Israeli Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates26 August 2023 – TBD
Matches played110
Goals scored291 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerEran Zahavi (9 goals)
Longest winning run10 ‍–‍ Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run13 ‍–‍ Maccabi Tel Aviv
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 82nd season of top-tier football in Israel.

The league was temporarily suspended due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Liga Leumit (Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Petah Tikva). Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the top flight after a single season, while Hapoel Petah Tikva returned after 9 seasons (for the first time since the 2014–15 season). They replaced the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Sektzia Ness Ziona.

Stadiums and locations

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 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium[lower-roman 1] 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 Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Green Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera		 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
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Abramov Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Ofir Kriaf Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Fawzi Hameed Israel Slobodan Drapić Israel Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif
Ashdod Israel Jacky Ben Zaken Israel Eli Levy Israel Tom Ben Zaken Nike Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Elyaniv Barda Israel Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera Israel Oren Golan Israel Nissim Avitan Israel Menashe Zalka Umbro BTB
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Ronny Levy Israel Dor Malul Diadora Leos
Hapoel Jerusalem Katamon - Fans Club Israel Ziv Arie Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Legea Alon Ventures
Hapoel Tel Aviv United States David Mincberg Spain Borja Lema Israel Dan Einbinder Adidas Hcsra Insurance
Hapoel Petah Tikva The Blue - Fans Club Israel Ofer Tesselpepe Israel Ram Levy Lotto
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Israel Saeed Basoul Israel Sharon Mimer Israel Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Messay Dego Suriname Tjaronn Chery Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya Israel Eyal Segal Israel Guy Tzarfati Israel Aviv Avraham Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Avraham Luzon Israel Ran Kojok Israel Tal Ben Haim Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Israel Sheran Yeini Fila Israel Canada

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Kobi Refua[2] End of contract 20 May 2023 Pre-season Israel Slobodan Drapić[3] 20 May 2023
Ashdod Israel Ran Ben Shimon[4] Mutual agreement Israel Eli Levy[4]
Maccabi Haifa Israel Barak Bakhar[5] Signed by Red Star Belgrade Israel Messay Dego[6]
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Haim Silvas[7] Mutual agreement Greece Michael Valkanis[8] 3 June 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Aitor Karanka[9] Sacked 25 June 2023 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane[10] 26 June 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv Greece Michael Valkanis Signed by Ajax 30 October 2023 7th Spain Borja Lema 30 October 2023
Maccabi Netanya Israel Ran Kojok Sacked 23 December 2023 11th Israel Guy Tzarfati 24 December 2023
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Benyamin Lam 2 January 2024 10th Israel Ran Kojok 5 January 2024

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[11]
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 Trazié Thomas Nigeria Fred Friday Montenegro Deni Hočko Costa Rica Mayron George Ivory Coast Ismaila Soro Russia Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Belgium Stéphane Oméonga Montenegro Ilija Martinović Curaçao Rangelo Janga Nigeria Chinemerem Godwin Romania Adrian Păun State of Palestine Alaa Aldeen Hassan
F.C. Ashdod Uganda Timothy Awany Ghana Montari Kamaheni Ghana Ebenezer Mamatah Scotland Clark Robertson Brazil Lucas Salinas Democratic Republic of the Congo Jordan Botaka Colombia David Cuperman
France Jordan Sebban
Cameroon Martin Atemengue
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Portugal Hélder Lopes Romania Antonio Sefer Gabon André Biyogo Poko Netherlands Imran Oulad Omar Argentina Mariano Bareiro
Bulgaria Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera Ivory Coast Kouya Mabea Nigeria Philip Ipole Belgium Samy Bourard Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Guinea-Bissau Toni Gomes Serbia Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa Liberia Mohammed Kamara Belarus Denis Polyakov Brazil Felipe Santos Republic of the Congo Fernand Mayembo The Gambia Sulayman Marreh Lebanon George Diba
Hapoel Petah Tikva Haiti Djimy Alexis Ghana Richard Boateng Portugal André Teixeira Ecuador Jean Quiñónez Nigeria Fortune Bassey Greece Nikos Giannakopoulos Guatemala Matan Peleg
Hapoel Jerusalem Estonia Rauno Sappinen Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo Ivory Coast Yao Eloge Koffi Ivory Coast Cédric Franck Don Angola Capita Netherlands Jelle Duin Nigeria Adebayo Adeleye
Hapoel Tel Aviv Slovenia Alen Ožbolt Lithuania Emilijus Zubas Republic of the Congo Bryan Passi Spain José Rodríguez Republic of the Congo Mavis Tchibota
France Noam Bonnet
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Hungary Márk Koszta Serbia Nemanja Ljubisavljević Guinea-Bissau Sambinha Nigeria Muhammed Usman Edu Bolivia Henry Vaca Venezuela Freddy Vargas State of Palestine Abdallah Jaber
State of Palestine Omar Nahfaoui
Maccabi Haifa Suriname Tjaronn Chery France Pierre Cornud Haiti Frantzdy Pierrot Senegal Abdoulaye Seck Angola Show Croatia Lorenco Šimić Niger Ali Mohamed
Germany Erik Shuranov
Sweden Daniel Sundgren
Maccabi Netanya Cameroon Boris Enow Bulgaria Plamen Galabov France Nassim Ouammou Ukraine Stanislav Bilenkyi Serbia Igor Zlatanović Costa Rica Rachid Chirino
Maccabi Petah Tikva Ghana Gideon Akaouwa Nigeria Ibraheem Jabaar Benin Moïse Adiléhou Mali Saliou Guindo Democratic Republic of the Congo Jared Khasa Italy Lorenzo Paramatti Argentina Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv Spain Enric Saborit Netherlands Derrick Luckassen Angola Felício Milson Portugal Kiko Bondoso Panama Orlando Mosquera Netherlands Joris van Overeem
Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 16 12 3 1 34 12 +22 39 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 16 11 4 1 35 13 +22 36[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hapoel Haifa 17 10 3 4 24 19 +5 33
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 17 9 3 5 36 15 +21 30
5 Maccabi Netanya 17 7 3 7 24 23 +1 24
6 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 16 5 6 5 20 19 +1 21
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 5 5 6 21 23 −2 20 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Bnei Sakhnin 16 4 9 3 18 20 −2 20[lower-alpha 2]
9 Beitar Jerusalem 16 6 4 6 25 22 +3 18[lower-alpha 3]
10 Hapoel Jerusalem 17 4 4 9 16 23 −7 16
11 Maccabi Petah Tikva 16 4 3 9 20 35 −15 15
12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 17 3 5 9 13 26 −13 14
13 Hapoel Hadera 17 4 2 11 11 31 −20 14
14 F.C. Ashdod 16 2 4 10 11 27 −16 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2024. 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.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Maccabi Haifa had 1 point deducted.
  2. ↑ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.
  3. ↑ Beitar Jerusalem had 4 points deducted.[12]

