2017–18 Ligat Nashim

The 2017–18 Ligat Nashim was the 20th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. League schedule began on 31 October 2017.^[1] The defending champions are F.C. Kiryat Gat, having won the title the previous season.

Israeli Women's Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	F.C. Kiryat Gat
Champions League	F.C. Kiryat Gat
Matches played	104
Goals scored	400 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tabatha F.C. Ramat HaSharon (30)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

In the premier league, F.C. Kiryat Gat won its first championship while Hapoel Petah Tikva relegated. Hapoel Be'er Sheva won Women's Liga Leumit and was promoted to the top division.

Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	F.C. Kiryat Gat	24	21	1	2	95	21	+74	64	Qualification for the Champions League
2	F.C. Ramat HaSharon	24	21	0	3	82	12	+70	63
3	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	24	15	3	6	45	27	+18	48
4	ASA Tel Aviv University	24	9	1	14	41	57	−16	28
5	Maccabi Holon	24	6	3	15	35	72	−37	21
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	9	4	9	42	31	+11	31
7	Youth Academy	22	9	3	10	38	42	−4	30
8	Bnot Netanya	22	3	3	16	16	60	−44	12	Relegation play-offs
9	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	1	2	19	9	81	−72	5	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2018. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to head 4) deciding match.^[2]
Notes:

1. Teams play each other two times (18 rounds) before the league is split into two groups (the top five and the bottom four).

Results

Matches 1–22 Home \ Away ASA BNE KGT RMS IPT HRA MHL MKH YTH ASA Tel Aviv University — 4–0 1–2 0–2 6–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 Bnot Netanya 1–1 — 1–4 0–4 0–3[a] 0–7 1–3 0–2 0–4 F.C. Kiryat Gat 8–2 4–0 — 1–2 5–0 2–1 5–3 4–1 4–0 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 4–0 8–0 1–2 — 7–0 4–0 6–0 0–2 6–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 — 0–3 2–2 0–5 0–2 Hapoel Ra'anana 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 Maccabi Holon 4–1 2–1 0–5 1–5 2–1 3–1 — 0–1 5–2 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 3–1 3–0 1–0 — 3–0 Youth Academy 3–1 2–1 1–7 0–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 — Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Notes: Bnot Netanya originally won 2–0. The match was given to Hapoel Petah Tikva as Bnot Netanya fielded an ineligible player.[3]

Matches 19–28 Home \ Away ASA KGT RMS MHL MKH ASA Tel Aviv University — 1–3 0–2 6–2 1–3 F.C. Kiryat Gat 6–0 — 1–0 9–0 2–0 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 5–0 3–2 — 3–1 3–2 Maccabi Holon 3–4 1–8 0–3[a] — 0–2 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 — Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Notes: The match was abandoned at half-time with Ramat HaSharon leading 1–0 as the designated medic left the stadium and no replacement was found. Ramat HaSharon was given a 3–0 win.[4] Home \ Away BNE IPT HRA YTH Bnot Netanya — 2–0 0–0 0–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–6 — 1–4 0–6 Hapoel Ra'anana 2–1 9–0 — 1–2 Youth Academy 0–1 3–0 2–2 — Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 28 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 24 matches.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
F.C. Kiryat Gat	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
F.C. Ramat HaSharon	6	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Maccabi Kishronot Hadera	1	3	3	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
ASA Tel Aviv University	5	9	7	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Maccabi Holon	3	2	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Ra'anana	1	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Youth Academy	8	7	5	3	4	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Bnot Netanya	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tabatha	F.C. Ramat HaSharon	30
2	Andreea Laiu	F.C. Kiryat Gat	29
3	Mor Efraim	F.C. Kiryat Gat	16
4	Amanza Mercy	Maccabi Holon	15
5	Danielle Schulmann	F.C. Kiryat Gat	13

Leumit League

Women's Leumit League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Matches played	58
Goals scored	396 (6.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Walaa Hussein Hapoel Be'er Sheva (35)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	18	17	1	0	144	5	+139	52	Promotion
2	Bnot Eilat	18	14	1	3	59	32	+27	43	promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik	18	8	1	9	46	69	−23	25
4	Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim	18	5	1	12	32	68	−36	16
5	Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer	16	8	0	8	77	47	+30	24
6	Hapoel Bnot Pardesiya	16	5	0	11	33	68	−35	15
7	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	16	1	0	15	13	115	−102	3
8	Bnot Sakhnin[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Folded

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2018. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to head 4) deciding match.^[6]
Notes:

1. Teams play each other two times (14 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top four and the bottom four).
2. Bnot Sakhnin registered to play in Liga Leumit, but withdrew before playing any matches.^[5]

Results

Matches 1–14 Home \ Away BMA BEL HBS HBP MBS MEH MZS Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim — 1–3 0–5 1–0 2–4 2–1 2–2 Bnot Eilat 5–0 — 1–1 5–0 7–0 5–0 3–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–0 6–1 — 10–0 3–0 11–0 14–0 Hapoel Bnot Pardesiya 1–4 0–3 0–11 — 4–2 0–3 3–4 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–7 1–3 0–13 0–6 — 1–11 1–8 Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer 4–3 1–2 1–12 8–0 12–0 — 3–4 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik 2–3 0–3 2–4 4–3 7–2 2–0 — Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–20 Home \ Away BMA BEL HBS MZS Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim — 3–7 0–6 0–3 Bnot Eilat 3–0 — 0–9 3–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 12–0 8–0 — 8–0 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik 6–4 0–5 0–8 — Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Home \ Away HBP MBS MEH Hapoel Bnot Pardesiya — 8–0 5–3 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–3 — 0–9 Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer 9–0 12–0 — Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Top Playoff teams will play in 20 matchdays, and the Bottom Playoff teams will compete in only 17 matches.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bnot Eilat	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim	8	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer	5	8	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Bnot Pardesiya	2	2	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Maccabi Be'er Sheva	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Bnot Sakhnin	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Test Match

2 May 2017

18:30 UTC+3

Bnot Netanya	3–0	Bnot Eilat
Ezurike 30', 75' Adeboyejo 43'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium

Referee: Meitar Shemesh

Bnot Netanya remained in the Premier League; Bnot Eilat remained in Leumit League.