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Season | 2014β15 |
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Dates | 13 September 2014 β 1 June 2015 |
Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv (21st title) |
Relegated |
F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Petah Tikva |
Champions League |
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd qualifying round) |
Europa League |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (3rd qualifying round) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2nd qualifying round) Beitar Jerusalem (1st qualifying round) |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 604 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Eran Zahavi (27 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Maccabi Haifa 5β0
Ashdod (14 February 2015) |
Biggest away win |
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0β4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (25 October 2014) Maccabi Netanya 0β4 Maccabi Haifa (3 December 2014) Hapoel Haifa 0β4 Maccabi Haifa (14 December 2014) |
Highest scoring | Maccabi Netanya 4β4 Maccabi Petah Tikva (20 September 2014) |
Longest winning run | 5 games Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Longest winless run | 15 games F.C. Ashdod |
Longest losing run | 4 games F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Highest attendance | 29,300 - Maccabi Haifa 1β3 Beitar Jerusalem (27 December 2014) [1] |
Average attendance | 6,451 [1] |
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The 2014β15 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.
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2013β14 season and two promoted team from the 2013β14 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2014β15 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2013β14 season in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted after finishing the 2013β14 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Club | Home City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Stadium | 5,000 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Netanya Stadium [2] | 13,610 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
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 StanojeviΔ | 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 | Yuval Naim | Sacked | Alon Harazi | |||
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 | Paulo Sousa | Signed by Basel | 28 May 2014 | Γscar GarcΓa | 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 | Γscar GarcΓa | Resigned | 26 August 2014 | Pako AyestarΓ‘n | 26 August 2014 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | Guy Levy | Sacked | 5 December 2014 | 13th | Eli Cohen | 5 December 2014 |
Maccabi Haifa | Aleksandar StanojeviΔ | Resigned | 28 December 2014 | 4th | Marco Balbul | 28 December 2014 |
Hapoel Acre | Alon Harazi | Resigned | 5 January 2015 | 14th | Shlomi Dora | 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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv [a] | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 54 | Qualification for the championship round |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 49 | |
3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 47 | |
4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 40 | |
5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 39 | |
6 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 37 | |
7 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation round |
8 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 33 | |
9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 30 | |
10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv [a] | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 29 | |
11 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 27 | |
12 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 26 | |
13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 23 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 22 |
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games): [5]
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27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
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1 β 2 5 β 3 6 β 4 |
2 β 6 3 β 1 4 β 5 |
1 β 4 2 β 3 6 β 5 |
3 β 6 4 β 2 5 β 1 |
6 β 1 5 β 2 4 β 3 |
2 β 1 3 β 5 4 β 6 |
6 β 2 1 β 3 5 β 4 |
3 β 2 4 β 1 5 β 6 |
6 β 3 2 β 4 1 β 5 |
7 β 11 8 β 13 9 β 12 10 β 14 |
7 β 8 13 β 9 12 β 10 11 β 14 |
8 β 11 9 β 7 10 β 13 14 β 12 |
8 β 9 7 β 10 13 β 14 11 β 12 |
9 β 11 10 β 8 14 β 7 12 β 13 |
9 β 10 8 β 14 7 β 12 11 β 13 |
10 β 11 14 β 9 12 β 8 13 β 7 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv [a] (C) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round [b] |
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [b] |
4 | Beitar Jerusalem [a] | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [b] |
5 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 50 | |
6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 48 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 44 | |
8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv [a] | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 42 | |
9 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 41 | |
10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 39 | |
11 | Hapoel Acre | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 38 | |
12 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 34 | |
13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 32 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
14 | F.C. Ashdod (R) | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 31 |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Eran Zahavi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 |
2 | Mohammad Ghadir | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 |
3 | Maor Buzaglo | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 13 |
Olarenwaju Kayode | Maccabi Netanya | ||
5 | Roi Kahat | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 12 |
6 | Shlomi Arbeitman | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 |
Hamdi Salihi | Hapoel Haifa | ||
Rodgers Kola | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||
Eran Levy | Maccabi Netanya |
Source: Israel Football Association