2024–25 Israeli Premier League

Football league season

Israeli Premier League
Season	2024–25
Dates	24 August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	89
Goals scored	281 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guy Melamed (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Beitar Jerusalem 5-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (4 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0-4 Maccabi Haifa (29 September 2024) Bnei Sakhnin 0-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (10 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Maccabi Bnei Reineh 4-3 Maccabi Netanya (25 August 2024)
Longest winning run	Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Hapoel Hadera (12 matches)
Longest losing run	Maccabi Netanya (5 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 1 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat TOTO Winner for sponsorship reasons is the 26th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 83rd 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 2023–24 Liga Leumit (Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Ironi Tiberias). Ironi Kiryat Shmona returned to the top flight after a single season, Ironi Tiberias was promoted for the first time in its history. They replaced the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva who were relegated to the 2024–25 Liga Leumit .

Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem

Maccabi Petah Tikva class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy Stadium	31,733
Bnei Sakhnin	Sakhnin	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
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
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Kiryat Shmona	Netanya Stadium	13,610
Ironi Tiberias	Tiberias	Green Stadium	5,200
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 Haifa Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Bnei Sakhnin
Netanya Stadium, Netanya	Hamoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva	Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre

F.C. Ashdod	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod	Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva	Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Barak Abramov	Barak Yitzhaki	Yarden Shua	Umbro	Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin	Mohammed Abu Younes	Slobodan Drapić	Maroun Gantous	Le Coq Sportif	Walid Automotive
F.C. Ashdod	Rafi Niddam	Eli Levy	Tom Ben Zaken	Nike	Blue Home Projects
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Alona Barkat	Ran Kojok	Miguel Vítor	Umbro	Victory
Hapoel Hadera	Yakir Schwartz	Asaf Nimni	Menashe Zalka	Umbro	BTB
Hapoel Haifa	Yoav Katz	Ronny Levy	Dor Malul	Diadora	Leos Madia
Hapoel Jerusalem	Yotam Karmon	Ziv Arie	Ofek Bitton	Legea	Allon ventures
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Izzy Sheratzky	Shay Barda	Ayid Habshi	Diadora	Ituran
Ironi Tiberias	Arie Kalmanzon and Mickey Bitan	Eliran Hudeda	Ben Vehava	Le Coq Sportif	Yochelman Group
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Saeed Basoul	Sharon Mimer	Eyad Hutba	Zeus Sport	Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa	Ya'akov Shahar	Barak Bakhar	Lior Refaelov	Adidas	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Eyal Segal	Yossi Abukasis	Karem Jaber	Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Avraham Luzon	Tamir Luzon	Yarden Cohen	Kelme
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mitchell Goldhar	Žarko Lazetić	Eran Zahavi	Fila	Pelephone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Maccabi Haifa	Messay Dego	End of contract	29 May 2024	Pre-season	Barak Bakhar	29 May 2024
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Elyaniv Barda		31 May 2024		Ran Kojok	2 June 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ran Kojok		2 June 2024		Dan Roman	3 June 2024
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Robbie Keane	Mutual consent	7 June 2024		Žarko Lazetić	24 June 2024
Maccabi Netanya	Marco Balbul	Sacked	29 October 2024	13th	Yossi Abukasis	29 October 2024
Hapoel Hadera	Haim Silvas		2 November 2024	14th	Asaf Nimni	2 November 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Dan Roman		7 December 2024	11th	Tamir Luzon	7 December 2024

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team.
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	Ismaila Soro	Mayron George	Jean Marcelin	Patrick Twumasi		Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin	Constantinos Soteriou	Stéphane Oméonga	Chinemerem Godwin				Abed Yassin Hadi Rabah
F.C. Ashdod	Timothy Awany	Montari Kamaheni	Martin Ndzie	Ebenezer Mamatah			Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Hélder Lopes	André Biyogo Poko	Déinner Quiñones	Artur Shushenachev	Kings Kangwa		Yoni Stoyanov
Hapoel Hadera	Mamadou Mbodj	James Adeniyi	Ibrahim Sangaré	Godsway Donyoh			Nikola Đurković
Hapoel Haifa	Fernand Mayembo	Dmitry Antilevsky	Dramane Salou
Hapoel Jerusalem	Eloge Yao	Cédric Franck Don	Jelle Duin	Ibeh Ransom Jidechukwu	Marko Alchevski
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Sekou Tidiany Bangoura	Cristian Martínez
Ironi Tiberias	Franco Mazurek	Stanislav Bilenkyi	Ondřej Bačo				Daniel Tenenbaum
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Nemanja Ljubisavljević	Sambinha	Muhammed Usman Edu	Ezekiel Henty			Omar Nahfaoui Abdallah Jaber
Maccabi Haifa	Abdoulaye Seck	Vital Nsimba	Pedrão	Xander Severina	Matías Nahuel		Ali Mohamed Erik Shuranov Tomás Sultani Oleksandr Syrota
Maccabi Netanya	Ibrahim Tanko	Heriberto Tavares	Freddy Vargas
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Andreas Karo	Daniel Joulani	Saliou Guindo				Marco Wolff
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Henry Addo	Tyrese Asante	Issouf Sissokho	Nemanja Stojić	Weslley Patati	Simon Sluga	Joris van Overeem

