2021–22 Israeli Premier League Explained

Season:2021–22
Dates:28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches:240
Total Goals:593
League Topscorer Section:Top scorers
League Topscorer:Omer Atzili (20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Maccabi Haifa 6–0 F.C. Ashdod [1]
Biggest Away Win:Bnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa [2]
Highest Scoring:Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona [3]
Longest Wins:10 — Maccabi Haifa[4]
Longest Winless:13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[6]

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium
Bnei SakhninSakhninDoha Stadium
F.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner Stadium
Hapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya Stadium
Hapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Hapoel JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium
Hapoel Nof HaGalilNof HaGalilGreen Stadium
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Stadium
Maccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya Stadium
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava Stadium
Maccabi Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Nof HaGalil
width=150Teddy Stadium
width=150Bloomfield Stadium
Kiryat Shmona StadiumGreen Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva
width=150Netanya Stadium
width=150Sammy Ofer Stadium
width=150HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er Sheva
width=150Yud-Alef Stadiumwidth=150Doha Stadiumwidth=150Turner Stadium

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kobi RefuaEnd of contract30 May 2021Pre-season [9] 31 May 2021
Beitar Jerusalem Caretaking spell over2 June 2021 [10] 2 June 2021
Maccabi NetanyaSacked29 September 202114 4 October 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv26 October 202112 (Temporary)26 October 2021
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 8 November 202114 9 November 2021
Beitar JerusalemLeft1 December 202111 10 December 2021
Maccabi Tel Aviv Caretaking spell over9 December 20214 9 December 2021
Hapoel Tel Aviv Sacked19 December 20217 Kobi Refua19 December 2021
Maccabi Petah Tikva Left28 December 202114 29 December 2021
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Sacked5 January 202213 Shay Barda5 January 2022
Bnei Sakhnin 18 January 2022 6 19 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Left26 January 202211 (Temporary)26 January 2022
Beitar Jerusalem Caretaking spell over3 February 2022 3 February 2022
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Sacked1 March 20222 1 March 2022

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa player
Josua Mejías Richmond Boakye Kamso Mara Gleofilo Vlijter
Bnei Sakhnin Ari Moura Ante Puljić Odah Marshall Ibrahima Conté Fahad Bayo Fabian Sporkslede Gaëtan Varenne
Abdallah Jaber
F.C. Ashdod Montari Kamaheni Lawrence Ofori Nenad Cvetković Timothy Awany Dimitrios Diamantakos Martin Atemengue Kenny Saief
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Danilo Asprilla Eugene Ansah Davide Petrucci Hélder Lopes André Martins Gustavo Marmentini Mariano Bareiro
Nikita Rukavytsya
Hapoel Hadera Jonathan Cissé Ivaylo Markov Steven Alfred
Hapoel Haifa Saikou Touray Alen Ožbolt Matija Ljujić Izuchuckwu Anthony
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Morgan Ferrier Džiugas Bartkus Július Szöke
Hapoel Jerusalem Yao Eloge Koffi Ondřej Bačo Eduardo Guerrero Adebayo Adeleye William Agada Bright Enobakhare Awaka Eshata
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Guti David Tweh John Ogu Stefan Marinovic Luwagga Kizito Ernest Mabouka
Marko Janković Farley Rosa Mohamed Kalil Traoré Ernestas Šetkus Siyanda Xulu Ange-Freddy Plumain Bohdan Sarnavskyi
Maccabi Haifa Mickaël Alphonse José Rodriguez Godsway Donyoh Ali Mohamed Bogdan Planić Tjaronn Chery Josh Cohen
Mavis Tchibota
Ryan Strain
Plamen Galabov Boris Enow Patrick Twumasi Zlatan Šehović Igor Zlatanović Parfait Guiagon
Maccabi Petah Tikva Adi Mehremić Ion Nicolaescu
Maccabi Tel Aviv Stipe Perica Brandley Kuwas Josué Sá Enric Saborit Đorđe Jovanović Daniel Tenenbaum
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Regular season

Regular season table

Results by round

Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Championship round table

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Relegation round table

Results by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClub Goals
1 Omer AtziliMaccabi Haifa20
2 Dean DavidMaccabi Haifaalign=center rowspan=315
Itamar ShviroIroni Kiryat Shmona
Stipe PericaMaccabi Tel Aviv
5 Igor ZlatanovićMaccabi Netanyaalign=center rowspan=112
6 Alen OžboltHapoel Haifaalign=center rowspan=211
Alon TurgemanHapoel Haifa
8 Nikita RukavytsyaHapoel Be'er Shevaalign=center rowspan=2 10
Ramzi SafouriHapoel Be'er Sheva
10 Guy MelamedBnei Sakhninalign=center rowspan=4 9
Dolev HazizaMaccabi Haifa
Tjaronn CheryMaccabi Haifa
Đorđe JovanovićMaccabi Tel Aviv
10 Osher DavidaHapoel Tel Avivalign=center rowspan=5 811align=center rowspan=47
Shoval GozlanHapoel Hadera
Lameck BandaMaccabi Petah Tikva
Godsway DonyohMaccabi Haifa
116 players5-->
Source, as of 17 May 2022:[12]

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor Against Result Date Round
Alen OžboltHapoel HaifaBeitar Jerusalem5–1 (H)29 January 202220
Omer Atzili4Maccabi HaifaF.C. Ashdod6–0 (H)7 February 202221

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maccabi Haifa vs. F.C. Ashdod 6–0 . soccerway.com . 7 February 2022 . 8 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Bnei Sakhnin vs. Maccabi Haifa 0–6 . soccerway.com . 27 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Hapoel Nof HaGalil vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–6 . soccerway.com . 8 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Maccabi Haifa – Matches . soccerway.com . 12 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Matches . soccerway.com . 3 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Maccabi Petah Tikva – Matches . soccerway.com . 25 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Hapoel Nof HaGalil – Matches . soccerway.com . 3 January 2022.
  8. News: Lipkin . Gidi . Officially: The Stock Exchange have become the premier league's sponsor . 20 September 2021 . . 28 May 2019 . he.
  9. Web site: Coach Amir Nussbaum has signed this morning at the teams offices and will heat the team's technical array . iturank8.co.il . 20 September 2021 . Hebrew . 31 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Erwin Koeman to coach Beitar "Geshem" Jerusalem . beitarfc.co.il . 20 September 2021 . Hebrew . 2 June 2021.
  11. News: Tuchman . Yaniv . The players' organization and the league administration have decided: move on to six foreigners in the Premier League . 20 September 2021 . Walla! sports . 20 June 2016 . Hebrew.
  12. Web site: Players – Ligat ha'Al . . 17 May 2022 . 17 May 2022.