2018–19 Israeli Premier League

The 2018–19 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Japanika for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 77th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019. Hapoel Be'er Sheva were the defending champions.

Israeli Premier League

Season	2018–19
Dates	25 August 2018 – 25 May 2019
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Relegated	Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin
Champions League	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Europa League	Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Be'er Sheva Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	599 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ben Sahar (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Hapoel Tel Aviv 6–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (3 March 2019)
Biggest away win	Beitar Jerusalem 1–5 Bnei Yehuda (27 October 2018) Bnei Sakhnin 0–4 Hapoel Haifa (19 January 2019) Hapoel Hadera 0–4 Bnei Yehuda (10 February 2019)
Highest scoring	Hapoel Haifa 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (4 December 2018)
Longest winning run	7 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run	32 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run	13 matches Hapoel Tel Aviv
Longest losing run	4 matches Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Hadera
Highest attendance	29,988 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Hapoel Haifa (1 December 2018)
Total attendance	1,430,652 [1]
Average attendance	5,925
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted teams from the 2017–18 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Acre and Hapoel Ashkelon were relegated to the 2018–19 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Hapoel Tel Aviv were promoted as the winners of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This ends the team's one-year absence from the top division.

Hapoel Hadera were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This marked the return of Hadera to the top division after 39 years of absence.

Stadiums and locations

F.C. Ashdod

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Hadera

Hapoel Haifa

Maccabi Haifa

Beitar Jerusalem

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Maccabi Netanya

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Hapoel Ra'anana

Bnei Sakhnin

Bnei Yehuda

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Locations of the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium[2]	31,733
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Doha Stadium[3]	8,500
Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv	HaMoshava Stadium,[4] Petah Tikva	11,500
F.C. Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium[5]	7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Turner Stadium[6]	16,126
Hapoel Hadera	Hadera	Netanya Stadium,[7] Netanya	13,610
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium[8]	30,942
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Ramat Gan Stadium,[9] Ramat Gan	13,370
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	HaMoshava Stadium,[10] Petah Tikva	11,500
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona Stadium[11]	5,300
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium[12]	30,942
Maccabi Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Stadium[13]	13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium[14]	11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Netanya Stadium,[15] Netanya	13,610

HaMoshava Stadium	Netanya Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium
Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva	Hapoel Hadera Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa
Doha Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Stadium	Ramat Gan Stadium
Bnei Sakhnin	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Hapoel Ra'anana
Teddy Stadium	Turner Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium
Beitar Jerusalem	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	F.C. Ashdod

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Moshe Hogeg	Nir Klinger	Idan Vered	Givova	Appli Check
Bnei Sakhnin	Mohammed Abu Yunes	Amir Turgeman	Khaled Khalaila	Joma	Scania
Bnei Yehuda	Barak Abramov	Yossi Abukasis	Itzik Azuz	Kappa	HAP
F.C. Ashdod	Jacky Ben-Zaken	Avi Bohbot	Tom Ben Zaken	Nike	——
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Barak Bakhar	Maor Melikson	Puma	Tadiran
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Haim Silvas	Gil Vermouth	Joma	BOGART
Hapoel Hadera	Oren Golan	Niso Avitan	Menashe Zalka	Lotto	——
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Shimon Hadri	Eden Shamir	Kappa	Ituran
Hapoel Ra'anana	Asher Alon	Meni Koretski	Snir Shuker	Givova	ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Itzik and Sharon Nisanov	Kobi Refua	Orel Dgani	Macron	Arkia
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Marco Balbul	Neta Lavi	Nike	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Slobodan Drapić	Dani Amos	Lotto	Kesrei Thofa
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Amos Luzon	Murad Magomedov	Naor Peser	Macron	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Vladimir Ivić	Sheran Yeini	——	PenguinPickUp

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.^[16]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem	Antoine Conte	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Anthony Annan	Afonso Taira	Mihai Voduț
Bnei Sakhnin	Alban Pnishi	George Akpabio	Shuaibu Ibrahim	Emmanuel Mbola
Bnei Yehuda	Ismaila Soro	Emilijus Zubas	Mavis Tchibota	Fejsal Mulić	Jakub Sylvestr	Carlos Cuéllar
F.C. Ashdod	Issoumaila Lingane	Romain Habran	Johan Martial	Leonard Owusu	Seybou Koita	Filip Knežević
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Kevin Tapoko	Nigel Hasselbaink	John Ogu	Miguel Vítor	Erik Sabo
Hapoel Haifa	Ernestas Šetkus	Radu Gînsari	Risto Mitrevski	Gabriel Tamaș	Rasmus Sjöstedt
Hapoel Hadera	Lúcio	Nathan Oduwa	Austin Ejide	David Mateos	George Fochive
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Valon Ahmedi	Marcus Diniz	Hadji Barry	Džiugas Bartkus	Jorge Morcillo	Levi Garcia
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ariel Ngueukam	Mirko Oremuš	Martin Zeman	Teddy Mézague	Eugene Ansah
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Marvin Peersman	Caio Alves	Claudemir	Emmanuel Boateng	Nerijus Valskis
Maccabi Haifa	Allyson	Ernest Mabouka	Georges Mandjeck	Manuel Iturra	Etiënne Reijnen	Kerim Frei
Maccabi Netanya	Jahmir Hyka	Branko Vrgoč	Tim Heubach	Fatos Bećiraj	Ali Mohamed
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tomáš Sivok	Franck-Yves Bambock	Kpehi Didier Brossou	Armando Cooper	Issa Cissokho	Anton Bratkov
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Chikeluba Ofoedu	Jair Amador	Uroš Nikolić	Predrag Rajković	Enric Saborit

