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2024–25 Israeli Premier League

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Israeli Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates24 August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played139
Goals scored377 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Melamed (17)
Biggest home winBeitar Jerusalem 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (4 December 2024)
Biggest away winIroni Kiryat Shmona 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (29 September 2024)
Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem (2 November 2024)
Bnei Sakhnin 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (10 November 2024)
Highest scoringF.C. Ashdod 3–5 Bnei Sakhnin (31 December 2024)
Longest winning runHapoel Be'er Sheva (6)
Longest unbeaten runHapoel Be'er Sheva (17)
Longest winless runHapoel Hadera (12)
Longest losing runF.C. Ashdod (5)
All statistics correct as of 29 January 2025.

The 2024–25 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat TOTO Winner[1] for sponsorship reasons is the 26th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 83rd season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

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The league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2023–24 Liga Leumit (Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Ironi Tiberias). Ironi Kiryat Shmona returned to the top flight after a single season, Ironi Tiberias was promoted for the first time in its history. They replaced the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva who were relegated to the 2024–25 Liga Leumit.

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Locations of the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Acre Municipal Stadium[2] 5,000
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium[i] 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Netanya Stadium[3] 13,610
Ironi Tiberias Tiberias Green Stadium[i] 5,200
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium[i] 5,200
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 29,400


Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem 		Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Tel Aviv
Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 		Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin
Netanya Stadium, Netanya Hamoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ironi Tiberias
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Abramov Israel Barak Yitzhaki Israel Yarden Shua Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Younes Israel Slobodan Drapić Israel Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif Walid Automotive
F.C. Ashdod Israel Rafi Niddam Israel Eli Levy Israel Tom Ben Zaken Nike Blue Home Projects
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Ran Kojok Israel Portugal Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera Israel Yakir Schwartz Israel Asaf Nimni Israel Menashe Zalka Umbro BTB
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Ronny Levy Israel Dor Malul Diadora Leos Madia
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Yotam Karmon Israel Ziv Arie Israel Ofek Bitton Legea Allon ventures
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Shay Barda Israel Ayid Habshi Diadora Ituran
Ironi Tiberias Israel Arie Kalmanzon and Mickey Bitan Israel Eliran Hudeda Israel Ben Vehava Le Coq Sportif Yochelman Group
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Israel Saeed Basoul Israel Sharon Mimer Israel Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Barak Bakhar Israel Lior Refaelov Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya Israel Eyal Segal Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Karem Jaber Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Avraham Luzon Israel Tamir Luzon Israel Yarden Cohen Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Serbia Žarko Lazetić Israel Eran Zahavi Fila Pelephone

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maccabi Haifa Israel Messay Dego End of contract 29 May 2024 Pre-season Israel Barak Bakhar 29 May 2024
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Elyaniv Barda 31 May 2024 Israel Ran Kojok 2 June 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Ran Kojok 2 June 2024 Israel Dan Roman 3 June 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Mutual consent 7 June 2024 Serbia Žarko Lazetić 24 June 2024
Maccabi Netanya Israel Marco Balbul[4] Sacked 29 October 2024 13th Israel Yossi Abukasis[5] 29 October 2024
Hapoel Hadera Israel Haim Silvas[6] 2 November 2024 14th Israel Asaf Nimni[6] 2 November 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Dan Roman 7 December 2024 11th Israel Tamir Luzon 7 December 2024

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team.[7]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Portugal Miguel Silva Ivory Coast Ismaila Soro Costa Rica Mayron George France Jean Marcelin Ghana Patrick Twumasi Russia Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Cyprus Constantinos Soteriou Belgium Stéphane Oméonga Nigeria Chinemerem Godwin Palestine Abed Yassin
Palestine Hadi Rabah
F.C. Ashdod Uganda Timothy Awany Ghana Montari Kamaheni Cameroon Martin Ndzie Ghana Ebenezer Mamatah France Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Portugal Hélder Lopes Gabon André Biyogo Poko Colombia Déinner Quiñones Kazakhstan Artur Shushenachev Zambia Kings Kangwa Bulgaria Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera Senegal Mamadou Mbodj Nigeria James Adeniyi France Ibrahim Sangaré Ghana Godsway Donyoh Serbia Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa Republic of the Congo Fernand Mayembo Belarus Dmitry Antilevsky Burkina Faso Dramane Salou
Hapoel Jerusalem Ivory Coast Eloge Yao Ivory Coast Cédric Franck Don Netherlands Jelle Duin Nigeria Ibeh Ransom Jidechukwu North Macedonia Marko Alchevski
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Guinea Sekou Tidiany Bangoura Panama Cristian Martínez
Ironi Tiberias Argentina Franco Mazurek Ukraine Stanislav Bilenkyi Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Serbia Nemanja Ljubisavljević Guinea-Bissau Sambinha Nigeria Muhammed Usman Edu Nigeria Ezekiel Henty Palestine Omar Nahfaoui
Palestine Abdallah Jaber
Maccabi Haifa Senegal Abdoulaye Seck Democratic Republic of the Congo Vital Nsimba Brazil Pedrão Curaçao Xander Severina Spain Matías Nahuel Brazil Ricardinho Niger Ali Mohamed
Germany Erik Shuranov
Argentina Tomás Sultani
Ukraine Oleksandr Syrota
Maccabi Netanya Ghana Ibrahim Tanko Portugal Heriberto Tavares Venezuela Freddy Vargas
Maccabi Petah Tikva Cyprus Andreas Karo Ukraine Daniel Joulani Mali Saliou Guindo Argentina Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv Ghana Henry Addo Netherlands Tyrese Asante Mali Issouf Sissokho Serbia Nemanja Stojić Brazil Weslley Patati Croatia Simon Sluga Netherlands Joris van Overeem

