# 2012–13 Ligat Nashim

The 2012–13 Ligat Nashim was the 15th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association.
The league was won by ASA Tel Aviv University, its fourth consecutive title and fifth overall. By winning, ASA Tel Aviv qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva finished bottom of the first division and was relegated to the second division, and was replaced by second division winner, F.C. Kiryat Gat. The second-bottom club in the first division, Bnot Sakhnin met Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik for a spot in Ligat Nashim Rishona, Bnot Sakhnin winning 11–0 to remain in the first division.

## Ligat Nashim Rishona
### Format changes

A promotion/relegation play-off was introduced, setting the second-bottom club in the first division's relegation group against the second-top club in the second division's promotion group.

### Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | +63 | 42 | Championship Group |
| 2 | Maccabi Holon | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 28 | Championship Group |
| 3 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 24 | Championship Group |
| 4 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 24 | Championship Group |
| 5 | Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 23 | Relegation Group |
| 6 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 12 | Relegation Group |
| 7 | Bnot Sakhnin | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 7 | Relegation Group |
| 8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72 | −54 | 1 | Relegation Group |

### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 9 | +82 | 57 | Qualified to UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Maccabi Holon | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 40 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 31 | |
| 4 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 25 | |

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 41 | |
| 2 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 19 | |
| 3 | Bnot Sakhnin | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 17 | Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 98 | −72 | 1 | Relegated to Ligat Nashim Shniya |

#### Promotion/relegation play-off
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sarit Shenar | ASA Tel Aviv University | 35 |
| 2 | Dovrat Bendel | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 |
| 3 | Chioma Nwabueze | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 18 |
| 4 | Shirley Ohana | Maccabi Holon | 16 |
| 5 | Sivan Fahima | Maccabi Holon | 14 |
| 5 | Arava Shahaf | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 14 |
| 7 | Lee Falkon | ASA Tel Aviv University | 13 |
| 7 | Walaa Hussein | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 13 |
| 9 | Hanin Nasser | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 12 |
| 10 | Sheli Israel | ASA Tel Aviv University | 11 |

## Ligat Nashim Shniya
### Format changes

As 8 teams registered to the second division, the participating clubs first played a conventional double round-robin schedule for a total of 14 rounds, after which the 4 top clubs played a promotion play-off, while the bottom 4 clubs played a separate play-off, with clubs in each group playing a round-robin schedule of another 3 matches between them. Points earned in the regular season were kept by the clubs. The top club at the Promotion Group would win promotion to Ligat Nashim Rishona, and the second-placed club would compete in a promotion/relegation play-off against the third placed club in the first division's relegation group.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3 | +97 | 42 | Championship Group |
| 2 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 29 | Championship Group |
| 3 | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 28 | Championship Group |
| 4 | Bnot Eilat | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 22 | Championship Group |
| 5 | Bnot Tiv'on | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 19 | Bottom Group |
| 6 | Bnot Caesarea | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 17 | Bottom Group |
| 7 | Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 109 | −99 | 6 | Bottom Group |
| 8 | F.C. Kafr Yasif | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 99 | −86 | 1 | Bottom Group |

### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 7 | +106 | 49 | Promoted to Ligat Nashim Rishona |
| 2 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 35 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 39 | +49 | 30 | |
| 4 | Bnot Eilat | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 23 | |

### Bottom group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bnot Caesarea | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 26 |
| 2 | Bnot Tiv'on | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 22 |
| 3 | F.C. Kafr Yasif | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 103 | −81 | 7 |
| 4 | Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 130 | −118 | 6 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michal Asaf | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 26 |
| 1 | Dana Nisanboim | Bnot Caesarea | 26 |
| 3 | Tali Stolovitzky | Bnot Eilat | 22 |
| 4 | Yarin Asayag | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 20 |
| 5 | Olga Truman | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 18 |