silvas
Maccabi Tel Aviv Portugal Sousa, PauloPaulo Sousa Signed by Basel 28 May 2014 Spain Óscar García 2 June 2014
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Yetav Luzon Resigned 11 June 2014 Israel Ran Ben Shimon 12 June 2014
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Marco Balbul End of contract 19 June 2014 Israel Guy Levy 19 June 2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Óscar García Resigned 26 August 2014 Spain Pako Ayestarán 26 August 2014
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Guy Levy Sacked 5 December 2014 13th Israel Eli Cohen 5 December 2014
Maccabi Haifa Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević Resigned 28 December 2014 4th Israel Marco Balbul 28 December 2014
Hapoel Ironi Acre Israel Harazi, AlonAlon Harazi Resigned 5 January 2015 14th Israel Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora 8 January 2015
Maccabi Netanya Israel Yossi Mizrahi Resigned 14 January 2015 12th Israel Ronny Levy 14 January 2015
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Meni Koretski Sacked 30 January 2015 10th Israel Guy Levy 30 January 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Asi Domb Sacked 30 January 2015 8th Israel Eli Cohen 30 January 2015
Hapoel Petah Tikva Israel Ido Bar-On Sacked 7 February 2015 13th Israel Meni Koretski 7 February 2015
Hapoel Haifa Israel Reuven Atar Sacked 16 February 2015 12th Israel Tal Banin 16 February 2015

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 26 17 5 4 53 20+33 541 Top Playoff
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Q) 26 14 7 5 47 24+23 49
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Q) 26 13 8 5 40 27+13 47
4 Beitar Jerusalem (Q) 26 10 10 6 38 29+9 40
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva (Q) 26 10 9 7 28 302 39
6 Maccabi Haifa (Q) 26 11 4 11 38 29+9 37
7 Hapoel Ra'anana (Q) 26 9 7 10 24 23+1 34 Bottom Playoff
8 Maccabi Netanya (Q) 26 9 6 11 37 458 33
9 Bnei Sakhnin (Q) 26 7 9 10 32 375 30
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q) 26 8 7 11 27 336 292
11 F.C. Ashdod (Q) 26 6 9 11 29 4112 27
12 Hapoel Haifa (Q) 26 7 5 14 20 4121 26
13 Hapoel Petah Tikva (Q) 26 5 8 13 28 4315 23
14 Hapoel Ironi Acre (Q) 26 4 10 12 20 3919 22

Updated to games played on 7 March 2015.
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
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv deduced one point.[2]
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv deduced one point.[2]

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away[1] BEI BnS FCAHACHBSHHAIKSHPTHRAHTAMHAMNEMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem 12 11 40 03 01 31 31 00 11 10 11 23 10
Bnei Sakhnin 10 23 11 20 20 14 00 20 11 11 02 11 13
F.C. Ashdod 33 22 00 22 01 00 13 12 31 10 23 00 01
Hapoel Ironi Acre 11 13 01 11 11 20 11 02 10 00 12 02 14
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11 20 21 30 40 21 21 01 10 20 40 10 32
Hapoel Haifa 34 03 02 10 11 12 11 10 11 04 32 01 20
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 11 11 10 22 11 10 32 11 30 01 31 30 21
Hapoel Petah Tikva 01 21 12 41 13 21 13 00 01 22 11 00 13
Hapoel Ra'anana 02 11 20 02 11 20 00 40 01 10 21 00 02
Hapoel Tel Aviv 02 11 31 13 32 30 01 00 21 22 10 12 002
Maccabi Haifa 13 42 50 10 10 20 13 31 02 31 21 01 01
Maccabi Netanya 20 21 00 11 42 02 12 31 10 02 04 44 33
Maccabi Petah Tikva 11 20 11 00 04 00 30 12 32 21 10 01 03
Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 20 52 30 00 30 11 20 20 20 31 31 30

Updated to games played on 16 February 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The match originally was abandoned after supporter violence while the score was 1–1.[3] The Israel Football Association declared the match a 0–0 draw, with neither teams receiving any points and closing the stands for four matches.[2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[4]

Rounds
27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th
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
7 – 11
8 – 13
9 – 12
10 – 14
7 – 8
13 – 9
12 – 10
11 – 14
8 – 11
9 – 7
10 – 13
14 – 12
8 – 9
7 – 10
13 – 14
11 – 12
9 – 11
10 – 8
14 – 7
12 – 13
9 – 10
8 – 14
7 – 12
11 – 13
10 – 11
14 – 9
12 – 8
13 – 7
 

Top Playoff

Top Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 31 20 7 4 63 24+39 651 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 15 10 6 55 31+24 55 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 31 15 10 6 45 31+14 55 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Beitar Jerusalem 31 11 12 8 42 36+6 45
5 Maccabi Haifa 31 12 6 13 41 33+8 42
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 31 10 12 9 29 356 42

Updated to games played on 28 April 2015.
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
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv deduced one point.[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Top Playoff results

Home ╲ Away[1] BEI HBS IKSMHAMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem 11 00
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 11 30
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 12 10 00
Maccabi Haifa 10 00
Maccabi Petah Tikva 01 11
Maccabi Tel Aviv 41 31 21

Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

Bottom Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Bnei Sakhnin 30 10 10 10 40 422 40
8 Maccabi Netanya 30 11 7 12 44 506 40
9 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 10 9 11 32 28+4 39
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 10 8 12 33 374 361
11 F.C. Ashdod 30 6 12 12 29 4516 30
12 Hapoel Ironi Acre 30 6 11 13 23 4118 29
13 Hapoel Haifa 30 7 6 17 20 4424 27 Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2015-16 Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 6 8 16 33 5219 26

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
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
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv deduced one point.[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Bottom Playoff results

Home ╲ Away[1] FCA BnS HACHHAHPTHRAHTAMNE
F.C. Ashdod 00 00
Bnei Sakhnin 10 11
Hapoel Ironi Acre 10
Hapoel Haifa 01
Hapoel Petah Tikva 23 02
Hapoel Ra'anana 40 22 12
Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 12
Maccabi Netanya 00 23 31

Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 27 April 2015.
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 26
2 Israel Mohammad Ghadir Bnei Sakhnin 14
3 Israel Maor Buzaglo Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13
4 Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode Maccabi Netanya 12
5 Israel Shlomi Arbeitman Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11
6 Israel Maaran Lala Hapoel Haifa 10
Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya
Zambia Rodgers Kola Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
9 Israel Shahar Hirsh Hapoel Petah Tikva 9
10 Israel Roi Kahat Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 8
Israel Firas Mugrabi Bnei Sakhnin
Israel Shoval Gozlan Hapoel Ra'anana
Israel Elyaniv Barda Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Source: Israel Football Association

Top assists

As of matches played on 9 March 2015.
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Central African Republic David Manga Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10
Israel Maor Buzaglo Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Dor Micha Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 Israel Hen Ezra Maccabi Haifa 9
5 Israel Firas Mugrabi Bnei Sakhnin 8
Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya
7 Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 6
Israel Gil Vermouth Maccabi Tel Aviv
Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode Maccabi Netanya

See also

References

  1. The club play their home games at a neutral venue due to their own ground not meeting the league's requirements.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bar Dayan, Shirly (24 November 2014). "Hapoel, Maccabi each deducted one point for TA derby debacle". Sport5. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. Sinai, Allon (11 November 2014). "Maccabi, Hapoel Tel Aviv await repercussions of derby violence". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. "The full fixture list for the Top and Bottom playoffs" (PDF) (in Hebrew).