Regular season

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Regular season table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Q) 20 15 4 1 40 12 +28 47[a] Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 12 5 2 42 21 +21 41
3 Maccabi Haifa 19 12 3 4 42 19 +23 39
4 Beitar Jerusalem 20 12 3 5 41 27 +14 39
5 Hapoel Haifa 20 9 4 7 28 19 +9 31
6 Maccabi Netanya 20 8 2 10 31 32 −1 26
7 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 20 7 4 9 23 26 −3 25 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 20 7 3 10 19 32 −13 24
9 Hapoel Jerusalem 20 5 6 9 21 29 −8 21
10 Ironi Tiberias 20 4 8 8 15 24 −9 20
11 Bnei Sakhnin 20 5 6 9 15 28 −13 20[b]
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 5 5 10 17 35 −18 20
13 F.C. Ashdod 20 3 5 12 26 40 −14 14
14 Hapoel Hadera 20 1 10 9 17 33 −16 13
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2025. Source: Soccerway, One
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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 2 points deducted following riot in Bnei Sakhnin match.[8]
  2. ^ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted following riot in Hapoel Be'er Sheva match.[8]

Regular season results

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Home \ Away HBS MTA MHA BEI HHA MNE MBR IKS HJE ITI BnS MPT ASH HAH
Hapoel Be'er Sheva — 2–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 1 Feb 0–0[a] 1–0 3–1 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 — 2–0 3 Feb 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 16 Feb 3–2 5–1 2–2
Maccabi Haifa 0–2 27 Jan — 1–3 10 Feb 2–1 2–0 4–1 17 Feb 4–0 3–0 4–2
Beitar Jerusalem 3–1 3–2 — 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 3–2 8 Feb
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 1–1 1–4 15 Feb — 2 Feb 1–3 4–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 3–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–3 — 2–0 2–0 8 Feb 4–0 1–2 2–2 2–1
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 1 Feb 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 4–3 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 15 Feb
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–1 9 Feb 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1
Hapoel Jerusalem 0–2 2–3 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 — 1 Feb 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1
Ironi Tiberias 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 — 1–0 8 Feb 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–4 0–3[b] 2–1 0–2 1–0 8 Feb 1 Feb 0–0 — 2–0 2–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–5 0–3 1–2 0–0 15 Feb 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 — 1 Feb 0–0
F.C. Ashdod 8 Feb 0–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–5 0–0 — 1–1
Hapoel Hadera 1–2 1 Feb 0–4 0–0 2–2 2–1 15 Feb 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2025. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ No-points cancelled game.[8]
  2. ^ Originally 1–1, later changed.[9]

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 12 January 2025[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Guy Melamed Hapoel Haifa 17
2 Israel Dean David Maccabi Haifa 12
3 Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Haifa 11
4 Serbia Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya 10
5 Israel Alon Turgeman Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6
Zambia Kings Kangwa Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Israel Dor Turgeman Maccabi Tel Aviv

Top Assist

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As of 12 January 2025[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Dia Saba Maccabi Haifa 7
2 Israel Dor Micha Beitar Jerusalem 7
Venezuela Freddy Vargas Maccabi Netanya
3 Israel Yarden Shua Beitar Jerusalem 6
Israel Osher Davida Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 Zambia Kings Kangwa Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5
Israel Gabi Kanichowsky Maccabi Tel Aviv

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (3 July 2024). "Toto Winner - the sponsor of the Premier League in football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ temporary
  3. ^ Temporarily, Due Israel-Hamas War the team play their home games at a neutral venue
  4. ^ Psheatski, Motti (29 October 2024). "אחרי חצי שנה בלבד: בלבול פוטר מנתניה". Sports Channel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  5. ^ Psheatski, Motti (29 October 2024). "רשמי: יוסי אבוקסיס מונה למאמן מכבי נתניה". Sports Channel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b Goldsthein, Igal (2 November 2024). "חיים סילבס פוטר מחדרה, אסף נימני יחליפו". Sports Channel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Starting from the season: teams will be able to allowed six foreigners play". Sport 5 sports (in Hebrew). 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Zenziper, Nadav; Mogilevsky, Shay (15 October 2024). "Sakhnin's point deduction was canceled following the Turner riot, Be'er Sheva's appeal was rejected". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  9. ^ Zenziper, Nadav (29 January 2025). "Maccabi Haifa got a technical victory 3:0 over Sakhnin, who illegally entered a player". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Winner League stats". football.co.il. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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