# 2011–12 Israeli Premier League

The 2011–12 Israeli Premier League was the thirteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 70th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. Maccabi Haifa were the defending champions.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona secured the title with a 0–0 draw against Hapoel Tel Aviv on 2 April 2012. This was their first Israeli league title, This draw gave Ironi Kiryat Shmona a 16-point advantage over the second-place team Hapoel Tel Aviv with five more rounds to go.

## Structural changes

There was three structural changes:
* The middle playoff was cancelled, with only top and bottom playoff to be contested by eight teams each, according to their regular season placement. with each team plays 37 matches.
* The points were no longer halved after the regular season.
* There will be three relegated teams, and only one promoted team from Liga Leumit.

## Teams

A total of sixteen teams are competing in the league, including fourteen sides from the 2010–11 season and two promoted teams from the 2010–11 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Ramat Gan were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places.
Two teams were directly promoted from the 2010–11 Liga Leumit. These were champions Ironi Ramat HaSharon and the runners-up Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 21,600 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Haberfeld Stadium | 6,000 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Ironi Stadium | 5,300 |
| Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Grundman Stadium | 4,300 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Sar-Tov Stadium | 7,500 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
^A While Teddy Stadium was in renovation. Beitar Jerusalem hosted their home games in alternative stadia until the stadium was completed on 20 November 2011. Beitar chose to host its games in Ramat Gan Stadium. ^B Hapoel Acre played their first home game at the Ilut Stadium while their stadium was under construction. ^C The Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium was demolished. Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva hosted their home games in alternative stadia until the new Petah Tikva Stadium was fully constructed in December 2011. Both Hapoel and Maccabi hosted its games in Ramat Gan Stadium. ^D Ironi Ramat HaSharon played their home games at the Winter Stadium until March 2012 while their stadium was under construction.
| Beitar Jerusalem | Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Acre |
| Teddy Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | Acre Stadium |
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon |
| Sar-Tov Stadium | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Grundman Stadium |
| F.C. Ashdod | Bnei Sakhnin | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Hapoel Rishon LeZion |
| Yud-Alef Stadium | Doha Stadium | Vasermil Stadium | Haberfeld Stadium |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Freddy David | End of contract | 8 May 2011 | 7th (10–11) | Marco Balbul | 28 May 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Eli Guttman | End of contract | 25 May 2011 | 2nd (10–11) | Dror Kashtan | 4 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Bnei Yehuda | Dror Kashtan | End of contract | 4 June 2011 | 4th (10–11) | Yossi Abukasis | 14 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Ronny Levy | Resigned | 10 June 2011 | 11th (10–11) | David Amsalem | 10 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Beitar Jerusalem | David Amsalem | Resigned | 15 August 2011 | Pre-Season | Yuval Naim | 17 August 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Gili Landau | Resigned | 16 August 2011 | 14th (10–11) | Gili Landau | 17 August 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Nir Klinger | Resigned | 1 October 2011 | 14th | Guy Levy | 3 October 2011 | 14th |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Marco Balbul | Resigned | 15 October 2011 | 9th | Eyal Lahman | 18 October 2011 | 11th |
| Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Momi Zafran | Sacked | 13 November 2011 | 9th | Meni Koretski (caretaker) | 13 November 2011 | 9th |
| Hapoel Haifa | Nitzan Shirazi | Resigned | 26 November 2011 | 14th | Tal Banin | 27 November 2011 | 14th |
| Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Meni Koretski (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 5 December 2011 | 4th | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 5 December 2011 | 4th |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Motti Ivanir | Sacked | 5 December 2011 | 9th | Nir Levine | 6 December 2011 | 9th |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Dror Kashtan | Sacked | 9 January 2012 | 3rd | Ron Tziblin (caretaker) | 9 January 2012 | 3rd |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ron Tziblin (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 11 January 2012 | 3rd | Nitzan Shirazi | 11 January 2012 | 3rd |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Eyal Lahman | Resigned | 21 January 2012 | 12th | Moshe Sinai | 22 January 2012 | 12th |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Nissan Yehezkel | Sacked | 29 January 2012 | 15th | Eyal Lahman | 30 January 2012 | 15th |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Yuval Naim | Resigned | 8 February 2012 | 12th | Hanan Azulay (caretaker) | 9 February 2012 | 12th |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Hanan Azulay (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 13 February 2012 | 12th | Eli Cohen | 13 February 2012 | 12th |
^E Gili Landau refused to reduce his salary and was resigned, he was appointed the following day after his salary was intact. ^F Nir Levine was acted as caretaker manager for a month until his appointment as manager on 9 January 2012. ^G Ron Tziblin acted as caretaker manager only once, in the club Toto Cup Al semi-finals against Maccabi Petah Tikva.