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Beitar Jerusalem	Benny Ben Zaken		1 June 2018	Pre-season	Guy Luzon
Bnei Sakhnin	Tal Banin				Benny Ben Zaken
F.C. Ashdod	Yossi Mizrahi				Blagoja Milevski
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Sharon Mimer				Elisha Levy
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jordi Cruyff	Left			Vladimir Ivić	1 June 2018
Beitar Jerusalem	Guy Luzon	Sacked	22 October 2018	13th	Nir Klinger	30 October 2018
Hapoel Haifa	Nir Klinger	Left	25 October 2018	11th	Sharon Mimer	31 October 2018
Maccabi Haifa	Fred Rutten	Left	1 November 2018	8th	Eli Guttman	8 November 2018
Bnei Sakhnin	Benny Ben Zaken	Sacked	5 November 2018	14th	Amir Turgeman	18 November 2018
F.C. Ashdod	Blagoja Milevski	Sacked	13 November 2018	13th	Yuval Naim	23 November 2018
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Kobi Refua	Sacked	25 November 2018	12th	Ofir Haim	26 November 2018
Maccabi Haifa	Eli Guttman	Retired	3 December 2018	11th	Itay Mordechai (caretaker)	3 December 2018
Maccabi Haifa	Itay Mordechai (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	19 December 2018	10th	Marco Balbul	19 December 2018
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Haim Silvas	Sacked	30 December 2018	10th	Tomer Kashtan	30 December 2018
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ofir Haim	Sacked	6 January 2019	12th	Kobi Refua	6 January 2019
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Elisha Levy	Sacked	6 January 2019	9th	Murad Magomedov (caretaker)	6 January 2019
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Murad Magomedov (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	20 January 2019	9th	Guy Luzon	20 January 2019
Bnei Sakhnin	Benny Ben Zaken	Sacked	20 January 2019	13th	Giorgi Daraselia	23 January 2019
F.C. Ashdod	Yuval Naim	Sacked	26 January 2019	14th	Avi Bohbot	19 February 2019
Bnei Sakhnin	Giorgi Daraselia	Sacked	5 March 2019	14th	Juan Carlos (caretaker)	5 March 2019
Bnei Sakhnin	Juan Carlos (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	26 March 2019	14th	Eldad Shavit	26 March 2019
Hapoel Haifa	Sharon Mimer	Sacked	14 April 2019	10th	Haim Silvas	17 April 2019
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Tomer Kashtan	Sacked	6 May 2019	12th	Shimon Hadri	6 May 2019

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	20	6	0	57	12	+45	66	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	12	8	6	34	27	+7	44
3	Maccabi Netanya	26	12	7	7	34	29	+5	43
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	10	9	7	36	32	+4	39
5	Bnei Yehuda	26	10	7	9	39	25	+14	37
6	Hapoel Hadera	26	9	6	11	30	41	−11	33
7	Hapoel Haifa	26	7	11	8	42	37	+5	32	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	6	13	7	26	23	+3	31
9	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	7	9	10	25	28	−3	30
10	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	6	12	8	20	30	−10	30
11	Beitar Jerusalem	26	7	8	11	32	37	−5	29
12	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	6	10	10	26	40	−14	28
13	F.C. Ashdod	26	5	7	14	20	42	−22	22
14	Bnei Sakhnin	26	4	9	13	21	39	−18	21

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.^[17]

Regular season results

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	BnY	ASH	HAH	HBS	HHA	HRA	HTA	MNE	IKS	MHA	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	3–2	1–5	4–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2
Bnei Sakhnin	0–0	—	2–1	4–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–0
Bnei Yehuda	0–2	0–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–3
F.C. Ashdod	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	2–3	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Hapoel Hadera	0–3	2–1	0–4	3–2	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–1
Hapoel Haifa	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–4	—	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–3
Hapoel Ra'anana	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	6–0	1–1
Maccabi Netanya	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–3	0–2	1–2
Maccabi Haifa	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–2	1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–2	—	1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	—

