Israeli Premier League

The Israeli Premier League (Hebrew: ליגת העל, Ligat Ha`Al; lit. 'The Super League'), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.

This article is about the association football (soccer) league. For the American football league, see Palestine territories Football League. For the top division of Palestine basketball, see Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Israeli Premier League
Organising bodyIsrael Football Association
Founded1999 (1999)
CountryIsrael
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams14 (since 2013–14)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga Leumit
Domestic cup(s)Israel State Cup
Toto Cup (Al)
Israel Super Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsMaccabi Haifa
(15th title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsMaccabi Tel Aviv
(23 titles)
TV partnersCharlton Sport, Sport5.co.il
Websitewww.football.org.il/leagues/league/?league_id=40
Current: 2023–24 Israeli Premier League

The competition formed in 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked 21st in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years.[1]

Since 1932, a total of 15 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League. Of the thirty clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, six have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (three times), Hapoel Tel Aviv (twice), Maccabi Haifa (Ten times), Maccabi Tel Aviv (six times), and Ironi Kiryat Shmona (once). The current champions are Maccabi Haifa, who won the 2022–23 season.

Background
Main article: Football in Israel

The Israeli Premier League was founded in 1999 to replace its predecessor Liga Leumit (which became the second division) when the Israel Football Association decided to reshuffle all the leagues in hopes of improving competition. In its first season there were 14 clubs; the top thirteen clubs from the 1998–99 season and the top place club from the Liga Artzit (then, the third division). That season three clubs were relegated and one from Liga Leumit was promoted.

Competition

There are 14 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga Leumit while two highest-placed teams of Liga Leumit are promoted in their place. For the 2012–13 season the league was decreased from 16 to 14 clubs as a result of reforms passed by the IFA on 27 June 2011.[2]

The participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 26 matches.

Following this, the top six 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 first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up and the third-placed teams qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

In addition, the Israeli State Cup winners qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

If the State Cup winners are also one of the teams to finish in the league's top three places then the fourth-placed team will also play in Europa League. In case the State Cup winners also win the Israeli Premier League then the fourth-placed league team will play in second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

In addition, the bottom eight teams will play each other once to avoid two relegation spots.

Clubs
See also: List of Israeli football champions, List of Israeli Premier League seasons, and § All-time table

A total of 30 clubs have played in the Israeli Premier League from its inception in 1999 and the start of the 2022–23 season. For a list of winners and runners-up of the Israeli Premier League since its inception, and top scorers for each season, see List of Israeli football champions.

Three clubs have been members of the Israeli Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Members of the 2023–24 season
Locations of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League teams

The following 14 clubs will compete in the Israeli Premier League during the 2023–24 season.

Club
 Position
in 2023–24		 First season in
the Israeli Premier League		 Number of seasons
in the Israeli Premier League		 First season of
current spell in
Israeli Premier League		 Top division
titles		 Last top division title
Beitar Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 8th 1999–2000 24 1999–2000 6 2007–08
Bnei Sakhnin 9th 2009–10 18 2020–21 0 Never
F.C. Ashdod 6th 2009–10 23 2013–14 0 Never
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2nd 2001–02 18 2009–10 5 2017–18
Hapoel Hadera 12th 2018–19 6 2018–19 0 Never
Hapoel Haifa[lower-alpha 2] 7th 1999–2000 18 2009–10 1 1998–99
Hapoel Jerusalem [lower-alpha 2] 4th 1999–2000 4 2021-22 0 Never
Hapoel Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 2] 2nd Liga Leumit 1999–2000 14 2023–24 6 1962–63
Hapoel Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 2] 10th 1999–2000 23 2018–19 13 2009–10
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 11th 2022–23 2 2022–23 0 Never
Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 1st 1999–2000 24 1999–2000 15 2022–23
Maccabi Netanya 5th 2003–04 22 2017–18 5 1982–83
Maccabi Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 2] 1st Liga Leumit 1999–2000 21 2023–24 0 Never
Maccabi Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 3rd 1999–2000 24 1999–2000 23 2019–20
  1. Never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League
  2. One of the original Israeli Premier League teams

Sponsorship

In recent years, the league has been sponsored. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

  • 1999–2002: Pelephone – a mobile phone company (Ligat Pelephone)[3]
  • 2005–2010: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Toto)
  • 2010–2016: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Winner)[4]
  • 2016–2018: Toto Winner Organization – the Israeli Sports Betting Board (Ligat Ha'al)[5]
  • 2018–2019: Japanika – Asian restaurant (Ligat Japanika)[6]
  • 2019–2022: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Stock Exchange (Ligat Habursa Leniyarot Erech)[7]
  • 2022–2024: ONE ZERO – Digital Bank (Ligat ONE ZERO)[8]

Number of foreigners

Teams are limited to six foreign players per team. Special circumstances such as Druze players from the Golan (no citizenship) or cases such as that of Toto Tamuz, do not count against the foreign player limit. In addition, players who play in the league for 6 consecutive years do not count against the foreign player limit. Also, Jewish players and players who are married to Israelis are exempt from these restrictions, as they are entitled to Israeli citizenship.

