Ligat Nashim

Ligat Nashim
Country  Israel
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1998
Divisions 2
Number of teams 14
Level on pyramid 1+2
Domestic cup(s) Israeli Women's Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
Current champions ASA Tel Aviv University (7th title)
(2014–15)
Most championships ASA Tel Aviv University (7 titles)
Website Official
2015–16

Ligat Nashim (Hebrew: ליגת נשים‎, lit. Women's League) is the Israeli women's football league. It is run by the Israel Football Association since 1998.

Format

The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division (Ligat Nashim Rishona, lit. "First Women's League") comprising 8 teams, and the second division (Ligat Nashim Shniya, lit. "Second Women's League") comprising a changing number of teams, depending on registration.

Between 2007–08 and 2010–11 the league was made of one division of 12 and was played teams, with as a Round-robin tournament, with the top club winning the championship, with a deciding play-off match to decide the winner if the two teams are tied, as was the case in 2009–10. In 2010–11 the IFA re-introduced a second division, previously been played in 2006–07.

Since 2011, The participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 14 matches. Following this, the top four teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The bottom four teams play each other twice to avoid relegation, with the bottom club dropping to the second division. The second division is played as a conventional round-robin schedule, with the top club promoting to the top division.

Champions

A women's football league was organized in late 1998 and started playing during October 1998.[1] The league for 2003–04 was abandoned in mid-season and was never completed.[2][3]

Season First Division Second Division
1998–99 Maccabi Haifa –
1999–2000 ASA Tel Aviv University –
2000–01 Hapoel Tel Aviv –
2001–02 Maccabi Haifa –
2002–03 Maccabi Holon –
2003–04 League abandoned –
2004–05 Maccabi Holon –
2005–06 Maccabi Holon –
2006–07 Maccabi Holon Ironi Bat Yam
2007–08 Maccabi Holon –
2008–09 Maccabi Holon –
2009–10 ASA Tel Aviv University –
2010–11 ASA Tel Aviv University Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2011–12 ASA Tel Aviv University[4] F.C. Ramat HaSharon
2012–13 ASA Tel Aviv University F.C. Kiryat Gat
2013–14 ASA Tel Aviv University Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik
2014–15 ASA Tel Aviv University Maccabi Be'er Sheva

Total championships

Club Titles
ASA Tel Aviv University7
Maccabi Holon6
Maccabi Haifa2
Hapoel Tel Aviv1

References

  1. ↑ Women's Football History Avraham Kochen, Women's Football in Israel (via Internet Archive(Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Iche Menache At the End of Ligat Nashim: It's a Year We'd Rather Forget Lior Weitz, 1 June 20014, walla.co.il (Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Women: If There's No League, At Least There's the Cup Lior Weitz, 17 May 2004, walla.co.il (Hebrew)
  4. ↑ "ASA Tel Aviv won the League of Women" (in Hebrew). football.org.il. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

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