2013–14 Israeli Premier League

Football league season
Israeli Premier League
Season2013–14
Dates24 August 2013 – 17 May 2014
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
RelegatedHapoel Ramat HaSharon
Bnei Yehuda
Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
(Second qualifying round)
Europa LeagueIroni Kiryat Shmona
(Third qualifying round)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva & Hapoel Tel Aviv
(Second qualifying round)
Matches played240
Goals scored606 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerEran Zahavi (29)
Biggest home winMaccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Ironi Acre
Biggest away winHapoel Ramat HaSharon 0–5 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Highest scoringF.C. Ashdod 4–5 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Longest winning run7 games
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest losing run7 games
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Average attendance5,065[1]

The 2013–14 Israeli Premier League was the fifteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 71st season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 24 August 2013 and ended on 17 May 2014. Maccabi Tel Aviv were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title, and 19th championship last season. They successfully defended their title this season.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2012–13 season and two promoted team from the 2012–13 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated to the 2013–14 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2012–13 season in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ra'anana were promoted after finishing the 2012–13 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium[A] 14,413
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Ironi Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya Stadium[A] 13,610
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Ironi Stadium 5,300
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413

^ A: The club will play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 		Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Acre
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Kiryat Shmona Stadium Acre Stadium
Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Netanya Stadium
 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium Grundman Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Vasermil Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Eli Tabib Israel Ronny Levy Israel Ariel Harush Diadora Eldad Perry Group
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Yunes Israel Marco Balbul Israel Khaled Khalaila Lotto Toyga
Bnei Yehuda Israel Moshe Damaio Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Kfir Edri Macron Super Ceramic
F.C. Ashdod Israel Jacky Ben-Zaken Israel Nir Klinger Israel Guy Tzarfati Legea Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Ironi Acre Israel Yehuda Barshishat Israel Yuval Naim Israel David Goresh Nike Azrieli Group
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Elisha Levy Israel Elyaniv Barda Kappa Mobli
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Shlomi Dora Israel Yossi Dora Diadora Hatama
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Ilan Katz Israel Meni Koretski Israel Tamir Cohen Joma ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Israel Boaz Moldavsky Israel Haim Shabo Israel Kobi Musa Lotto Trade Mobile
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Haim Ramon Israel Ran Ben Shimon Israel Shay Abutbul Kappa Fujicom
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Barak Bakhar Israel Shir Tzedek Puma Ituran
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Arik Benado Israel Yaniv Katan Nike Honda
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Amos Luzon Israel Yitav Luzon
Israel Kobi Refua 		Israel Omer Golan Lotto Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Portugal Paulo Sousa Israel Sheran Yeini Macron

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Final position
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Eli Cohen (b. 1951) End of contract 4 May 2013 10th (12–13) Israel Eli Cohen (b. 1961) 23 June 2013[2] 10th
Hapoel Haifa Israel Nir Klinger End of contract 4 May 2013 9th (12–13) Israel Shlomi Dora 23 May 2013[3]
F.C. Ashdod Israel Yossi Mizrahi End of contract 4 May 2013 7th (12–13) Israel Nir Klinger 19 May 2013[4]
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Freddy David End of contract 18 May 2013[5] 3rd (12–13) Israel Ran Ben Shimon 20 May 2013[6]
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Israel Benny Tabak Sacked 21 May 2013[7] 6th (12–13) Israel Rafi Cohen 21 May 2013[7] 14th
Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Óscar García Resigned 22 May 2013[8] 1st (12–13) Portugal Paulo Sousa 12 June 2013[9]
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Israel Rafi Cohen Sacked 22 September 2013[10] 14th Israel Haim Shabo
(caretaker) 		22 September 2013[10]
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Moshe Sinai Resigned 24 November 2013[11] 12th Israel Yitav Luzon[C] 24 November 2013[11]
13th Israel Kobi Refua 19 December 2013[12]
Bnei Yehuda Israel Dror Kashtan Resigned 1 December 2013[13] 14th Israel Yaakov Asayag (caretaker) 1 December 2013[13] 14th
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Eli Cohen (b. 1961) Sacked 3 December 2013[14] 10th Israel David Amsalem (caretaker) 3 December 2013[14] 11th
Beitar Jerusalem Israel David Amsalem (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 9 December 2013[15] 11th Israel Ronny Levy 9 December 2013[15]
Bnei Yehuda Israel Yaakov Asayag (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 22 December 2013[16] 14th Israel Yossi Abukasis 22 December 2013[16]

^C Yitav Luzon was Maccabi Petah Tikva sole manager until 19 December 2013, when Kobi Refua was appointed as joint-manager alongside him.