Broadcast rights

Television

Israeli Premier League games are broadcast live on Sport 1, Sport 1 HD, and Sport 2 channels, with the big match of the week which is reserved to be shown by Sport 5 and Channel 1 HD network television. There is also a league review show on Saturday nights at Sport 5 channel.

Abroad, rights to broadcasting in Hebrew are owned by The Israeli Network which broadcasts the matches in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Costa Rica and in Europe.

In the United Kingdom, William Hill broadcasts matches live with English commentary on their online television service, William Hill TV.

Radio

The rights of broadcasting on the radio belongs to Radio Tel Aviv since 2011, which broadcast alongside Radio Haifa, Radio Darom, Radio Galei Zahal and Radio Darom 101.5 in a show called Saturday of Football which also broadcasts live on ONE TV channel.

Internet

The big match of the week is shown on the Channel 1 website. Since 2010, games summaries are shown online by Ynet, ONE and Sport 5.

Cellular

Since 2012, ONE owns the broadcasting rights, which was previously owned by Sport 5.

Revenue

Main sources of revenue for the clubs:

  • Broadcast rights
  • Ticket sales
  • Merchandise
  • Toto Winner – The Israeli Sports Betting Council
  • Sponsorship

UEFA league ranking

In European Leagues:

Country ranking

UEFA League Ranking for the 2018–2023 period:[9]

Source: UEFA Coefficients Graphs, 2023 UEFA Country Ranking


Champions

For the complete list read the main article.

Main article: List of Israeli football champions

Performance by club

A star above the crest is awarded for every five titles.

Club Titles Runners-up Winning seasons
Maccabi Tel Aviv
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 23 12 1935–36, 1937, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20
Maccabi Haifa
⭐⭐⭐		 15 9 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
Hapoel Tel Aviv
⭐⭐		 13 15 1933–34, 1934–35, 1938-39, 1940-41, 1943–44, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2009–10
Hapoel Petah Tikva
⭐		 6 10 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63
Beitar Jerusalem
⭐		 6 6 1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08
Maccabi Netanya
⭐		 5 5 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
⭐		 5 3 1974–75, 1975–76, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Hakoah Ramat Gan 2 — 1964–65, 1972–73
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 1 3 1989–90
Beitar Tel Aviv 1 2 1944–45[nb 1]
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1 1[nb 2] 1963–64
Hapoel Haifa 1 1 1998–99
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 1 2011–12
British Police[nb 3] 1 — 1931–32
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1 — 1981–82

Israeli Premier League (1999–present)
A stand full of football supporters clad in yellow and blue, beside a pitch.
Maccabi Tel Aviv celebrating their league winners title at the end of the 2012–13 season

When the Israeli Premier League became the top division of Israeli football in 1999–2000, Liga Leumit became the second division. Since then, only six clubs have won the title; Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem are sometimes referred to as the "Big Four" of Israeli football.[13]

Having won nine titles in the league's 23 seasons, the most successful club during this period is Maccabi Haifa; during the same period Maccabi Tel Aviv have added six to their total while Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv have won two championships each. Although Hapoel Tel Aviv have only finished top of the league twice since 1999—in 1999–2000 and ten years later in 2009–10—they have won the double on both occasions.

This achievement was matched by Beitar Jerusalem in 2007–08. Ironi Kiryat Shmona won their first championship during the 2011–12 season, thereby becoming the first northern title-winners. Maccabi Tel Aviv then won three titles in a row, including a Treble in 2014–15.

