2014–15 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League

Season	2014-15
Relegated	F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Petah Tikva
Champions League	Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd qualifying round)
Europa League	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3rd qualifying round) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd qualifying round) Beitar Jerusalem (1st qualifying round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	604 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eran Zahavi (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Ashdod (14 February 2015)
Biggest away win	Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (25 October 2014) Maccabi Netanya 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (3 December 2014) Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (14 December 2014)
Highest scoring	Maccabi Netanya 4–4 Maccabi Petah Tikva (20 September 2014)
Longest winning run	5 games Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest winless run	15 games Ashdod
Longest losing run	4 games Ashdod Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Highest attendance	29,300 - Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem (27 December 2014)[1]
Average attendance	6,451[1]
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 5 June 2015.

The 2014–15 Israeli Premier League is the sixteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 73nd season of top-tier football in Israel. It began in the end of August 2014 and will end in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.

Teams

Hapoel Acre

F.C. Ashdod

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Haifa

Maccabi Haifa

Beitar Jerusalem

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Maccabi Netanya

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Hapoel Ra'anana

Bnei Sakhnin

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Locations of the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted team from the 2013–14 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. were relegated to the 2014–15 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2013–14 season in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted after finishing the 2013–14 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	32,700
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Doha Stadium	8,500
F.C. Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium	7,420
Hapoel Ironi Acre	Acre	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Vasermil Stadium	13,000
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,820
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Netanya Stadium[2]	13,800
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	14,413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Ironi Stadium	5,300
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,820
Maccabi Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Stadium	13,800
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	14,413

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Tabib, EliEli Tabib	Levy, GuyGuy Levy	Kriaf, OfirOfir Kriaf	Puma	itrader
Bnei Sakhnin	Abu Yunes, MohammedMohammed Abu Yunes	Cohen, EliEli Cohen	Khalaila, KhaledKhaled Khalaila	Umbro	Toyga
F.C. Ashdod	Ben-Zaken, JackyJacky Ben-Zaken	Klinger, NirNir Klinger	Martziano, OfirOfir Martziano	Nike
Hapoel Ironi Acre	Barshishat, YehudaYehuda Barshishat	Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora	Goresh, DavidDavid Goresh	Macron	Azrieli Group
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Barkat, AlonaAlona Barkat	Levy, ElishaElisha Levy	Barda, ElyanivElyaniv Barda	Kappa	Mobli
Hapoel Haifa	Katz, YoavYoav Katz	Banin, TalTal Banin	Roash, OshriOshri Roash	Diadora	Hatama
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Ben Dakon, DoronDoron Ben Dakon	Koretski, MeniMeni Koretski	Musa, KobiKobi Musa	Lotto
Hapoel Ra'anana	Alon, AsherAsher Alon	Silvas, HaimHaim Silvas	Shuker, SnirSnir Shuker	Umbro	ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Fans, The RedThe Red Fans	Cohen, EliEli Cohen	Abutbul, ShayShay Abutbul	Umbro	Fujicom
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Sheratzky, IzzyIzzy Sheratzky	Bakhar, BarakBarak Bakhar	Tzedek, ShirShir Tzedek	Puma	Ituran
Maccabi Haifa	Shahar, Ya'akovYa'akov Shahar	Balbul, MarcoMarco Balbul	Benayoun, YossiYossi Benayoun	Nike	Honda
Maccabi Netanya	Segev, EliEli Segev	Levy, RonnyRonny Levy	Levy, EranEran Levy	Joma	Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Luzon, AmosAmos Luzon	Ben Shimon, RanRan Ben Shimon	Peser, NaorNaor Peser	Macron	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Goldhar, MitchellMitchell Goldhar	Ayestarán, PakoPako Ayestarán	Yeini, SheranSheran Yeini	Adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Maccabi Haifa	Arik Benado	Sacked	14 April 2014	Pre-season	Aleksandar Stanojević	1 May 2014
Beitar Jerusalem	Ronny Levy	Sacked	10 May 2014		Meni Koretski	10 May 2014
Hapoel Haifa	Shlomi Dora	End of contract	14 May 2014		Reuven Atar	14 May 2014
Hapoel Ironi Acre	Naim, YuvalYuval Naim	Sacked			Harazi, AlonAlon Harazi
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ran Ben Shimon	Sacked	26 May 2014		Asi Domb	27 May 2014
Hapoel Ra'anana	Meni Koretski	Resigned			Haim Silvas
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sousa, PauloPaulo Sousa	Signed by Basel	28 May 2014		Óscar García	2 June 2014
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Yetav Luzon	Resigned	11 June 2014		Ran Ben Shimon	12 June 2014
Bnei Sakhnin	Marco Balbul	End of contract	19 June 2014		Guy Levy	19 June 2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Óscar García	Resigned	26 August 2014		Pako Ayestarán	26 August 2014
Bnei Sakhnin	Guy Levy	Sacked	5 December 2014	13th	Eli Cohen	5 December 2014
Maccabi Haifa	Aleksandar Stanojević	Resigned	28 December 2014	4th	Marco Balbul	28 December 2014
Hapoel Ironi Acre	Harazi, AlonAlon Harazi	Resigned	5 January 2015	14th	Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora	8 January 2015
Maccabi Netanya	Yossi Mizrahi	Resigned	14 January 2015	12th	Ronny Levy	14 January 2015
Beitar Jerusalem	Meni Koretski	Sacked	30 January 2015	10th	Guy Levy	30 January 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Asi Domb	Sacked	30 January 2015	8th	Eli Cohen	30 January 2015
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Ido Bar-On	Sacked	7 February 2015	13th	Meni Koretski	7 February 2015
Hapoel Haifa	Reuven Atar	Sacked	16 February 2015	12th	Tal Banin	16 February 2015

