2020–21 Israeli Premier League

The 2020–21 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 21st season since its introduction in 1999 and the 79th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 22 August 2020 and will conclude on 24 May 2021.

Israeli Premier League
Season2020–21
Dates22 August 2020 – 24 May 2021
Matches played123
Goals scored288 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Nikita Rukavytsya
(16 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin (14 September 2020)
Biggest away winHapoel Tel Aviv 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (28 December 2020)
Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem (6 January 2021)
Highest scoring7 goals
Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin (14 September 2020)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–3 Hapoel Haifa (13 December 2020)
Longest winning run8 matches
Maccabi Haifa
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Maccabi Haifa
Longest winless run10 matches
Bnei Yehuda
Longest losing run5 matches
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 2 February 2021.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted teams from the 2019–20 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Petah Tikva were promoted as the winners of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. the two teams comes back just one year after their relegation.

Hapoel Ra'anana and Sektzia Nes Tziona were relegated to the 2020–21 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2019–20 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium[2] 34,000
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium[3] 8,500
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium[4] 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium[5] 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium[6] 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium[7] 30,780
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium[8] 5,300
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium[9] 30,780
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium[10] 13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium[11] 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Kiryat Shmona Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera		 Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa		 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Netanya Stadium
 Sammy Ofer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Moshe Hogeg Slobodan Drapić
Shai Berda		 Idan Vered Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Fawzi Hameed Nisso Avitan Ali Ottman Givova ——
Bnei Yehuda Barak Abramov Yossi Abukasis Dan Mori Lotto ——
F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod Supporters trust Ran Ben Shimon Tom Ben Zaken Nike Cooko
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Alona Barkat Vacant Loai Taha Kelme Machsaney HaShuk
Hapoel Hadera Oren Golan Meni Koretski Menashe Zalka Lotto Printer Center
Hapoel Haifa Yoav Katz Haim Silvas Dor Malul Diadora Moked Hat'ama
Hapoel Kfar Saba Itzhak Shum Elisha Levy Omer Fadida Macron Advice
Hapoel Tel Aviv Nisanov Group Nir Klinger Omri Altman Macron Hcsra Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Izzy Sheratzky Kobi Refua Idan Nachmias Kelme Ituran
Maccabi Haifa Ya'akov Shahar Barak Bakhar Neta Lavi Nike Volvo
Maccabi Netanya Eyal Segal Raymond Atteveld Almog Cohen Lotto Panorama North
Maccabi Petah Tikva Avraham Luzon Guy Luzon Arik Yanko Macron Jucky
Maccabi Tel Aviv Mitchell Goldhar Patrick Van Leeuwen Sheran Yeini Fila PenguinPickUp

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[12]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Matheusinho Antoine Conte Ali Mohamed Santiago Ocampos Gleofilo Vlijter
Bnei Sakhnin Sebastián Velásquez Emery Welshman Dane Kelly Ikouwem Udo Nigel Hasselbaink
Bnei Yehuda Allyson dos Santos Pedro Campos Yussif Moussa Matija Ljujić
F.C. Ashdod Montari Kamaheni Nenad Cvetković Timothy Awany Fahad Bayo Moussa Bagayoko
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Marcelo Meli Jonathan Agudelo Elton Acolatse Josué Pesqueira Miguel Vítor
Hapoel Haifa Jasmin Burić William Agada
Hapoel Kfar Saba Amadou Soukouna Domantas Šimkus Sodiq Atanda Michael Omoh Luwagga Kizito George Fochive
Hapoel Hadera Gustavo Marmentini Rodrigue Bongongui Jonathan Cissé Yaya Meledje Odah Marshall
Hapoel Tel Aviv Levan Kutalia Emmanuel Boateng Ernestas Šetkus Armando Cooper Siyanda Xulu
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Lúcio Maranhão Saikou Touray Eugene Ansah Džiugas Bartkus
Maccabi Haifa Ernest Mabouka Godsway Donyoh Tjaronn Chery Yanic Wildschut Bogdan Planić José Rodriguez Nikita Rukavytsya[lower-alpha 1]
Josh Cohen [lower-alpha 2]
Maccabi Netanya Kevaughn Frater Kellian van der Kaap Akinshola Akinyemi Zlatan Šehović Lameck Banda
Maccabi Petah Tikva Asmir Suljić Marcus Diniz Elvis Sakyi Abdiel Arroyo
Maccabi Tel Aviv Eduardo Guerrero Uroš Nikolić Aleksandar Pešić Luis Hernández Enric Saborit Rowan Human Nick Blackman[lower-alpha 2]

