The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League was the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won a back-to-back title, finishing 13 points ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBeitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy StadiumBnei SakhninSakhninDoha StadiumBnei YehudaTel AvivHaMoshava Stadium, Petah TikvaF.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef StadiumHapoel AshkelonAshkelonSala StadiumHapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner StadiumHapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer StadiumHapoel Kfar SabaKfar SabaLevita StadiumHapoel Ra'ananaRa'ananaNetanya Stadium, NetanyaHapoel Tel AvivTel AvivHaMoshava Stadium, Petah TikvaIroni Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona StadiumMaccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer StadiumMaccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava StadiumMaccabi Tel AvivTel AvivNetanya Stadium, Netanya
HaMoshava StadiumNetanya StadiumSammy Ofer StadiumBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah TikvaHapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Tel AvivHapoel Haifa Maccabi HaifaDoha StadiumKiryat Shmona StadiumLevita StadiumBnei SakhninIroni Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Kfar SabaSala StadiumTeddy StadiumTurner StadiumYud-Alef StadiumHapoel AshkelonBeitar JerusalemHapoel Be'er ShevaF.C. Ashdod
Personnel and sponsorship
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsorBeitar Jerusalem Givova Bnei Sakhnin Givova ScaniaBnei Yehuda Kappa Landora GroupF.C. Ashdod Jartazi SeeMeHapoel Ashkelon Joma AlbarHapoel Be'er Sheva Puma TadiranHapoel Haifa Diadora CitrusHapoel Kfar Saba Eli Cohen Macron TrigoHapoel Ra'anana Umbro ME Tel AvivHapoel Tel Aviv Nisanov Group Nike GETDRIVEIroni Kiryat Shmona Umbro IturanMaccabi Haifa Nike HondaMaccabi Petah Tikva Macron Panorama NorthMaccabi Tel Aviv Adidas UNICEF
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6 Beitar Jerusalem Claudemir Johan Audel Antoine Conte Marcel Heister Erik Sabo Jesús Rueda Bnei Sakhnin Georginho Wanderson Lassina Dao Abraham Paz Bnei Yehuda Pedro Galván Antonio Mršić Tijan Jaiteh Nerijus Valskis Emilijus Zubas Marko Jovanović F.C. Ashdod Dolly Menga Sandro Gotal Karlo Bručić Lúcio Maranhão Alan Wigor Georgi Batyayev Hapoel Ashkelon Issoumaila Lingane David Manga Josip Ivančić Mirko Oremuš Dele Aiyenugba Branislav Jovanović Hapoel Be'er Sheva William Soares Mihály Korhut Anthony Nwakaeme John Ogu Miguel Vítor Ovidiu Hoban Hapoel Haifa Adilson Bahia Júlio César Žarko Korać Piet Velthuizen Bruno Pinheiro Hapoel Kfar Saba Bruno Andrade Diogo Kachuba Mavis Tchibota Sunny Omoregie Dušan Matović Slobodan Simović Hapoel Ra'anana Rodgers Kola Conlyde Luchanga Emmanuel Mbola Hapoel Tel Aviv Ezechiel N'Douassel Michael Seaton John Chibuike Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kassio Mauricio Didier Brossou Jacob Njoku Maccabi Haifa Kamil Vacek Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Enis Alushi Fitim Azemi Marc Valiente Gary Kagelmacher Maccabi Petah Tikva Allyson Romário Mihai Roman Nenad Adamović Aitor Carlos Cuéllar Maccabi Tel Aviv Óscar Scarione Marcelo Ramon Viðar Örn Kjartansson Rúben Micael Predrag Rajković In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team. All Hapoel Tel Aviv foreign players were released due to budget cuts.