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	17	5	4	53	20	+33	054^1	Top Playoff
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	14	7	5	47	24	+23	49
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	13	8	5	40	27	+13	47
4	Beitar Jerusalem	26	10	10	6	38	29	+9	40
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	10	9	7	28	30	−2	39
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	11	4	11	38	29	+9	37
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	9	7	10	24	23	+1	34	Bottom Playoff
8	Maccabi Netanya	26	9	6	11	37	45	−8	33
9	Bnei Sakhnin	26	7	9	10	32	37	−5	30
10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	8	7	11	27	33	−6	029^2
11	Ashdod	26	6	9	11	29	41	−12	27
12	Hapoel Haifa	26	7	5	14	20	41	−21	26
13	Hapoel Petah Tikva	26	5	8	13	28	43	−15	23
14	Hapoel Acre	26	4	10	12	20	39	−19	22

Updated to games played on 7 March 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: ^1st points; ^2nd goal difference; ^3rd matches won; ^4th goals scored; ^5th head-to-head; ^6th decision match
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
¹ Maccabi Tel Aviv deducted one point.^[3]
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv deducted one point.^[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away

BEI

BnS

ASH

HAC

HBS

HHA

IKS

HPT

HRA

HTA

MHA

MNE

MPT

MTA

Beitar Jerusalem

1–2

1–1

4–0

0–3

0–1

3–1

3–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–3

1–0

Bnei Sakhnin

1–0

2–3

1–1

2–0

2–0

1–4

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–3

Ashdod

3–3

2–2

0–0

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–2

3–1

1–0

2–3

0–0

0–1

Hapoel Acre

1–1

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–2

1–4

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

1–1

2–0

2–1

3–0

4–0

2–1

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–0

4–0

1–0

3–2

Hapoel Haifa

3–4

0–3

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–4

3–2

0–1

2–0

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–1

3–0

0–1

3–1

3–0

2–1

Hapoel Petah Tikva

0–1

2–1

1–2

4–1

1–3

2–1

1–3

0–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

1–3

Hapoel Ra'anana

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

4–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–2

Hapoel Tel Aviv

0–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

3–2

3–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–2

0–0^2

Maccabi Haifa

1–3

4–2

5–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–3

3–1

0–2

3–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

Maccabi Netanya

2–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

4–2

0–2

1–2

3–1

1–0

0–2

0–4

4–4

3–3

Maccabi Petah Tikva

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–0

0–4

0–0

3–0

1–2

3–2

2–1

1–0

0–1

0–3

Maccabi Tel Aviv

1–1

2–0

5–2

3–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

3–1

3–0

Updated to games played on 16 February 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² The match originally was abandoned after supporter violence while the score was 1–1.^[4] The Israel Football Association declared the match a 0–0 draw, with neither teams receiving any points and closing the stands for four matches.^[3]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):^[5]

