The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions.
Maccabi Haifa secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 16 May 2011. This was their twelfth Israeli league title, This win gave Maccabi Haifa a 6-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with one more round to go.
Teams
A total of sixteen teams compete in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2009–10 season and two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two bottom places.
Two teams were directly promoted from the 2009–10 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Kiryat Shmona and the runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon.
Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Bnei Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500 Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800 Hapoel Acre Green Stadium 4,000 Hapoel Ashkelon Sala Stadium 5,250 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 Hapoel Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Hapoel Petah Tikva Ramat Gan Stadium 41,583 Hapoel Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000 Hapoel Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 15,700 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ironi Stadium 5,300 Maccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500 Maccabi Petah Tikva Ramat Gan Stadium 41,583 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 15,700
The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements. The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva are hosting their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium will be fully constructed. Both Hapoel and Maccabi chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium.
Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivIroni Kiryat ShmonaHapoel AcreTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumKiryat Shmona StadiumGreen StadiumMaccabi NetanyaHapoel Haifa Maccabi HaifaHapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah TikvaHapoel AshkelonSar-Tov Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Ramat Gan StadiumSala StadiumF.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Ramat GanYud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumVasermil StadiumWinter Stadium
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableF.C. Ashdod Yossi MizrahiResigned20 May 20106th (09–10) John Gregory20 May 2010Pre-SeasonHapoel Haifa Shlomi DoraResigned25 May 2010 Nitzan Shirazi5 June 2010Pre-SeasonHapoel Acre Yaron HochenboimEnd of contract27 May 201012th (09–10) Eli Cohen28 May 2010Pre-SeasonBnei Yehuda Guy LuzonEnd of contract31 May 20104th (09–10) Dror Kashtan31 May 2010Pre-SeasonHapoel Be'er Sheva Vico HaddadEnd of contract31 May 20109th (09–10) Nir Klinger31 May 2010Pre-SeasonHapoel Ashkelon Uri MalmilianEnd of contract31 May 2010Liga Leumit2nd (09–10) Guy Azouri14 June 2010Pre-SeasonMaccabi Tel Aviv Nir LevineEnd of contract31 May 20103rd (09–10) Yossi Mizrahi10 June 2010Pre-SeasonBeitar Jerusalem David AmsalemStepped down toassistant manager11 June 20105th (09–10) Uri Malmilian11 June 2010Pre-SeasonHapoel Ramat Gan Yuval NaimResigned29 June 201014th (09–10) Shlomi Dora1 July 2010Pre-SeasonBnei Sakhnin Marco BalbulResigned29 June 20107th (09–10) Yuval Naim1 July 2010Pre-SeasonBnei Sakhnin Yuval NaimSacked11 August 2010Pre-Season Haim Levy14 August 2010Pre-SeasonBnei Sakhnin Haim LevySacked27 September 201016th Slobodan Drapić27 September 201016thHapoel Petah Tikva Eli MahpudSacked16 October 201014th Yuval Naim16 October 201014thHapoel Ramat Gan Shlomi DoraSacked15 November 201016th Tzvika Tzemah15 November 2010 16thMaccabi Tel Aviv Yossi MizrahiResigned4 January 20113rd Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)4 January 20113rdMaccabi Tel Aviv Itzik Ovadia (caretaker)Resigned10 January 20113rd Motti Ivanir10 January 20113rdHapoel Ramat Gan Tzvika TzemahResigned15 January 201116th Itzik Baruch (caretaker)15 January 201116thBeitar Jerusalem Uri MalmilianResigned17 January 201112th Ronny Levy17 January 201112thHapoel Ramat Gan Itzik Baruch (caretaker)End of tenureas caretaker3 February 201116th Yaron Hochenboim3 February 201116thHapoel Ashkelon Guy Azouri Sacked 15 March 2011 15th Eli Mahpud 15 March 2011 15thBnei Sakhnin Slobodan DrapićResigned4 April 201115th Shlomi Dora4 April 201115thHapoel Petah Tikva Yuval NaimSacked13 April 201113th Itzik Shaki(caretaker)13 April 201113thF.C. Ashdod John GregoryResigned18 April 201113th Yossi Mizrahi18 April 201113thHapoel Petah Tikva Itzik Shaki(caretaker)End of tenureas caretaker1 May 201113th Gili Landau1 May 201113th
