2014–15 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2014–15
Dates13 September 2014 – 1 June 2015
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv (21st title)
RelegatedF.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
(2nd qualifying round)
Europa LeagueIroni Kiryat Shmona
(3rd qualifying round)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
(2nd qualifying round)
Beitar Jerusalem
(1st qualifying round)
Matches played240
Goals scored604 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerEran Zahavi (27 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 5–0 Ashdod
(14 February 2015)
Biggest away winMaccabi Petah Tikva 0–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (25 October 2014)
Maccabi Netanya 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (3 December 2014)
Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Maccabi Haifa (14 December 2014)
Highest scoringMaccabi Netanya 4–4 Maccabi Petah Tikva (20 September 2014)
Longest winning run5 games
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Longest winless run15 games
F.C. Ashdod
Longest losing run4 games
F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Highest attendance29,300 - Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Beitar Jerusalem (27 December 2014)[1]
Average attendance6,451[1]

The 2014–15 Israeli Premier League is the sixteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 73nd season of top-tier football in Israel. It began in the end of August 2014 and ended in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.

Maccabi Tel Aviv became champions for the 21st time and 3rd consecutive time, and completed the first-ever treble in Israeli football, after winning the Cup and Toto Cup as well.

Teams

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Locations of the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted team from the 2013–14 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2014–15 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2013–14 season in the bottom two places.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted after finishing the 2013–14 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Stadia and locations

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Club Home City 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 Acre Acre Acre Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya Stadium[2] 13,610
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
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 14,413
Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 		Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Kiryat Shmona Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
 Sammy Ofer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Acre
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Vasermil Stadium Acre Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Eli Tabib Israel Guy Levy Israel Ofir Kriaf Puma itrader
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Mohammed Abu Yunes Israel Eli Cohen Israel Khaled Khalaila Umbro Toyga
F.C. Ashdod Israel Jacky Ben-Zaken Israel Nir Klinger Israel Ofir Martziano Nike
Hapoel Acre Israel Yehuda Barshishat Israel Shlomi Dora Israel David Goresh Macron Azrieli Group
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Elisha Levy Israel Elyaniv Barda Kappa Mobli
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Tal Banin Israel Oshri Roash Diadora Hatama
Hapoel Petah Tikva Israel Doron Ben Dakon Israel Meni Koretski Israel Kobi Musa Lotto
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Asher Alon Israel Haim Silvas Israel Snir Shuker Umbro ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel The Red Fans Israel Eli Cohen Israel Shay Abutbul Umbro Fujicom
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Barak Bakhar Israel Shir Tzedek Puma Ituran
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Marco Balbul Israel Yossi Benayoun Nike Honda
Maccabi Netanya Israel Eli Segev Israel Ronny Levy Israel Eran Levy Joma Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Amos Luzon Israel Ran Ben Shimon Israel Naor Peser Macron Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Spain Pako Ayestarán Israel Sheran Yeini Adidas

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 Arik Benado Sacked 14 April 2014 Pre-season Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević 1 May 2014
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Ronny Levy Sacked 10 May 2014 Israel Meni Koretski 10 May 2014
Hapoel Haifa Israel Shlomi Dora End of contract 14 May 2014 Israel Reuven Atar 14 May 2014
Hapoel Acre Israel Yuval Naim Sacked Israel Alon Harazi
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Ran Ben Shimon Sacked 26 May 2014 Israel Asi Domb 27 May 2014
Hapoel Ra'anana Israel Meni Koretski Resigned Israel Haim Silvas
Maccabi Tel Aviv Portugal Paulo Sousa Signed by Basel 28 May 2014 Spain Óscar García 2 June 2014
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Yetav Luzon Resigned 11 June 2014 Israel Ran Ben Shimon 12 June 2014
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Marco Balbul End of contract 19 June 2014 Israel Guy Levy 19 June 2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Óscar García Resigned 26 August 2014 Spain Pako Ayestarán 26 August 2014
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Guy Levy Sacked 5 December 2014 13th Israel Eli Cohen 5 December 2014
Maccabi Haifa Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević Resigned 28 December 2014 4th Israel Marco Balbul 28 December 2014
Hapoel Acre Israel Alon Harazi Resigned 5 January 2015 14th Israel Shlomi Dora 8 January 2015
Maccabi Netanya Israel Yossi Mizrahi Resigned 14 January 2015 12th Israel Ronny Levy 14 January 2015
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Meni Koretski Sacked 30 January 2015 10th Israel Guy Levy 30 January 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Asi Domb Sacked 30 January 2015 8th Israel Eli Cohen 30 January 2015
Hapoel Petah Tikva Israel Ido Bar-On Sacked 7 February 2015 13th Israel Meni Koretski 7 February 2015
Hapoel Haifa Israel Reuven Atar Sacked 16 February 2015 12th Israel Tal Banin 16 February 2015