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentIroni Kiryat Shmona Shlomi DoraEnd of contract16 May 2016Pre-season Motti Ivanir18 May 2016Bnei Yehuda Yossi Mizrahi Arik Benado24 May 2016Maccabi Petah Tikva Dani Golan Kobi Refua31 May 2016Maccabi Tel Aviv Peter BoszSigned by Ajax24 May 2016 Shota Arveladze16 June 2016Beitar Jerusalem Slobodan DrapićEnd of contract1 June 2016 Ran Ben Shimon4 June 2016Maccabi Haifa Ronny LevySacked27 July 2016 René Meulensteen9 August 2016Hapoel Tel Aviv Eli GuttmanBecame a sports director20 September 201612th Guy Luzon20 September 2016Bnei Yehuda Arik BenadoSacked24 October 2016 13th Nissan Yehezkel24 October 2016Hapoel Haifa Eli CohenSacked11 December 2016 11th Dani Golan11 December 2016Maccabi Tel Aviv Shota ArveladzeSacked2 January 20172nd Lito Vidigal11 February 2017Hapoel Tel Aviv Guy LuzonResign11 January 201714th Meni Koretski11 January 2017Hapoel Kfar Saba Sharon MimerSacked23 January 201712th Eli Cohen25 January 2017Maccabi Haifa René MeulensteenSacked13 February 20177th Guy Luzon13 February 2017Beitar Jerusalem Ran Ben ShimonSacked5 February 20175th Sharon Mimer6 February 2017F.C. Ashdod Ronny AwatBecame assistant coach14 February 201710th Ran Ben Shimon14 February 2017
Regular season
Regular season table
Regular season results
Championship round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th1 – 62 – 53 – 41 – 25 – 36 – 42 – 63 – 14 – 51 – 42 – 36 – 53 – 64 – 25 – 16 – 15 – 24 – 32 – 13 – 54 – 66 – 21 – 35 – 43 – 24 – 15 – 66 – 32 – 41 – 5
Championship round table
2016–17 Israeli Premier League champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva4th title
Championship round results
Relegation round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd7 – 148 – 139 – 1210 – 117 – 813 – 912 – 1014 – 118 – 149 – 710 – 1311 – 128 – 97 – 1013 – 1114 – 129 – 1410 – 811 – 712 – 139 – 108 – 117 – 1214 – 1310 – 1411 – 912 – 813 – 7
Relegation round table
Relegation round results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.
Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 6 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Beitar Jerusalem 6 9 9 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Bnei Sakhnin 8 5 8 11 11 13 10 6 8 9 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Maccabi Haifa 5 8 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4 3 5 7 6 7 7 10 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Hapoel Haifa 10 7 10 6 4 4 6 7 9 11 9 10 11 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 F.C. Ashdod 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 10 11 10 10 10 9 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 Hapoel Ra'anana 11 13 12 14 12 11 8 8 10 6 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 9 11 8 10 10 10 Bnei Yehuda 9 10 11 8 10 9 13 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 13 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 9 11 11 11 11 Hapoel Ashkelon 2 2 4 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 14 12 7 10 7 8 11 11 7 8 12 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 11 14 12 13 12 9 9 11 12 11 9 9 10 10 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 14
Source:
2017–18 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Relegation to 2017–18 Liga Leumit
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Viðar Örn KjartanssonMaccabi Tel Aviv192 Tal Ben HaimMaccabi Tel Aviv153 Anthony Nwakaeme Hapoel Be'er Sheva14 Ben SaharHapoel Be'er Sheva Itay ShechterBeitar Jerusalem6 Idan VeredBeitar Jerusalem117 Gidi KanyukMaccabi Petah Tikva10 Eli ElbazHapoel Kfar Saba9 Mahran LalaHapoel Haifa9 Guy MelamedMaccabi Petah Tikva Source:
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Issoumaila Lingane Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Haifa 3–2 Yuval Avidor Bnei Sakhnin Ironi Kiryat Shmona 5–2 Viðar Örn Kjartansson Maccabi Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–0
Attendances Maccabi Haifa drew the highest average home attendance in the 2016-17 edition of the Israeli top-flight football league.
References
External links uefa.com