Key
† Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.
‡ Won the League Cup during the same season.
§ Won both cups during the same season.
(titles) A running tally of the total number of championships won by each club is kept in brackets.
Season Winners (titles) Runners-up Third place Top scorer Goals Notes
1999–2000 Hapoel Tel Aviv (12)†[lower-alpha 1] Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Petah Tikva Assi Tubi (Maccabi Petah Tikva) 27 –
2000–01 Maccabi Haifa (6) Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa‡[lower-alpha 2] Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 25 [16]
2001–02 Maccabi Haifa (7) Hapoel Tel Aviv‡[lower-alpha 2] Maccabi Tel Aviv†[lower-alpha 1] Kobi Refua (Maccabi Petah Tikva) 18 –
2002–03 Maccabi Tel Aviv (18) Maccabi Haifa‡[lower-alpha 2] Hapoel Tel Aviv Yaniv Abargil (Hapoel Kfar Saba) • Shay Holtzman (Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod) 18 –
2003–04 Maccabi Haifa (8) Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva‡[lower-alpha 2] Ofir Haim (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) • Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod) 16 –
2004–05 Maccabi Haifa (9) Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. Ashdod Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa) 19 –
2005–06 Maccabi Haifa (10)‡[lower-alpha 2] Hapoel Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod) 18 –
2006–07 Beitar Jerusalem (5) Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv Yaniv Azran (F.C. Ashdod) 15 –
2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem (6)†[lower-alpha 1] Ironi Kiryat Shmona Samuel Yeboah (Hapoel Kfar Saba) 15 –
2008–09 Maccabi Haifa (11) Hapoel Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem†[lower-alpha 1] Barak Yitzhaki (Beitar Jerusalem) • Shimon Abuhatzira (Hapoel Petah Tikva) • Eliran Atar (Bnei Yehuda) 14 –
2009–10 Hapoel Tel Aviv (13)†[lower-alpha 1] Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Shlomi Arbeitman (Maccabi Haifa) 28 –
2010–11 Maccabi Haifa (12) Hapoel Tel Aviv †[lower-alpha 1] Toto Tamuz (Hapoel Tel Aviv) 21 –
2011–12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1)‡[lower-alpha 2] Hapoel Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Achmad Saba'a (Maccabi Netanya) 20 –
2012–13 Maccabi Tel Aviv (19) Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Eliran Atar (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 22 –
2013–14 Maccabi Tel Aviv (20) Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ironi Kiryat Shmona†[lower-alpha 1] Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 29 –
2014–15 Maccabi Tel Aviv (21)§[lower-alpha 3] Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Be'er Sheva 27 –
2015–16 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3) Maccabi Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem 35 –
2016–17 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (4) ‡[lower-alpha 2] Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 19 –
2017–18 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (5) Maccabi Tel Aviv‡[lower-alpha 2] Dia Saba (Maccabi Netanya) 24 –
2018–19 Maccabi Tel Aviv (22)‡[lower-alpha 2] Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ben Sahar (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) 15 –
2019–20 Maccabi Tel Aviv (23) Beitar Jerusalem‡[lower-alpha 2] Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa) 22 –
2020–21 Maccabi Haifa (13) Maccabi Tel Aviv§[lower-alpha 3] Ashdod 19 –
2021–22 Maccabi Haifa (14)‡[lower-alpha 2] Hapoel Be'er Sheva†[lower-alpha 1] Maccabi Tel Aviv Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa) 20 –
2022–23 Maccabi Haifa (15) Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Tel Aviv Omer Atzili (Maccabi Haifa) 21 –
  1. Won the Israel State Cup during the same season.
  2. Won the League Cup during the same season.
  3. Won both cups during the same season.

"Big Four" dominance
"Big Four" since the start of the Israeli Premier League[17]
SeasonBEIHTAMHAMTA
1999–2000 5126
2000–01 5214
2001–02 10213
2002–03 9321
2003–04 9512
2004–05 4918
2005–06 3216
2006–07 1453
2007–08 1756
2008–09 3216
2009–10 5123
2010–11 11213
2011–12 9256
2012–13 10321
2013–14 7451
2014–15 4851
2015–16 3942
2016–17 31462
2017–18 3–102
2018–19 7821
2019–20 3521
2020–21 101112
2021–22 10513
2022–23 81013

Since the 2015–16 season, the Big Four's Dominance has been challenged by Hapoel Be'er Sheva, winning 3 successive championships, they also finished runners up in the 2021-22 season.

