2017–18 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season 2017–18
Champions Hapoel Tel Aviv
Promoted Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Hadera
Relegated Maccabi Herzliya
Ironi Nesher
Matches played 221
Goals scored 493 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer Guy Dayan and Roy Zikri (13)
Biggest home win 4-0 (6 times)
5-1 (twice)
See Below
Biggest away win 5-0 (3 times)
See Below
Highest scoring 7 goals (4 times)
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2018.

The 2017–18 Liga Leumit is the 19th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 76th season of second-tier football in Israel.

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season, the two promoted teams from 2016–17 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2016–17 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2016–17 season

Team changes

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre, were promoted to the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League.

Maccabi Sha'arayim, and Hapoel Jerusalem were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2016–17 Liga Alef, Hapoel Marmorek (from South Division) and Hapoel Hadera (from North Division).

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Beitar Tel Aviv RamlaRamlaRamla Municipal Stadium6,500
Hapoel AfulaAfulaAfula Illit Stadium5,000
Hapoel Bnei LodLodLod Municipal Stadium4,000
Hapoel HaderaHaderaAfula Illit Stadium[A]5,000
Hapoel Katamon JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium34,000
Hapoel Kfar SabaKfar SabaLevita Stadium5,800
Hapoel MarmorekRehovotRamla Municipal Stadium[A]6,500
Hapoel Nazareth IllitNazareth IllitGreen Stadium4,000
Hapoel Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava Stadium11,500
Hapoel Ramat GanRamat GanRamat Gan Stadium41,583
Hapoel Ramat HaSharonRamat HaSharonGrundman Stadium4,300
Hapoel Rishon LeZionRishon LeZionHaberfeld Stadium6,000
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivHaMoshava Stadium11,500
Ironi NesherNesherNesher Stadium5,000
Maccabi Ahi NazarethNazarethIlut Stadium4,932
Maccabi HerzliyaHerzliyaHerzliya Municipal Stadium8,100

^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 20 5 5 46 17 +29 65 Promotion Playoffs
2 Hapoel Hadera 30 15 8 7 45 36 +9 53
3 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 30 13 9 8 35 27 +8 48
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 13 9 8 30 30 0 48
5 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 13 7 10 30 26 +4 46
6 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 13 6 11 41 32 +9 45
7 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 30 12 8 10 40 38 +2 44
8 Hapoel Afula 30 10 12 8 33 28 +5 42
9 Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 11 9 10 32 28 +4 42 Relegation Playoffs
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 12 5 13 41 39 +2 41
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 12 4 14 30 30 0 40
12 Hapoel Marmorek 30 11 5 14 33 37 −4 38
13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 9 10 11 31 34 −3 37
14 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 11 11 29 28 +1 35
15 Maccabi Herzliya 30 6 7 17 28 55 −27 25
16 Ironi Nesher 30 2 5 23 16 55 −39 11
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Results

Home \ Away TAR HAF HBL HHD HKJ HKS HMR HNI HPT HRG HRS HRL HTA INE MAN MHZ
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla — 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–4 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–3
Hapoel Afula 1–1 — 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–1 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1
Hapoel Hadera 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–3 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–4 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–3 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 3–0
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–3 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–4 — 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 4–0
Hapoel Marmorek 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 — 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 — 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 5–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–0
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 — 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 — 3–0 0–2 2–0
Ironi Nesher 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–1
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 — 2–0
Maccabi Herzliya 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Hapoel Hadera fielded an ineligible player and the match was given to Hapoel Marmorek. The original score was 2–3 to Marmorek.[1]
  2. ↑ Hapoel Hadera fielded an ineligible player and the match was given to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. The original score was 1–1.[2]

Playoffs

Top Playoff

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th
1 – 5
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 8		 1 – 2
7 – 3
6 – 4
5 – 8		 3 – 1
2 – 5
4 – 7
8 – 6		 1 – 4
2 – 3
5 – 6
7 – 8		 8 – 1
4 – 2
3 – 5
6 – 7		 1 – 6
2 – 8
3 – 4
5 – 7		 7 – 1
6 – 2
8 – 3
4 – 5

Top Playoff table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv (P) 37 23 7 7 59 26 +33 76 Promoted to Israeli Premier League
2 Hapoel Hadera (P) 37 18 11 8 50 39 +11 65
3 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 18 10 9 38 34 +4 64
4 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 37 17 9 11 56 43 +13 60
5 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 37 15 10 12 42 37 +5 55
6 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 37 15 8 14 35 39 −4 53
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 37 14 7 16 48 43 +5 49
8 Hapoel Afula 37 12 12 13 39 40 −1 48
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(P) Promoted.