Foreign Players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa Foreign Former Players
Beitar Jerusalem Brazil Claudemir Romania Liviu Antal Serbia Dušan Matović Spain César Arzo Montenegro Žarko Korać
Bnie Sakhnin Brazil Diogo Kachuba Croatia Igor Jovanović Slovenia Miha Mevlja State of Palestine Ahmad Abu Nahyeh3 Greece Giannis Papadopoulos
Serbia Milan Bojović
Spain Abraham Paz
F.C. Ashdod Democratic Republic of the Congo Paty Yeye Lenkebe Nigeria Aliyu Abubakar Nigeria Juwon Oshaniwa Nigeria Yero Bello Serbia Aleksandar Davidov Argentina Nicolás Falczuk2 Argentina David Solari
Hapoel Acre Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Hadžić Brazil Juliano Spadacio Greece Giannis Papadopoulos Serbia Branislav Jovanović Albania Hamdi Salihi
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Brazil William Soares Nigeria Austin Ejide Nigeria John Ogu Romania Ovidiu Hoban Serbia Tomislav Pajović Sweden Joakim Askling2
Hapoel Haifa Albania Hamdi Salihi Canada Tosaint Ricketts Czech Republic Přemysl Kovář Lithuania Tadas Kijanskas Montenegro Žarko Korać France Steven Cohen2 Argentina Darío Fernández
Ghana Osei Mawuli2
Lithuania Mindaugas Kalonas
Hapoel Petah Tikva Cameroon Gaël Etock Croatia Mirko Oremuš Guinea Sékou Condé Nigeria Chimezie Mbah Nigeria Michael Tukura Croatia Tvrtko Kale2 Georgia (country) Akaki Khubutia
Hapoel Ra'anana Nigeria Anthony Nwakaeme Senegal Mamadou Thiam Zambia Emmanuel Mbola Zambia Evans Kangwa Brazil Pedro Sass
Hapoel Tel Aviv Armenia Apoula Edel Brazil Lucas Sasha Guinea-Bissau Amido Baldé Netherlands Jürgen Colin Nigeria Abonime Izogbu Cameroon Gaël Etock
Nigeria Francis Benjamin
Nigeria Harmony Ikande
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Brazil Kassio Central African Republic David Manga Lithuania Mindaugas Panka Suriname Touvarno Pinas Zambia Rodgers Kola
Maccabi Haifa Serbia Vladimir Stojković Sierra Leone Medo Spain Abraham Paz Spain Míchel Spain Rubén Rayos Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Cocalić
Cameroon Mohamadou Idrissou
Maccabi Netanya Brazil Romário Pires Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode Romania Cristian Sîrghi Romania Gabriel Giurgiu Brazil Dudu Cearense
Maccabi Petah Tikva Argentina David Solari Bulgaria Daniel Dimov Bulgaria Kostadin Hazurov Croatia Ivan Herceg Democratic Republic of the Congo Joachim Mununga United States Bryan Gerzicich1 Argentina Nicolás Falczuk2
Russia Alan Gatagov
Maccabi Tel Aviv Nigeria Nosa Igiebor Serbia Nikola Mitrović Spain Carlos García Spain Juan Pablo Sweden Rade Prica
In bold: Players that join the club mid-season

In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;
2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv[a] 26 17 5 4 53 20 +33 54 Qualification for the championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 14 7 5 47 24 +23 49
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 13 8 5 40 27 +13 47
4 Beitar Jerusalem 26 10 10 6 38 29 +9 40
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 9 7 28 30 −2 39
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 4 11 38 29 +9 37
7 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 9 7 10 24 23 +1 34 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Maccabi Netanya 26 9 6 11 37 45 −8 33
9 Bnei Sakhnin 26 7 9 10 32 37 −5 30
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv[a] 26 8 7 11 27 33 −6 29
11 F.C. Ashdod 26 6 9 11 29 41 −12 27
12 Hapoel Haifa 26 7 5 14 20 41 −21 26
13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 26 5 8 13 28 43 −15 23
14 Hapoel Acre 26 4 10 12 20 39 −19 22
Source: Israel Football Association
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv each deducted one point.[3]