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa Foreign Former Players Beitar Jerusalem Hervé Kage Samuel Yeboah Cristian González Steven Cohen2 Darío Fernández Cristián Álvarez Serge Ayeli Bnei Sakhnin Atanas Bornosuzov Danail Mitev Kostadin Hazurov Paty Yeye Lenkebe Nastja Čeh Dario Zahora Cristian Dănălache Darijan Matić Bnei Yehuda Pedro Galván Iván Garrido Kęstutis Ivaškevičius Dele Aiyenugba Nenad Marinković Yeghia Yavruyan F.C. Ashdod Dragan Stojkić Dimitar Makriev Stéphane Mpondo Emmanuel Sarki Efe Ambrose Cristian González Hapoel Acre Zome Louis Dimaku Fidelis Arafat Djako Nicolás Falczuk2 Ibrahim Abdul Razak Samed Abdul Awudu Hapoel Ashkelon Eric Gawu Stephen Ahorlu Serge Ayeli Darko Lovrić Suad Fileković Yeghia Yavruyan1 Zurab Menteshashvili Eric Nyarko Hapoel Be'er Sheva William Soares Ibrahim Abdul Razak Ibrahim Basit James Bissue Ryan Adeleye2 Bernardo Vasconcelos Ricardo Fernandes Hapoel Haifa Savity Lipenia Nikola Grubješić Saša Stojanović Tvrtko Kale2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Daniel Addo Mirlan Murzayev Austin Ejide Fabian Stoller Emmanuel Mathias Jonathan Assous2 William Amamoo Junior Viza Hapoel Ramat Gan Carlos Chacana Dimitar Telkiyski Elin Topuzakov Awudu Okocha Aurelijus Staponka Jonathan Assous2 Krum Bibishkov Vitaliy Sidorov Pablo Buendía Claudio Rivero Hapoel Tel Aviv Vincent Enyeama Mário Pečalka Bevan Fransman Douglas Silva Romain Rocchi William Owusu Ironi Kiryat Shmona Bryan Gerzicich William Njobvu Caleb Ekwegwo Zoran Baldovaliev Maccabi Haifa Jhon Culma Vladimir Dvalishvili Seidu Yahaya Tsepo Masilela Andriy Pylyavskyi Gustavo Boccoli1 Ignacio Canuto Adrien Silva Maccabi Netanya Carlos Arias Leonid Krupnik Serhiy Tretyak Gaga Chkhetiani Maccabi Petah Tikva Ivan Mance Sébastien Sansoni Manuel Bölstler Nebojša Marinković Joe Bizera Murad Magomedov3 Steven Pelé Maccabi Tel Aviv Haris Medunjanin Nivaldo Dimitar Rangelov Djibril Sidibé Savo Pavićević Albert Baning
Regular season Table
Results
Playoffs Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th1 – 62 – 53 – 41 – 25 – 36 – 42 – 63 – 14 – 51 – 42 – 36 – 53 – 64 – 25 – 17 – 108 – 97 – 810 – 98 – 109 – 711 – 1612 – 1513 – 1411 – 1215 – 1316 – 1412 – 1613 – 1114 – 1511 – 1412 – 1316 – 1513 – 1614 – 1215 – 11
Top playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 35 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 33, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 25, Ironi Kiryat Shmona with 24, Bnei Yehuda with 24 and Maccabi Netanya started with 22. Table
Results
Middle playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Haifa started with 22 points, Maccabi Petah Tikva with 21, Hapoel Acre with 21 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva started with 19. Table
Results
Bottom playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Beitar Jerusalem started with 19 points, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 17, F.C. Ashdod with 17, Hapoel Ashkelon with 13, Bnei Sakhnin with 13 and Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 4. Table
Results
Relegation playoff The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Petah Tikva faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on 24 and 27 May 2011.
Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Toto Tamuz Hapoel Tel Aviv212 Eden Ben Basat Hapoel Haifa18 Eliran AtarMaccabi Tel Aviv184 Moshe Ohayon F.C. Ashdod175 Pedro Galván Bnei Yehuda16 Ben Sahar Hapoel Tel Aviv167 Omer Damari Maccabi Petah Tikva158 Roei DayanHapoel Acre14 Wiyam Amashe Ironi Kiryat Shmona1410 Tomer Hemed Maccabi Haifa13Total737Average per game Source: Israel Football Association
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Mahmoud Abbas for Hapoel Ashkelon against Hapoel Petah Tikva, 37th minute (21 August 2010) Widest winning margin: 5 goals – Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Haifa (1 January 2011) Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 F.C. Ashdod (5 February 2011) Most goals in a match: 7 goals – Hapoel Ashkelon 3–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (12 March 2011) Most goals in a half: 5 goals – Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–2 Hapoel Acre, 0–0 at half-time (26 September 2010) Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals – Wiyam Amashe for Ironi Kiryat Shmona against Hapoel Tel Aviv (25 September 2010) Ohad Kadousi for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Netanya (22 January 2011) Dovev Gabay for Hapoel Be'er Sheva against F.C. Ashdod (5 February 2011)
Discipline First yellow card of the season: Adir Tubul for Hapoel Ashkelon against Hapoel Petah Tikva, 31st minute (21 August 2010) First red card of the season: Rubil Sarsour for Maccabi Petah Tikva against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, 74th minute (23 August 2010)
See also 2010–11 Israel State Cup 2010–11 Toto Cup Al List of 2010–11 Israeli football transfers
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