2023–24 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates26 August 2023 – TBD
Matches played140
Goals scored369 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerEran Zahavi (11 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (14 January 2024)
Biggest away winHapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (26 September 2023)
Highest scoringBeitar Jerusalem 4–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (23 December 2023)
Longest winning run10 ‍–‍ Maccabi Tel Aviv
Longest unbeaten run16 ‍–‍ Maccabi Haifa
Longest winless run9 — Hapoel Jerusalem
Longest losing run5 — 4 Teams
Highest attendance23,848
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
(30 September 2023)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2024.

The 2023–24 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 82nd season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Liga Leumit (Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Petah Tikva). Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the top flight after a single season, while Hapoel Petah Tikva returned after 9 seasons (for the first time since the 2014–15 season). They replaced the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Sektzia Ness Ziona.

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 Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium 5,200
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
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem 		Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 		Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Green Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera 		Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa 		Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
 Sammy Ofer Stadium
 HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Barak Abramov Yossi Abukasis Ofir Kriaf Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Mohammed Abu Younes Slobodan Drapić Maroun Gantous Le Coq Sportif
Ashdod Rafi Niddam Eli Levy Tom Ben Zaken Nike Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Alona Barkat Elyaniv Barda Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Hadera Yakir Schwartz Haim Silvas Menashe Zalka Umbro BTB
Hapoel Haifa Yoav Katz Ronny Levy Dor Malul Diadora Leos
Hapoel Jerusalem Yotam Karmon Ziv Arie Ondřej Bačo Legea Alon Ventures
Hapoel Tel Aviv David Mincberg Salim Tuama Dan Einbinder Adidas Hcsra Insurance
Hapoel Petah Tikva Almog Portman Ofer Tesselpepe Ram Levy Lotto
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Saeed Basoul Sharon Mimer Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa Ya'akov Shahar Messay Dego Lior Refaelov Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya Eyal Segal Guy Tzarfati Aviv Avraham Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva Avraham Luzon Ran Kojok Tal Ben Haim Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv Jack Angelides Robbie Keane Sheran Yeini Fila Israel Canada

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bnei Sakhnin Kobi Refua End of contract 20 May 2023 Pre-season Slobodan Drapić 20 May 2023
Ashdod Ran Ben Shimon Mutual agreement Eli Levy
Maccabi Haifa Barak Bakhar Signed by Red Star Belgrade Messay Dego
Hapoel Tel Aviv Haim Silvas Mutual agreement Michael Valkanis 3 June 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv Aitor Karanka Sacked 25 June 2023 Robbie Keane 26 June 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv Michael Valkanis Signed by Ajax 30 October 2023 7th Borja Lema 30 October 2023
Maccabi Netanya Ran Kojok Sacked 23 December 2023 11th Guy Tzarfati 24 December 2023
Maccabi Petah Tikva Benyamin Lam 2 January 2024 10th Ran Kojok 5 January 2024
Hapoel Hadera Nissim Avitan 16 January 2024 13th Haim Silvas 17 January 2024
Hapoel Tel Aviv Borja Lema 27 January 2024 7th Salim Tuama (Temporary) 27 January 2024
Beitar Jerusalem Yossi Abukasis Left 31 January 2024 8th Gal Cohen (Temporary) 1 February 2024
Hapoel Tel Aviv Salim Tuama Caretaking spell over 6 February 204 8th Yossi Abukasis 6 February 2024

