# 2015–16 Ligat Nashim

The 2015–16 Ligat Nashim was the 18th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. First division matches were due to begin on 3 November 2015, but were delayed to start on 10 November. The defending champions are ASA Tel Aviv University, having won the title the previous season.
On 22 May 2016, in the penultimate match of the season, F.C. Ramat HaSharon secured the title, Its first ever, by defeating title rival F.C. Kiryat Gat 1–0. By winning, FC Ramat HaSharon qualified to 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. At the bottom, Maccabi Be'er Sheva was relegated to Ligat Nashim Shniya.
In the second division, Bnot Netanya F.C. won the league and was promoted to the top division.

## Ligat Nashim Rishona
### Regular season

Teams play 16 matches in the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 11 | +62 | 42 | Championship Group |
| 2 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 12 | +84 | 38 | Championship Group |
| 3 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 84 | 17 | +67 | 35 | Championship Group |
| 4 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 28 | +52 | 35 | Championship Group |
| 5 | Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 22 | Championship Group |
| 6 | Youth Academy | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 19 | Relegation Group |
| 7 | Maccabi Holon | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 13 | Relegation Group |
| 8 | Bnot Sakhnin | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 91 | −75 | 3 | Relegation Group |
| 9 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 234 | −224 | 3 | Relegation Group |
| Home \ Away | ASA | BNS | KGT | RHS | HPT | MBS | HLN | MKH | YTH |
| ASA Tel Aviv | | 13–2 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 26–0 | 3–0 | 0–8 | 3–0 |
| Bnot Sakhnin | 1–6 | | 0–3 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–4 |
| F.C. Kiryat Gat | 0–1 | 11–0 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 18–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 2–2 | 13–0 | 1–1 | | 7–0 | 17–1 | 9–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 17–0 | 2–0 | 0–7 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 1–12 | 3–0 | 0–20 | 0–19 | 0–22 | | 1–12 | 2–9 | 1–17 |
| Maccabi Holon | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 14–0 | | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 6–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 12–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 |
| Youth Academy | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 11–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |

### Championship group

Teams play eight more games, for a total of 24.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 112 | 17 | +95 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 2 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 105 | 31 | +74 | 50 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 84 | 26 | +58 | 49 | |
| 4 | ASA Tel Aviv University | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 45 | +39 | 40 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 32 | |
| Home \ Away | ASA | KGT | RHS | HPT | MKH |
| ASA Tel Aviv | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| F.C. Kiryat Gat | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 |
| F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | |

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Youth Academy | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 35 | |
| 2 | Maccabi Holon | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 23 | |
| 3 | Bnot Sakhnin | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 46 | 105 | −59 | 11 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 310 | −299 | 3 | Relegation to Ligat Nashim Shniya |
| Home \ Away | BNS | MBS | HLN | YTH |
| Bnot Sakhnin | | 14–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 0–14 | | 0–9 | 0–11 |
| Maccabi Holon | 4–1 | 16–0 | | 0–2 |
| Youth Academy | 8–0 | 12–0 | 1–0 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tiffany Cameron | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 35 |
| 2 | Eden Avital | ASA Tel Aviv University | 27 |
| 3 | Adva Twil | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 25 |
| 4 | Shira Elinav | Youth Academy | 22 |
| 5 | Arava Shahaf | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 21 |
| 6 | Coral Hazan | Youth Academy | 20 |
| 7 | Vered Cohen | F.C. Kiryat Gat | 18 |
| 8 | Nura Abu Shanab | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 17 |
| 9 | Blake Stockton | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | 16 |
| 9 | Walaa Hussein | Maccabi Holon | 16 |
| 9 | Fany Gauto | Maccabi Holon | 16 |

## Ligat Nashim Shniya

As 5 teams registered to the second division, the participating clubs play each of their opponents four times for a total of 16 matches for each club. At the end of the season, the top placed team will be promoted to the top division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bnot Netanya | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 6 | +70 | 45 | Promotion to Ligat Nashim Rishona |
| 2 | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 31 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 21 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 20 | |
| 5 | Bnot Eilat | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 91 | −81 | 0 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hadar Shem Tov | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 16 |
| 1 | Shaked Elimelech | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 16 |
| 3 | Ortal Shoval | Maccabi Kfar Saba | 14 |
| 3 | Rinat Tamam | Bnot Netnaya | 14 |
| 5 | Dana Nissenboim | Bnot Netnaya | 11 |