Football league season
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 20 August 2022 – 20 May 2023 |
Champions | Maccabi Haifa |
Relegated | Sektzia Ness Ziona Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Champions League | Maccabi Haifa |
Europa Conference League | Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 634 (2.64 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Omer Atzili (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (9 January 2023 (2023-01-09)) |
Biggest away win | Hapoel Hadera 0–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv (29 August 2022 (2022-08-29)) |
Highest scoring | Beitar Jerusalem 6–3 Maccabi Netanya (17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)) |
Longest winning run | 11 — Maccabi Haifa |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Longest winless run | 15 — Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Longest losing run | 7 — Sektzia Ness Ziona |
Highest attendance | 30,564 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem (20 May 2023) |
Total attendance | 1,998,042 |
Average attendance | 8,325 |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023 (2023-05-20). |
The 2022–23 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 81st season of top-tier football in Israel.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Bnei Reineh and Sektzia Ness Ziona were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Bnei Reineh was promoted for the first time in its history, Sektzia Ness Ziona returned after two seasons in the second league.
Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2022–23 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2021–22 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Members of the 2022–23 season
AshdodHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel HaderaHapoel HaifaMaccabi HaifaHapoel Jerusalem
Beitar JerusalemIroni Kiryat ShmonaMaccabi NetanyaBnei SakhninHapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel AvivMaccabi Bnei ReinehSektzia Ness Zionaclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League teams
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | 16,126 |
Hapoel Hadera | Hadera | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Reineh | Green Stadium | 5,200 |
Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona | Hamoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Hapoel Hadera | Meni Koretski | End of contract | 10 May 2022 | Pre-season | Nir Berkovic | 10 May 2022 |
Hapoel Hadera | Nir Berkovic | Left | 16 May 2022 | Assaf Nimni | 19 May 2022 | |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Slobodan Drapić | End of contract | 30 May 2022 | Meni Koretski | 11 April 2022 | |
Hapoel Haifa | Elisha Levy | Nir Klinger | 14 May 2022 | |||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Mladen Krstajić | Vladimir Ivić | 19 May 2022 | |||
Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Adham Hadiya | Sacked | 7 September 2022 | 13th | Sharon Mimer | 7 September 2022 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Kobi Refua | 18 September 2022 | 11th | Slobodan Drapić | 19 September 2022 | |
Hapoel Haifa | Nir Klinger | 23 October 2022 | 11th | Ronny Levy | 23 October 2022 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | Haim Silvas | 23 October 2022 | 11th | Kobi Refua | 23 October 2022 | |
Maccabi Netanya | Benyamin Lam | Left | 23 December 2022 | 10th | Ran Kojok | 23 December 2022 |
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Meni Koretski | 23 December 2022 | 11th | Nir Berkovic | 23 December 2022 | |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | Nir Berkovic | 23 December 2022 | 13th | Shlomi Dora | 3 January 2023 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Vladimir Ivić | 3 January 2023 | 2nd | Aitor Karanka | 3 January 2023 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Slobodan Drapić | 9 January 2023 | 11th | Haim Silvas | 9 January 2023 | |
Hapoel Hadera | Assaf Nimni | Sacked | 9 January 2023 | 10th | Meni Koretski | 9 January 2023 |
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Nir Berkovic | 11 February 2023 | 13th | Slobodan Drapić | 12 February 2023 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Regular season
Regular season table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 58 | |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 52 | |
4 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 37 | |
5 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 36 | |
6 | Ashdod | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 36 | |
7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 31 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
8 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 30 | |
9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 30 | |
10 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 29 | |
11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 27 | |
12 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 24 | |
13 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 21 | |
14 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 17 |
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.
Regular season results
Home \ Away | MHA | HBS | MTA | MNE | HJE | ASH | BEI | HHA | BnS | HAH | HTA | IKS | MBR | SNZ |
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Maccabi Haifa | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
Maccabi Netanya | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Hapoel Jerusalem | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Ashdod | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
Hapoel Haifa | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Hapoel Hadera | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MHA | HBS | MTA | HJE | MNE | ASH | |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 36 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 73 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
4 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 45 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | ||
5 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 45 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | Ashdod | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — |
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:
- Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted.
