2019–20 Israeli Premier League

The 2019–20 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange^[2] for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season since its introduction in 1999 and the 78th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in July 2020 after a suspension of 75 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[3]

Israeli Premier League

Season	2019–20
Dates	24 August 2019 – 7 July 2020
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Relegated	Sektzia Ness Ziona Hapoel Ra'anana
Champions League	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Europa League	Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Matches played	240
Goals scored	565 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikita Rukavytsya (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (4 February 2020) Bnei Yehuda 5–0 Hapoel Hadera (6 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Beitar Jerusalem 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (19 October 2019) Sektzia Ness Ziona 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem (28 September 2019) Hapoel Ra'anana 0–4 Bnei Yehuda (1 July 2020)
Highest scoring	7 goals Maccabi Haifa 4–3 Hapoel Ra'anana (24 August 2019) Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (6 January 2020) Maccabi Netanya F.C. 2–5 F.C. Ashdod (28 June 2020)
Longest winning run	6 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run	35 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest winless run	15 matches Hapoel Ra'anana (Twice)
Longest losing run	10 matches Hapoel Ra'anana
Highest attendance	30,071 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (6 January 2020)
Total attendance	1,326,615 [1]
Average attendance	7,453
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2018–19 season and two promoted teams from the 2018–19 Liga Leumit.

Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2019–20 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Sektzia Ness Ziona were promoted as the winners of the 2018–19 Liga Leumit. This marked the return of Ness Ziona to the top division after 51 years of absence.

Hapoel Kfar Saba were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2018–19 Liga Leumit. This ends the team's three years absence from the top division.

Stadiums and locations

F.C. Ashdod

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Hadera

Hapoel Haifa

Maccabi Haifa

Beitar Jerusalem

Hapoel Kfar Saba

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Maccabi Netanya

Hapoel Ra'anana

Bnei Yehuda

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Sektzia Ness Ziona

Locations of the 2019–20 Israeli Premier League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium[4]	31,733
Bnei Yehuda	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
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]	13,610
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium[8]	30,942
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	HaMoshava Stadium[9]	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	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 Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Ness Ziona	HaMoshava Stadium[13]	11,500

Beitar Jerusalem	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Turner Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Netanya Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
F.C. Ashdod	Sektzia Ness Ziona Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Ra'anana
Yud-Alef Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Moshe Hogeg	Ronny Levy	Idan Vered	Umbro	Milenium Group
Bnei Yehuda	Barak Abramov	Elisha Levy	Itzik Azuz	Kappa	——
F.C. Ashdod	Jacky Ben-Zaken	Ran Ben Shimon	Tom Ben Zaken	Nike	——
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Yossi Abukasis		Kelme	Tadiran
Hapoel Hadera	Oren Golan	Sharon Mimer	Menashe Zalka	Lotto	Printer Center
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Haim Silvas	Gil Vermouth	Diadora	Moked Hat'ama
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Itzhak Shum	Amir Turgeman	Omer Fadida	Macron	Advice
Hapoel Ra'anana	Asher Alon	Eyal Lahman	Snir Shuker	Givova	ME Group
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Itzik and Sharon Nisanov	Nir Klinger	Orel Dgani	Macron	Arkia
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Kobi Refua	Idan Nachmias	Kappa	Ituran
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Marco Balbul	Neta Lavi	Nike	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Slobodan Drapić	Almog Cohen	Lotto	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Vladimir Ivić	Sheran Yeini	Fila	PenguinPickUp
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Kobi Kaduri	Lior Zeda	Sahar Levy	Diadora	Alhom