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.
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 Miguel Silva Trazié Thomas Fred Friday Deni Hočko Mayron George Ismaila Soro Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin Stéphane Oméonga Ilija Martinović Rangelo Janga Chinemerem Godwin Adrian Păun Alaa Aldeen Hassan
F.C. Ashdod Timothy Awany Montari Kamaheni Ebenezer Mamatah Clark Robertson Lucas Salinas Jordan Botaka David Cuperman
Jordan Sebban
Martin Atemengue
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hélder Lopes Antonio Sefer André Biyogo Poko Imran Oulad Omar Mariano Bareiro
Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera Kouya Mabea Philip Ipole Samy Bourard Souleymane Coulibaly Toni Gomes Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa Mohammed Kamara Denis Polyakov Felipe Santos Fernand Mayembo Sulayman Marreh George Diba
Hapoel Petah Tikva Djimy Alexis Richard Boateng André Teixeira Jean Quiñónez Fortune Bassey Nikos Giannakopoulos Matan Peleg
Hapoel Jerusalem Rauno Sappinen Ondřej Bačo Yao Eloge Koffi Cédric Franck Don Capita Jelle Duin Adebayo Adeleye
Hapoel Tel Aviv Alen Ožbolt Emilijus Zubas Bryan Passi José Rodríguez Mavis Tchibota
Noam Bonnet
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Márk Koszta Nemanja Ljubisavljević Sambinha Muhammed Usman Edu Henry Vaca Freddy Vargas Abdallah Jaber
Omar Nahfaoui
Maccabi Haifa Pierre Cornud Frantzdy Pierrot Abdoulaye Seck Show Lorenco Šimić Ali Mohamed
Erik Shuranov
Daniel Sundgren
Kenny Saief
Daniil Lesovoy
Maccabi Netanya Boris Enow Plamen Galabov Nassim Ouammou Stanislav Bilenkyi Igor Zlatanović Rachid Chirino
Maccabi Petah Tikva Gideon Akaouwa Ibraheem Jabaar Moïse Adiléhou Saliou Guindo Jared Khasa Lorenzo Paramatti Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv Enric Saborit Derrick Luckassen Felício Milson Kiko Bondoso Orlando Mosquera Joris van Overeem
Daniel Tenenbaum

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Haifa (Q) 20 14 4 2 45 15 +30 45 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 20 14 4 2 40 17 +23 45
3 Hapoel Haifa 20 12 4 4 30 22 +8 40
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 20 12 3 5 40 16 +24 39
5 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 20 7 7 6 24 22 +2 28
6 Maccabi Netanya 20 7 3 10 24 29 −5 24
7 Bnei Sakhnin 20 5 10 5 20 26 −6 24 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 6 5 9 29 33 −4 23
9 Beitar Jerusalem 20 7 5 8 30 28 +2 22
10 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 6 4 10 24 38 −14 22
11 Hapoel Jerusalem 20 5 4 11 19 27 −8 19
12 F.C. Ashdod 20 4 5 11 16 32 −16 17
13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 20 3 7 10 15 29 −14 16
14 Hapoel Hadera 20 4 3 13 13 35 −22 15
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2024. 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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Maccabi Haifa had 1 point deducted.
  2. Maccabi Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.
  3. Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.
  4. Beitar Jerusalem had 4 points deducted.

Regular season results

Home \ Away MTA MHA HHA HBS MBR MNE BnS HTA BEI MPT HJE ASH HPT HAH
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 0–1 Feb 24 1–1 2–1 Feb 10 4–2 1–0 Mar 2 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 — Feb 18 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 Mar 3
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–3 — 1–2 2–1 Feb 24 4–3 3–2 2–2 Feb 12 2–0 1–1 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 2–1 4–0 — 4–2 Feb 11 1–2 0–0 Mar 4 Feb 17 3–0 3–0 3–0
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 2–2 0–0 1–1 — 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 Feb 26 2–1
Maccabi Netanya Feb 19 2–3 Mar 2 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–1
Bnei Sakhnin 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–1 Feb 17 1–1 2–1 Mar 2 0–0 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–5 0–0 0–1 0–4 Feb 17 2–0 3–3 — 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–1
Beitar Jerusalem Feb 10 1–2 4–4 1–2 Feb 24 1–1 0–3 — 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–4 Feb 10 1–0 5–1 Feb 24 — 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 Mar 2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 — Feb 17 1–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–4 Feb 25 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 — Feb 10 0–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 Mar 4 1–0 1–2 1–1 — Feb 17
Hapoel Hadera 0–3 1–5 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 Feb 10 0–3 3–0 Feb 24 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2024. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 February 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 11
2 Frantzdy Pierrot Maccabi Haifa 10
Dean David Maccabi Haifa
Guy Melamed Hapoel Haifa
5 Elad Madmon Hapoel Hadera 9
Yarden Shua Beitar Jerusalem

Top assists

As of 6 February 2024
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Antonio Sefer Hapoel Be'er Sheva 8
2 Yarden Shua Beitar Jerusalem 7
3 Shlomi Azulay Maccabi Bnei Reineh 6
4 Lior Refaelov Maccabi Haifa 5
Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa
Guy Melamed Hapoel Haifa
Hisham Layous Hapoel Tel Aviv