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Season | 2000–01 |
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Champions | Maccabi Haifa 6th title |
Relegated | Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tzafririm Holon |
Top goalscorer | Avi Nimni (25) |
← 1999–2000 2001–02 → |
The 2000–01 Israeli Premier League season had Maccabi Haifa win the title, while Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated.
The regular season took place from the first match on 12 August 2000 to the final match on 22 April 2001. The table was then divided into two groups, the upper and lower, which had six teams each. Then each team played the other five in their group once. The second stage was held between 27 April 2001 and 26 May 2001.
One team from Liga Leumit was promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The three teams relegated were: Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem.
Final table
First 6 teams played in the top playoffs while the last 6 teams played in the bottom playoffs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 75 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
3 | Hapoel Haifa | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 71 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 68 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 62 | |
6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 46 | |
7 | Maccabi Netanya | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 49 | |
8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 47 | |
9 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41 | |
10 | F.C. Ashdod | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 38 | |
11 | Bnei Yehuda (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 33 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
12 | Tzafririm Holon (R) | 38 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 85 | −60 | 16 |
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.
- Deducted 1 point.
Results
First and second round
Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | ASH | HHA | HPT | HTA | IRZ | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA | TZH |
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Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Bnei Yehuda | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
F.C. Ashdod | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 |
Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Ironi Rishon LeZion | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
Maccabi Netanya | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 10–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 6–2 |
Tzafririm Holon | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third round
Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | ASH | HHA | HPT | HTA | IRZ | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA | TZH |
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Beitar Jerusalem | — | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | — |
Bnei Yehuda | 2–4 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — |
F.C. Ashdod | — | — | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | — |
Hapoel Haifa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | — | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | — | — | — | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
Ironi Rishon LeZion | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — | — | — | 1–3 | — |
Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | 5–0 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 4–1 |
Maccabi Netanya | — | 2–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | — | 0–1 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 5–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 |
Tzafririm Holon | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | 1–5 | — | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Fourth round
Upper Group
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes:
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Lower Group
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel-Aviv | 25 |
2 | Motti Kakoun | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 19 |
3 | Viorel Tănase | Maccabi Netanya | 14 |
Liron Vilner | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | |
Itzik Zohar | Maccabi Netanya | 14 | |
6 | Yossi Benayoun | Maccabi Haifa | 13 |
Rafi Cohen | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | |
Amir Turgeman | Hapoel Haifa | 13 | |
9 | Alon Mizrahi | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 |
Klimenti Tsitaishvili | Ironi Rishon LeZion | 12 |
See also
2000–01 in Israeli football | |||||||||||||
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