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The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions.

Maccabi Haifa secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 16 May 2011. This was their twelfth Israeli league title, This win gave Maccabi Haifa a 6-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with one more round to go.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams compete in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2009–10 season and two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two bottom places.

Two teams were directly promoted from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Kiryat Shmona and the runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon.

^A The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.
^B The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva are hosting their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium will be fully constructed. Both Hapoel and Maccabi chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium.

Beitar Jerusalem	Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Hapoel Acre
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Stadium	Green Stadium
Maccabi Netanya	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva	Hapoel Ashkelon
Sar-Tov Stadium	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	Ramat Gan Stadium	Sala Stadium
F.C. Ashdod	Bnei Sakhnin	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Yud-Alef Stadium	Doha Stadium	Vasermil Stadium	Winter Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
F.C. Ashdod	Yossi Mizrahi	Resigned	20 May 2010	6th (09–10)	John Gregory	20 May 2010	Pre-Season
Hapoel Haifa	Shlomi Dora	Resigned	25 May 2010	11th (09–10)	Nitzan Shirazi	5 June 2010	Pre-Season
Hapoel Acre	Yaron Hochenboim	End of contract	27 May 2010	12th (09–10)	Eli Cohen	28 May 2010	Pre-Season
Bnei Yehuda	Guy Luzon	End of contract	31 May 2010	4th (09–10)	Dror Kashtan	31 May 2010	Pre-Season
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Vico Haddad	End of contract	31 May 2010	9th (09–10)	Nir Klinger	31 May 2010	Pre-Season
Hapoel Ashkelon	Uri Malmilian	End of contract	31 May 2010	Liga Leumit 2nd (09–10)	Guy Azouri	14 June 2010	Pre-Season
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Nir Levine	End of contract	31 May 2010	3rd (09–10)	Yossi Mizrahi	10 June 2010	Pre-Season
Beitar Jerusalem	David Amsalem	Stepped down to assistant manager	11 June 2010	5th (09–10)	Uri Malmilian	11 June 2010	Pre-Season
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Yuval Naim	Resigned	29 June 2010	14th (09–10)	Shlomi Dora	1 July 2010	Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin	Marco Balbul	Resigned	29 June 2010	7th (09–10)	Yuval Naim	1 July 2010	Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin	Yuval Naim	Sacked	11 August 2010	Pre-Season	Haim Levy	14 August 2010	Pre-Season
Bnei Sakhnin	Haim Levy	Sacked	27 September 2010	16th	Slobodan Drapić	27 September 2010	16th
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Eli Mahpud	Sacked	16 October 2010	14th	Yuval Naim	16 October 2010	14th
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Shlomi Dora	Sacked	15 November 2010	16th	Tzvika Tzemah	15 November 2010	16th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yossi Mizrahi	Resigned	4 January 2011	3rd	Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)	4 January 2011	3rd
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)	Resigned	10 January 2011	3rd	Motti Ivanir	10 January 2011	3rd
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Tzvika Tzemah	Resigned	15 January 2011	16th	Itzik Baruch (caretaker)	15 January 2011	16th
Beitar Jerusalem	Uri Malmilian	Resigned	17 January 2011	12th	Ronny Levy	17 January 2011	12th
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Itzik Baruch (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	3 February 2011	16th	Yaron Hochenboim	3 February 2011	16th
Hapoel Ashkelon	Guy Azouri	Sacked	15 March 2011	15th	Eli Mahpud	15 March 2011	15th
Bnei Sakhnin	Slobodan Drapić	Resigned	4 April 2011	15th	Shlomi Dora	4 April 2011	15th
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Yuval Naim	Sacked	13 April 2011	13th	Itzik Shaki (caretaker)	13 April 2011	13th
F.C. Ashdod	John Gregory	Resigned	18 April 2011	13th	Yossi Mizrahi	18 April 2011	13th
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Itzik Shaki (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	1 May 2011	13th	Gili Landau	1 May 2011	13th

