2020–21 Israeli Premier League
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 22 August 2020 – 30 May 2021 |
Champions | Maccabi Haifa |
Relegated | Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Champions League | Maccabi Haifa |
Europa Conference League | Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 561 (2.34 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Nikita Rukavytsya (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin (14 September 2020) |
Biggest away win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (28 December 2020) Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem (6 January 2021) |
Highest scoring | Maccabi Netanya 7–0 Bnei Sakhnin (14 September 2020) Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–3 Hapoel Haifa (13 December 2020) |
Longest winning run | 10 — Maccabi Tel Aviv[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 22 — Maccabi Tel Aviv[1] |
Longest winless run | 13 — Hapoel Kfar Saba[2] |
Longest losing run | 6 — Hapoel Kfar Saba[2] |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[3] for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 79th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 22 August 2020 and concluded on 30 May 2021.
Teams
[edit]A total of fourteen teams were 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 returned 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
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium[4] | 31,733 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium[5] | 8,500 |
Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium[6] | 7,800 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium[7] | 16,126 |
Hapoel Hadera | Hadera | Netanya Stadium[8] | 13,610 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium[9] | 30,942 |
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[10] | 5,300 |
Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium[11] | 30,942 |
Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium[12] | 13,610 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium[13] | 11,500 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]Foreign players
[edit]The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[14]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() | End of contract | 6 July 2020[15] | Pre-season | ![]() | 12 August 2020 |
Maccabi Haifa | ![]() | 7 July 2020[17] | ![]() | 8 July 2020 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | ![]() | Sacked | 16 July 2020[19] | ![]() | 16 July 2020 | |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() | 28 August 2020[21] | ![]() | 4 September 2020 | ||
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ![]() | Left | 7 October 2020 | 6 | ![]() | 12 October 2020 |
Bnei Sakhnin | ![]() | 14 October 2020 | 14 | ![]() | 18 October 2020 | |
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ![]() | Sacked | 26 November 2020 | 5 | ![]() | 26 November 2020 |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | ![]() | 13 December 2020 | 8 | ![]() | 28 December 2020 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() | 23 December 2020 | 5 | ![]() | 23 December 2020 | |
Hapoel Hadera | ![]() | 28 January 2021 | 13 | ![]() | 29 January 2021 | |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ![]() | Left | 30 January 2021 | 5 | ![]() | 17 February 2021 |
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ![]() | Caretaking spell over | 1 February 2021 | 12 | ![]() | 1 February 2021 |
Bnei Sakhnin | ![]() | Sacked | 28 February 2021 | 14 | ![]() | 1 March 2021 |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() | Left | 20 March 2021 | 8 | ![]() | 21 March 2021 |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | ![]() | Sacked | 21 March 2021 | 13 | ![]() | 29 March 2021 |
Hapoel Haifa | ![]() | Sacked | 5 April 2021 | 10 | ![]() | 5 April 2021 |
Regular season
[edit]Regular season table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 58 | |
3 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 43 | |
4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 38 | |
5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 37 | |
6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 37 | |
7 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 34 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 32 | |
9 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 32 | |
10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 30 | |
11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 29 | |
12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 27 | |
13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 23 | |
14 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 22 |
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]Results by round
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]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.
Leader and Qualification for the Championship round | |
Qualification for the Championship round | |
Qualification for the Relegation round |
Championship round
[edit]Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds | |||||||||
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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
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MHA | MTA | ASH | HBS | MPT | IKS | |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a] | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
3 | F.C. Ashdod | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 54 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 48 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||
5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 46 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 46 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
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.[26]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Since the 2020–21 Israel State Cup winners, Maccabi Tel Aviv, qualified for the Europa Conference League via league position, the last Europa Conference League berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team.[24][25]
Results by round[edit]The table lists the results of teams in each round.
| Positions by round[edit]Source: [citation needed] = 2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round; = 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round[24][25]
|
Relegation round
[edit]Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds | ||||||
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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 |
Due to 2 teams that play in the Bloomfield Stadium qualified to this round, and in order to insure that all the last games of this round, can be played in the same time (for purity reasons), the order of the games, has been changed, affecting fixtures 29, 30, 32 and 33.
Rounds | ||||
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29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
11 – 13 7 – 12 8 – 14 9 – 10 | 10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7 | 9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13 | 8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12 | 11 – 12 13 – 14 7 – 10 8 – 9 |
Relegation round table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | MNE | HAH | HHA | BEI | HTA | BNS | BnY | HKS | |
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7 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 48 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
8 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 48 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
9 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | ||||||
10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 40 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||||||
11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 38 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 34 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |||||||
13 | Bnei Yehuda (R) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 33 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | ||||||
14 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 24 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
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.[27]
(R) Relegated
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Source:[28]
- ^ Started the season at F.C. Ashdod
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Reference |
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![]() | Maccabi Netanya | Bnei Sakhnin | 7–0 (H) | 14 September 2020 | Report |
![]() | Hapoel Hadera | Bnei Sakhnin | 4–0 (H) | 25 November 2020 | Report |
![]() | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Hadera | 4–0 (A) | 6 January 2021 | Report |
- ^ Scored four goals.
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- ^ Bnei Sakhnin venue
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- ^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva venue
- ^ Hapoel Hadera venue
- ^ Hapoel Haifa venue
- ^ Ironi Kiryat Shmona venue
- ^ Maccabi Haifa venue
- ^ Maccabi Netanya venue
- ^ Maccabi Petah Tikva venue
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