2022–23 Israeli Premier League

The 2022–23 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO^[6] for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 81st season of top-tier football in Israel.

Israeli Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	20 August 2022 – 20 May 2023
Champions	Maccabi Haifa
Relegated	Sektzia Ness Ziona Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Champions League	Maccabi Haifa
Europa Conference League	Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem
Matches played	240
Goals scored	634 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omer Atzili (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (9 January 2023 (2023-01-09))
Biggest away win	Hapoel Hadera 0–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv (29 August 2022 (2022-08-29))[1]
Highest scoring	Beitar Jerusalem 6–3 Maccabi Netanya (17 December 2022 (2022-12-17))[2]
Longest winning run	11 — Maccabi Haifa[i][3]
Longest unbeaten run	12 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[ii]
Longest winless run	15 — Ironi Kiryat Shmona[iii]
Longest losing run	7 — Sektzia Ness Ziona[iv][4]
Highest attendance	30,564 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem (20 May 2023)
Total attendance	1,998,042 [5]
Average attendance	8,325
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023 (2023-05-20).

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Bnei Reineh and Sektzia Ness Ziona were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Bnei Reineh was promoted for the first time in its history, Sektzia Ness Ziona returned after two seasons in the second league.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2022–23 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2021–22 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2022–23 season

Ashdod

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Hadera

Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Maccabi Netanya

Bnei Sakhnin

Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Bnei Reineh

Sektzia Ness Ziona

Locations of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	31,733
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Doha Stadium	8,500
Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium	7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Turner Stadium	16,126
Hapoel Hadera	Hadera	Netanya Stadium[v]	13,610
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	31,733
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona Stadium	5,300
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Reineh	Green Stadium[v]	5,200
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,942
Maccabi Netanya	Netanya	Netanya Stadium	13,610
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Ness Ziona	Hamoshava Stadium[v]	11,500

Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem	Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera	Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Kiryat Shmona Stadium	Netanya Stadium	Green Stadium
Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa	F.C. Ashdod	Bnei Sakhnin	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Sektzia Ness Ziona
Sammy Ofer Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium	Doha Stadium	Turner Stadium	Hamoshava Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Barak Abramov	Yossi Abukasis	Ofir Kriaf	Umbro	Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin	Fawzi Hameed	Kobi Refua	Beram Kayal	Jako	Xentra
Ashdod	Jacky Ben Zaken	Ran Ben Shimon	Tom Ben Zaken	Nike	Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Elyaniv Barda	Miguel Vítor	Kelme	Victory
Hapoel Hadera	Oren Golan	Assaf Nimni	Menashe Zalka	Lotto	Printer Center
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Ronny Levy	Dor Malul	Diadora	Leos
Hapoel Jerusalem	Katamon - fans club	Ziv Arie	Goni Naor	Macron	Advice
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Nisanov Group	Haim Silvas	Dan Einbinder	Adidas	Hcsra Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Slobodan Drapić	Roi Kahat	Kelme	Ituran
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Saeed Basoul	Sharon Mimer	Eyad Hutba	Zeus Sport	Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Barak Bakhar	Neta Lavi	Nike	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Ran Kojok	Aviv Avraham	Lotto	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Aitor Karanka	Sheran Yeini	Fila	Israel Canada
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Roy Ankva	Shlomi Dora	Yossi Ginzburg	Lotto	Almog

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hapoel Hadera	Meni Koretski	End of contract	10 May 2022	Pre-season	Nir Berkovic	10 May 2022
Hapoel Hadera	Nir Berkovic	Left	16 May 2022		Assaf Nimni	19 May 2022
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Slobodan Drapić	End of contract	30 May 2022		Meni Koretski	11 April 2022
Hapoel Haifa	Elisha Levy				Nir Klinger	14 May 2022
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mladen Krstajić				Vladimir Ivić	19 May 2022
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Adham Hadiya	Sacked	7 September 2022	13th	Sharon Mimer	7 September 2022
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Kobi Refua		18 September 2022	11th	Slobodan Drapić	19 September 2022
Hapoel Haifa	Nir Klinger		23 October 2022	11th	Ronny Levy	23 October 2022
Bnei Sakhnin	Haim Silvas		23 October 2022	11th	Kobi Refua	23 October 2022
Maccabi Netanya	Benyamin Lam	Left	23 December 2022	10th	Ran Kojok	23 December 2022
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	Meni Koretski		23 December 2022	11th	Nir Berkovic	23 December 2022
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Nir Berkovic		23 December 2022	13th	Shlomi Dora	3 January 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Vladimir Ivić		3 January 2023	2nd	Aitor Karanka	3 January 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Slobodan Drapić		9 January 2023	11th	Haim Silvas	9 January 2023
Hapoel Hadera	Assaf Nimni	Sacked	9 January 2023	10th	Meni Koretski	9 January 2023
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	Nir Berkovic		11 February 2023	13th	Slobodan Drapić	12 February 2023

