# 2023–24 Israeli Premier League

The 2023–24 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 82nd 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 2022–23 Liga Leumit (Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Petah Tikva). Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the top flight after a single season, while Hapoel Petah Tikva returned after 9 seasons (for the first time since the 2014–15 season). They replaced the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Sektzia Ness Ziona.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| 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 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
| 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 Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Bnei Reineh |
| Teddy Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Green Stadium |
| Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Netanya Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium |
| F.C. Ashdod | Bnei Sakhnin | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Yud-Alef Stadium | Doha Stadium | Turner Stadium |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Barak Abramov | Barak Yitzhaki | Ofir Kriaf | Umbro | Geshem Holdings |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Mohammed Abu Younes | Slobodan Drapić | Maroun Gantous | Le Coq Sportif | White - Sakhnin Dairy |
| F.C. Ashdod | Rafi Niddam | Eli Levy | Tom Ben Zaken | Nike | Radio Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Alona Barkat | Elyaniv Barda | Miguel Vítor | Umbro | Victory |
| Hapoel Hadera | Yakir Schwartz | Haim Silvas | Menashe Zalka | Umbro | BTB |
| Hapoel Haifa | Yoav Katz | Ronny Levy | Dor Malul | Diadora | Leos |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Yotam Karmon | Ziv Arie | Ofek Bitton | Legea | Alon Ventures |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | David Mincberg | Salim Tuama | Dan Einbinder | Adidas | Hcsra Insurance |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Almog Portman | Benyamin Lam | Ram Levy | Lotto | Mivne Group |
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Saeed Basoul | Sharon Mimer | Eyad Hutba | Zeus Sport | Boneh Renih |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ya'akov Shahar | Messay Dego | Lior Refaelov | Adidas | Volvo |
| Maccabi Netanya | Eyal Segal | Marco Balbul | Aviv Avraham | Lotto | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Avraham Luzon | Ran Kojok | Mohammed Hindy | Kelme | Jucky |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Jack Angelides | Robbie Keane | Sheran Yeini | Fila | Israel Canada |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Kobi Refua | End of contract | 20 May 2023 | Pre-season | Slobodan Drapić | 20 May 2023 |
| Ashdod | Ran Ben Shimon | Mutual agreement | 20 May 2023 | Pre-season | Eli Levy | 20 May 2023 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Barak Bakhar | Signed by Red Star Belgrade | 20 May 2023 | Pre-season | Messay Dego | 20 May 2023 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Haim Silvas | Mutual agreement | 20 May 2023 | Pre-season | Michael Valkanis | 3 June 2023 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Aitor Karanka | Sacked | 25 June 2023 | Pre-season | Robbie Keane | 26 June 2023 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Michael Valkanis | Signed by Ajax | 30 October 2023 | 7th | Borja Lema | 30 October 2023 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Ran Kojok | Sacked | 23 December 2023 | 11th | Guy Tzarfati | 24 December 2023 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Benyamin Lam | Sacked | 2 January 2024 | 10th | Ran Kojok | 5 January 2024 |
| Hapoel Hadera | Nissim Avitan | Sacked | 16 January 2024 | 13th | Haim Silvas | 17 January 2024 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Borja Lema | Sacked | 27 January 2024 | 7th | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | 27 January 2024 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Yossi Abukasis | Left | 31 January 2024 | 8th | Gal Cohen (Temporary) | 1 February 2024 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | Caretaking spell over | 6 February 2024 | 8th | Yossi Abukasis | 6 February 2024 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Ofer Tesselpepe | Sacked | 11 February 2024 | 14th | Benyamin Lam | 12 February 2024 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Gal Cohen (Temporary) | Caretaking spell over | 18 February 2024 | 11th | Barak Yitzhaki | 19 February 2024 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Guy Tzarfati | Sacked | 1 April 2024 | 11th | Marco Balbul | 1 April 2024 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Yossi Abukasis | Sacked | 28 April 2024 | 13th | Salim Tuama (Temporary) | 28 April 2024 |

#### Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game. 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 | Plamen Galabov | Ismaila Soro | Nika Khorkheli | Mayron George | Fred Friday | Grigori Morozov |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Konstantinos Sotiriou | Stéphane Oméonga | Adrian Păun | Claudio Spinelli | | | Alaa Aldeen Hassan Abed Yassin |
| F.C. Ashdod | Timothy Awany | Clark Robertson | Montari Kamaheni | Martin Ndzie | Ebenezer Mamatah | Jordan Botaka | Jordan Sebban |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Hélder Lopes | André Biyogo Poko | Antonio Sefer | Imran Oulad Omar | Déinner Quiñones | Artur Shushenachev | Mariano Bareiro Yoni Stoyanov Máximo Levi |
| Hapoel Hadera | Mamadou Mbodj | Philip Ipole | Josip Tomašević | Samy Bourard | Godsway Donyoh | James Adeniyi | Nikola Đurković |
| Hapoel Haifa | Fernand Mayembo | Denis Polyakov | Mohammed Kamara | Felipe Santos | Dmitry Antilevsky | Jalo Korka | George Diba |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Nico Antonitsch | Jean Quiñónez | Djimy Alexis | Dennis Adeniran | Gilbert Koomson | Fortune Bassey | Matan Peleg |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Adebayo Adeleye | Yao Eloge Koffi | Capita | Cédric Franck Don | Kévin Soni | Jelle Duin | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Emilijus Zubas | Bryan Passi | Alen Ožbolt | Bubacarr Tambedou | | | Mavis Tchibota David Cuperman Matthew Frank |
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | Nemanja Ljubisavljević | Sambinha | Muhammed Usman Edu | Freddy Vargas | Freddy Góndolaa | Márk Koszta | Abdallah Jaber Omar Nahfaoui |
| Maccabi Haifa | Pierre Cornud | Frantzdy Pierrot | Abdoulaye Seck | Show | Lorenco Šimić | | Ali Mohamed Erik Shuranov Daniel Sundgren Kenny Saief Daniil Lesovoy |
| Maccabi Netanya | Saba Khvadagiani | Nassim Ouammou | Boris Enow | Igor Zlatanović | Ibrahim Tanko | Stanislav Bilenkyi | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Andreas Karo | Moïse Adiléhou | Ibraheem Jabaar | Luka Štor | Saliou Guindo | Marco Wolff |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Enric Saborit | Derrick Luckassen | Felício Milson | Kiko Bondoso | Orlando Mosquera | Henry Addo | Joris van Overeem Daniel Tenenbaum |

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted. but after appeal the 1 point was returned
* ↑ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.
* ↑ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem had 5 points deducted.

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | MTA | MHA | HHA | HBS | MBR | BnS | MPT | HJE | MNE | HTA | HAH | BEI | ASH | HPT |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

## 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 | MTA | MHA | HBS | HHA | MBR | BnS |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 74 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 59 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 5 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 | | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 44 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ Maccabi Haifa had 2 points deducted.
* ↑ Bnei Sakhnin had 1 point deducted.

## Relegation round
### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | HJE | MPT | MNE | ASH | BEI | HAH | HTA | HPT |
| 7 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 43 | | | 2–0 | | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | | | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 | | 1–0 | | | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| 10 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 36 | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | | |
| 12 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 36 | | | 0–4 | | 2–2 | | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (R) | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 33 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | | | | 0–2 | 1–5 | | | 1–1 |
| 14 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 24 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 1–0 | | 1–3 | | 0–2 | | | |
* ↑ Maccabi Petah Tikva qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Israel State Cup.
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem had 5 points deducted.
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 25 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dean David | Maccabi Haifa | 20 |
| 1 | Eran Zahavi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 |
| 3 | Frantzdy Pierrot | Maccabi Haifa | 18 |
| 4 | Guy Melamed | Hapoel Haifa | 17 |
| 5 | Yarden Shua | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 |
| 5 | Elad Madmon | Hapoel Hadera | 12 |
| 7 | Tomer Yosefi | Hapoel Haifa | 11 |

## Attendances

Maccabi Tel-Aviv drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Israeli top-flight football league.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 20,356 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa FC | 13 | 20,344 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | 13 | 12,698 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 11,025 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | 13 | 9,943 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya FC | 13 | 6,079 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva FC | 13 | 5,016 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa FC | 13 | 4,704 |
| 9 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | 13 | 3,755 |
| 10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | 13 | 3,309 |
| 11 | Hapoel Hadera F.C. | 13 | 2,799 |
| 12 | Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. | 13 | 2,119 |
| 13 | Bnei Sakhnin FC | 13 | 2,105 |
| 14 | FC Ashdod | 13 | 2,031 |