2022–23 Israeli Premier League Explained

Competition:Israeli Premier League
Season:2022–23
Dates:20 August 2022 – 20 May 2023
Winners:Maccabi Haifa
Relegated:Sektzia Ness Ziona
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Maccabi Haifa
Continentalcup2:Europa Conference League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Matches:240
Total Goals:634
League Topscorer Section:Top scorers
League Topscorer:Omer Atzili (21 goals)
Biggest Away Win:Hapoel Hadera 0–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv [1]
Highest Scoring:Beitar Jerusalem 6–3 Maccabi Netanya [2]
Longest Wins:11 — Maccabi Haifa[3]
Longest Unbeaten:12 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Longest Winless:15 — Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest Losses:7 — Sektzia Ness Ziona[4]
Highest Attendance:30,564

Attendance:1,998,042 [5]
Average Attendance:8,325
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO[6] for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 81st season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Bnei Reineh and Sektzia Ness Ziona were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Bnei Reineh was promoted for the first time in its history, Sektzia Ness Ziona returned after two seasons in the second league.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2022–23 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2021–22 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2022–23 season

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium
Bnei SakhninSakhninDoha Stadium
AshdodAshdodYud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner Stadium
Hapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya Stadium
Hapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Hapoel JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Stadium
Maccabi Bnei ReinehReinehGreen Stadium
Maccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya Stadium
Maccabi Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Sektzia Ness ZionaNess ZionaHamoshava Stadium
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaMaccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
width=150Teddy Stadiumwidth=150Bloomfield StadiumKiryat Shmona Stadiumwidth=150Netanya StadiumGreen Stadium
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaSektzia Ness Ziona
width=150Sammy Ofer Stadiumwidth=150Yud-Alef Stadiumwidth=150Doha Stadiumwidth=150Turner Stadiumwidth=150Hamoshava Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem UmbroGeshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin JakoXentra
Ashdod NikeRadio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva KelmeVictory
Hapoel Hadera LottoPrinter Center
Hapoel Haifa DiadoraLeos
Hapoel JerusalemKatamon - fans club MacronAdvice
Hapoel Tel AvivNisanov Group Hcsra Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Shmona KelmeIturan
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Zeus SportBoneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa NikeVolvo
Maccabi Netanya LottoPanorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv FilaIsrael Canada
Sektzia Ness Ziona LottoAlmog

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Hapoel Hadera End of contract10 May 2022Pre-season 10 May 2022
Hapoel Hadera Left 16 May 2022 19 May 2022
Ironi Kiryat Shmona End of contract30 May 2022 11 April 2022
Hapoel Haifa 14 May 2022
Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 May 2022
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Sacked7 September 202213th 7 September 2022
Hapoel Tel Aviv 18 September 202211th 19 September 2022
Hapoel Haifa 23 October 202211th 23 October 2022
Bnei Sakhnin 23 October 202211th 23 October 2022
Maccabi Netanya Left 23 December 202210th 23 December 2022
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 23 December 202211th 23 December 2022
Sektzia Ness Ziona 23 December 202213th 3 January 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 January 20232nd 3 January 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv 9 January 202311th 9 January 2023
Hapoel Hadera Sacked9 January 202310th 9 January 2023
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 11 February 202313th 12 February 2023

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[7]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa player
Danilo Asprilla Sergei Borodin Miguel Silva Ion Nicolaescu Trazié Thomas Fred Friday Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Ante Puljić Ange-Freddy Plumain Nicolao Dumitru Fabian Sporkslede
Ashdod Nenad Cvetković Timothy Awany Montari Kamaheni Ebenezer Mamatah Elton Acolatse David Cuperman
Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Eugene Ansah André Martins Patryk Klimala Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov Adrian Păun Mariano Bareiro
Tom Amos
Hapoel Hadera Steven Alfred Klemen Šturm Philip Ipole Samy Bourard Jonathan Cissé Albert Ejupi
Hapoel Haifa Mohammed Kamara Aleksandar Šćekić Carnejy Antoine Denis Polyakov Constantinos Soteriou Arvydas Novikovas
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Senin Sebai Džiugas Bartkus Ivan Bakhar Marlon Gian
Hapoel Jerusalem Yao Eloge Koffi William Togui Jordan Botaka Cédric Franck Don Awaka Ashta
Godfried Roemeratoe Aleksandar Boljević Pablo González Alen Ožbolt Emilijus Zubas Hrvoje Ilić Antoine Conte
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Márk Koszta Gustavo Marmentini Lukas Spendlhofer Sambinha Richard Boateng Anicet Abel
Maccabi Haifa Tjaronn Chery Dylan Batubinsika Daniel Sundgren Pierre Cornud Frantzdy Pierrot Abdoulaye Seck Josh Cohen
Mavis Tchibota
Nikita Rukavytsya
Ali Mohamed
Boris Enow Plamen Galabov Patrick Twumasi Nassim Ouammou Stanislav Bilenkyi Igor Zlatanović
Maccabi Tel Aviv Enric Saborit André Geraldes Đorđe Jovanović Parfait Guiagon Derrick Luckassen Rareș Ilie Daniel Tenenbaum
Joris van Overeem
Sektzia Ness Ziona Ari Moura Cristian Battocchio Levan Kutalia Muhammed Usman Edu Stephane Acka Yoni Stoyanov

Regular season

Regular season table

Regular season results

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.

Positions by round

Relegation round

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

Relegation round table

Results by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

[8]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Omer AtziliMaccabi Haifa21
2 Eran ZahaviMaccabi Tel Aviv20
3 Danilo AsprillaBeitar Jerusalem17
4 Đorđe JovanovićMaccabi Tel Aviv15
Ion NicolaescuBeitar Jerusalem
Igor ZlatanovićMaccabi Netanya
7 Guy MelamedBnei Sakhnin12
Itamar ShviroIroni Kiryat Shmona
9 Rotem HatuelHapoel Be'er Sheva11
Alen OžboltHapoel Tel Aviv
Guy BadashHapoel Jerusalem
11 Dean DavidMaccabi Haifa87 Frantzdy PierrotMaccabi Haifa5
Richard BoatengMaccabi Bnei Reineh
Ramzi SafouriHapoel Be'er Sheva
710 Players3
Gabi KanichowskyMaccabi Tel Aviv
Ofek BittonHapoel Jerusalem
Shlomi AzulayMaccabi Bnei Reineh--->

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Igor ZlatanovićMaccabi NetanyaBeitar Jerusalem4–1 (H)
Omer AtziliMaccabi HaifaMaccabi Netanya4–1 (H)
Ion Nicolaescu (4)Beitar JerusalemMaccabi Netanya6–3 (H)
Márk KosztaMaccabi Bnei ReinehSektzia Ness Ziona3–2 (H)
Omer AtziliMaccabi HaifaHapoel Haifa4–1 (H)
(4) - Scored 4 goals

Discipline

[8]

Player

Club

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hapoel Hadera vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–6 . soccerway.com . 29 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Netanya 6–3 . soccerway.com . 17 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Maccabi Haifa – Matches . soccerway.com . 18 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Sektzia Ness Ziona – Matches . 13 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Premier League: Season attendance . 26 June 2023 . football.co.il. he.
  6. News: Lipkin . Gidi . ONE ZERO League: A new sponsor for the Israeli football . 29 May 2022 . . 31 March 2022 . he.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: League ONE ZERO stats . football.co.il . 12 April 2017 . 2 September 2022.