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

  1. Born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status.
  2. Born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maccabi Tel Aviv Vladimir Ivić End of contract 6 July 2020[13] Pre-season Giorgos Donis[14] 12 August 2020
Maccabi Haifa Marco Balbul 7 July 2020[15] Barak Bakhar[16] 8 July 2020
Maccabi Netanya Slobodan Drapić Sacked 16 July 2020[17] Raymond Atteveld[18] 16 July 2020
Beitar Jerusalem Ronny Levy 28 August 2020[19] Slobodan Drapić[20] 4 September 2020
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Elisha Levy Left 7 October 2020 6 Nir Berkovic 12 October 2020
Bnei Sakhnin Eldad Shavit 14 October 2020 14 Nisso Avitan 18 October 2020
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Nir Berkovic Sacked 26 November 2020 5 Kfir Edri (caretaker) 26 November 2020
Hapoel Kfar Saba Amir Turgeman 13 December 2020 8 Elisha Levy [21] 28 December 2020
Maccabi Tel Aviv Giorgos Donis 23 December 2020 5 Patrick Van Leeuwen 23 December 2020
Hapoel Hadera Sharon Mimer 28 January 2021 13 Meni Koretski 29 January 2021
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Yossi Abukasis Left 30 January 2021 5
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Kfir Edri Caretaking spell over 1 February 2021 12 Yossi Abukasis 1 February 2021

Regular season

Regular season table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa 19 13 2 4 37 15 +22 41 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 11 6 2 32 17 +15 39
3 F.C. Ashdod 18 10 1 7 25 17 +8 31
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 19 8 6 5 24 20 +4 30
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 17 9 2 6 19 15 +4 29
6 Maccabi Netanya 19 7 6 6 28 22 +6 27
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 17 7 4 6 14 13 +1 25 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Hapoel Haifa 19 6 6 7 24 26 −2 24
9 Beitar Jerusalem 16 5 5 6 21 16 +5 20
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 19 5 4 10 17 26 −9 19
11 Hapoel Hadera 19 4 6 9 18 23 −5 18
12 Bnei Sakhnin 18 5 3 10 10 30 −20 18
13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 19 3 7 9 11 24 −13 16
14 Bnei Yehuda 18 4 4 10 13 29 −16 16
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: 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.