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 3 points deducted.
Results by roundThe table lists the results of teams in each round.
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss |
Positions by round
= 2023–24 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round; = 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round
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Relegation round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds | ||||||
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27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14 |
11 – 14 12 – 10 13 – 9 7 – 8 |
8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12 |
11 – 12 13 – 14 7 – 10 8 – 9 |
9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13 |
11 – 13 7 – 12 8 – 14 9 – 10 |
10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7 |
Relegation round table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | HHA | BEI | BnS | HTA | MBR | HAH | IKS | SNZ | |
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7 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 41 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||
9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 37 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||||||
10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |||||||
11 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 35 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |||||||
12 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 34 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||||
13 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (R) | 33 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
14 | Sektzia Ness Ziona (R) | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 25 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
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:
- Beitar Jerusalem had 3 points deducted.
- Beitar Jerusalem qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2022–23 Israel State Cup winners.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.
Results by round
Team ╲ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
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Hapoel Haifa | D | L | W | D | W | L | W |
Beitar Jerusalem | W | W | L | W | W | L | L |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | L | W | L | L | W | D | W |
Bnei Sakhnin | D | D | W | D | L | L | D |
Maccabi Bnei Reineh | D | D | W | W | L | W | L |
Hapoel Hadera | L | D | D | L | L | W | L |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | D | D | D | D | W | D | W |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | W | L | L | D | L | W | D |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 21 May 2023
Hat-tricks
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Igor Zlatanović | Maccabi Netanya | Beitar Jerusalem | 4–1 (H) | 20 August 2022 |
Omer Atzili | Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Netanya | 4–1 (H) | 27 August 2022 |
Ion Nicolaescu (4) | Beitar Jerusalem | Maccabi Netanya | 6–3 (H) | 17 December 2022 |
Márk Koszta | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 3–2 (H) | 4 March 2023 |
Omer Atzili | Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Haifa | 4–1 (H) | 6 March 2023 |
(4) - Scored 4 goals
Discipline
- As of 21 May 2023
Player
- Most yellow cards: 12
- Hélder Lopes (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
- Diya Lababidi (Hapoel Hadera)
- Most red cards: 3
- Beram Kayal (Bnei Sakhnin)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 90
- Maccabi Netanya
- Most red cards: 8
- Sektzia Ness Ziona
- Bnei Sakhnin
Average attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa | 519,057 | 30,564 | 24,753 | 28,837 | +14.2% |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 375,570 | 27,642 | 11,743 | 20,865 | +15.4% |
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 220,708 | 15,114 | 7,438 | 12,262 | +8.7% |
4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14,776 | 24,119 | 6,791 | 11,367 | −0.9% |
5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 191,717 | 21,632 | 4,071 | 11,277 | +49.1% |
6 | Maccabi Netanya | 119,217 | 12,960 | 3,484 | 7,012 | +0.3% |
7 | Hapoel Haifa | 23,114 | 26,900 | 779 | 4,889 | +20.7% |
8 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 82,874 | 18,755 | 592 | 4,604 | +23.6% |
9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 52,164 | 5,656 | 1,135 | 3,068 | −9.8% |
10 | Ashdod | 52,801 | 6,497 | 600 | 2,933 | +145.4% |
11 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 40,377 | 10,358 | 127 | 2,524 | n/a |
12 | Hapoel Hadera | 42,093 | 8,820 | 401 | 2,476 | −0.3% |
13 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 34,535 | 5,202 | 772 | 2,158 | +63.0% |
14 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 29,444 | 4,769 | 766 | 1,840 | n/a |
League total | 1,991,447 | 30,564 | 127 | 8,438 | +41.5% |
Updated to games played on 20 May 2023
Source:
Notes
- Matches 8–18
- Matches 4–15
- Matches 2–16
- Matches 20–26
- ^ The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
- ^ Team played last season in Liga Leumit.
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