Results

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Home \ Away BEI BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA IKS HPT HRA HTA MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0
Bnei Sakhnin 1–0 — 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3
F.C. Ashdod 3–3 2–2 — 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–1
Hapoel Acre 1–1 1–3 0–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 — 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–2
Hapoel Haifa 3–4 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–1 2–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 — 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–3
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0[a]
Maccabi Haifa 1–3 4–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 3–1 — 2–1 0–1 0–1
Maccabi Netanya 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 — 4–4 3–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 — 0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match originally was abandoned after supporter violence while the score was 1–1.[4] The Israel Football Association declared the match a 0–0 draw, with neither team receiving any points and closing the stands for four matches.[3]

Playoffs

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[5]

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
7 – 11
8 – 13
9 – 12
10 – 14 		7 – 8
13 – 9
12 – 10
11 – 14 		8 – 11
9 – 7
10 – 13
14 – 12 		8 – 9
7 – 10
13 – 14
11 – 12 		9 – 11
10 – 8
14 – 7
12 – 13 		9 – 10
8 – 14
7 – 12
11 – 13 		10 – 11
14 – 9
12 – 8
13 – 7 		 

Top playoff

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv[a] (C) 36 21 9 6 67 32 +35 70 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 36 18 10 8 53 38 +15 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 17 11 8 63 40 +23 62 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
4 Beitar Jerusalem[a] 36 13 13 10 48 43 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
5 Maccabi Haifa 36 14 8 14 51 37 +14 50
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 36 12 12 12 34 41 −7 48
Source: Israel Football Association
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem each deducted one point.[6]
  2. ^ a b c Since Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2014–15 Israel State Cup, then the 2nd-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

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Home \ Away BEI HBS IKS MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–0 — 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 3–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–0 4–0 4–1 — 0–0 1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 — 1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Bnei Sakhnin 33 11 11 11 43 44 −1 44
8 Hapoel Tel Aviv[a] 33 12 8 13 36 40 −4 42
9 Maccabi Netanya 33 11 8 14 46 54 −8 41
10 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 10 9 14 35 36 −1 39
11 Hapoel Acre 33 9 11 13 28 42 −14 38
12 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 7 17 25 47 −22 34
13 Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) 33 8 8 17 43 59 −16 32 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 F.C. Ashdod (R) 33 6 13 14 32 51 −19 31
Source: Israel Football Association
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv deducted one point.[3]

Results

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Home \ Away ASH BnS HAC HHA HPT HRA HTA MNE
F.C. Ashdod — — 0–0 0–0 2–4 — — —
Bnei Sakhnin 1–1 — — 1–0 — 1–1 2–0 —
Hapoel Acre — 1–0 — 1–0 — 2–0 — —
Hapoel Haifa — — — — 3–2 — 0–1 0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva — 2–3 0–2 — — 4–2 — —
Hapoel Ra'anana 4–0 — — 1–2 — — 2–2 1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 — 2–0 — 1–2 — — 2–1
Maccabi Netanya 0–0 2–3 1–2 — 3–1 — — —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of matches played on 1 June 2015.
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 27
2 Israel Mohammad Ghadir Bnei Sakhnin 16
3 Israel Maor Buzaglo Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13
Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode Maccabi Netanya
5 Israel Roi Kahat Ironi Kiryat Shmona 12
6 Israel Shlomi Arbeitman Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11
Albania Hamdi Salihi Hapoel Haifa
Zambia Rodgers Kola Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Israel Eran Levy Maccabi Netanya

Source: Israel Football Association

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "שיא חדש לכמות הצופים במגרשי ליגת העל".
  2. ^ The club play their home games at a neutral venue due to their own ground not meeting the league's requirements.
  3. ^ a b c Bar Dayan, Shirly (24 November 2014). "Hapoel, Maccabi each deducted one point for TA derby debacle". Sport5. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ Sinai, Allon (11 November 2014). "Maccabi, Hapoel Tel Aviv await repercussions of derby violence". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ "The full fixture list for the Top and Bottom playoffs" (PDF) (in Hebrew).
  6. ^ "Israel's football association decision regarding Beitar Jerusalem" (PDF) (in Hebrew). The Israel Football Association. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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