Club Positionin 2020–21 First season inthe Israeli Premier League Number of seasonsin the Israeli Premier League First season ofcurrent spell inIsraeli Premier League Top divisiontitles Last top division title Beitar Jerusalem[a][b] 10th 1999–2000 23 6 2007–08 Bnei Sakhnin 6th 2009–10 17 2020–21 0 Never F. C. Ashdod 9th 22 2013–14 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2nd 2001–02 5 2017–18 Hapoel Hadera 8th 2018–19 Hapoel Haifa[b] 11th 1 1998–99 Hapoel Jerusalem [b] 12th 3 2021-22 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 7th 2003–04 14 2011–12 Hapoel Tel Aviv[b] 5th 13 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 1st Liga Leumit 2022–23 Maccabi Haifa[a][b] 1st 2021–22 Maccabi Netanya 4th 21 1982–83 Maccabi Tel Aviv[a][b] 3rd 2019–20 Sektzia Ness Ziona 2nd Liga Leumit 2 ^ a b c Never been relegated from the Israeli Premier League ^ a b c d e f One of the original Israeli Premier League teams [edit] In recent years, the league has been sponsored.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona won their first championship during the 2011–12 season, thereby becoming the first northern title-winners. Maccabi Tel Aviv then won three titles in a row, including a Treble in 2014–15. Key "Big Four" dominance[edit] "Big Four" since the start of the Israeli Premier League[15] Season BEI HTA MHA MTA 2000–01 4 10 2002–03 9 2004–05 8 2005–06 2006–07 7 2008–09 2010–11 11 2012–13 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 – Since the 2015–16 season, the Big Four's Dominance has been challenged by Hapoel Be'er Sheva, winning 3 successive championships, they also finished runners up in the 2021-22 season. Notably, three of the big four teams all finished near or at the bottom of the table at some point.

[11] Having won nine titles in the league's 23 seasons, the most successful club during this period is Maccabi Haifa; during the same period Maccabi Tel Aviv have added six to their total while Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv have won two championships each. Although Hapoel Tel Aviv have only finished top of the league twice since 1999—in 1999–2000 and ten years later in 2009–10—they have won the double on both occasions. This achievement was matched by Beitar Jerusalem in 2007–08.

(Hapoel Tel Aviv has been the only one to be relegated so far) Top scorers by season[edit] Player Goals Assi Tubi 27 Maccabi Petah Tikva Avi Nimni 25 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kobi Refua 18 Yaniv Abargil Hapoel Kfar Saba Shay Holtzman Ironi Rishon LeZion / FC Ashdod Ofir Haim 16 FC Ashdod Roberto Colautti 19 Maccabi Haifa Yaniv Azran 15 Samuel Yeboah Barak Yitzhaki Beitar Jerusalem Shimon Abuhatzira Hapoel Petah Tikva Eliran Atar Bnei Yehuda Shlomi Arbeitman 28 Toto Tamuz Hapoel Tel Aviv Ahmad Saba'a 20 Eran Zahavi 29 35 Viðar Örn Kjartansson Dia Saba 24 Ben Sahar Nikita Rukavytsya Omer Atzili Individual records[edit] Player transfer fees[edit] Top transfer fees received by Israeli Premier League clubs Rank Fee (min. ) Date Transfer Reference(s) €7.

Clubs[edit] A total of 30 clubs have played in the Israeli Premier League from its inception in 1999 and the start of the 2022–23 season. For a list of winners and runners-up of the Israeli Premier League since its inception, and top scorers for each season, see List of Israeli football champions. Three clubs have been members of the Israeli Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Members of the 2022–23 season[edit] Locations of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League teams The following 14 clubs will compete in the Israeli Premier League during the 2021–22 season.

Radio[edit] The rights of broadcasting on the radio belongs to Radio Tel Aviv since 2011, which broadcast alongside Radio Haifa, Radio Darom, Radio Galei Zahal and Radio Darom 101. 5 in a show called Saturday of Football which also broadcasts live on ONE TV channel. Internet[edit] The big match of the week is shown on the Channel 1 website. Since 2010, games summaries are shown online by Ynet, ONE and Sport 5.

Cellular[edit] Since 2012, ONE owns the broadcasting rights, which was previously owned by Sport 5. Revenue[edit] Main sources of revenue for the clubs: Television Ticket sales Merchandise Toto Winner – The Israeli Sports Betting Council Sponsorship UEFA league ranking[edit] In European Leagues: As of 8 September 2022 the coefficients are as follows:[9][10] Source: UEFA Coefficients Graphs, 2023 UEFA Country Ranking Champions[edit] For the complete list read the main article.

In its first season there were 14 clubs; the top thirteen clubs from the 1998–99 season and the top place club from the Liga Artzit (then, the third division). That season three clubs were relegated and one from Liga Leumit was promoted. [citation needed] Competition[edit] There are 14 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga Leumit while two highest-placed teams of Liga Leumit are promoted in their place. For the 2012–13 season the league was decreased from 16 to 14 clubs as a result of reforms passed by the IFA on 27 June 2011. [2] The participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 26 matches. Following this, the top six teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.