1993–94 Liga Leumit

The 1993–94 Liga Leumit season began on 28 August 1993 and ended on 4 June 1994, with Maccabi Haifa winning their fifth title.

Liga Leumit
Season1993–94
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
4th title
RelegatedHapoel Kfar Saba
Top goalscorerAlon Mizrahi (28)

That season saw one of the best teams in history of Israeli football, according to many pundits, when Maccabi Haifa won the league without suffering a single loss, breaking many Israeli records in the process.

In that season (as well as in the previous season) it was decided that three teams will be promoted from Liga Artzit and one relegated from Liga Leumit. The fourth place in Liga Artzit would play against before last (13th) place in Liga Leumit in a Playoff to see which team is to play in the premier league.

The three teams from Liga Artzit that were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod and Hapoel Kfar Saba. The team relegated was Beitar Tel Aviv.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 39 28 11 0 97 27 +70 95 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 39 27 7 5 80 36 +44 88 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 39 18 11 10 54 38 +16 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Beitar Jerusalem 39 19 7 13 75 66 +9 64
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 39 16 6 17 61 59 +2 54
6 Maccabi Netanya 39 13 10 16 64 71 −7 49
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 39 12 12 15 53 56 −3 48
8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 39 11 14 14 37 46 −9 47
9 Bnei Yehuda 39 13 8 18 55 67 −12 47
10 Tzafririm Holon 39 11 12 16 43 68 −25 45
11 Maccabi Herzliya 39 10 11 18 41 53 −12 41
12 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 39 9 11 19 53 57 −4 38
13 Hapoel Haifa (O) 39 7 13 19 39 80 −41 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) 39 7 11 21 36 64 −28 32 Relegation to Liga Artzit
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup, then the 3rd-positioned team awarded with entry to the 1994–1995 UEFA Cup.

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away BEI BnY HBS HHA HKS HPT HTA MHA MHE MIA MNE MPT MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–2
Bnei Yehuda 3–1 — 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–3 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–1
Hapoel Haifa 1–1 0–0 1–3 — 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–7 0–0 0–0 0–7 3–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–4
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–1 — 3–1 1–3 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–4 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–0 2–0 — 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Maccabi Haifa 4–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 5–0 5–0
Maccabi Herzliya 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–2 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 0–2 6–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 — 5–1 1–0 2–5 1–1
Maccabi Netanya 1–5 2–0 1–1 7–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 4–3 3–2 — 4–1 1–3 2–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–3 5–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 — 6–0
Tzafririm Holon 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away BEI BnY HBS HHA HKS HPT HTA MHA MHE MIA MNE MPT MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — — — 1–3 1–0 — 1–1 — 1–0 — — 1–2 1–2 6–1
Bnei Yehuda 8–2 — — — 2–2 1–3 — — — — 4–2 3–1 2–2 —
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–3 3–0 — 0–0 — 2–1 — 2–2 — 3–1 0–0 — — —
Hapoel Haifa — 1–1 — — 4–3 2–1 — — 1–3 1–1 — 1–2 — —
Hapoel Kfar Saba — — 2–0 — — — 1–4 1–4 2–0 — — 0–0 — 1–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–3 — — — 1–1 — — — 0–0 — 4–2 0–0 2–1 —
Hapoel Tel Aviv — 2–0 0–1 1–4 — 0–0 — 2–3 — 5–2 — — — 4–0
Maccabi Haifa 5–1 1–0 — 6–1 — 6–0 — — — 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 —
Maccabi Herzliya — 2–2 2–2 — — — 0–1 1–3 — 0–0 — — — 5–1
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 1–3 1–3 — — 0–0 2–0 — — — — 4–1 — 0–2 —
Maccabi Netanya 2–1 — — 1–1 3–1 — 3–2 — 2–0 — — 1–1 1–2 —
Maccabi Petah Tikva — — 1–0 — — — 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–5 — — — 4–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv — — 1–0 3–2 2–0 — 0–0 — 2–1 — — 1–1 — 2–3
Tzafririm Holon — 1–3 0–0 0–2 — 1–4 — 0–1 — 0–0 2–0 — — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion-relegation play-off

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 13th-placed team in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Haifa, and the 4th team in Liga Artzit, Shimshon Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Haifa0 – 1Shimshon Tel Aviv
Shimshon Tel Aviv0 – 3Hapoel Haifa

Hapoel Haifa won 3–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Alon Mizrahi Maccabi Haifa 28
2 Israel Itzik Zohar Maccabi Tel Aviv 22
3 Israel Motti Kakoun Hapoel Petah Tikva 21
4 Ukraine Nikolay Kodritski Bnei Yehuda 20
5 Russia Vladimir Grechnyov Beitar Jerusalem 19
6 Israel Amir Turgeman Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 17
7 Israel Amir Avigdor Hapoel Be'er Sheva 16
Israel Eli Ohana Beitar Jerusalem 16
9 Israel Ronen Harazi Beitar Jerusalem 15
Russia Roman Filipchuk Maccabi Netanya 13

References
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