2017–18 Israeli Premier League
Season | 2017–18 |
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← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League is the nineteen season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It begins on 19 August 2017 and will end in May 2018.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one year absence.
Stadia and locations
Beitar Jerusalem [1] | Bnei Yehuda [2] | Bnei Sakhnin [3] | F.C. Ashdod [4] |
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Teddy Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Doha Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
Capacity: 31,733 | Capacity: 11,500 | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 8,200 |
Hapoel Ashkelon [5] | Hapoel Be'er Sheva [6] | ||
Sala Stadium | Turner Stadium | ||
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 16,126 | ||
Hapoel Haifa [7] | Hapoel Acre [8] | ||
Sammy Ofer Stadium | Acre Municipal Stadium | ||
Capacity: 30,870 | Capacity: 5,000 | ||
Hapoel Ra'anana [9] | Maccabi Netanya [10] | ||
Netanya Stadium | Netanya Stadium | ||
Capacity: 13,610 | Capacity: 13,610 | ||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona [11] | Maccabi Haifa [12] | Maccabi Petah Tikva [13] | Maccabi Tel Aviv [14] |
Ironi Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Netanya Stadium |
Capacity: 5,300 | Capacity: 30,870 | Capacity: 11,500 | Capacity: 13,610 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[15]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Tomer Kashtan | End of contract | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Haim Silvas | 1 June 2017 |
Hapoel Ra'anana | Haim Silvas | Released | Dudu Avraham | |||
Bnei Yehuda | Kfir Edri | Signing of permanent manager | Yossi Abukasis | |||
Bnei Sakhnin | Yossi Abukasis | End of contract | 1 June 2016 | Jairo Swirsky | 8 June 2017 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Lito Vidigal | Sacked | 14 June 2017 | Jordi Cruyff | 14 June 2017 | |
F.C. Ashdod | Ran Ben Shimon | Released | 5 July 2017 | Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) | 16 July 2017 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | Jairo Swirsky | Sacked | 1 August 2017 | Ayman Khalaila (temporary) | 1 August 2017 | |
F.C. Ashdod | Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) | Signing of permanent manager | 3 August 2017 | Reuven Atar | 3 August 2017 | |
Regular season
Regular season table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | F.C. Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
8 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Maccabi Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[16]
Notes:
- ↑ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points.
Regular season results
Updated to games played on 1 June 2016.
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.
References
- ↑ Beitar Jerusalem Vanue
- ↑ Bnei Yehuda Vanue
- ↑ Bnei Sakhnin Vanue
- ↑ F.C. Ashdod Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Ashkelon Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vanue
- ↑ Hapoel Haifa Vanue
- ↑
- ↑ Hapoel Ra'anana Vanue
- ↑
- ↑ Ironi Kiryat Shmona Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Haifa Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Petah Tikva Vanue
- ↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv Vanue
- ↑ Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
- ↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 21 May 2016.