Season | 2021–22 |
---|---|
Dates | 28 August 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
Champions | Maccabi Haifa |
Relegated | |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 593 (2.47 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Omer Atzili (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Maccabi Haifa 6–0 F.C. Ashdod (7 February 2022 )[1] |
Biggest away win | Bnei Sakhnin 0–6 Maccabi Haifa (25 December 2021 )[2] |
Highest scoring | Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2–6 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (8 January 2022 )[3] |
Longest winning run | 10 — Maccabi Haifa[a][4] |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[b][5] Maccabi Haifa[c][4] |
Longest winless run | 13 — Maccabi Petah Tikva[d][6] |
Longest losing run | 6 — Hapoel Nof HaGalil[e][7] Maccabi Petah Tikva[e][6] |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022 . |
The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange[8] for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.
Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Members of the 2021–22 season
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 Nof HaGalil | Nof HaGalil | Green Stadium | 5,200 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
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 |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 May 2021 | Pre-season | ![]() |
31 May 2021 |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() |
Caretaking spell over | 2 June 2021 | ![]() |
2 June 2021 | |
Maccabi Netanya | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 September 2021 | 14 | ![]() |
4 October 2021 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
26 October 2021 | 12 | ![]() |
26 October 2021 | |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
8 November 2021 | 14 | ![]() ![]() |
9 November 2021 | |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() |
Left | 1 December 2021 | 11 | ![]() |
10 December 2021 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Caretaking spell over | 9 December 2021 | 4 | ![]() |
9 December 2021 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Sacked | 19 December 2021 | 7 | ![]() |
19 December 2021 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | ![]() |
Left | 28 December 2021 | 14 | ![]() |
29 December 2021 |
Hapoel Nof HaGalil | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 January 2022 | 13 | ![]() |
5 January 2022 |
Bnei Sakhnin | ![]() |
18 January 2022 | 6 | ![]() |
19 January 2022 | |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() |
Left | 26 January 2022 | 11 | ![]() |
26 January 2022 |
Beitar Jerusalem | ![]() |
Caretaking spell over | 3 February 2022 | ![]() |
3 February 2022 | |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 March 2022 | 2 | ![]() |
1 March 2022 |
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.
Regular season
Regular season table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 55 | |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 53 | |
4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 42 | |
5 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | |
6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 38 | |
7 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 36 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
8 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 33 | |
9 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 30 | |
10 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 27 | |
11 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 23 | |
12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | |
13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 21 | |
14 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 20 |
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
Results by round
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 | MNE | HTA | BnS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 69 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | ||
4 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 52 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 49 | 0–3[12] | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
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
Results by round
The table lists the results of teams in each 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 | IKS | HAH | ASH | BEI | HHA | HJE | MPT | HNG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
8 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 42 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | ||||||
9 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 39 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 37 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
11 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ||||||
12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 33 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | ||||||
14 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 27 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
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.[13]
(R) Relegated
Results by round
Season statistics
Top scorers
Source, as of 17 May 2022:[14]
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
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Hapoel Haifa | Beitar Jerusalem | 5–1 (H) | 29 January 2022 | 20 |
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Maccabi Haifa | F.C. Ashdod | 6–0 (H) | 7 February 2022 | 21 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Maccabi Haifa vs. F.C. Ashdod 6–0". soccerway.com. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Bnei Sakhnin vs. Maccabi Haifa 0–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil vs. Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Maccabi Haifa – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Maccabi Petah Tikva – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Hapoel Nof HaGalil – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Lipkin, Gidi (28 May 2019). "Officially: The Stock Exchange have become the premier league's sponsor". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Coach Amir Nussbaum has signed this morning at the teams offices and will heat the team's technical array". iturank8.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Erwin Koeman to coach Beitar "Geshem" Jerusalem". beitarfc.co.il (in Hebrew). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (20 June 2016). "The players' organization and the league administration have decided: move on to six foreigners in the Premier League". Walla! sports (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Ben Dor, Doron (22 May 2022). "Sakhnin sanctioned with a technical loss and a two point deduction probation". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Ligat Ha'Al 2021/2022 – Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Players – Ligat ha'Al". Israel Football Association. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.