Notably, three of the big four teams all finished near or at the bottom of the table at some point. (Hapoel Tel Aviv has been the only one to be relegated so far)

Top scorers by season
SeasonPlayerGoalsClub
1999–2000 Israel Assi Tubi 27 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2000–01 Israel Avi Nimni 25 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2001–02 Israel Kobi Refua 18 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2002–03 Israel Yaniv Abargil 18 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Israel Shay Holtzman 18 Ironi Rishon LeZion / FC Ashdod
2003–04 Israel Ofir Haim 16 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Shay Holtzman 16 FC Ashdod
2004–05 Israel Roberto Colautti 19 Maccabi Haifa
2005–06 Israel Shay Holtzman 18 FC Ashdod
2006–07 Israel Yaniv Azran 15
2007–08 Ghana Samuel Yeboah 15 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2008–09 Israel Barak Yitzhaki 14 Beitar Jerusalem
Israel Shimon Abuhatzira 14 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Israel Eliran Atar 14 Bnei Yehuda
2009–10 Israel Shlomi Arbeitman 28 Maccabi Haifa
2010–11 Israel Toto Tamuz 21 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2011–12 Israel Ahmad Saba'a 20 Maccabi Netanya
2012–13 Israel Eliran Atar 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2013–14 Israel Eran Zahavi 29
2014–15 27
2015–16 35
2016–17 Iceland Viðar Örn Kjartansson 19
2017–18 Israel Dia Saba 24 Maccabi Netanya
2018–19 Israel Ben Sahar 15 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2019–20 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya 22 Maccabi Haifa
2020–21 19
2021–22 Israel Omer Atzili 20
2022–23 21

Individual records

Player transfer fees
Top transfer fees received by Israeli Premier League clubs
Rank Player Fee (min.) Date Transfer Reference(s)
1 Israel Eran Zahavi €7.23M 29 June 2016 Maccabi Tel Aviv China Guangzhou R&F
2 Israel Oscar Gloukh €7M 27 January 2023 Maccabi Tel Aviv Austria Red Bull Salzburg
3 Israel Manor Solomon €6M 11 January 2019 Maccabi Petah Tikva Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
4 Israel Daniel Peretz €5M 25 August 2023 Maccabi Tel Aviv Germany Bayern Munich
5 Serbia Predrag Rajković €5M 23 July 2019 Maccabi Tel Aviv France Reims
6 Nigeria Yakubu Ayegbeni €4.75M 6 January 2003 Maccabi Haifa England Portsmouth
7 Israel Dia Saba €4.37M 31 January 2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva China Guangzhou R&F
8 Israel Liel Abada €4M 14 July 2021 Maccabi Petah Tikva Scotland Celtic
9 Israel Gadi Kinda €3.7M 23 January 2020 Beitar Jerusalem United States Kansas City
10 Israel Avi Nimni €3.5M 11 January 1998 Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Atlético Madrid

All-time table

The All-time Israeli Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Israeli Premier League since its inception in 1999. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in green are part of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

Pos. Club S Pld W D L GF GFPG GA GAPG GD Pts 1° 2° 3° R Avg. Pts
1Maccabi Haifa 2376941218117612791.6637320.95254714179663.53
2Maccabi Tel Aviv 2377241218817212531.6236590.8545941416[nb 4]65564.36
3Hapoel Tel Aviv 2272132620319210351.4367341.0183011167[nb 5]262155.57
4Beitar Jerusalem 2376031120524410351.3628941.1761411129[nb 6]2651.32
5Maccabi Petah Tikva 216842421932497821.1438191.197–37916[nb 7]11245.8
6Hapoel Be'er Sheva 175562491441638091.4556431.156166891322155.69
7Bnei Yehuda 206882331862697801.1348681.262–888851344.25
8Ashdod 227152251972938461.1839971.394–1518722141.52
9Maccabi Netanya 206502271782458141.2528671.334–538592345.21
10Hapoel Haifa 175511741642136461.1727151.298–696861342.88
11Bnei Sakhnin 175431641492305461.0067091.306–163639[nb 8]139.94
12Ironi Kiryat Shmona 144471671241565451.2195091.13936625112148.08
13Hapoel Petah Tikva 134481351151985481.2236781.513–130508[nb 9]1339.08
14Hapoel Kfar Saba 930372901412910.964361.439–145303[nb 10]533.67
15Hapoel Ironi Acre 827072811172881.0673891.441–101295[nb 11]236.88
16Hapoel Ra'anana 826966811222510.9333671.364–116279134.88
17Hapoel Hadera 41354634551501.1111781.319–2817243
18Hapoel Rishon LeZion 51804141981951.0833161.756–121164232.8
19Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon 3106322351970.91541.5–57119139.67
20Maccabi Herzliya 31052524561131.0761801.714–6799233
21Hapoel Ashkelon 3101202556800.7921591.574–7985228.33
22Hapoel Ramat Gan 3103192955950.9221611.563–6682[nb 12]227.33
23Hapoel Nof HaGalil 366202026711.076931.409–2280140
24Hapoel Jerusalem 272141543580.8061231.708–6557128.5
25Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 266122133580.8791001.515–4257228.5
26Sektzia Ness Ziona 266131830540.8181021.545–4857228.5
27Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 268151340731.0741432.103–7055[nb 13]227.5
28Maccabi Bnei Reineh 13381114320.97541.636–223535
29Maccabi Kiryat Gat 1337620341.03581.758–2427127
30Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 1384430250.658852.237–6016116
Total235,0393,7312724
[nb 14]		3,73112,7612.532–13,857
[nb 15]		2345629.86
League or status at 2023–24:
Ligat HaAl
Liga Leumit
Liga Alef
Liga Bet
Liga Gimel
Clubs that no longer exist

