# 2015–16 Israeli Premier League

The 2015–16 Israeli Premier League was the seventeenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 74th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2015 and ended in May 2016. Hapoel Be'er Sheva became champion after 40 years without winning a main national competition, interrupting the sequence of three consecutive titles of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted teams from the 2014–15 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Petah Tikva and F.C. Ashdod were relegated to the 2015–16 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were promoted after finishing the 2014–15 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | 16,126 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 5,800 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | 13,610 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
| 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 | 14,413 |
| Bloomfield Stadium | Netanya Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | |
| Acre Stadium | Doha Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | |
| Hapoel Acre | Bnei Sakhnin | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| Kiryat Shmona Stadium | Levita Stadium | Teddy Stadium | Turner Stadium |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Eli Tabib | Slobodan Drapić | Dušan Matović | Puma | itrader |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Mohammed Abu Yunes | Yossi Abukasis | Khaled Khalaila | Umbro | Toyga |
| Bnei Yehuda | Moshe Damaio | Yossi Mizrahi | Assi Baldout | Macron | Azrieli Group |
| Hapoel Acre | Yehuda Barshishat | Shlomi Dora | Moshe Mishaelof | Macron | Azrieli Group |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Alona Barkat | Barak Bakhar | Elyaniv Barda | Kappa | Mobli |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Stav Shaham | Sharon Mimer | Hen Dilmoni | Lotto | |
| Hapoel Haifa | Yoav Katz | Meir Ben Margi | Oshri Roash | Diadora | Hatama |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Asher Alon | Haim Silvas | Snir Shuker | Umbro | ME Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Amir Gross Kabiri | Eli Guttman | Ariel Harush | Puma | Fujicom |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Izzy Sheratzky | Shlomi Dora | Oz Raly | Puma | Ituran |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ya'akov Shahar | Ronny Levy | Yossi Benayoun | Nike | Honda |
| Maccabi Netanya | Eli Segev | Meni Koretski | Eran Levy | Joma | Burgus Burger Bar |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Amos Luzon | Ran Ben Shimon | Naor Peser | Macron | Panorama North |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Mitchell Goldhar | Peter Bosz | Eran Zahavi | Adidas | |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Nikita Rukavytsya | Claudemir | Arsenio Valpoort | Dušan Matović | Jesús Rueda |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Eldar Hasanović | Georginho | Diogo Kachuba | Wanderson | Abraham Paz |
| Bnei Yehuda | Pedro Galván | Antonio Mršić | Thierry Doubai | Dele Aiyenugba | Jude Nworuh |
| Hapoel Acre | Dylan Seys | Boris Kopitović | Samuel Gilmore | Lanry Kahinda | Branislav Jovanović |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | William Soares | Anthony Nwakaeme | John Ogu | Ovidiu Hoban | |
| Hapoel Haifa | Dmitriy Baga | Marijan Antolovic | Tadas Kijanskas | Žarko Korać | Bruno Pinheiro |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Mavis Tchibota | Dino Škvorc | Yiannis Papadopoulos | Hugo López | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Dejan Radonjić | Mamadou Thiam | Rene Mihelič | Evans Kangwa | Emmanuel Mbola |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Cauê | Hamza Barry | Loukas Vyntra | Nemanja Nikolić | Claudiu Bumba |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Luis Gutiérrez | Bruno | Kassio | Rokas Stanulevičius | Austin Amutu |
| Maccabi Haifa | Romário | Glynor Plet | Ludovic Obraniak | Vladimir Stojković | Marc Valiente |
| Maccabi Netanya | Issoumaila Lingane | Nemanja Petrović | Milan Smiljanić | Andriy Mischenko | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Allyson | Joachim Mununga | Xavier Tomas | Aitor Monroy | Rade Prica |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haris Medunjanin | Nosa Igiebor | Orlando Sá | Predrag Rajković | Carlos García |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Barak Bakhar | Sacked | 14 May 2015 | Pre-season | Salah Hasarma | 30 May 2015 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Elisha Levy | End of contract | 30 May 2015 | Pre-season | Barak Bakhar | 30 May 2015 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Marco Balbul | End of contract | 30 May 2015 | Pre-season | Ronny Levy | 30 May 2015 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Eli Cohen | End of contract | 30 May 2015 | Pre-season | César Mendiondo | 30 May 2015 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Pako Ayestarán | End of contract | 30 May 2015 | Pre-season | Slaviša Jokanović | 15 June 2015 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Ronny Levy | End of contract | 30 May 2015 | Pre-season | Shlomi Dora | 21 June 2015 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Guy Levy | End of contract | 7 June 2015 | Pre-season | Slobodan Drapić | 7 June 2015 |
| Hapoel Acre | Shlomi Dora | Sacked | 21 June 2015 | Pre-season | Yaron Hochenboim | 28 June 2015 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | César Mendiondo | Sacked | 3 September 2015 | 12th | Walid Badir (caretaker) | 3 September 2015 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Shlomi Dora | Sacked | 2 November 2015 | 14th | Reuven Atar | 6 November 2015 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Walid Badir (caretaker) | End of caretaker time | 5 November 2015 | 13th | Guy Levy | 5 November 2015 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Yossi Abukasis | Sacked | 8 December 2015 | 9th | Yossi Mizrahi | 9 December 2015 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Eli Cohen | Sacked | 18 December 2015 | 12th | Yossi Abukasis | 19 December 2015 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Tal Banin | Sacked | 21 December 2015 | 10th | Meir Ben Margi | 21 December 2015 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Slaviša Jokanović | Signed By Fulham | 27 December 2015 | 2nd | Javier Pereira Megía (caretaker) | 27 December 2015 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Felix Naim | Sacked | 3 January 2016 | 13th | Sharon Mimer | 11 January 2016 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Javier Pereira Megía (caretaker) | End of caretaker time | 4 January 2016 | 2nd | Peter Bosz | 4 January 2016 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Reuven Atar | Sacked | 10 January 2016 | 14th | Menahem Koretski | 20 January 2016 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Guy Levi | Sacked | 19 January 2016 | 11th | Eli Guttman | 19 January 2016 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Salah Hasarma | Sacked | 13 February 2016 | 10th | Shlomi Dora | 14 February 2016 |