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.^[7]
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	Danilo Asprilla	Sergei Borodin	Miguel Silva	Ion Nicolaescu	Trazié Thomas	Fred Friday	Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin	Ante Puljić	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Nicolao Dumitru	Fabian Sporkslede
Ashdod	Abdul Zakaria Mugees	Nenad Cvetković	Timothy Awany	Montari Kamaheni	Ebenezer Mamatah	Elton Acolatse	David Cuperman Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Eugene Ansah	Hélder Lopes	André Martins	Patryk Klimala	Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov	Adrian Păun	Mariano Bareiro Tom Amos
Hapoel Hadera	Steven Alfred	Klemen Šturm	Philip Ipole	Samy Bourard	Jonathan Cissé	Albert Ejupi
Hapoel Haifa	Mohammed Kamara	Aleksandar Šćekić	Carnejy Antoine	Denis Polyakov	Constantinos Soteriou	Arvydas Novikovas
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Senin Sebai	Džiugas Bartkus	Ivan Bakhar	Marlon	Gian
Hapoel Jerusalem	Adebayo Adeleye	Ondřej Bačo	Yao Eloge Koffi	William Togui	Jordan Botaka	Cédric Franck Don	Awaka Ashta
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Godfried Roemeratoe	Aleksandar Boljević	Pablo González	Alen Ožbolt	Emilijus Zubas	Hrvoje Ilić	Antoine Conte
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Márk Koszta	Gustavo Marmentini	Lukas Spendlhofer	Sambinha	Richard Boateng	Anicet Abel
Maccabi Haifa	Tjaronn Chery	Dylan Batubinsika	Daniel Sundgren	Pierre Cornud	Frantzdy Pierrot	Abdoulaye Seck	Josh Cohen Mavis Tchibota Nikita Rukavytsya Ali Mohamed
Maccabi Netanya	Boris Enow	Plamen Galabov	Patrick Twumasi	Nassim Ouammou	Stanislav Bilenkyi	Igor Zlatanović
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Enric Saborit	André Geraldes	Đorđe Jovanović	Parfait Guiagon	Derrick Luckassen	Rareș Ilie	Daniel Tenenbaum Joris van Overeem
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Ari Moura	Cristian Battocchio	Levan Kutalia	Muhammed Usman Edu	Stephane Acka		Yoni Stoyanov

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	26	20	2	4	51	24	+27	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	18	4	4	52	19	+33	58
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	15	7	4	53	15	+38	52
4	Maccabi Netanya	26	10	7	9	33	38	−5	37
5	Hapoel Jerusalem	26	9	9	8	30	26	+4	36
6	Ashdod	26	9	9	8	32	30	+2	36
7	Beitar Jerusalem	26	9	4	13	38	47	−9	31	Transfer to the Relegation round
8	Hapoel Haifa	26	6	12	8	25	28	−3	30
9	Bnei Sakhnin	26	7	9	10	26	30	−4	30
10	Hapoel Hadera	26	6	11	9	26	41	−15	29
11	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	6	9	11	28	42	−14	27
12	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	26	5	9	12	23	42	−19	24
13	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	3	12	11	27	39	−12	21
14	Sektzia Ness Ziona	26	3	8	15	23	46	−23	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.

Regular season results

Home \ Away	MHA	HBS	MTA	MNE	HJE	ASH	BEI	HHA	BnS	HAH	HTA	IKS	MBR	SNZ
Maccabi Haifa	—	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	5–2	2–0	0–0	3–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–2	—	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	1–0	—	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	1–1
Maccabi Netanya	0–2	1–2	2–1	—	0–2	0–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–0	1–4	0–3	0–2	—	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Ashdod	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	—	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Beitar Jerusalem	1–4	0–5	2–2	6–3	0–1	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–3	3–2
Hapoel Haifa	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Bnei Sakhnin	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	1–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0
Hapoel Hadera	1–1	0–3	0–6	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	—	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	3–3	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	—	1–1	3–3
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	3–2
Sektzia Ness Ziona	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–3	4–3	0–2	3–3	—

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MHA	HBS	MTA	HJE	MNE	ASH
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	36	27	3	6	76	34	+42	81[a]	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	1–0	3–1	5–0	4–1	2–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	24	5	7	65	29	+36	74[b]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		2–1	—	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	21	10	5	69	23	+46	73			1–1	3–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1
4	Hapoel Jerusalem	36	12	9	15	38	44	−6	45			2–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–4	0–1
5	Maccabi Netanya	36	12	9	15	44	58	−14	45			1–5	1–1	0–0	0–2	—	2–0
6	Ashdod	36	11	10	15	41	46	−5	43			1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	—

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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted.^[why?]
2. Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 3 points deducted.^[why?]

