2017–18 Israeli Premier League

	2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round

Israeli Premier League
Season	2017–18
Champions	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Champions League	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Europa League	Maccabi Tel Aviv; Beitar Jerusalem; Hapoel Haifa
Matches played	240
Goals scored	622 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dia Saba ; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya ; (21 May 2018)
Biggest away win	Maccabi Netanya 1–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva ; (22 April 2018)
Highest scoring	Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 Hapoel Acre ; (29 October 2017) ; Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–1 Maccabi Netanya ; (21 May 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches ; Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches ; Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run	11 matches ; Hapoel Ashkelon
Longest losing run	8 matches ; Hapoel Ashkelon
Highest attendance	27,180; Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem; (21 October 2017)
Total attendance	1,296,236
Average attendance	6,114
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It begins on 19 August 2017 and ended in 21 May 2018.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	34,000
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Doha Stadium	8,500
Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv	HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	11,500
F.C. Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium	7,800
Hapoel Acre	Acre	Acre Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Ashkelon	Ashkelon	Sala Stadium	5,250
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Turner Stadium	16,126
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,780
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Netanya Stadium, Netanya	13,610
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona Stadium	5,300
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,780
Maccabi Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Stadium	13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Netanya Stadium, Netanya	13,610

Acre Stadium	Doha Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Stadium
Netanya Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium
Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv	Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Petah Tikva	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Acre	Bnei Sakhnin	Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Sala Stadium	Teddy Stadium	Turner Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Ashkelon	Beitar Jerusalem	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	F.C. Ashdod

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Eli Tabib	Benny Ben Zaken	Itay Shechter	Givova	Brown Hotels
Bnei Sakhnin	Mohammed Abu Yunes	Tal Banin	Khaled Khalaila	Givova	Scania
Bnei Yehuda	Barak Obramov	Yossi Abukasis	Almog Buzaglo	Kappa	HAP
F.C. Ashdod	Jacky Ben-Zaken	Amir Turgeman	Moshe Ohayon	Nike	SeeMe
Hapoel Acre	Dan Lobalski	Itzik Twizer	Gal Shish	Kappa	Landora Group
Hapoel Ashkelon	Municipality of Ashkelon	Messay Dego	Tal Makhlouf	Lotto	Albar
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Barak Bakhar	Elyaniv Barda	Puma	Tadiran
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Nir Klinger	Eden Ben Basat	Diadora
Hapoel Ra'anana	Asher Alon	Meni Koretski	Snir Shuker	Givova
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Haim Silvas	Itamar Nitzan	Umbro	Ituran
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Fred Rutten	Rami Gershon	Nike	Honda
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Slobodan Drapić	Eran Levy	Lotto	Kesrei Thofa
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Amos Luzon	Sharon Mimer	Naor Peser	Macron	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Jordi Cruyff	Sheran Yeini	—

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[1]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem	Claudemir	Georginho	Antoine Conte	Marcel Heister	Erik Sabo	Jakub Sylvestr
Bnei Sakhnin	Wanderson	Antonio Mršić	Jordan Faucher	Akpan David Udoh	Abraham Paz
Bnei Yehuda	Mavis Tchibota	Nerijus Valskis	Emilijus Zubas
F.C. Ashdod	Mauricio	Viktor Genev	Karlo Bručić	Blessing Eleke
Hapoel Acre	Dylan Damraoui	Mohamadou Sissoko	Aliko Bala	Bruno Ibeh	Peter Onyekachi
Hapoel Ashkelon	David Manga	Mirko Oremuš	Vladimir Dvalishvili	Dele Aiyenugba	Branislav Jovanović	Milan Smiljanić
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Tomáš Pekhart	Mihály Korhut	Anthony Nwakaeme	John Ogu	Miguel Vítor	Isaac Cuenca
Hapoel Haifa	Josip Ivančić	Ernestas Šetkus	Risto Mitrevski	Radu Gînsari	Gabriel Tamaș	Rasmus Sjöstedt
Hapoel Ra'anana	Guillermo Vizcarra	Mohamed Aly Camara	Nemanja Nikolić	Emmanuel Mayuka	Emmanuel Mbola
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Marcus Diniz	Didier Brossou	Nigel Hasselbaink	Afonso Taira	Miloš Radivojević	Carlos Cuéllar
Maccabi Haifa	Allyson	Caio	Georgi Kostadinov	Ernest Mabouka	Stefanos Athanasiadis	Etiënne Reijnen
Maccabi Netanya	Leandro Ribeiro	Branko Vrgoč	Tim Heubach	Alhassane Keita	Ali Mohamed	Didier Kougbenya
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Elivelto	Romário	Tomáš Sivok	Johan Martial	Grégory Tadé	Richard Soumah
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Cristian Battocchio	Jean-Sylvain Babin	Predrag Rajković	José Rodríguez