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Non-visa Foreign | Former Players |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Darío Fernández | Leo | Harmony Ikande | Andriy Pylyavskyi | | Steven Cohen$^2$ | Miguel Portillo |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Kostadin Hazurov | Pieter Mbemba | Eric Gawu | Joël Damahou | | | Miguel Hamutenya |
| Bnei Yehuda | Pedro Galván | Kęstutis Ivaškevičius | Dele Aiyenugba | Nenad Marinković | Dino Ndlovu | | |
| F.C. Ashdod | Paty Yeye Lenkebe | Efe Ambrose | Rodgers Kola | | | | Georgi Hristov Samuel Yeboah |
| Hapoel Acre | Zome Louis | Aleksandar Davidov | Nebojša Marinković | Nikola Trujić | Stefan Šćepović | Nicolás Falczuk$^2$ | Mamadou Thiam Nikola Simić |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Nenad Kiso | William Soares | Iván Garrido | Draško Božović | Petar Grbić | Ryan Adeleye$^2$ | Laryea Kingston Marcin Cabaj Luís Torres |
| Hapoel Haifa | Marko Kartelo | Stefan Denković | Vladimir Gluščević | Dragan Ćeran | | Tvrtko Kale$^2$ Ali El-Khatib$^3$ | Zambi Amos Kollie Dejan Kelhar |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | André Caldeira | Dominique Wassi | Daniel Addo | Austin Ejide | Fabian Stoller | Jonathan Assous$^2$ Kevin Parienté$^2$ | |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Imoro Lukman | Sindou Dosso | Gheorghe Ovseanicov | Stefan Deak | Justine Zulu | | Elvis Mešić Marcell Illés |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Apoula Edel | Mirko Oremuš | Nosa Igiebor | Marko Šuler | Bevan Fransman | | Mário Pečalka |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | David Solari | Dušan Matović | Bryan Gerzicich | William Njobvu | | | |
| Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Alain Masudi | Savity Lipenia | Ognjen Damnjanović | | | | Rômulo Óscar Guerrero |
| Maccabi Haifa | Edin Cocalić | Danijel Cesarec | Jurica Buljat | Seidu Yahaya | Bojan Šaranov | Gustavo Boccoli$^1$ | Marlon de Jesús Vladimir Dvalishvili |
| Maccabi Netanya | Ivan Ćosić | Serghei Alexeev | Touvarno Pinas | | | Leonid Krupnik$^2$ | Mariano Caporale Alexandre Martinović Serhiy Tretyak |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Justice Wamfor | Mario Carević | Sébastien Sansoni | Nastja Čeh | Ihor Malysh | Murad Magomedov$^3$ | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haris Medunjanin | Nivaldo | Roberto Punčec | Savo Pavićević | Moussa Konaté | | |
In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season
The following do not fill a Visa position: $^1$Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status; $^2$Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

## Regular season
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 13 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 15 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted three points due to crowd riots in the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
* ↑ Bnei Sakhnin were deducted two points due to double contracts with players and staff.
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points for racist taunts from the crowd.
* ↑ Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted nine points for entering administration.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | BnS | ASH | HAC | HBS | HHA | HPT | HRL | HTA | IKS | IRH | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |

## Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds :
| 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th |
| 1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 | 1 – 2 6 – 4 7 – 3 8 – 5 | 2 – 8 3 – 1 4 – 7 5 – 6 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 7 – 5 8 – 6 | 3 – 8 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 7 | 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 8 – 7 | 4 – 8 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 |
| 09 – 16 10 – 15 11 – 14 12 – 13 | 09 – 10 14 – 12 15 – 11 16 – 13 | 10 – 16 11 – 90 12 – 15 13 – 14 | 09 – 12 10 – 11 15 – 13 16 – 14 | 11 – 16 12 – 10 13 – 90 14 – 15 | 09 – 14 10 – 13 11 – 12 16 – 15 | 12 – 16 13 – 11 14 – 10 15 – 90 |

### Top playoff
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C) | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 58 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 55 | |
| 7 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 54 | |
| 8 | Bnei Sakhnin | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 50 | |
* ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted three points due to crowd riots in the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
* 1 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 Israel State Cup. As they finished second, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
* ↑ Bnei Sakhnin were deducted two points due to double contracts with players and staff.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BnY | BnS | ASH | HTA | IKS | MHA | MNE | MTA |
| Bnei Yehuda | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 0–2 | — | — |
| F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 2–1 | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–3 | 3–1 | — | — | — | — | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| Maccabi Haifa | — | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | — | 3–2 | — | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | — |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | — | 5–2 | — | — | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | — |

### Bottom playoff
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 50 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 48 | |
| 11 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 46 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 44 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 43 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 40 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 15 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion (R) | 37 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) | 37 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
* ↑ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points for racist taunts from the crowd.
* ↑ Maccabi Petah Tikva were deducted three points after the team staff headbutted and kicked Hapoel Haifa player Ali El-Khatib after the match.
* ↑ Hapoel Petah Tikva were deducted nine points for entering administration.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | HAC | HBS | HHA | HPT | HRL | IRH | MPT |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | — | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | — | — | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Haifa | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–2 | — | — |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Achmad Saba'a | Maccabi Netanya | 20 |
| 2 | Omer Damari | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 17 |
| 3 | Pedro Galván | Bnei Yehuda | 16 |
| 4 | Kostadin Hazurov | Bnei Sakhnin | 14 |
| 4 | Wiyam Amashe | Maccabi Haifa | 14 |
| 6 | Yuval Avidor | Ironi Kiryat Shmona / Hapoel Haifa | 13 |
| 6 | Shimon Abuhatzira | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 13 |
| 6 | Toto Tamuz | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 |
| 6 | Maharan Radi | Bnei Sakhnin | 13 |
| 6 | Eliran Atar | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 |
| Total | Total | Total | 749 |
| Average per game | Average per game | Average per game | 2.53 |
* ^1 Yuval Avidor was loaned to Hapoel Haifa from Ironi Kiryat Shmona on 20 September 2011. Avidor played three games for Kiryat Shmona and did not score.

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Firas Mugrabi for Maccabi Netanya against Maccabi Haifa, 21st minute (20 August 2011)
* Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Hapoel Tel Aviv 6–0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (29 October 2011)
* Most goals in a match: 10 goals – Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–3 Maccabi Netanya (21 January 2012)
* Most goals in a half: 5 goals –
** Bnei Yehuda 4–1 Hapoel Acre, 0–0 at half-time (17 December 2011)
** Bnei Yehuda 5–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva, 1–0 at half-time (7 January 2012)
** Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–3 Maccabi Netanya (both halves), 3–2 at half-time (21 January 2012)
** Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2 Bnei Sakhnin, 5–0 at half-time (31 March 2012)
* Most goals in a match by one player: 4 goals – Wiyam Amashe for Maccabi Haifa against Maccabi Netanya (20 August 2011)
* Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
** Bnei Sakhnin 4–3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (27 August 2011)
** Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–3 Maccabi Netanya (21 January 2012)
** Bnei Yehuda 4–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv (9 May 2012)

### Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: Mohammad Ghadir for Maccabi Haifa against Maccabi Netanya, 40th minute (20 August 2011)
* First red card of the season: Eyal Tartazky for Hapoel Haifa against Ironi Kiryat Shmona, 68th minute (20 August 2011)