Rounds
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
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14	7 – 8 13 – 9 12 – 10 11 – 14	8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12	8 – 9 7 – 10 13 – 14 11 – 12	9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13	9 – 10 8 – 14 7 – 12 11 – 13	10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7

Top Playoff

Top Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) (Q)	36	21	9	6	67	32	+35	070^1	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Q)	36	18	10	8	53	38	+15	64	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ^3
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Q)	36	17	11	8	63	40	+23	62	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^3
4	Beitar Jerusalem (Q)	36	13	13	10	48	43	+5	051^2	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^3
5	Maccabi Haifa	36	14	8	14	51	37	+14	50
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	36	12	12	12	34	41	−7	48

Updated to games played on 1 June 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: ^1st points; ^2nd goal difference; ^3rd matches won; ^4th goals scored; ^5th head-to-head; ^6th decision match
¹ Maccabi Tel Aviv deducted one point.^[3]
2 Beitar Jerusalem deducted one point.^[6]
3 Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, then the 2nd-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Top Playoff results

Home ╲ Away	BEI	HBS	IKS	MHA	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem		1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–0		2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–2	3–1		1–0	2–0	0–0
Maccabi Haifa	1–0	4–0	4–1		0–0	1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–0		1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–2

Updated to games played on 1 June 2015.
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.

Bottom Playoff

Bottom Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Bnei Sakhnin	33	11	11	11	43	44	−1	44
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	12	8	13	36	40	−4	042^1
9	Maccabi Netanya	33	11	8	14	46	54	−8	41
10	Hapoel Ra'anana	33	10	9	14	35	36	−1	39
11	Hapoel Acre	33	9	11	13	28	42	−14	38
12	Hapoel Haifa	33	9	7	17	25	47	−22	34
13	Hapoel Petah Tikva (R)	33	8	8	17	43	59	−16	32	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Ashdod (R)	33	6	13	14	32	51	−19	31

Updated to games played on 16 May 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: ^1st points; ^2nd goal difference; ^3rd matches won; ^4th goals scored; ^5th head-to-head; ^6th decision match
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
¹ Hapoel Tel Aviv deducted one point.^[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Bottom Playoff results

Home ╲ Away	ASH	BnS	HAC	HHA	HPT	HRA	HTA	MNE
Ashdod			0–0	0–0	2–4
Bnei Sakhnin	1–1			1–0		1–1	2–0
Hapoel Acre		1–0		1–0		2–0
Hapoel Haifa					3–2		0–1	0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva		2–3	0–2			4–2
Hapoel Ra'anana	4–0			1–2			2–2	1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0		2–0		1–2			2–1
Maccabi Netanya	0–0	2–3	1–2		3–1

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 1 June 2015.

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	27
2	Mohammad Ghadir	Bnei Sakhnin	16
3	Maor Buzaglo	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	13
	Olarenwaju Kayode	Maccabi Netanya
5	Roi Kahat	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	12
6	Shlomi Arbeitman	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11
	Hamdi Salihi	Hapoel Haifa
	Rodgers Kola	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
	Eran Levy	Maccabi Netanya

Source: Israel Football Association

See also

• 2014–15 Israel State Cup
• 2014–15 Israel Super Cup
• 2014–15 Israel Toto Cup

References

1. http://www.one.co.il/Article/14-15/1,1,0,0/252513.html?ref=hp
2. The club play their home games at a neutral venue due to their own ground not meeting the league's requirements.
3. Bar Dayan, Shirly (24 November 2014). "Hapoel, Maccabi each deducted one point for TA derby debacle". Sport5. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
4. Sinai, Allon (11 November 2014). "Maccabi, Hapoel Tel Aviv await repercussions of derby violence". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
5. "The full fixture list for the Top and Bottom playoffs" (PDF) (in Hebrew).
6. "Israel's football association decision regarding Beitar Jerusalem" (PDF) (in Hebrew). The Israel Football Association. 18 May 2015.