# 2016–17 Israeli Premier League

The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League was the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won a back-to-back title, finishing 13 points ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 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 | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | 11,500 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Ashkelon | Sala Stadium | 5,250 |
| 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 | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | 11,500 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | 13,610 |
| HaMoshava Stadium | Netanya Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | |
| Doha Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | Levita Stadium | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Kfar Saba | |
| Sala Stadium | Teddy Stadium | Turner Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | F.C. Ashdod |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Eli Tabib | Sharon Mimer | Dan Einbinder | Givova | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Mohammed Abu Yunes | Yossi Abuksis | Khaled Khalaila | Givova | Scania |
| Bnei Yehuda | Barak Obramov | Nissan Yehezkel | Hasan Abu Zaid | Kappa | Landora Group |
| F.C. Ashdod | Jacky Ben-Zaken | Ran Ben Shimon | Moshe Ohayon | Jartazi | SeeMe |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Municipality of Ashkelon | Yuval Naim | Kobi Ben Hemo | Joma | Albar |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Alona Barkat | Barak Bakhar | Elyaniv Barda | Puma | Tadiran |
| Hapoel Haifa | Yoav Katz | Dani Golan | Oshri Roash | Diadora | Citrus |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Stav Shaham | Eli Cohen | Hen Dilmoni | Macron | Trigo |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Asher Alon | Haim Silvas | Snir Shuker | Umbro | ME Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Nisanov Group | Meni Koretski | Avihai Yadin | Nike | GETDRIVE |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Izzy Sheratzky | Tomer Kashtan | Ahmed Abed | Umbro | Ituran |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ya'akov Shahar | Guy Luzon | Dekel Keinan | Nike | Honda |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Amos Luzon | Kobi Refua | Naor Peser | Macron | Panorama North |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Mitchell Goldhar | Lito Vidigal | Gal Alberman | Adidas | UNICEF |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Claudemir | Johan Audel | Antoine Conte | Marcel Heister | Erik Sabo | Jesús Rueda |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Georginho | Wanderson | Lassina Dao | Abraham Paz | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | Pedro Galván | Antonio Mršić | Tijan Jaiteh | Nerijus Valskis | Emilijus Zubas | Marko Jovanović |
| F.C. Ashdod | Dolly Menga | Sandro Gotal | Karlo Bručić | Lúcio Maranhão | Alan Wigor | Georgi Batyayev |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Issoumaila Lingane | David Manga | Josip Ivančić | Mirko Oremuš | Dele Aiyenugba | Branislav Jovanović |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | William Soares | Mihály Korhut | Anthony Nwakaeme | John Ogu | Miguel Vítor | Ovidiu Hoban |
| Hapoel Haifa | Adilson Bahia | Júlio César | Žarko Korać | Piet Velthuizen | Bruno Pinheiro | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Bruno Andrade | Diogo Kachuba | Mavis Tchibota | Sunny Omoregie | Dušan Matović | Slobodan Simović |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Rodgers Kola | Conlyde Luchanga | Emmanuel Mbola | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ezechiel N'Douassel | Michael Seaton | John Chibuike | | | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kassio | Mauricio | Didier Brossou | Jacob Njoku | | |
| Maccabi Haifa | Kamil Vacek | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | Enis Alushi | Fitim Azemi | Marc Valiente | Gary Kagelmacher |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Allyson | Romário | Mihai Roman | Nenad Adamović | Aitor | Carlos Cuéllar |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Óscar Scarione | Marcelo | Ramon | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | Rúben Micael | Predrag Rajković |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team. All Hapoel Tel Aviv foreign players were released due to budget cuts.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Shlomi Dora | End of contract | 16 May 2016 | Pre-season | Motti Ivanir | 18 May 2016 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Yossi Mizrahi | End of contract | 16 May 2016 | Pre-season | Arik Benado | 24 May 2016 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Dani Golan | End of contract | 16 May 2016 | Pre-season | Kobi Refua | 31 May 2016 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Peter Bosz | Signed by Ajax | 24 May 2016 | Pre-season | Shota Arveladze | 16 June 2016 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Slobodan Drapić | End of contract | 1 June 2016 | Pre-season | Ran Ben Shimon | 4 June 2016 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ronny Levy | Sacked | 27 July 2016 | Pre-season | René Meulensteen | 9 August 2016 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Eli Guttman | Became a sports director | 20 September 2016 | 12th | Guy Luzon | 20 September 2016 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Arik Benado | Sacked | 24 October 2016 | 13th | Nissan Yehezkel | 24 October 2016 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Eli Cohen | Sacked | 11 December 2016 | 11th | Dani Golan | 11 December 2016 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Shota Arveladze | Sacked | 2 January 2017 | 2nd | Lito Vidigal | 11 February 2017 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Guy Luzon | Resign | 11 January 2017 | 14th | Meni Koretski | 11 January 2017 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Sharon Mimer | Sacked | 23 January 2017 | 12th | Eli Cohen | 25 January 2017 |
| Maccabi Haifa | René Meulensteen | Sacked | 13 February 2017 | 7th | Guy Luzon | 13 February 2017 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Ran Ben Shimon | Sacked | 5 February 2017 | 5th | Sharon Mimer | 6 February 2017 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ronny Awat | Became assistant coach | 14 February 2017 | 10th | Ran Ben Shimon | 14 February 2017 |