Regular season

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 21 3 2 58 18 +40 66 Qualification for the championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 18 5 3 48 19 +29 59
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 12 8 6 38 26 +12 44
4 Maccabi Haifa 26 13 5 8 39 30 +9 44
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 11 7 8 30 25 +5 40
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 6 9 51 38 +13 39
7 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 26 8 7 11 28 35 −7 31 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Hapoel Haifa 26 8 7 11 27 34 −7 31
9 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 6 12 21 28 −7 30
10 Hapoel Acre 26 6 9 11 24 37 −13 27
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 6 8 12 20 33 −13 26
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 5 8 13 28 45 −17 23
13 Bnei Yehuda 26 4 8 14 26 39 −13 20
14 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 26 5 5 16 21 52 −31 20
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 2013–14 Israel State Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away BEI BnY BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA HRA HRH HTA IKS MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–2
Bnei Yehuda 0–0 — 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–2
Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2
F.C. Ironi Ashdod 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 4–5 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–0
Hapoel Acre 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 3–2
Hapoel Haifa 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 — 1–1 3–0 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3
Hapoel Ra'anana 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–3 — 0–5 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–0 0–0 3–0 — 1–1 2–4 3–1 2–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 — 2–1 0–0 3–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 — 1–0 0–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 3–3 0–3 — 0–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[17]

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

Top playoff

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 26 6 4 76 30 +46 84 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 20 8 8 56 33 +23 68 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 36 18 10 8 59 38 +21 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 16 10 10 72 47 +25 58 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Maccabi Haifa 36 15 8 13 49 46 +3 53
6 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 8 15 37 47 −10 47
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
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Since Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the 2013–14 Israel State Cup, then the 4th-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away BnS HBS HTA IKS MHA MTA
Bnei Sakhnin — 0–0 1–3 1–4 0–2 2–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 — 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 1–2 — 4–2 4–0 3–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 — 2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Beitar Jerusalem 33 12 6 15 31 32 −1 42
8 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 33 10 9 14 35 45 −10 39
9 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 9 11 13 31 40 −9 38
10 Hapoel Acre 33 8 12 13 30 42 −12 36
11 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 7 17 30 45 −15 34
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 8 9 16 39 57 −18 33
13 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (R) 33 9 6 18 29 59 −30 33 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Bnei Yehuda (R) 33 7 10 16 32 45 −13 31
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
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HAC HHA HRA HRH MPT
Beitar Jerusalem — — 1–0 0–2 — — 4–0 3–0
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 — 1–1 — — 1–3 — —
F.C. Ironi Ashdod — — — 1–0 4–1 — 0–1 0–5
Hapoel Acre — 1–1 — — 1–0 1–1 1–2 —
Hapoel Haifa 1–0 0–1 — — — 0–2 0–1 —
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 — 1–1 — — — — 4–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon — 0–1 — — — 0–0 — 4–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva — 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 — — —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 29
2 Israel Omer Damari Hapoel Tel Aviv 26
3 Israel Alon Turgeman Maccabi Haifa 15
4 Sweden Rade Prica Maccabi Tel Aviv 12
5 Central African Republic David Manga Ironi Kiryat Shmona 11
Montenegro Žarko Korać Hapoel Haifa
Israel Mohammed Kalibat Bnei Sakhnin
Spain Rubén Rayos Maccabi Haifa
Netherlands Glynor Plet Hapoel Be'er Sheva
10 Israel Maor Buzaglo Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10
Total 606
Average per game 2.53

Updated: 17 May 2014
Source: Israel Football Association

Scoring

Discipline

Clean sheets

Attendance

  • Highest Attendance: 30,000
    • Round 6 - Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv (22 October 2013) at Teddy Stadium. This is the highest attendance of an Israeli Premier League regular season game since 1993. This game is also the highest attendance of a regular Premier League game outside of Ramat Gan Stadium.[29]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Shlomi Dora signed in Hapoel Haifa for one season" (in Hebrew). Walla!. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Nir Klinger signed a 3-years contract with F.C. Ashdod" (in Hebrew). Walla!. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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  6. ^ "Ran Ben Shimon signed in Hapoel Tel Aviv" (in Hebrew). Walla!. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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  10. ^ a b "Rafi Cohen was sacked: Budgetary problems caused unrest" (in Hebrew). ONE. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Sinai resigned from Maccabi Petah Tikva, Yitav Luzon will replace him" (in Hebrew). ONE. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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  15. ^ a b "Ronny Levy signed in Beitar Jerusalem until the end of the season" (in Hebrew). ONE. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  16. ^ a b "There is a new manager: Yossi Abukasis signed in Bnei Yehuda for a one and a half seasons" (in Hebrew). ONE. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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