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Non-visa Foreign	Former Players
Beitar Jerusalem	Hervé Kage	Samuel Yeboah	Cristian González			Steven Cohen	Darío Fernández Cristián Álvarez Serge Ayeli
Bnei Sakhnin	Atanas Bornosuzov	Danail Mitev	Kostadin Hazurov	Paty Yeye Lenkebe	Nastja Čeh		Dario Zahora Cristian Dănălache Darijan Matić
Bnei Yehuda	Pedro Galván	Iván Garrido	Kęstutis Ivaškevičius	Dele Aiyenugba	Nenad Marinković		Yeghia Yavruyan
F.C. Ashdod	Dragan Stojkić	Dimitar Makriev	Stéphane Mpondo	Emmanuel Sarki	Efe Ambrose		Cristian González
Hapoel Acre	Zome Louis	Dimaku Fidelis	Arafat Djako			Nicolás Falczuk	Ibrahim Abdul Razak Samed Abdul Awudu
Hapoel Ashkelon	Eric Gawu	Stephen Ahorlu	Serge Ayeli	Darko Lovrić	Suad Fileković	Yeghia Yavruyan	Zurab Menteshashvili Eric Nyarko
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	William Soares	Ibrahim Abdul Razak	Ibrahim Basit	James Bissue		Ryan Adeleye	Bernardo Vasconcelos Ricardo Fernandes
Hapoel Haifa	Savity Lipenia	Nikola Grubješić	Saša Stojanović			Tvrtko Kale
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Daniel Addo	Mirlan Murzayev	Austin Ejide	Fabian Stoller	Emmanuel Mathias		Jonathan Assous William Amamoo Junior Viza
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Carlos Chacana	Dimitar Telkiyski	Elin Topuzakov	Awudu Okocha	Aurelijus Staponka	Jonathan Assous	Krum Bibishkov Vitaliy Sidorov Pablo Buendía Claudio Rivero
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Vincent Enyeama	Mário Pečalka	Bevan Fransman				Douglas Silva Romain Rocchi William Owusu
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Bryan Gerzicich	William Njobvu					Caleb Ekwegwo Zoran Baldovaliev
Maccabi Haifa	Jhon Culma	Vladimir Dvalishvili	Seidu Yahaya	Tsepo Masilela	Andriy Pylyavskyi	Gustavo Boccoli	Ignacio Canuto Adrien Silva
Maccabi Netanya	Carlos Arias	Leonid Krupnik	Serhiy Tretyak				Gaga Chkhetiani
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ivan Mance	Sébastien Sansoni	Manuel Bölstler	Nebojša Marinković	Joe Bizera	Murad Magomedov	Steven Pelé
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haris Medunjanin	Nivaldo	Dimitar Rangelov	Djibril Sidibé	Savo Pavićević		Albert Baning

In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season

The following do not fill a Visa position:
Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;
Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

Regular season

Table

1. Hapoel Ramat Gan were docked four points due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year.

Results

1. Beitar Jerusalem hosted the match against Hapoel Petah Tikva without a crowd of both sides due to Beitar fans hooliganism.
2. Beitar Jerusalem hosted the match against Ironi Kiryat Shmona without a crowd of both sides due to Beitar fans racist calls.
3. F.C. Ashdod hosted the match against Beitar Jerusalem without a crowd of both sides due to Ashdod fans hooliganism.
4. The match between F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Be'er Sheva was abandoned with a 3–3 draw in the 93rd minute after the linesman had been hit, allegedly by an iron sign thrown by Ashdod's crowd. Hapoel Be'er Sheva was awarded with a technical win.
5. Hapoel Tel Aviv hosted the match against Hapoel Ashkelon without a crowd of both sides due to Hapoel fans hooliganism.
6. Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted the match against Hapoel Petah Tikva without a crowd of both sides due to Maccabi fans racist calls against Abbas Suan in the match against Bnei Sakhnin.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Top playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 35 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 33, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 25, Ironi Kiryat Shmona with 24, Bnei Yehuda with 24 and Maccabi Netanya started with 22.

Table

1. Hapoel Tel Aviv have qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Israel State Cup.

Results

Middle playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Haifa started with 22 points, Maccabi Petah Tikva with 21, Hapoel Acre with 21 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva started with 19.

Table

Results

Bottom playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Beitar Jerusalem started with 19 points, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 17, F.C. Ashdod with 17, Hapoel Ashkelon with 13, Bnei Sakhnin with 13 and Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 4.

Table

Results

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Petah Tikva faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on 24 and 27 May 2011.

Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba
Luzon 7', 31' Exbard 22' Tzarfati 52'	Report	86' Abu Arar

Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	Report	9' Turgeman

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Toto Tamuz	Hapoel Tel Aviv	21
2	Eden Ben Basat	Hapoel Haifa	18
	Eliran Atar	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18
4	Moshe Ohayon	F.C. Ashdod	17
5	Pedro Galván	Bnei Yehuda	16
	Ben Sahar	Hapoel Tel Aviv	16
7	Omer Damari	Maccabi Petah Tikva	15
8	Roei Dayan	Hapoel Acre	14
	Wiyam Amashe	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	14
10	Tomer Hemed	Maccabi Haifa	13
Total			737
Average per game			2.67

Source: Israel Football Association

Season statistics

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Scoring

• First goal of the season: Mahmoud Abbas for Hapoel Ashkelon against Hapoel Petah Tikva, 37th minute (21 August 2010)
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals –
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Haifa (1 January 2011)
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 F.C. Ashdod (5 February 2011)
• Most goals in a match: 7 goals – Hapoel Ashkelon 3–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (12 March 2011)
• Most goals in a half: 5 goals – Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–2 Hapoel Acre, 0–0 at half-time (26 September 2010)
• Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals –
  • Wiyam Amashe for Ironi Kiryat Shmona against Hapoel Tel Aviv (25 September 2010)
  • Ohad Kadousi for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Netanya (22 January 2011)
  • Dovev Gabay for Hapoel Be'er Sheva against F.C. Ashdod (5 February 2011)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Adir Tubul for Hapoel Ashkelon against Hapoel Petah Tikva, 31st minute (21 August 2010)
• First red card of the season: Rubil Sarsour for Maccabi Petah Tikva against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, 74th minute (23 August 2010)

See also

• 2010–11 Israel State Cup
• 2010–11 Toto Cup Al
• List of 2010–11 Israeli football transfers

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