Regular season results
Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HAH HBS HHA HKS HTA IKS MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 4 Mar 8 Feb 1–2 4–0 1–2 3–3 12 Mar 0–1 1–0 15 Feb 1–1 1–2 0–0
Bnei Sakhnin 18 Feb — 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 27 Feb 9 Feb 0–1 5 Mar 0–3 0–1 19 Mar 1–2
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 11 Feb 12 Mar 1–1 27 Feb 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 19 Mar 13 Feb 4–0 — 5 Mar 2–0 0–1 4 Mar 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–2
Hapoel Hadera 0–4 4–0 2 Mar 1–1 — 2–2 19 Mar 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 14 Feb 0–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 28 Feb 2–2 19 Mar 9 Feb 1–0 — 2–2 0–0 5 Mar 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–2 2–1 12 Mar 0–0 13 Feb — 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 4 Mar
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 27 Feb 0–1 5 Mar — 2–1 19 Mar 3–2 0–1 2–0 13 Feb
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 12 Mar 15 Feb 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 — 1–1 3 Mar 0–0 0–0 0–4
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 0–1 2–0 18 Feb 1–1 3 Mar 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–3 14 Feb 6 Feb 12 Mar
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 10 Feb 3–0 1–0 27 Feb — 19 Mar 5 Mar 2–2
Maccabi Netanya 11 Feb 7–0 5 Mar 3–0 12 Mar 0–1 2–1 3–0 27 Feb 0–0 0–2 — 3–2 1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 24 Feb 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 12 Mar 2–0 2–0 10 Feb 0–1 1–2 3 Mar — 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 Mar 1–0 0–0 1 Mar 10 Feb 0–0 4–3 3–0 19 Mar 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Beitar JerusalemWWWDLLDLLDDLDWWL
Bnei SakhninLLLDLLWWWWLDDLLWLL
Bnei YehudaWDLWLWLWLLDLLDDLLL
F.C. AshdodLWWLWLWLWWDLWWLWLW
Hapoel HaderaLLDDWLLLDWDWDLLLLWD
Hapoel Be'er ShevaWLDDDDLDWWWLWWDWLLW
Hapoel HaifaLDWLWLWDLLWWDDLDLWD
Hapoel Kfar SabaWLWLWDLLDLLDLDWWLLL
Hapoel Tel AvivLLLDLWDLDLLWLDLDWDD
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaWDLDWWWDLLLLWWLWD
Maccabi HaifaWWWDLWLWWWWWWWDWLWL
Maccabi NetanyaLWDWLWDDDWDLLLWLWWD
Maccabi Petah TikvaWWLWWLDWWLLWDLLWW
Maccabi Tel AvivLDDDDWWWLWDWWWDWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Maccabi Haifa4112315311111111111
Maccabi Tel Aviv91010101088675532222222
F.C. Ashdod13745693533244535443
Hapoel Be'er Sheva38989101111107665443554
Maccabi Petah Tikva6221142122323354335
Maccabi Netanya8574534764458878766
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2457851246786766677
Hapoel Haifa1211111312121010810877689988
Beitar Jerusalem768926991291110121197899
Hapoel Kfar Saba59367778911121313131010101010
Hapoel Hadera1112121113131314141313119121313131211
Bnei Sakhnin14141414141414121112101211101212111112
Hapoel Tel Aviv10131312111112131314141414141414141413
Bnei Yehuda1363426458991091111121314
Source:

Season statistics

Updated to 2 February 2021

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nikita Rukavytsya Maccabi Haifa 16
2 Yonatan Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv 9
3 Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa 7
Yonas Malede[lower-alpha 1] Maccabi Netanya
5 Luwagga Kizito Hapoel Kfar Saba 6
Gavriel Kanichowsky Maccabi Netanya
Josué Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Gaëtan Varenne Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Eliran Atar Beitar Jerusalem
Hanan Maman Hapoel Haifa
Liel Abada Maccabi Petah Tikva
11 Lúcio Ironi Kiryat Shmona 5
Sagiv Yehezkel F.C. Ashdod
Omri Altman Hapoel Tel Aviv
Omer Fadida Hapoel Kfar Saba
Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa
Odah Marshall Hapoel Hadera
Tai Baribo Maccabi Petah Tikva
Aleksandar Pešić Maccabi Tel Aviv

Source: [22]

  1. Moved to Gent at January 2021 transfer window

Top Assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Dan Biton Maccabi Tel Aviv 6
Gavriel Kanichowsky Maccabi Netanya
3 Matija Ljujić Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 5
Hen Ezra Maccabi Netanya
Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa
Yonatan Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 Montari Kamaheni F.C. Ashdod 4
Kevaughn Frater Maccabi Netanya
Sintayehu Sallallich Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa
Gustavo Marmentini Hapoel Hadera
12 Amir Ben-Shimon Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3
Shlomi Azulay F.C. Ashdod
Raz Meir Maccabi Haifa
Saikou Touray Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Liel Abada Maccabi Petah Tikva
Eyal Golasa Maccabi Tel Aviv
Matan Hozez Maccabi Tel Aviv

Source: [22]

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateReference
Yonas Malede[lower-alpha 1]Maccabi NetanyaBnei Sakhnin7–0 (H)14 September 2020Report
Odah MarshallHapoel HaderaBnei Sakhnin4–0 (H)25 November 2020Report
Eliran AtarBeitar JerusalemHapoel Hadera4–0 (A)6 January 2021Report
  1. Scored four goals.

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