The 2023–24 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 82nd season of top-tier football in Israel.
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 26 August 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Relegated | Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv |
UEFA Champions League | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
UEFA Europa League (via State Cup) | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
UEFA Conference League | Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Matches played | 227 |
Goals scored | 571 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dean David (20 goals) / Eran Zahavi (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (14 January 2024 ) |
Biggest away win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (26 September 2023 ) F.C. Ashdod 0–5 Maccabi Haifa (25 February 2024 ) |
Highest scoring | Beitar Jerusalem 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (23 December 2023 ) |
Longest winning run | 10 – Maccabi Tel Aviv[i] |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 – Maccabi Haifa[ii] |
Longest winless run | 10 — Hapoel Tel Aviv[iii] |
Longest losing run | 5 — 4 Teams |
Highest attendance | 29,842 Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (11 May 2024 ) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024. |
Teams
editThe league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Liga Leumit (Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Petah Tikva). Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the top flight after a single season, while Hapoel Petah Tikva returned after 9 seasons (for the first time since the 2014–15 season). They replaced the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Sektzia Ness Ziona.
Stadiums and locations
editTeam | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | 16,126 |
Hapoel Hadera | Hadera | Netanya Stadium[iv] | 13,610 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Reineh | Green Stadium[iv] | 5,200 |
Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Personnel and sponsorship
editManagerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Bnei Sakhnin | Kobi Refua[2] | End of contract | 20 May 2023 | Pre-season | Slobodan Drapić[3] | 20 May 2023 |
Ashdod | Ran Ben Shimon[4] | Mutual agreement | Eli Levy[4] | |||
Maccabi Haifa | Barak Bakhar[5] | Signed by Red Star Belgrade | Messay Dego[6] | |||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Haim Silvas[7] | Mutual agreement | Michael Valkanis[8] | 3 June 2023 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Aitor Karanka[9] | Sacked | 25 June 2023 | Robbie Keane[10] | 26 June 2023 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Michael Valkanis | Signed by Ajax | 30 October 2023 | 7th | Borja Lema | 30 October 2023 |
Maccabi Netanya | Ran Kojok | Sacked | 23 December 2023 | 11th | Guy Tzarfati | 24 December 2023 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Benyamin Lam | 2 January 2024 | 10th | Ran Kojok | 5 January 2024 | |
Hapoel Hadera | Nissim Avitan | 16 January 2024 | 13th | Haim Silvas | 17 January 2024 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Borja Lema | 27 January 2024 | 7th | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | 27 January 2024 | |
Beitar Jerusalem | Yossi Abukasis | Left | 31 January 2024 | 8th | Gal Cohen (Temporary) | 1 February 2024 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | Caretaking spell over | 6 February 2024 | 8th | Yossi Abukasis | 6 February 2024 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Ofer Tesselpepe | Sacked | 11 February 2024 | 14th | Benyamin Lam | 12 February 2024 |
Beitar Jerusalem | Gal Cohen (Temporary) | Caretaking spell over | 18 February 2024 | 11th | Barak Yitzhaki | 19 February 2024 |
Maccabi Netanya | Guy Tzarfati | Sacked | 1 April 2024 | 11th | Marco Balbul | 1 April 2024 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Yossi Abukasis | 28 April 2024 | 13th | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | 28 April 2024 |
Foreign players
editThe number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Regular season
editRegular season table
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 62[a] | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 55[b] | |
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 49 | |
4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 47 | |
5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 | |
6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33[c] | |
7 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 30 | |
9 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 28 | |
10 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 28 | |
11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 26[d] | |
12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 25[e] | |
13 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 22 | |
14 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 19 |
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.
Notes:
Regular season results
editChampionship round
editKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)[citation needed]
Rounds | |||||||||
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27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 |
1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4 |
2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5 |
1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5 |
3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1 |
6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3 |
2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6 |
6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4 |
3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6 |
6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5 |
Championship round table
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTA | MHA | HBS | HHA | MBR | BnS | |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 74[a] | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 61 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Hapoel Haifa | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 59 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||
5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 44[b] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Relegation round
editRelegation round table
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HJE | MPT | MNE | ASH | BEI | HAH | HTA | HPT | ||
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7 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 43 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |||||
9 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
10 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 36[b] | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
12 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 36 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (R) | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 33[c] | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | ||||||
14 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 24 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Season statistics
editTop scorers
edit- As of 25 May 2024[22]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dean David | Maccabi Haifa | 20 |
Eran Zahavi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | |
3 | Frantzdy Pierrot | Maccabi Haifa | 18 |
4 | Guy Melamed | Hapoel Haifa | 17 |
5 | Yarden Shua | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 |
Elad Madmon | Hapoel Hadera | ||
7 | Tomer Yosefi | Hapoel Haifa | 11 |
Attendances
editMaccabi Tel-Aviv drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Israeli top-flight football league.[23]
# | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 20,356 |
2 | Maccabi Haifa FC | 13 | 20,344 |
3 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | 13 | 12,698 |
4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 11,025 |
5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | 13 | 9,943 |
6 | Maccabi Netanya FC | 13 | 6,079 |
7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva FC | 13 | 5,016 |
8 | Hapoel Haifa FC | 13 | 4,704 |
9 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | 13 | 3,755 |
10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | 13 | 3,309 |
11 | Hapoel Hadera F.C. | 13 | 2,799 |
12 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. | 13 | 2,119 |
13 | Bnei Sakhnin FC | 13 | 2,105 |
14 | FC Ashdod | 13 | 2,031 |
Notes
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