Results by round The table lists the results of teams in each round. Team ╲ Round 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Maccabi Haifa W W D W L W L W W W Hapoel Be'er Sheva W L W L D W W W L W Maccabi Tel Aviv W W D W D D W L W W Hapoel Jerusalem L L W W W L L L L L Maccabi Netanya L L L L D D W W L L F.C. Ashdod L W L L D L L L W L Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches". W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round Team ╲ Round 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Maccabi Haifa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Hapoel Jerusalem 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Maccabi Netanya 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 F.C. Ashdod 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Source: [citation needed]   = 2023–24 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round;   = 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round

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		HHA	BEI	BnS	HTA	MBR	HAH	IKS	SNZ
7	Hapoel Haifa	33	9	14	10	35	35	0	41					2–2	1–0			1–1	0–1
8	Beitar Jerusalem	33	13	4	16	52	58	−6	40[a]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[b]		2–0			2–1	0–1	2–1
9	Bnei Sakhnin	33	8	13	12	39	44	−5	37				4–3		0–1	2–2	2–3
10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	9	10	14	37	51	−14	36[c]							1–2		2–2	2–1
11	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	33	8	11	14	32	54	−22	35			0–4					1–1	1–3
12	Hapoel Hadera	33	7	13	13	35	53	−18	34			1–2			1–2			1–1	1–2
13	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (R)	33	5	17	11	40	49	−9	32	Relegation to Liga Leumit			3–2	2–2					1–1
14	Sektzia Ness Ziona (R)	33	5	10	18	31	56	−25	25				1–3	1–1		1–2

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.^[8]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Beitar Jerusalem had 3 points deducted.^[why?]
2. Beitar Jerusalem qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2022–23 Israel State Cup winners.
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.^[why?]

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round

Team ╲ Round	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Hapoel Haifa	D	L	W	D	W	L	W
Beitar Jerusalem	W	W	L	W	W	L	L
Hapoel Tel Aviv	L	W	L	L	W	D	W
Bnei Sakhnin	D	D	W	D	L	L	D
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	D	D	W	W	L	W	L
Hapoel Hadera	L	D	D	L	L	W	L
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	D	D	D	D	W	D	W
Sektzia Ness Ziona	W	L	L	D	L	W	D

Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Relegation Round – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2023^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Omer Atzili	Maccabi Haifa	21
2	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	20
3	Danilo Asprilla	Beitar Jerusalem	17
4	Đorđe Jovanović	Maccabi Tel Aviv	15
	Ion Nicolaescu	Beitar Jerusalem
	Igor Zlatanović	Maccabi Netanya
7	Guy Melamed	Bnei Sakhnin	12
	Itamar Shviro	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
9	Rotem Hatuel	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11
	Alen Ožbolt	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	Guy Badash	Hapoel Jerusalem

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Igor Zlatanović	Maccabi Netanya	Beitar Jerusalem	4–1 (H)	20 August 2022
Omer Atzili	Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Netanya	4–1 (H)	27 August 2022
Ion Nicolaescu (4)	Beitar Jerusalem	Maccabi Netanya	6–3 (H)	17 December 2022
Márk Koszta	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Sektzia Ness Ziona	3–2 (H)	4 March 2023
Omer Atzili	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Haifa	4–1 (H)	6 March 2023

(4) - Scored 4 goals

Discipline

As of 21 May 2023^[9]

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12
  • Hélder Lopes (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
  • Diya Lababidi (Hapoel Hadera)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Beram Kayal (Bnei Sakhnin)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 90
  • Maccabi Netanya

• Most red cards: 8
  • Sektzia Ness Ziona
  • Bnei Sakhnin

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Maccabi Haifa	519,057	30,564	24,753	28,837	+14.2%†
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	375,570	27,642	11,743	20,865	+15.4%†
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	220,708	15,114	7,438	12,262	+8.7%†
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14,776	24,119	6,791	11,367	−0.9%†
5	Beitar Jerusalem	191,717	21,632	4,071	11,277	+49.1%†
6	Maccabi Netanya	119,217	12,960	3,484	7,012	+0.3%†
7	Hapoel Haifa	23,114	26,900	779	4,889	+20.7%†
8	Hapoel Jerusalem	82,874	18,755	592	4,604	+23.6%†
9	Bnei Sakhnin	52,164	5,656	1,135	3,068	−9.8%†
10	Ashdod	52,801	6,497	600	2,933	+145.4%†
11	Sektzia Ness Ziona	40,377	10,358	127	2,524	n/a[vi]
12	Hapoel Hadera	42,093	8,820	401	2,476	−0.3%†
13	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	34,535	5,202	772	2,158	+63.0%†
14	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	29,444	4,769	766	1,840	n/a[vi]
	League total	1,991,447	30,564	127	8,438	+41.5%†

Updated to games played on 20 May 2023
Source:

Notes

1. Matches 8–18
2. Matches 4–15
3. Matches 2–16
4. Matches 20–26
5. The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.^{[citation needed]}
6. Team played last season in Liga Leumit.