The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange 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 CapacityBeitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy StadiumBnei SakhninSakhninDoha StadiumF.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef StadiumHapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner StadiumHapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya StadiumHapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer StadiumHapoel JerusalemJerusalemTeddy StadiumHapoel Nof HaGalilNof HaGalilGreen StadiumHapoel Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield StadiumIroni Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona StadiumMaccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer StadiumMaccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya StadiumMaccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava StadiumMaccabi Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel JerusalemHapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivIroni Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Nof HaGalilTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumKiryat Shmona StadiumGreen StadiumMaccabi Netanya Hapoel HaderaHapoel Haifa Maccabi HaifaMaccabi Petah TikvaNetanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium HaMoshava StadiumF.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaYud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumTurner Stadium
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentIroni Kiryat Shmona Kobi RefuaEnd of contract30 May 2021Pre-season 31 May 2021Beitar Jerusalem Caretaking spell over2 June 2021 2 June 2021Maccabi Netanya Sacked29 September 202114 4 October 2021Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 October 202112 (Temporary)26 October 2021Ironi Kiryat Shmona 8 November 202114 9 November 2021Beitar Jerusalem Left1 December 202111 10 December 2021Maccabi Tel Aviv Caretaking spell over9 December 20214 9 December 2021Hapoel Tel Aviv Sacked19 December 20217 Kobi Refua19 December 2021Maccabi Petah Tikva Left28 December 202114 29 December 2021Hapoel Nof HaGalil Sacked5 January 202213 Shay Barda5 January 2022 Bnei Sakhnin 18 January 2022 6 19 January 2022Beitar Jerusalem Left26 January 202211 (Temporary)26 January 2022Beitar Jerusalem Caretaking spell over3 February 2022 3 February 2022Hapoel Be'er Sheva Sacked1 March 20222 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. ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa player Beitar Jerusalem Josua Mejías Richmond Boakye Kamso Mara Gleofilo Vlijter Bnei Sakhnin Ari Moura Ante Puljić Odah Marshall Ibrahima Conté Fahad Bayo Fabian Sporkslede Gaëtan Varenne Abdallah Jaber F.C. Ashdod Montari Kamaheni Lawrence Ofori Nenad Cvetković Timothy Awany Dimitrios Diamantakos Martin Atemengue Kenny Saief Hapoel Be'er Sheva Danilo Asprilla Eugene Ansah Davide Petrucci Hélder Lopes André Martins Gustavo Marmentini Mariano Bareiro Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Hadera Jonathan Cissé Ivaylo Markov Steven Alfred Muhammed Usman Hapoel Haifa Saikou Touray Alen Ožbolt Matija Ljujić Izuchuckwu Anthony Ironi Kiryat Shmona Morgan Ferrier Džiugas Bartkus Július Szöke Hapoel Jerusalem Yao Eloge Koffi Ondřej Bačo Eduardo Guerrero Adebayo Adeleye William Agada Bright Enobakhare Awaka Eshata Hapoel Nof HaGalil Guti David Tweh John Ogu Stefan Marinovic Luwagga Kizito Ernest Mabouka Hapoel Tel Aviv Marko Janković Farley Rosa Mohamed Kalil Traoré Ernestas Šetkus Siyanda Xulu Ange-Freddy Plumain Bohdan Sarnavskyi Maccabi Haifa Mickaël Alphonse José Rodriguez Godsway Donyoh Ali Mohamed Bogdan Planić Tjaronn Chery Josh Cohen Mavis Tchibota Ryan Strain Maccabi Netanya Plamen Galabov Boris Enow Patrick Twumasi Zlatan Šehović Igor Zlatanović Parfait Guiagon Maccabi Petah Tikva Marcus Diniz Adi Mehremić James Adeniyi Ion Nicolaescu Lameck Banda Nico Olsak Marco Wolff Daniel Joulani Maccabi Tel Aviv Stipe Perica Brandley Kuwas Josué Sá Enric Saborit Đorđe Jovanović André Geraldes Daniel Tenenbaum In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Regular season Regular season table
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 – 62 – 53 – 4 1 – 25 – 36 – 4 2 – 63 – 14 – 5 1 – 42 – 36 – 5 3 – 64 – 25 – 1 6 – 15 – 24 – 3 2 – 13 – 54 – 6 6 – 21 – 35 – 4 3 – 24 – 15 – 6 6 – 32 – 41 – 5
Championship round table
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
Results by round
Season statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 20 2 Dean David Maccabi Haifa 15 Itamar Shviro Ironi Kiryat Shmona Stipe Perica Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya 12 6 Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Haifa 11 Alon Turgeman Hapoel Haifa 8 Nikita Rukavytsya Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10 Ramzi Safouri Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10 Guy Melamed Bnei Sakhnin 9 Dolev Haziza Maccabi Haifa Tjaronn Chery Maccabi Haifa Đorđe Jovanović Maccabi Tel Aviv Source, as of 17 May 2022:
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Alen OžboltHapoel HaifaBeitar Jerusalem5–1 (H)29 January 202220 Omer Atzili4Maccabi HaifaF.C. Ashdod6–0 (H)7 February 202221
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