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	16	11	4	1	34	11	+23	35	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	16	10	4	2	31	17	+14	34
3	Maccabi Haifa	16	10	3	3	34	15	+19	33
4	Beitar Jerusalem	16	9	3	4	33	22	+11	30
5	Hapoel Haifa	16	7	3	6	20	15	+5	24
6	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	16	7	2	7	18	24	−6	23
7	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	16	6	2	8	18	23	−5	20	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Hapoel Jerusalem	16	5	4	7	20	24	−4	19
9	Bnei Sakhnin	16	5	5	6	15	20	−5	19
10	Maccabi Netanya	16	5	2	9	23	27	−4	17
11	Ironi Tiberias	16	3	5	8	10	20	−10	14
12	Maccabi Petah Tikva	16	3	5	8	12	28	−16	14
13	F.C. Ashdod	16	3	3	10	22	31	−9	12
14	Hapoel Hadera	16	1	9	6	13	26	−13	12

Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2025. 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.
Notes:

Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 2 points deducted following riot in Bnei Sakhnin match.
Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted following riot in Hapoel Be'er Sheva match.

Regular season results

Home \ Away	HBS	MTA	MHA	BEI	HHA	IKS	MBR	HJE	BnS	MNE	ITI	MPT	ASH	HAH
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	—	2–2		4–1	3–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1 Feb	25 Jan	3–1	2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	—	2–0	3 Feb		0–1		2–1	16 Feb	18 Jan	1–1	3–2	4 Jan	2–2
Maccabi Haifa	0–2	27 Jan	—	6 Jan	10 Feb	11 Jan	2–0	17 Feb	3–0	2–1	4–0			4–2
Beitar Jerusalem		3–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–1	11 Jan		25 Jan	2–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	8 Feb
Hapoel Haifa	12 Jan	1–1	1–4	15 Feb	—		1–3	4–0		2 Feb	1–0	4 Jan	20 Jan	3–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–1	9 Feb	0–4	18 Jan	2–1	—	25 Jan	2–0	2–1	5 Jan	2–0		3–2	1–1
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	1 Feb	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	—	6 Jan	0–1	4–3	1–0	18 Jan	15 Feb
Hapoel Jerusalem	19 Jan	2–3	0–0	3–3	1–0		0–1	—	1–0	2–3	1 Feb	4–1	1–0	1–1
Bnei Sakhnin	0–0	0–4	18 Jan	2–1	0–2	1 Feb	8 Feb		—	1–0	4 Jan	2–0	2–2
Maccabi Netanya		1–2	0–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	8 Feb	11 Jan	—		1–2	2–2	26 Jan
Ironi Tiberias	0–2	11 Jan	0–0	1–0	25 Jan	3–1		0–2	1–0	2–3	—	8 Feb		1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–5	0–3	1–2		0–0	0–1	2–1	11 Jan	1–1	15 Feb	0–0	—	1 Feb	0–0
F.C. Ashdod	8 Feb	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	25 Jan	3–5		1–0	0–0	—	12 Jan
Hapoel Hadera	4 Jan		1 Feb	0–4	0–0	15 Feb	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	20 Jan	0–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2025. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

No-points cancelled game.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 January 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guy Melamed	Hapoel Haifa	14
2	Dean David	Maccabi Haifa	12
3	Dia Saba	Maccabi Haifa	9
4	Igor Zlatanović	Maccabi Netanya	7
5	Guy Hadida	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	6
	Mayron George	Beitar Jerusalem
	Cédric Don	Hapoel Jerusalem

Top Assist

As of 3 January 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dia Saba	Maccabi Haifa	8
2	Dor Micha	Beitar Jerusalem	8
3	Freddy Vargas	Maccabi Netanya	6
4	Yarden Shua	Beitar Jerusalem	5
4	Kings Kangwa	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5

Notes

^ The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

References

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temporary
Temporarily, Due Israel-Hamas War the team play their home games at a neutral venue
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^ "League ONE ZERO stats". football.co.il. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

v t e Israeli Premier League
Clubs	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Bnei Reineh Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Stadiums	Bloomfield Stadium Doha Stadium Green Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Netanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Former clubs	Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Nof HaGalil Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Sektzia Ness Ziona
Competition	Champions Foreign players Players with 100+ goals Records All-time table
Associated competitions	Israel Super Cup Toto Cup Israel State Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
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v t e Top division football seasons in Israel
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List of Israeli football champions

2024–25 in Israeli football

Domestic leagues

Israeli Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
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Domestic cups

European competitions

Transfers

Related to national team

Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Bnei Reineh Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Bnei Yehuda F.C. Kafr Qasim Hapoel Acre Hapoel Afula Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Nof HaGalil Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Herzliya

v t e 2024–25 in European men's football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '24 '25 Finland '24 '25 France Georgia '24 '25 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '24 '25 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '24 '25 Kosovo Latvia '24 '25 Liechtenstein Lithuania '24 '25 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '24 '25 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '24 '25 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Kazakhstan '24 '25 Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia '24 '25 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '24 '25 Kosovo Latvia '24 '25 Lithuania '24 '25 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '24 '25 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round league phase knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round league phase knockout phase Final Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path league phase knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2024–25 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Promotion/relegation play-offs Finals Final 2025 Finalissima 2025 Euro Under-21 qualification 2025 Euro Under-19 qualification 2025 Euro Under-17 qualification 2025 UEFA Regions' Cup

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