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.^[14]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Antoine Conte	Diogo Verdasca	Ali Mohamed	Levi Garcia
Bnei Yehuda	Allyson	Emilijus Zubas	Joseph Mensah	Matija Ljujić	Mihlali Mayambela
F.C. Ashdod	Jimmy Marín	Montari Kamaheni	Samuel Alabi	Timothy Awany	Renan
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Elton Acolatse	Ernestas Šetkus	David Simão	Josué Pesqueira	Miguel Vítor
Hapoel Hadera	Austin Ejide	Didier Kougbenya	George Fochive	Jonathan Cissé	Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe	Lúcio Maranhão
Hapoel Haifa	Francisco Júnior	Jasmin Burić	Jakub Sylvestr	Kevin Tapoko	Nikola Gulan
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Amadou Soukouna	Boubacar Traorè	Gershon Koffie	Luwagga Kizito	Sodiq Atanda
Hapoel Ra'anana	Darryl Lachman	David Mateos	Divine Naah	Elia Soriano	Eugene Ansah
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Emmanuel Boateng	Felipe Jorge Rodríguez	Marvin Peersman	Michael Olaha	Stefan Spirovski
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Džiugas Bartkus	James Adeniyi	Maalique Foster	Marcus Diniz	Radu Gînsari	Silas
Maccabi Haifa	Ernest Mabouka	Ikouwem Utin	Yanic Wildschut	Tjaronn Chery	Trent Sainsbury		Nikita Rukavytsya1 Joe Kuzminsky 2
Maccabi Netanya	Fatos Bećiraj	Lazar Ćirković	Tim Heubach	Zlatan Šehović
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Andreas Gianniotis	André Geraldes	Chikeluba Ofoedu	Enric Saborit	Jair Amador		Nick Blackman2
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Dries Wuytens	Jahmir Hyka	Moussa Maâzou	Ramaric Etou	Sabien Lilaj	Seahaw Turai

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

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;

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Kobi Refua	Sacked	14 May 2019	Pre-season	Nisso Avitan	15 May 2019
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Ofer Talsesefa	End of contract	20 May 2019		Amir Turgeman	27 May 2019
Hapoel Hadera	Ron Kelar	Caretaking spell over	26 May 2019		Ori Guttman	26 May 2019
F.C. Ashdod	Avi Bohbot	End of contract	27 May 2019		Ronny Awat and Moshe Ohayon	27 May 2019
Beitar Jerusalem	Nir Klinger	Sacked	4 June 2019		Ronny Levy	6 June 2019
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Messay Dego	Sacked	20 October 2019	13th	Kobi Refua	20 October 2019
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Nisso Avitan	Sacked	5 November 2019	11th	Nir Klinger	5 November 2019
Hapoel Hadera	Ori Guttman	Left	29 November 2019	5th	Sharon Mimer	10 December 2019
Hapoel Ra'anana	Meni Koretski	Left	10 December 2019	13th	Nisso Avitan	10 December 2019
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Barak Bakhar	Left	6 January 2020	4th	Yossi Abukasis	8 January 2020
Bnei Yehuda	Yossi Abukasis	Signed by Hapoel Be'er Sheva	8 January 2020	6th	Elisha Levy	8 January 2020
F.C. Ashdod	Ronny Awat	Stepped down to the position of Assistant Manager	21 January 2020	10th	Ran Ben Shimon	21 January 2020
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Amir Turgeman	Sacked	5 February 2020	14th	Lior Zeda	15 February 2020
Hapoel Ra'anana	Nisso Avitan	Sacked	17 February 2020	14th	Gal Cohen	17 February 2020
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Ofir Haim	Sacked	26 February 2020	11th	Amir Turgeman	27 February 2020
Hapoel Ra'anana	Gal Cohen	Stepped down to the position of Assistant Manager	24 May 2020	14th	Eyal Lahman	24 May 2020

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19	7	0	48	7	+41	64	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	18	4	4	58	20	+38	58
3	Beitar Jerusalem	26	15	4	7	42	25	+17	49
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	13	5	8	33	23	+10	44
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	11	5	10	24	36	−12	38
6	Hapoel Haifa	26	10	7	9	26	30	−4	37
7	Bnei Yehuda	26	9	7	10	23	26	−3	34	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Hapoel Hadera	26	9	7	10	24	28	−4	34
9	Maccabi Netanya	26	8	7	11	23	32	−9	31
10	F.C. Ashdod	26	6	10	10	30	33	−3	28
11	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	7	5	14	22	35	−13	26
12	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	6	4	16	24	35	−11	22
13	Sektzia Ness Ziona	26	5	6	15	17	40	−23	21
14	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	2	10	14	20	44	−24	16

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.^[15]

Regular season results

Home \ Away	ASH	BEI	BnY	HAH	HBS	HHA	HKS	HRA	HTA	IKS	MHA	MNE	MTA	NES
F.C. Ashdod	—	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1
Beitar Jerusalem	2–1	—	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	1–0
Bnei Yehuda	2–0	0–2	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–3	1–2
Hapoel Hadera	1–1	1–2	0–0	—	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	0–3	1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0
Hapoel Haifa	1–0	1–4	3–0	1–2	0–3	—	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–1
Hapoel Ra'anana	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	—	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0
Maccabi Haifa	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	4–3	5–0	2–0	—	3–0	3–4	4–0
Maccabi Netanya	2–4	0–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	—	0–1	3–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1
Sektzia Ness Ziona	0–2	0–4	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Source:

