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2024–25 Israeli Premier League

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Israeli Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates24 August 2024 – May 2025
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024.

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[edit]

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 2024-25 Liga Leumit .

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
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[2] 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-Yaffo
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin
Netanya Stadium, Netanya Hamoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva Doha Stadium, Sakhnin
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[edit]

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Abramov Israel Barak Yitzhaki Israel Ofir Kriaf Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Younes Israel Slobodan Drapić Israel Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif White - Sakhnin Dairy
F.C. Ashdod Israel Rafi Niddam Israel Eli Levy Israel Tom Ben Zaken Nike Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Ran Kojok Israel Portugal Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera Israel Yakir Schwartz Israel Haim Silvas 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 Biton 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 Dorot 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 Marco Balbul Israel Aviv Avraham Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Avraham Luzon Israel Dan Roman Israel Yarden Cohen Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv Cyprus Jack Angelides Serbia Žarko Lazetić Israel Eran Zahavi Fila Pelephone

Managerial changes[edit]

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 Sacked 7 June 2024 Serbia Žarko Lazetić 24 June 2024


Foreign players[edit]

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[3]
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 Ivory Coast Trazié Thomas Costa Rica Mayron George Russia Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Cyprus Constantinos Soteriou Belgium Stéphane Oméonga Nigeria Chinemerem Godwin State of Palestine Abed Yassin
State of 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 Bulgaria Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera Senegal Mamadou Mbodj Nigeria Philip Ipole Nigeria James Adeniyi France Ibrahim Sangaré 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 Nigeria Evo Christ Ememe Nigeria Ezekiel Henty
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 State of Palestine Omar Nahfaoui
State of Palestine Abdallah Jaber
Maccabi Haifa Senegal Abdoulaye Seck Croatia Lorenco Šimić France Pierre Cornud Angola Manuel Cafumana Show Haiti Frantzdy Pierrot Sweden Daniel Sundgren
Niger Ali Mohamed
United States Kenny Saief
Germany Erik Shuranov
Argentina Tomás Sultani
Maccabi Netanya Cameroon Boris Enow Ghana Ibrahim Tanko Portugal Heribaerto Tavares Venezuela Freddy Vargas
Maccabi Petah Tikva Cyprus Andreas Karo Ukraine Daniel Joulani Mali Saliou Guindo Argentina Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv Angola Felício Milson Ghana Henry Addo Netherlands Tyrese Asante Netherlands Joris van Overeem

Regular season[edit]

Regular season table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Bnei Sakhnin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F.C. Ashdod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hapoel Hadera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hapoel Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ironi Tiberias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Maccabi Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Maccabi Netanya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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[edit]

Home \ Away BEI BnS ASH HAH HBS HHA HJE IKS ITI MBR MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem .
Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Haifa .
Hapoel Jerusalem .
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Ironi Tiberias
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Maccabi Haifa .
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2024. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (3 July 2024). "Toto Winner - the sponsor of the Premier League in football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ Temporarily, Due Israel-Hamas War the team play their home games at a neutral venue
  3. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (20 June 2023). "The players' organization and the league administration have decided: move on to six foreigners in the Premier League". Walla! sports (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 July 2023.