Notes
  1. Two regional leagues were held instead of a national championship. Beitar Tel Aviv finished top of the Southern District league while Hapoel Tel Aviv won in the Northern District.[10][11] The IFA recognize both team as league champions for this season.[12]
  2. In 1944–45, two regional leagues were held instead of a national championship. Beitar Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Avivwon the two divisions, with Maccabi Rehovot and Hapoel Ramat Gan finishing as runners-up.[10][11]
  3. British Police ceased to exist along its parent organisation, the Palestine Police Force, in 1948.
  4. Maccabi Tel Aviv were deducted 7 points and had 0-0 tie without points
  5. Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted 13 points and had 0-0 tie without points
  6. Beitar Jerusalem were deducted 9 points
  7. Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted 3 points
  8. Bnei Sakhnin were deducted 2 points
  9. Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted 12 points
  10. Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted 3 points
  11. Hapoel Ironi Acre were deducted 2 points
  12. Hapoel Ramat Gan were deducted 4 points
  13. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted 3 points
  14. 2724 games ended up with a draw, resulting up with 5,448 points
  15. 58 points were deducted over the years

Record of finishing positions of clubs in the Israeli Premier League

Table correct as at the end of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League season.

Club Best result S 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
 
Maccabi Haifa 1st (x10) 25 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 5 1 2 1 5 2 5 5 4 6 10 2 2 1 1 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1st (x6) 25 6 4 3 1 2 8 6 3 6 6 3 3 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3
Beitar Jerusalem 1st (x2) 25 5 5 10 9 9 4 3 1 1 3 5 11 9 10 7 4 3 3 3 7 3 10 10 8
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1st (x2) 24 1 2 2 3 5 9 2 4 7 2 1 2 2 3 4 8 9 14 8 5 11 5 10
F.C. Ashdod 3rd (x2) 24 8 10 4 7 7 3 8 7 8 8 6 12 7 7 8 14 9 12 12 8 3 9 6
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2nd (x1) 22 4 8 8 6 3 2 5 6 10 7 8 7 14 12 6 7 4 8 13 5 13
Maccabi Netanya 2nd (x2) 22 10 7 7 4 11 7 2 2 4 10 6 4 13 9 14 5 4 10 7 4 5
Bnei Yehuda 3rd (x1) 20 11 11 10 6 6 4 9 9 5 4 4 3 4 14 8 11 6 5 7 13
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1st (x3) 19 5 5 4 12 9 9 13 8 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2
Hapoel Haifa 3rd (x1) 19 7 3 11 11 11 10 12 9 11 12 12 8 4 11 6 9 11 7
Bnei Sakhnin 4th (x1) 19 10 10 12 4 9 7 13 8 12 6 7 5 5 11 14 12 6 9
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1st (x1) 15 3 12 5 1 5 3 2 11 7 7 10 12 6 7 13
Hapoel Petah Tikva 3rd (x1) 14 3 6 6 8 8 7 9 12 10 13 14 16 13
Hapoel Kfar Saba 8th (x1) 9 12 11 10 8 11 10 13 11 14
Hapoel Ironi Acre 8th (x1) 8 12 8 10 11 10 11 13 14
Hapoel Ra'anana 6th (x1) 8 15 9 10 6 10 9 9 14
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9th (x3) 5 9 9 9 12 15
Hapoel Hadera 6th (x1) 6 6 9 8 8 12
Hapoel Jerusalem 4th (x1) 4 14 12 4
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon 6th (x1) 3 11 6 13
Maccabi Herzliya 10th (x1) 3 13 10 12
Hapoel Ashkelon 12th (x1) 3 15 12 13
Hapoel Ramat Gan 14th (x2) 3 14 16 14
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 5th (x1) 3 5 11 14
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 11th (x2) 2 11 11
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 12th (x1) 2 12 16
Sektzia Ness Ziona 13th (x1) 2 13 14
Maccabi Kiryat Gat 12th (x1) 1 12
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 12th (x1) 1 12
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 11th (x1) 2 11

See also

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