2014–15 Israeli Premier League
| Season | 2014-15 |
|---|---|
| Relegated | F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Champions League | Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd qualifying round) |
| Europa League | Hapoel 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 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) |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
| Longest winless run | 15 games Ashdod |
| Longest losing run | 4 games Ashdod Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
| Highest attendance | 29,300 - Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem (27 December 2014)[1] |
| Average attendance | 6,451[1] |
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← 2013–14
2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2015. |
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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 will end in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.
Teams
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 Tel Aviv F.C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 32,700 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,420 |
| Hapoel Ironi Acre | Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,820 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Netanya Stadium[2] | 13,800 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Ironi Stadium | 5,300 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,820 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,800 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Ironi Acre | Yuval Naim |
Sacked | Alon Harazi |
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| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ran Ben Shimon |
Sacked | 26 May 2014 | Asi Domb |
27 May 2014 | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Meni Koretski |
Resigned | Haim Silvas |
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| Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Paulo Sousa |
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 | Eli Cohen |
5 December 2014 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Aleksandar Stanojević |
Resigned | 28 December 2014 | 4th | Marco Balbul |
28 December 2014 |
| Hapoel Ironi 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 |
Regular season
Regular season table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 541 | Top Playoff |
| 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 | Bottom Playoff |
| 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 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 292 | |
| 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 |
Updated to games played on 7 March 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv deducted one point.[3]
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv deducted one point.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Regular season results
| Home ╲ Away | BEI | BnS | FCA | HAC | HBS | HHA | IKS | HPT | HRA | HTA | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| F.C. Ashdod | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–02 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–3 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
Updated to games played on 16 February 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The match originally was abandoned after supporter violence while the score was 1–1.[4] The Israel Football Association declared the match a 0–0 draw, with neither teams receiving any points and closing the stands for four matches.[3]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[5]
| Rounds | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Top Playoff
Top Playoff table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) (Q) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 701 | 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Q) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 64 | 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Q) | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 62 | 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 3 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem (Q) | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 512 | 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 50 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 48 |
Updated to games played on 1 June 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv deducted one point.[3]
2 Beitar Jerusalem deducted one point.[6]
3 Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, then the 2nd-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Top Playoff results
| Home ╲ Away | BEI | HBS | IKS | MHA | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Updated to games played on 1 June 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Bottom Playoff
Bottom Playoff table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 44 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 421 | |
| 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 |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
Winners of 2014–15 Israel State Cup qualify for the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv deducted one point.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Bottom Playoff results
| Home ╲ Away | FCA | BnS | HAC | HHA | HPT | HRA | HTA | MNE |
| F.C. Ashdod | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | |||||
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||
| Hapoel Acre | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| Hapoel Haifa | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | |||||
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | ||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||||
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of matches played on 1 June 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.one.co.il/Article/14-15/1,1,0,0/252513.html?ref=hp
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