# 2016–17 Ligat Nashim

The 2016–17 Ligat Nashim is the 19th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. League schedule began on 8 November 2016. The defending champions are F.C. Ramat HaSharon, having won the title the previous season.
Prior to the beginning of the season the two divisions were renamed, Ligat Nashim Rishona becoming Women's Premier League and Ligat Nashim Shniya becoming Women's Leumit League.
In the premier league, F.C. Kiryat Gat won its first championship while Bnot Sakhnin relegated. Hapoel Ra'anana won Women's Liga Leumit and was promoted to the top division.

## Premier League
### Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 8 | +50 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 7 | +30 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 25 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Holon | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 7 | Youth Academy | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Bnot Netanya | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 50 | −44 | 4 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Bnot Sakhnin | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 93 | −88 | 1 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### 2nd-3rd place match

As F.C. Ramat HaSharon and ASA Tel Aviv finished level on points, a match was arranged to set the placing of each team at the end of regular seasons, in order to determine the two teams' order of matches. The match was played on 7 March 2017, and was abandoned at the 55th minute, with Ramat HaSharon leading 5–0, as ASA appeared to the match with only 11 players and four of them had to leave the pitch due to injuries. Therefore, Ramat HaSharon was placed second and ASA third.

### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | F.C. Kiryat Gat (C) | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 17 | +57 | 57 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 47 | |
| 3 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 45 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 44 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 33 | |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Maccabi Holon | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 33 | |
| 7 | Youth Academy | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 32 | |
| 8 | Bnot Netanya | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 62 | −49 | 7 | |
| 9 | Bnot Sakhnin (R) | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 115 | −106 | 4 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dovrat Bendel | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 26 |
| 2 | Shakira Duncan | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 21 |
| 3 | Moara | Maccabi Holon | 19 |
| 4 | Daniela Ugarte | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 16 |
| 5 | Arava Shahaf | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 15 |

## Leumit League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Ra'anana (C, P) | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 11 | +32 | 48 | Promotion to Women's Premier League |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 39 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 37 | |
| 4 | Bnot Eilat | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 24 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 14 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 12 | |