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 2 teams that play in the Sammy Ofer 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 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	26	9	1	63	10	+53	87	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa	36	22	7	7	73	32	+41	73	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem	36	16	11	9	51	35	+16	59
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva[a]	36	15	10	11	44	33	+11	55
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	36	14	6	16	31	55	−24	48	Can't qualify for international competitions[16]
6	Hapoel Haifa	36	12	11	13	39	46	−7	47

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.^[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Qualified due to winning the 2019–20 Israel State Cup

2019–20 Israeli Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 23rd title

Championship round results

Home \ Away	BEI	HBS	HHA	HTA	MHA	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–2	—	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Hapoel Haifa	0–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–4	0–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	1–0	0–3	—	1–3	0–2
Maccabi Haifa	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	—	0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	—

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

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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Beitar Jerusalem	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Hapoel Tel Aviv	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Haifa	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	2020–21 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
	2020–21 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

Due to 2 teams that play in the HaMoshava 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 31 and 33.

Rounds
31st	32nd	33rd
10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7	11 – 13 7 – 12 8 – 14 9 – 10	9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Bnei Yehuda	33	13	10	10	40	30	+10	49
8	F.C. Ashdod	33	10	11	12	48	47	+1	41
9	Hapoel Hadera	33	10	10	13	33	42	−9	40
10	Maccabi Netanya	33	11	7	15	35	46	−11	40
11	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	10	8	15	28	38	−10	38
12	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	9	5	19	30	43	−13	32
13	Sektzia Ness Ziona (R)	33	8	8	17	23	46	−23	32	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Hapoel Ra'anana (R)	33	2	11	20	27	62	−35	17

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.^[15]
(R) Relegated

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	ASH	BnY	HAH	HKS	HRA	IKS	MNE	NES
F.C. Ashdod	—	—	3–1	2–3	3–2	—	—	2–0
Bnei Yehuda	0–0	—	5–0	0–0	—	2–0	—	—
Hapoel Hadera	—	—	—	0–0	2–2	—	1–2	2–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	—	—	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	0–1
Hapoel Ra'anana	—	0–4	—	—	—	0–1	2–4	—
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3–0	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	1–0
Maccabi Netanya	2–5	1–3	—	0–1	—	3–1	—	—
Sektzia Ness Ziona	—	0–0	—	—	2–1	—	1–0	—

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

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Bnei Yehuda	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
F.C. Ashdod	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Hapoel Hadera	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Maccabi Netanya	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10
Hapoel Kfar Saba	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Sektzia Ness Ziona	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Hapoel Ra'anana	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikita Rukavytsya	Maccabi Haifa	22
2	Ben Sahar	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	13
3	Yonatan Cohen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	12
4	Omri Altman	Hapoel Tel Aviv	11
	Dean David	F.C. Ashdod
6	Tjaronn Chery	Maccabi Haifa	10
	Omer Fadida	Hapoel Kfar Saba
	Dor Jan	Bnei Yehuda
9	Shlomi Azulay	Beitar Jerusalem	9
	Chikeluba Ofoedu	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Eliel Peretz	Hapoel Hadera
	Raz Stein	Sektzia Ness Ziona

Source: (Hebrew)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Dor Jan	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	4–0	1 July 2020	33

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Maccabi Haifa	255,826	30,071	15,173	21,319	+36.0%†
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	248,124	27,566	9,409	20,677	+111.4%†
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	138,531	15,300	7,121	11,555	−15.0%†
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	138,531	21,800	3,432	11,544	+87.7%†
5	Beitar Jerusalem	135,564	21,500	5,005	11,297	+4.5%†
6	Maccabi Netanya	67,559	9,365	3,712	5,630	+0.1%†
7	Hapoel Haifa	65,729	23,400	3,030	5,477	+2.0%†
8	Bnei Yehuda	44,581	8,903	690	3,715	+10.6%†
9	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33,646	7,443	715	2,803	n/a1
10	Sektzia Ness Ziona	33,302	10,526	180	2,775	n/a1
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	31,361	7,919	325	2,613	+66.2%†
12	Hapoel Hadera	27,530	8,422	770	2,294	−21.2%†
13	F.C. Ashdod	22,598	4,600	550	1,883	+7.3%†
14	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	18,471	4,259	530	1,539	+8.5%†
	League total	1,261,480	30,071	180	7,509	+25.9%†

Updated to games played on 27 February 2020
Source:
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Liga Leumit.