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 64 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 61 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 36 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 13 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 14 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 37 | −27 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | BnY | HAC | HBS | HHA | HKS | HRA | HTA | IKS | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — |

## Play-offs
### 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 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 | 1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4 | 2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5 | 3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1 | 6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3 | 2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6 | 6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4 | 3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6 | 6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5 |

#### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 76 | 24 | +52 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 48 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 42 | |
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.
* ↑ Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.
* 2015–16 Israeli Premier League champions
* Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3rd title

#### Championship round results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | HBS | HRA | MHA | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | — |

### 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 | 7 – 8 13 – 9 12 – 10 11 – 14 | 8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12 | 8 – 9 7 – 10 13 – 14 11 – 12 | 9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13 | 9 – 10 8 – 14 7 – 12 11 – 13 | 10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7 |

#### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 46 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 42 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 38 | |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Acre (R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 34 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Maccabi Netanya (R) | 33 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 50 | −36 | 12 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

#### Relegation round results

| Home \ Away | BnY | HAC | HHA | HKS | HTA | IKS | MNE | MPT |
| Bnei Yehuda | — | 3–1 | — | — | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Acre | — | — | 2–3 | — | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | — |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | — | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | — | — | — | 0–0 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | — |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | — | — |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | — | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |

## 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 \ Round | 1 | 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 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | | | |
| Hapoel Acre | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | | | |
Source: Israel Football Association
* 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
* 2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation to 2016–17 Liga Leumit

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eran Zahavi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 35 |
| 2 | Nikita Rukavytsya | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 |
| 2 | Shlomi Azulay | Bnei Sakhnin | 14 |
| 2 | Elyaniv Barda | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 14 |
| 5 | Evans Kangwa | Hapoel Ra'anana | 11 |
| 5 | Pedro Joaquín Galván | Bnei Yehuda | 11 |
| 5 | Anthony Nwakaeme | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 |
| 5 | Mahran Lala | Hapoel Haifa | 11 |
| 9 | Eliran Atar | Maccabi Haifa | 10 |
| 9 | Ofir Mizrahi | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 10 |
| 9 | Tal Ben Haim | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 |
Source: Israel Football Association

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Average | Change |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 20,826 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15,941 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 11,915 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10,416 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9,375 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 4,572 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 4,241 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 3,642 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3,462 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2,968 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2,805 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 2,305 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Hapoel Acre | 1,958 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1,800 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 7,479 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 4 June 2016 Source: Official club websites and