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Source:

Positions by round

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
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Haifa	12	6	6	9	9	10	12	8	9	8	11	7	9	10	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Maccabi Netanya	14	13	14	14	12	13	10	7	6	7	7	8	5	6	5	5	6	5	7	5	6	4	4	2	2	3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	9	12	13	11	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	4	4
Bnei Yehuda	11	11	11	12	6	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	4	5	5
Hapoel Hadera	4	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	3	5	6	6	6	6
Hapoel Haifa	1	5	5	8	8	12	11	13	8	11	10	10	6	5	6	7	7	6	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	7
Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	7	7	6	7	8	8	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	8
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	7	12	8	5	4	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	7	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
Hapoel Ra'anana	8	4	9	7	10	11	13	10	10	10	9	9	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Beitar Jerusalem	13	14	13	10	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	11
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2	2	4	3	3	4	5	6	7	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
F.C. Ashdod	5	8	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Bnei Sakhnin	9	10	10	11	14	9	9	12	14	9	8	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

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

Due to 3 teams that play in the Netanya stadium qualifying 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 33,35 and 36.

Rounds
33rd	34th	35th	36th
6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5	6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4	2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6	3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	36	27	8	1	77	17	+60	89	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa	36	16	10	10	46	41	+5	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	15	10	11	48	46	+2	55
4	Maccabi Netanya	36	15	8	13	45	47	−2	53
5	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	36	14	9	13	56	41	+15	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6	Hapoel Hadera	36	12	6	18	43	59	−16	42

Source: Israel Football Association, 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.^[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Israel State Cup.

2018–19 Israeli Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 22nd title

Championship round results

Home \ Away	BnY	HAH	HBS	MHA	MNE	MTA
Bnei Yehuda	—	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–2
Hapoel Hadera	2–3	—	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	1–0	—	0–1	0–2	0–4
Maccabi Haifa	0–2	1–3	3–1	—	2–1	1–1
Maccabi Netanya	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	—	1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Haifa	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	2	3
Maccabi Netanya	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	4
Bnei Yehuda	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Hadera	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round

Source:

Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Rounds
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

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Beitar Jerusalem	33	11	10	12	43	43	0	43
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	9	15	9	40	30	+10	42
9	Hapoel Ra'anana	33	8	15	10	29	38	−9	39
10	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	9	11	13	34	35	−1	38
11	Hapoel Haifa	33	8	13	12	44	47	−3	37
12	F.C. Ashdod	33	10	7	16	34	54	−20	37
13	Maccabi Petah Tikva (R)	33	8	12	13	33	51	−18	36	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Bnei Sakhnin (R)	33	5	12	16	27	50	−23	27

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.^[17]
(R) Relegated

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	BEI	BnS	ASH	HHA	HRA	HTA	IKS	MPT
Beitar Jerusalem	—	0–0	2–3	—	—	—	—	4–1
Bnei Sakhnin	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–2	1–1
F.C. Ashdod	—	1–2	—	1–0	—	—	3–2	—
Hapoel Haifa	0–0	—	—	—	0–2	0–0	—	0–3
Hapoel Ra'anana	1–2	2–2	1–2	—	—	2–1	—	—
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	3–0	5–1	—	—	—	2–2	—
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–1	—	—	3–0	0–0	—	—	0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	—	—	0–3	—	1–1	0–2	—	—

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Beitar Jerusalem	11	12	11	9	7	7	7	7
Hapoel Tel Aviv	8	7	7	7	8	10	8	8
Hapoel Ra'anana	10	9	9	12	9	8	9	9
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	9	11	12	10	11	11	12	10
Hapoel Haifa	7	8	8	8	10	9	10	11
F.C. Ashdod	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Maccabi Petah Tikva	12	10	10	11	12	12	11	13
Bnei Sakhnin	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Relegation to 2019–20 Liga Leumit

Source:

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ben Sahar	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	15
2	Fatos Bećiraj	Maccabi Netanya	13
	Lúcio	Hapoel Hadera
4	Yarden Shua	Bnei Yehuda / Maccabi Haifa	12
	Eliran Atar	Maccabi Tel Aviv
6	Mavis Tchibota	Bnei Yehuda	11
Omer Atzili	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	Guy Melamed	Hapoel Be'er Sheva / Maccabi Netanya	10
9	Nikita Rukavytsya	Maccabi Haifa	9
	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Hapoel Hadera / Beitar Jerusalem
	Shlomi Azulay	Bnei Sakhnin
12	6 different players	3 different teams	8

Source: (Hebrew)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Matan Hozez	Hapoel Haifa	Bnei Sakhnin	4–0	19 January 2019	19

See also

• 2018–19 Liga Leumit
• 2018-19 Ligat Nashim