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Tomer Kashtan	End of contract	1 June 2017	Pre-season	Haim Silvas	1 June 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana	Haim Silvas	Released			Dudu Avraham
Bnei Yehuda	Kfir Edri	Signing of permanent manager			Yossi Abukasis
Bnei Sakhnin	Yossi Abukasis	End of contract			Jairo Swirsky	8 June 2017
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Lito Vidigal	Sacked	14 June 2017		Jordi Cruyff	14 June 2017
F.C. Ashdod	Ran Ben Shimon	Released	5 July 2017		Yossi Mizrahi (temporary)	16 July 2017
Bnei Sakhnin	Jairo Swirsky	Sacked	1 August 2017		Ayman Khalaila (temporary)	1 August 2017
F.C. Ashdod	Yossi Mizrahi (temporary)	Signing of permanent manager	3 August 2017		Reuven Atar	3 August 2017
Bnei Sakhnin	Ayman Khalaila (temporary)	Signing of permanent manager	9 August 2017		Felix Naim	9 August 2017
Beitar Jerusalem	Sharon Mimer	Sacked	16 August 2017		Gili Lavanda (caretaker)	16 August 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana	Dudu Avraham	Sacked	16 September 2017	13th	Guy Levy	18 September 2017
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Kobi Refua	Resign	17 September 2017	11th	Sharon Mimer	17 September 2017
Beitar Jerusalem	Gili Lavanda (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	1 October 2017	1st	Benny Ben Zaken	1 October 2017
F.C. Ashdod	Reuven Atar	Sacked	3 October 2017	14th	Amir Turgeman	10 October 2017
Hapoel Ra'anana	Guy Levy	Sacked	15 October 2017	14th	Meni Koretski	30 October 2017
Hapoel Acre	Shlomi Dora	Sacked	23 October 2017	14th	Eldad Shavit	25 October 2017
Maccabi Haifa	Guy Luzon	Mutual contract termination	9 December 2017	8th	Rob Maas (caretaker)	9 December 2017
Bnei Sakhnin	Felix Naim	Sacked	5 January 2018	8th	Tal Banin	18 January 2018
Hapoel Acre	Eldad Shavit	Resign	16 January 2018	14th	Itzik Twizer	16 January 2018
Maccabi Haifa	Rob Maas (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	24 January 2018	10th	Fred Rutten	24 January 2018
Hapoel Ashkelon	Yuval Naim	Sacked	12 February 2018	13th	Messay Dego	14 February 2018
F.C. Ashdod	Amir Turgeman	Sacked	24 April 2018	12th	Yossi Mizrahi (temporary)	24 April 2018

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	17	6	3	43	18	+25	57	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Beitar Jerusalem	26	17	5	4	60	30	+30	56
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	16	7	3	44	20	+24	55
4	Hapoel Haifa	26	15	7	4	36	21	+15	52
5	Maccabi Netanya	26	12	9	5	43	29	+14	45
6	Bnei Yehuda	26	11	7	8	32	26	+6	40
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	9	6	11	30	35	−5	33	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	9	5	12	28	30	−2	32
9	Bnei Sakhnin	26	8	6	12	24	35	−11	30
10	Maccabi Haifa	26	6	7	13	26	33	−7	25
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	6	6	14	23	40	−17	24
12	F.C. Ashdod	26	4	9	13	22	39	−17	21
13	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	3	8	15	19	39	−20	17
14	Hapoel Acre[lower-alpha 1]	26	4	2	20	19	54	−35	12

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[5]
Notes:

Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[2][3][4]

Regular season results

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	BnY	ASH	HAS	HBS	HHA	HAC	HRA	MNE	IKS	MHA	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem		4–2	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	3–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2
Bnei Sakhnin	3–2		2–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1
Bnei Yehuda	3–2	3–0		1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0
F.C. Ashdod	1–3	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0
Hapoel Ashkelon	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2		0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1
Hapoel Haifa	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1		4–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–2
Hapoel Acre	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1		0–2	0–3	0–3	2–0	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	0–2
Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–1		0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1
Maccabi Netanya	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–2		3–1	1–1	4–0	2–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–2		1–0	3–1	1–2
Maccabi Haifa	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	4–2	1–2	4–0		1–1	1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–2		0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	5–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

match originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Round
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	7	12	8	6	6	10	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1
Beitar Jerusalem	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	13	7	3	3	3	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	3
Hapoel Haifa	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Maccabi Netanya	6	8	5	8	4	2	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Bnei Yehuda	3	4	6	9	11	9	10	11	9	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	6	10	11	10	11	11	8	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	9	9	7	4	5	7	8	9	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	8
Bnei Sakhnin	5	3	4	5	9	6	7	7	7	9	8	9	10	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	9
Maccabi Haifa	12	5	9	7	8	5	6	6	8	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Hapoel Ra'anana	8	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
F.C. Ashdod	10	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12
Hapoel Ashkelon	11	11	12	10	7	8	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Hapoel Acre	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source:

Championship round

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

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

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C)	36	24	8	4	70	27	+43	80	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	21	8	7	60	33	+27	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem	36	20	8	8	75	51	+24	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Hapoel Haifa	36	17	11	8	48	39	+9	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Maccabi Netanya	36	16	10	10	59	54	+5	58
6	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	36	13	10	13	47	41	+6	49

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5th title

Championship round results

Home \ Away	BEI	BnY	HBS	HHA	MNE	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem		1–1	1–4	1–1	2–0	3–2
Bnei Yehuda	3–3		1–1	3–0	1–3	0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	1–0		2–2	6–1	0–1
Hapoel Haifa	0–1	2–1	1–4		1–1	2–2
Maccabi Netanya	4–1	0–5	1–5	2–1		4–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team/ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team/ Round
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Beitar Jerusalem	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Hapoel Haifa	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Maccabi Netanya	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Bnei Yehuda	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source:

Relegation round

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

Rounds
27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14	11 - 14 12 - 10 13 - 9 7 - 8	8 - 11 9 - 7 10 – 13 14 - 12	11 - 12 13 - 14 7 - 10 8 - 9	9 - 11 10 - 8 14 - 7 12 - 13	11 - 13 7 - 12 8 - 14 9 -10	10 - 11 14 - 9 12 - 8 13 - 7

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	13	6	14	39	36	+3	45
8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	12	7	14	40	44	−4	43
9	Hapoel Ra'anana	33	11	7	15	36	45	−9	40
10	Maccabi Haifa	33	10	8	15	38	39	−1	38
11	Bnei Sakhnin	33	10	8	15	32	47	−15	38
12	F.C. Ashdod	33	6	10	17	29	48	−19	28
13	Hapoel Ashkelon (R)	33	4	9	20	23	51	−28	21	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Hapoel Akko[lower-alpha 1] (R)	33	6	4	23	26	67	−41	20	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[10]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[7][8][9]

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	BnS	ASH	HAS	HAC	HRA	IKS	MHA	MPT
Bnei Sakhnin		2–1			1–3		1–1	2–2
F.C. Ashdod			1–0			1–2	2–1
Hapoel Ashkelon	2–0			0–2				0–2
Hapoel Acre	1–2	1–1						2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana		1–0	4–0	1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–0		1–1	4–0	0–1
Maccabi Haifa			2–1	4–0	2–0	1–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva		2–1			1–3	2–0	0–1

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team/ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team/ Round
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	8	7	8	9	8	7	7	7
Maccabi Petah Tikva	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Hapoel Ra'anana	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9
Maccabi Haifa	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Bnei Sakhnin	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	11
F.C. Ashdod	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Hapoel Ashkelon	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Hapoel Acre	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source:

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dia Saba	Maccabi Netanya	24
2	Viðar Kjartansson	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13
3	Eden Ben Basat	Hapoel Haifa	12
	Hanan Maman	Hapoel Haifa/Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Alon Turgeman	Hapoel Haifa
6	Ben Sahar	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11
7	Nikita Rukavytsya	Maccabi Haifa	10
	Tomáš Pekhart	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Shimon Abuhatzira	Hapoel Raanana
	Nick Blackman	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Anthony Nwakaeme	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Lidor Cohen	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	Omer Atzili	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Eran Levy	Maccabi Netanya
	Jordan Faucher	Bnei Sakhnin
17	3 different players	2 different teams	9

Source: (Hebrew)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Eden Ben Basat	Hapoel Haifa	Beitar Jerusalem	3–3 (A)	16 September 2017	4	[11]
Dia Saba	Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4–0	2 October 2017	6	[12]
Alon Turgeman	Hapoel Haifa	Hapoel Acre	4–0	14 October 2017	7	[13]
Eliran Atar	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Acre	5–2	29 October 2017	9	[14]
Dia Saba	Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	3 April 2018	28	[15]
Guy Melamed	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Maccabi Netanya	6–1	21 May 2018	36	[16]

