1999–2000 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	1999-2000
Champions	Hapoel Tel Aviv 11th title
Relegated	Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Herzliya Hapoel Jerusalem
Top goalscorer	Assi Tubi (27)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Israeli Premier League season was the first in its history. The league had been formed to replace the former top division, Liga Leumit, which became the country's second tier.

Before the season started Ironi Ashdod and Liga Alef side Hapoel Ashdod were merged into F.C. Ashdod.

The season took place from the first match on 14 August 1999 to the final match on 27 May 2000. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title, teams relegated were Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	39	26	7	6	76	28	48	85	UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
2	Maccabi Haifa	39	22	10	7	86	35	51	76	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	39	23	5	11	77	52	25	74	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	39	18	6	15	50	47	3	60
5	Beitar Jerusalem	39	15	14	10	61	54	7	59	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	39	18	8	13	66	42	24	58¹
7	Hapoel Haifa	39	13	18	8	53	36	17	57
8	F.C. Ashdod	39	13	13	13	48	49	-1	52
9	Ironi Rishon LeZion	39	10	13	16	41	65	-24	43
10	Bnei Yehuda	39	10	11	18	53	71	-18	41
11	Maccabi Netanya	39	9	13	17	37	64	-27	40
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	39	8	14	17	40	56	-16	38	Relegated to Liga Leumit
13	Maccabi Herzliya	39	9	8	22	33	73	-40	35
14	Hapoel Jerusalem	39	6	6	27	33	82	-49	24

1. Maccabi Tel Aviv had four points deducted as Kfir Edri tested positive for Ephedrine.^[1]

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Assi Tubi	Maccabi Petah Tikva	27
Serghei Cleşcenco	Maccabi Haifa	22
Yossi Benayoun	Maccabi Haifa	19
Rafi Cohen	Maccabi Haifa	18
Ronen Harazi	Hapoel Tel Aviv	17
Kobi Refua	Bnei Yehuda	17
Eli Abarbanel	Hapoel Petah Tikva	14
Amir Turgeman	Hapoel Haifa	14
Nissan Kapeta	Ironi Rishon LeZion	13
Viktor Paço	Beitar Jerusalem	13
Niv Tal	Hapoel Petah Tikva	13

References

Israel 1999/2000 RSSSF

↑ לא סמים לזה סוף Avino'am Porat, 23 June 2015, Ynet (in Hebrew)

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Domestic leagues

Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Ligat Nashim Noar Leumit League

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Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Beitar Be'er Sheva Bnei Sakhnin Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Acre Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Kiryat Gat

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '99 '00 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '99 '00 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '99 '00 Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '99 '00 Latvia '99 '00 Lithuania '99 '00 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '99 '00 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Latvia '99 '00 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '99 '00 France Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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1999–2000 Israeli Premier League

Final table

Top scorers

See also

References