Season: | 2014–15 |
Dates: | 13 September 2014 – 1 June 2015 |
Winners: | Maccabi Tel Aviv (21st title) |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 604 |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd qualifying round) |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3rd qualifying round) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd qualifying round) Beitar Jerusalem (1st qualifying round) |
League Topscorer: | 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) |
Highest Attendance: | 29,300 - Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem (27 December 2014)[1] |
Average Attendance: | 6,451[2] |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
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 ended in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv became champions for the 21st time and 3rd consecutive time, and completed the first-ever treble in Israeli football, after winning the Cup and Toto Cup as well.
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 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
31,733 | ||||
8,500 | ||||
7,800 | ||||
5,000 | ||||
13,000 | ||||
30,942 | ||||
11,500 | ||||
Netanya Stadium[3] | 13,610 | |||
14,413 | ||||
5,300 | ||||
30,942 | ||||
13,610 | ||||
11,500 | ||||
14,413 |
Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Puma | itrader | ||||
Bnei Sakhnin | Umbro | Toyga | ||||
F.C. Ashdod | Nike | |||||
Hapoel Acre | Macron | Azrieli Group | ||||
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Kappa | Mobli | ||||
Hapoel Haifa | Diadora | Hatama | ||||
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Lotto | |||||
Hapoel Ra'anana | Umbro | ME Tel Aviv | ||||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Umbro | Fujicom | ||||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Puma | Ituran | ||||
Maccabi Haifa | Nike | Honda | ||||
Maccabi Netanya | Joma | Burgus Burger Bar | ||||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Macron | Panorama North | ||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Adidas |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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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 Acre | Sacked | |||||
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 | 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 | 5 December 2014 | |
Maccabi Haifa | Aleksandar Stanojević | Resigned | 28 December 2014 | 4th | Marco Balbul | 28 December 2014 |
Hapoel Acre | Resigned | 5 January 2015 | 14th | 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 |
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team.
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[4]
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 | |
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 |