Top Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Eran Levy	Maccabi Netanya	11
2	Nigel Hasselbaink	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	9
2	Maor Melikson	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	9
4	Sintayehu Sallallich	Maccabi Haifa	8
	Firas Mugrabi	Bnei Sakhnin
	Oren Biton	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Idan Vered	Beitar Jerusalem
8	3 different players	3 different teams	5

Source: (Hebrew)

References

Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).
"בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One. 29 November 2017.
"Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
"Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).
"בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One. 29 November 2017.
"Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Ben Ziv, Guy (16 September 2017). "בדקה ה-94: הפועל חיפה חילצה 3:3 מול בית"ר" [In the 94th minute: Hapoel Haifa salvaged 3:3 against Beitar]. ONE (in Hebrew).
"שלושער לסבע, 0:4 למכבי נתניה על מכבי פתח תקווה" [Hat-trick for Saba, 4:0 for Maccabi Netanya over Maccabi Petah Tikva]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 2 October 2017.
"הפועל חיפה הביסה 0:4 את הפועל עכו, שלושער לאלון תורג'מן" [Hapoel Haifa defeated Hapoel Acre 4:0, hat-trick for Alon Turgeman]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 14 October 2017.
"מכבי תל אביב חזרה לנצח עם 2:5 מוחץ על הפועל עכו, שלושער לעטר" [Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5:2 against Hapoel Acre, hat-trick for Eliran Atar]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 29 October 2017.
"דיא והותר: מכבי ת"א הושפלה עם 4:1 לנתניה" [Dia and enough, Maccabi Tel Aviv was humiliated 4:1 by Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 3 April 2018.
"בסטייל: ב"ש נפרדה מברדה עם 1:6 על נתניה" [in style: Be'er Sheva farewell from Barda with 6:1 on Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 21 May 2018.

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[table_note_HAC0.67304417103205-5] Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[2][3][4]

[table_note_HAC_MPT0.98631320753429-7] tch originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.90159200453274-8] Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.

[table_note_HAC0.37356865376866-13] Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).[7][8][9]

[1] Tuchman, Yaniv. "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.

[2] Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[3] Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).

[4] "בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One. 29 November 2017.

[6] "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[9] "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[10] Goldstein, Yigal (23 July 2017). "עכו ספגה עונש של הפחתת 3 נקודות בשל חוזים כפולים" [Acre has been punished with a 3 point deduction due to double contracts] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.

[11] Weisserman, Michael (6 August 2017). "הפועל עכו קיבלה נקודה בחזרה מבית הדין, רוזנפלד עדיין מושעה" [Hapoel Acre received a point back from the court, Rosenfeld is still suspended]. Maariv (in Hebrew).

[12] "בשל שיתוף הזר השישי: שתי נקודות הופחתו לעכו" [2 points deducted due to 6th foreigner] (in Hebrew). One. 29 November 2017.

[14] "Ligat ha'AL 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[15] Ben Ziv, Guy (16 September 2017). "בדקה ה-94: הפועל חיפה חילצה 3:3 מול בית"ר" [In the 94th minute: Hapoel Haifa salvaged 3:3 against Beitar]. ONE (in Hebrew).

[16] "שלושער לסבע, 0:4 למכבי נתניה על מכבי פתח תקווה" [Hat-trick for Saba, 4:0 for Maccabi Netanya over Maccabi Petah Tikva]. Maariv (in Hebrew). 2 October 2017.

[17] "הפועל חיפה הביסה 0:4 את הפועל עכו, שלושער לאלון תורג'מן" [Hapoel Haifa defeated Hapoel Acre 4:0, hat-trick for Alon Turgeman]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 14 October 2017.

[18] "מכבי תל אביב חזרה לנצח עם 2:5 מוחץ על הפועל עכו, שלושער לעטר" [Maccabi Tel Aviv won 5:2 against Hapoel Acre, hat-trick for Eliran Atar]. Walla! (in Hebrew). 29 October 2017.

[19] "דיא והותר: מכבי ת"א הושפלה עם 4:1 לנתניה" [Dia and enough, Maccabi Tel Aviv was humiliated 4:1 by Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 3 April 2018.

[20] "בסטייל: ב"ש נפרדה מברדה עם 1:6 על נתניה" [in style: Be'er Sheva farewell from Barda with 6:1 on Netanya]. ONE (in Hebrew). 21 May 2018.

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