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 13 | +41 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted nine points for entering administration.

### Regular season results

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

## 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, Q) | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 18 | +55 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem (Q) | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 56 | |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 45 | |
* 2016–17 Israeli Premier League champions
* Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4th title

### Championship round results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | HBS | MHA | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 1–5 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds :
| 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
| 7 – 14 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 11 | 7 – 8 13 – 9 12 – 10 14 – 11 | 8 – 14 9 – 7 10 – 13 11 – 12 | 8 – 9 7 – 10 13 – 11 14 – 12 | 9 – 14 10 – 8 11 – 7 12 – 13 | 9 – 10 8 – 11 7 – 12 14 – 13 | 10 – 14 11 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7 |

### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 37 | |
| 9 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 36 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 36 | |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda (Q) | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 12 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 31 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (R) | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 29 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
* ↑ Bnei Yehuda qualified for the Europa League Second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Israel State Cup
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted nine points for entering administration.

### Relegation round results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BnY | HAS | HHA | HKS | HRA | HTA | IKS |
| F.C. Ashdod | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | — | — | 3–3 | — |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | — | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | — | — |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — | — | — |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | — | — | — | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | — |

## 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 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | | | |
| F.C. Ashdod | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | | | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | | | |
Source:
* 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
* 2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation to 2017–18 Liga Leumit

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 20 May 2017
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 |
| 2 | Tal Ben Haim | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 |
| 3 | Anthony Nwakaeme | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 14 |
| 3 | Ben Sahar | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 14 |
| 3 | Itay Shechter | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 |
| 6 | Idan Vered | Beitar Jerusalem | 11 |
| 7 | Gidi Kanyuk | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 10 |
| 7 | Eli Elbaz | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 10 |
| 9 | Mahran Lala | Hapoel Haifa | 9 |
| 9 | Guy Melamed | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 9 |
Source:

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Issoumaila Lingane | Hapoel Ashkelon | Hapoel Haifa | 3–2 | 20 August 2016 |
| Yuval Avidor | Bnei Sakhnin | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 5–2 | 16 January 2017 |
| Viðar Örn Kjartansson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–0 | 18 February 2017 |

## Attendances

Maccabi Haifa drew the highest average home attendance in the 2016-17 edition of the Israeli top-flight football league.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa FC | 13 | 21,891 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | 13 | 14,467 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 9,529 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | 13 | 8,192 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv FC | 13 | 7,900 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa FC | 13 | 5,133 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva FC | 13 | 3,450 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. | 13 | 3,312 |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin FC | 13 | 3,231 |
| 10 | Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. | 13 | 2,785 |
| 11 | FC Ashdod | 13 | 2,462 |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. | 13 | 2,302 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 13 | 1,713 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 | 1,492 |