# 2004–05 Ligat Nashim

The 2004–05 Ligat Nashim is the seventh season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. The league began on 26 January 2005, following a Supreme Court ruling which ordered Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Limor Livnat to introduce measures to equal funding for women football clubs.
The league was won by Maccabi Holon, its second title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup.

## League format

With a record number of 19 teams registered to play, the league was split into two divisions, Northern and Southern. Following a single round of play, the top four teams in each division progressed to the Championship Group, which was played as double round-robin tournament, while the rest of the teams were placed in the bottom group, which was played as a single round-robin tournament. For the second phase, all points gathered by the teams in the first phase was erased and both groups started with a clean slate.

## Regular season results
### Northern Division

With 9 teams in the division, teams played 8 matches in the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3 | +88 | 24 | Championship Group |
| 2 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 7 | +41 | 19 | Championship Group |
| 3 | Bnot Haifa | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 14 | +41 | 18 | Championship Group |
| 4 | Bnot Hadar Yosef | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 13 | Championship Group |
| 5 | Bnot Tiv'on | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 12 | Bottom Group |
| 6 | Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 8 | Bottom Group |
| 7 | Bnot Sakhnin | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 8 | Bottom Group |
| 8 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 3 | Bottom Group |
| 9 | Bnot Beit She'an | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 174 | −173 | 0 | Bottom Group |

### Southern Division

With 10 teams in the division, teams played 9 matches in the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Holon | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | +121 | 27 | Championship Group |
| 2 | Ironi Jerusalem | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 24 | Championship Group |
| 3 | Hapoel Marmorek | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 21 | Championship Group |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 18 | Championship Group |
| 5 | Ironi Bat Yam | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 15 | Bottom Group |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 12 | Bottom Group |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 6 | Bottom Group |
| 8 | Bnot Kiryat Gat | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 54 | −41 | 6 | Bottom Group |
| 9 | Ironi Ariel | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 71 | −67 | 6 | Bottom Group |
| 10 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 91 | −91 | 0 | Bottom Group |

## Playoff results
### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Holon | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 5 | +115 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Women's Cup |
| 2 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 10 | +60 | 36 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 22 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Marmorek | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 16 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 15 | |
| 6 | Ironi Jerusalem | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 15 | |
| 7 | Bnot Haifa | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 61 | −50 | 8 | |
| 8 | Bnot Hadar Yosef | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 63 | −53 | 7 | |

### Bottom group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ironi Bat Yam | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 10 | +63 | 30 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 8 | +46 | 27 |
| 3 | Bnot Tiv'on | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 11 | +61 | 24 |
| 4 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 18 |
| 5 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 18 |
| 6 | Maccab Tzur Shalom Bialik | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 13 |
| 7 | Bnot Sakhnin | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 13 |
| 8 | Ironi Kiryat Gat | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 10 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 43 | −35 | 7 |
| 10 | Bnot Beit She'an | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 88 | −77 | 3 |
| 11 | Ironi Ariel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 77 | −74 | 0 |