Regular season results

Home \ Away MTA MHA HHA HBS MBR MNE HTA BnS BEI HJE MPT HPT HAH ASH
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 0–1 1–1 2–1 Jan 17 Feb 10 1–0 Jan 31 2–0 1–1 4–1
Maccabi Haifa Feb 5 — Feb 18 1–0 1–0 Jan 21 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 4–0
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–3 — 1–2 2–1 Jan 31 3–2 Feb 12 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 Jan 31 4–0 — 4–2 Feb 11 0–0 1–2 3–0 Feb 17 3–0 3–0
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 2–2 Jan 20 1–1 — 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 Feb 4 0–0
Maccabi Netanya Feb 19 2–3 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 Jan 30 0–3 2–1 Feb 3 4–1 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 0–0 0–1 0–4 Feb 17 2–0 — 3–3 Jan 22 2–0 4–1 1–1 Feb 3
Bnei Sakhnin 2–3 Jan 17 1–1 Feb 3 1–1 1–1 — Feb 17 2–1 Jan 21 0–0 0–1
Beitar Jerusalem Feb 10 1–2 4–4 Jan 17 0–3 1–1 — 1–0 3–2 Jan 30 2–0 1–1
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 1–2 0–1 Jan 20 1–1 2–1 0–0 Feb 4 — 3–1 1–0 Feb 17
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–4 Feb 10 1–0 5–1 1–1 — 2–0 Jan 31 Jan 17
Hapoel Petah Tikva Jan 21 2–2 Feb 3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 — Feb 17 1–1
Hapoel Hadera 0–3 1–5 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 Feb 10 0–3 3–0 1–0 — Jan 20
F.C. Ashdod 1–4 0–1 1–3 Jan 30 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 Feb 10 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2024. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 31 December 2023[13]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 9
2 Haiti Frantzdy Pierrot Maccabi Haifa 7
Israel Elad Madmon Hapoel Hadera
Israel Yarden Shua Beitar Jerusalem

Top assists

As of 31 December 2023[13]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Suriname Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa 5
Romania Antonio Sefer Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3 Israel Shlomi Azulay Maccabi Bnei Reineh 4
Israel Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv
Angola Felício Milson
Nigeria Ibraheem Jabaar Maccabi Petah Tikva
Israel Lior Refaelov Maccabi Haifa

Notes

  1. ↑ The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

References

  1. ↑ Lipkin, Gidi (31 March 2022). "ONE ZERO League: A new sponsor for the Israeli football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "קובי רפואה הודיע: "מסיים את תפקידי בסכנין בתום העונה" - וואלה! ספורט". וואלה!. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "נשאר בליגת העל: סלובודן דראפיץ' מונה למאמן בני סכנין - וואלה! ספורט". וואלה!. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "סוף עידן: רן בן שמעון עוזב את מ.ס. אשדוד. אלי לוי המאמן הבא - וואלה! ספורט". וואלה!. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ↑ צנציפר, נדב (19 May 2023). "עכשיו זה רשמי: ברק בכר חתם בכוכב האדום בלגרד ועוזב את מכבי חיפה". Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via www.ynet.co.il.
  6. ↑ צנציפר, נדב; גליקמן, איתן (20 May 2023). "דגו מונה למאמן מכבי חיפה, שחר: "נכשלנו עם מאמנים זרים"". Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via www.ynet.co.il.
  7. ↑ צנציפר, נדב (16 May 2023). "הפועל ת"א הודיעה: חיים סילבס לא ימשיך בעונה הבאה". Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via www.ynet.co.il.
  8. ↑ "מקטאר למתחם וולפסון: מייקל ולקאניס מונה למאמן הפועל ת"א". 4 June 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via www.ynet.co.il.
  9. ↑ צנציפר, נדב (25 June 2023). "זעזוע בקריית שלום: אייטור קראנקה פוטר ממכבי ת"א". Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via www.ynet.co.il.
  10. ↑ "רובי קין מונה למאמנה החדש של מכבי תל אביב - וואלה! ספורט". וואלה!. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Bachner, Michael; et al. (16 July 2023). "Beitar Jerusalem docked 4 points for next season after supporters' riot at cup final". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  13. 1 2 "League ONE ZERO stats". football.co.il. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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