2005–06 Israeli Premier League
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The 2005–06 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their third consecutive titles. It took place from the first match on 26 August 2005 to the final match on 14 May 2006.
Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Netanya. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
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Final table
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ± | Pts | Comments |
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| 1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) |
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| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
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| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
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| 4 | Bnei Yehuda |
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| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
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| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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| 7 | Maccabi Netanya |
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| 8 | F.C. Ashdod |
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| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
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| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
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| 11 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit (R) |
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Liga Leumit |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin (R) |
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Source: Table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
1. Since Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup and finished in the 2nd place, then the 4th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2006–2007 UEFA Cup and the 5th-positioned team being awarded entry to the Intertoto Cup.
Results
First round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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| Round 1 | ||
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4-1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 2 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 3-2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Round 3 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| F.C. Ashdod | 4-3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Round 4 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 1-0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1-2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3-2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Round 5 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 3-2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| F.C. Ashdod | 0-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2-3 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-2 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1-3 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Round 6 | ||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-3 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Round 7 | ||
| Bnei Yehuda | 3-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0-2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-2 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2-2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-2 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Round 8 | ||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-2 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 4-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0-1 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Round 9 | ||
| Bnei Yehuda | 0-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1-0 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Round 10 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2-2 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Round 11 | ||
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-3 | Maccabi Haifa |
| F.C. Ashdod | 5-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 3-2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Second round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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| Round 12 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2-2 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0-4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2-1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Round 13 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1-3 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-1 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 14 | ||
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3-0 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1-1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Round 15 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0-0 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-2 | Maccabi Netanya |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Round 16 | ||
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-0 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 17 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2-2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-6 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2-2 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Round 18 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 4-0 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-2 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 19 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1-1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1-0 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Round 20 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1-2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Round 21 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1-0 | Maccabi Haifa |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Round 22 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2-2 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2-2 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
Third round
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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| Round 23 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Round 24 | ||
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Round 25 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1-0 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| F.C. Ashdod | 0-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0-3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2-3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 26 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3-1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1-2 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Round 27 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| F.C. Ashdod | 0-0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 28 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 3-0 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0-3 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Round 29 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0-1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2-1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Round 30 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 4-0 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1-0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 4-0 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2-2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1-4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Round 31 | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2-1 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0-2 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Round 32 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0-2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1-0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3-1 | Maccabi Netanya |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3-0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2-1 | F.C. Ashdod |
| Round 33 | ||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1-2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0-1 | Bnei Yehuda |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2-1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1-1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1-0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2-2 | Maccabi Haifa |
Top goal scorers
| Pos | Nat | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1st |  |
Shay Holtzman | F.C. Ashdod | 18 |
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Roberto Colautti | Maccabi Haifa | 13 |
| 3rd |  |
Gustavo Boccoli | Maccabi Haifa | 12 |
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Lior Asulin | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | |
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Toto Tammuz | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 11 |
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Omer Golan | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 11 | |
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Yossi Shivhon | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 11 | |
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Papi Kimoto | Maccabi Netanya | 10 |
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Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 | |
| 10th |  |
Ibezito Ogbonna | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 |
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Alain Masudi | Maccabi Netanya | 9 | |
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Michael Zandberg | Maccabi Haifa | 9 |
