2014–15 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Season	2014–15
Matches played	264
Goals scored	636 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lanry Kahinda (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Hapoel Bnei Lod 5–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (14 November 2014)
Biggest away win	Hakoah Ramat Gan 0–6 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (22 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Maccabi Yavne 1–6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (29 September 2014) Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1–6 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2 February 2015)
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Liga Leumit is the 16th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 73rd season of second-tier football in Israel.

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including eleven sides from the 2013–14 season, the three promoted teams from 2013–14 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2013–14 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2013–14 season

Team changes

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva, were promoted to the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League.

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

Hapoel Ashkelon, and Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced by Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Kiryat Gat who finished first their respective 2013–14 Liga Alef Liga Alef. Ironi Tiberias won the Liga Alef playoffs, and after relegation play-offs replaced Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem in Liga Leumit.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	Ramla	Ramla Municipal Stadium	06,500
Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	14,960
Hakoah Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	Winter Stadium	08,000
Hapoel Afula	Afula	Afula Illit Stadium	05,000
Hapoel Bnei Lod	Lod	Lod Municipal Stadium	04,000
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	34,000
Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Nazareth Illit	Green Stadium	04,000
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Ramat HaSharon	Grundman Stadium	4,300
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	Winter Stadium	08,000
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Haberfeld Stadium	06,000
Ironi Tiberias	Tiberias	Afula Illit Stadium[A]	5,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Nazareth	Ilut Stadium	04,932
Maccabi Herzliya	Herzliya	Herzliya Municipal Stadium	08,100
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	Levita Stadium	5,800
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Kiryat Gat	Sala Stadium[B]	010,000
Maccabi Yavne	Yavne	Ness Ziona Stadium[C]	03,500

^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.
^B While Kiryat Gat Municipal Stadium is under construction. Maccabi Kiryat Gat will host their home games in Sala Stadium.
^C While Yavne Municipal Stadium is under construction. Maccabi Yavne will host their home games in Ness Ziona Stadium until January 2014.

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	30	18	10	2	56	18	+38	64	Top Playoff
2	Hapoel Bnei Lod	30	16	9	5	46	25	+21	57
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	15	10	5	45	25	+20	55
4	Hapoel Afula	30	12	10	8	41	32	+9	46
5	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	30	12	8	10	28	24	+4	44
6	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	30	10	11	9	42	47	−5	41
7	Maccabi Yavne	30	10	10	10	42	46	−4	40
8	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	10	10	10	30	35	−5	40
9	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	30	10	9	11	33	33	0	39	Bottom Playoff
10	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	11	6	13	41	42	−1	39
11	Maccabi Herzliya	30	10	8	12	37	35	+2	38
12	Hapoel Jerusalem	30	9	11	10	37	41	−4	38
13	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	30	9	7	14	30	45	−15	34
14	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	30	6	12	12	34	47	−13	30
15	Ironi Tiberias	30	6	9	15	28	40	−12	27
16	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	30	4	4	22	14	49	−35	16

Updated to games played on 30 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

¹ Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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]