Top Playoff results

Home \ Away TAR HAF HHD HKJ HNI HRL HTA MAN
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla — 5–1 — 3–0 — — 2–0 —
Hapoel Afula — — — 0–2 0–1 — 0–3 —
Hapoel Hadera 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 — — — 0–0
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem — — — — 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 1–2 — 0–1 — — 1–2 — —
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1–0 0–2 1–0 — — — — 3–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv — — 1–1 — 4–3 0–0 — 3–0
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1–3 0–3 — — 1–0 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games)

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th
9 – 13
10 – 15
11 – 14
12 – 16		 9 – 10
15 – 11
14 – 12
13 – 16		 11 – 9
10 – 13
12 – 15
16 – 14		 9 – 12
10 – 11
13 – 14
15 – 16		 16 – 9
12 – 10
11 – 13
14 – 15		 9 – 14
10 – 16
11 – 12
13 – 15		 15 – 9
14 – 10
16 – 11
12 – 13

Bottom Playoff table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 37 15 10 12 45 39 +6 55
10 Hapoel Bnei Lod 37 15 9 13 44 40 +4 54
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 37 15 5 17 39 39 0 50
12 Hapoel Marmorek 37 14 6 17 39 41 −2 48
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 37 12 11 14 40 36 +4 47
14 Hapoel Kfar Saba (Q) 37 14 5 18 50 49 +1 47 Relegation Playoffs
15 Maccabi Herzliya (R) 37 10 7 20 41 63 −22 37 Relegated to Liga Alef
16 Ironi Nesher (R) 37 3 5 29 20 77 −57 14
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Bottom Playoff results

Home \ Away HBL HKS HMR HPT HRG HRS INE MHZ
Hapoel Bnei Lod — 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 — — —
Hapoel Kfar Saba — — — 0–2 — 0–1 3–0 0–1
Hapoel Marmorek — 4–0 — 0–1 — — 0–1 1–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva — — — — 2–1 — 3–0 4–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan — 0–5 0–1 — — — — 2–0
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 3–1 — 0–0 0–2 0–4 — — —
Ironi Nesher 3–4 — — — 0–2 0–5 — —
Maccabi Herzliya 3–1 — — — — 2–0 5–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.

Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637
Hapoel Tel Aviv1231133333211122211111111111111111111
Hapoel Hadera116111314111099101088109678557 6764422222222222
Hapoel Rishon LeZion16151510864454345555544454232233544333333
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla346811865457667786698653467891078675444
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem9989578666553344333337678644333444665
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth12743322222434433456688897997456886556
Hapoel Nazareth Illit9141066991010999111112111111131099989855665757777
Hapoel Afula371279101111121311119910101097743555576787568888
Hapoel Petah Tikva712544457888101086791089101010131412121212131412111010109
Hapoel Bnei Lod357111314141411141414131414131414141413141211111110109999999910
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon23256578776776898710111112131213131314131111131211121311
Hapoel Marmorek791314101312121311121214131314131211121411111010101111111213111012111112
Hapoel Ramat Gan1211912121213131412131312121112121312131213141412141413141412141313131213
Hapoel Kfar Saba311221111112221112222242336881010101414141414
Maccabi Herzliya12151616161616161616161616151615151515151515151515151515151515151515151515
Ironi Nesher12131415151515151515151515161516161616161616161616161616161616161616161616

Source: IFA Source:

Leader and promotion to 2018–19 Israeli Premier League
Promotion to 2018–19 Israeli Premier League
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Alef

See also

References

  1. ↑ Due to Fielding Amasha: A Technical Loss Was Given to Hapoel Hadera Sport1, 28 December 2017 (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Hapoel Hadera Punished with Technical Loss for Illegally Fielding Moshe Ben Lulu Shlomi Gabay, 13 September 2017, Walla!
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