BTR

BnY

HAR

HAF

HBL

HJE

HKS

HNI

HRH

HRG

HRL

ITI

MAN

MHE

MKG

MYA

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla

0–4

2–0

3–4

3–0

1–1

0–2

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–4

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

0–3

Bnei Yehuda

2–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

0–32

0–0

2–2

3–0

1–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–2

0–0

1–2

1–2

0–6

1–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

Hapoel Afula

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–3

2–0

2–0

3–1

0–0

1–2

3–2

3–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–0

Hapoel Bnei Lod

5–0

1–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

3–1

2–0

1–3

Hapoel Jerusalem

1–2

1–1

0–2

3–2

1–2

1–3

2–2

2–0

0–3

2–0

4–2

4–2

2–2

1–0

3–3

Hapoel Kfar Saba

1–2

1–1

4–0

4–1

0–2

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–2

4–2

Hapoel Nazareth Illit

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–4

0–0

0–0

0–2

1–3

1–1

1–2

3–3

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–2

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon

0–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–3

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

Hapoel Ramat Gan

1–0

0–4

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–4

2–1

0–0

1–1

Hapoel Rishon LeZion

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–3

4–0

1–0

2–1

1–4

1–3

3–3

1–2

0–1

Ironi Tibieras

2–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

0–0

1–6

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

0–2

3–2

2–3

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–3

2–0

Maccabi Herzliya

2–0

0–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–2

2–3

2–0

3–1

3–1

0–0

2–4

2–0

1–0

Maccabi Kiryat Gat

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

Maccabi Yavne

0–2

1–6

2–0

3–2

1–3

2–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

Updated to games played on 30 March 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.^[1] The Israel Football Association declared the match a 3–0 technical win for Hapoel Jerusalem, with Kęstutis Ivaškevičius being handed a one-match suspension.^[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th
1 – 5 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 8	1 – 2 5 – 8 6 – 4 7 – 3	2 – 5 3 – 1 4 – 7 8 – 6	1 – 4 2 – 3 5 – 6 7 – 8	3 – 5 4 – 2 6 – 7 8 – 1	1 – 6 2 – 8 3 – 4 5 – 7	4 – 5 6 – 2 7 – 1 8 – 3
09 – 13 10 – 15 11 – 14 12 – 16	09 – 10 13 – 16 14 – 12 15 – 11	10 – 13 11 – 90 12 – 15 16 – 14	09 – 12 10 – 11 13 – 14 15 – 16	11 – 13 12 – 10 14 – 15 16 – 9	09 – 14 10 – 16 11 – 12 13 – 15	12 – 13 14 – 10 15 – 9 16 – 11

Top Playoff

Top Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	33	19	12	2	58	19	+39	69	Promotion to Template:Fb competition 2015-16 Israeli Premier League
2	Hapoel Bnei Lod	33	18	10	5	48	25	+23	64
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	17	10	6	50	26	+24	61
4	Hapoel Afula	33	14	11	8	49	36	+13	53
5	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	33	12	10	11	29	26	+3	46
6	Hapoel Ramat Gan	33	10	13	10	34	39	−5	43
7	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	33	10	12	11	46	54	−8	42
8	Maccabi Yavne	33	10	10	13	44	55	−11	40

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
(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.

Top Playoff results

Home ╲ Away[1]	BnY	HBL	HKS	HAF	MKG	MAN	MYA	HRG
Bnei Yehuda					1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod		0–0			1–0		1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1					1–0
Hapoel Afula							4–2	1–1
Maccabi Kiryat Gat								0–0
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth				1–3
Maccabi Yavne			0–4
Hapoel Ramat Gan						3–3

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
9	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	11	11	11	41	42	−1	44
10	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	33	11	10	12	37	36	+1	43
11	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	33	12	7	14	44	46	−2	43
12	Maccabi Herzliya	33	11	9	13	39	38	+1	42
13	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla	33	11	8	14	35	46	−11	41
14	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	33	8	12	13	38	48	−10	36	Qualification to Template:Fb competition 2014-15 Liga Leumit relegation play-off
15	Ironi Tiberias	33	6	9	18	28	46	−18	27	Relegation to Liga Alef
16	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (R)	33	5	4	24	16	54	−38	19

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
(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.

Bottom Playoff results

Home ╲ Away[1]	HRH	HRL	MHE	HJE	BTR	HNI	ITI	HAR
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon		4–1			0–2
Hapoel Rishon LeZion					0–0		2–0
Maccabi Herzliya	0–0					0–3
Hapoel Jerusalem							2–0	2–0
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla								3–1
Hapoel Nazareth Illit				1–0
Ironi Tibieras			0–2
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan						1–0

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

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Ido Exbard	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	14
	Lanry Kahinda	Hapoel Afula
3	Pedro Galván	Bnei Yehuda	12
	Ran Itzhak	Hapoel Kfar Saba
5	Nevo Mizrahi	Hapoel Jerusalem	11
	Yossi Ofir	Maccabi Yavne
7	Gal Zruya	Bnei Yeuhda	10
8	Omri Shekel	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	9
	Yossi Shivhon	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
10	Shalom Akiva	Ironi Tiberias	8
	Ben Azubel	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
	Jordan Faucher	Maccabi Herzliya
13	Moshe Ben Lulu	Hapoel Bnei Lod	7
	Eli Elbaz	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth/Ironi Tiberias
15	Timor Avitan	Maccabi Yavne	6
	Idan David	Hapoel Kfar Saba
	Liron Diamant	Hapoel Ramat Gan
	Ori Magabo	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
	Victor Merey	Ironi Tiberias
20	Tal Ayala	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	5
	Hai Avraham	Maccabi Herzliya
	Yinon Barda	Hapoel Bnei Lod
	Almog Buzaglo	Hapoel Ramat Gan
	Or Giro	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
	Eliran Hudeda	Hapoel Nazareth Illit
	Matías Martín	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
27	16 players		4
43	21 players		3
64	28 players		2
92	63 players		1
155	Own goals		8
Total			459
Average per game			2.4031413612565

Updated: 16 February 2015
Source: Israel Football Association

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[3] 10
  • Safwan Zoubi (Hapoel Rishon LeZion)

• Most red cards:^[4] 2
  • Bar Avitan (Maccabi Ahi Nazareth)
  • Reuven Gal (Hapoel Nazareth Illit)
  • Sun Menahem (Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon)
  • Itay Ozeri (Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla)
  • Musa Salman (Hapoel Jerusalem)
  • Niran Rotstein (Hapoel Nazareth Illit)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion
  • Hapoel Afula

• Most red cards: 2
  • Hapoel Jerusalem

See also

• 2014–15 Israel State Cup

References

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