# 2017–18 Israeli Premier League

The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 19 August 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | 11,500 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Ashkelon | Sala Stadium | 5,250 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | 16,126 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | 13,610 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | 13,610 |
| Netanya Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | |
| Acre Stadium | Doha Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | |
| Hapoel Acre | Bnei Sakhnin | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | |
| Sala Stadium | Teddy Stadium | Turner Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | F.C. Ashdod |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Eli Tabib | Benny Ben Zaken | Itay Shechter | Givova | Brown Hotels |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Mohammed Abu Yunes | Tal Banin | Khaled Khalaila | Givova | Scania |
| Bnei Yehuda | Barak Obramov | Yossi Abukasis | Almog Buzaglo | Kappa | HAP |
| F.C. Ashdod | Jacky Ben-Zaken | Amir Turgeman | Moshe Ohayon | Nike | SeeMe |
| Hapoel Acre | Dan Lobalski | Itzik Twizer | Gal Shish | Kappa | Landora Group |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Municipality of Ashkelon | Messay Dego | Tal Makhlouf | Lotto | Albar |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Alona Barkat | Barak Bakhar | Elyaniv Barda | Puma | Tadiran |
| Hapoel Haifa | Yoav Katz | Nir Klinger | Eden Ben Basat | Diadora | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Asher Alon | Meni Koretski | Snir Shuker | Givova | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Izzy Sheratzky | Haim Silvas | Itamar Nitzan | Umbro | Ituran |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ya'akov Shahar | Fred Rutten | Rami Gershon | Nike | Honda |
| Maccabi Netanya | Eyal Segal | Slobodan Drapić | Eran Levy | Lotto | Kesrei Thofa |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Amos Luzon | Sharon Mimer | Naor Peser | Macron | Panorama North |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Mitchell Goldhar | Jordi Cruyff | Sheran Yeini | — | |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Claudemir | Georginho | Antoine Conte | Marcel Heister | Erik Sabo | Jakub Sylvestr |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Wanderson | Antonio Mršić | Jordan Faucher | Akpan David Udoh | Abraham Paz | |
| Bnei Yehuda | Mavis Tchibota | Nerijus Valskis | Emilijus Zubas | | | |
| F.C. Ashdod | Mauricio | Viktor Genev | Karlo Bručić | Blessing Eleke | | |
| Hapoel Acre | Dylan Damraoui | Mohamadou Sissoko | Aliko Bala | Bruno Ibeh | Peter Onyekachi | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | David Manga | Mirko Oremuš | Vladimir Dvalishvili | Dele Aiyenugba | Branislav Jovanović | Milan Smiljanić |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Tomáš Pekhart | Mihály Korhut | Anthony Nwakaeme | John Ogu | Miguel Vítor | Isaac Cuenca |
| Hapoel Haifa | Josip Ivančić | Ernestas Šetkus | Risto Mitrevski | Radu Gînsari | Gabriel Tamaș | Rasmus Sjöstedt |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Guillermo Vizcarra | Mohamed Aly Camara | Nemanja Nikolić | Emmanuel Mayuka | Emmanuel Mbola | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Marcus Diniz | Didier Brossou | Nigel Hasselbaink | Afonso Taira | Miloš Radivojević | Carlos Cuéllar |
| Maccabi Haifa | Allyson | Caio | Georgi Kostadinov | Ernest Mabouka | Stefanos Athanasiadis | Etiënne Reijnen |
| Maccabi Netanya | Leandro Ribeiro | Branko Vrgoč | Tim Heubach | Alhassane Keita | Ali Mohamed | Didier Kougbenya |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Elivelto | Romário | Tomáš Sivok | Johan Martial | Grégory Tadé | Richard Soumah |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | Cristian Battocchio | Jean-Sylvain Babin | Predrag Rajković | José Rodríguez | |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Tomer Kashtan | End of contract | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Haim Silvas | 1 June 2017 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Haim Silvas | Released | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Dudu Avraham | 1 June 2017 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Kfir Edri | Signing of permanent manager | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Yossi Abukasis | 1 June 2017 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Yossi Abukasis | End of contract | 1 June 2017 | Pre-season | Jairo Swirsky | 8 June 2017 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Lito Vidigal | Sacked | 14 June 2017 | Pre-season | Jordi Cruyff | 14 June 2017 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ran Ben Shimon | Released | 5 July 2017 | Pre-season | Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) | 16 July 2017 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Jairo Swirsky | Sacked | 1 August 2017 | Pre-season | Ayman Khalaila (temporary) | 1 August 2017 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) | Signing of permanent manager | 3 August 2017 | Pre-season | Reuven Atar | 3 August 2017 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Ayman Khalaila (temporary) | Signing of permanent manager | 9 August 2017 | Pre-season | Felix Naim | 9 August 2017 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Sharon Mimer | Sacked | 16 August 2017 | Pre-season | Gili Lavanda (caretaker) | 16 August 2017 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Dudu Avraham | Sacked | 16 September 2017 | 13th | Guy Levy | 18 September 2017 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Kobi Refua | Resign | 17 September 2017 | 11th | Sharon Mimer | 17 September 2017 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Gili Lavanda (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 1 October 2017 | 1st | Benny Ben Zaken | 1 October 2017 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Reuven Atar | Sacked | 3 October 2017 | 14th | Amir Turgeman | 10 October 2017 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Guy Levy | Sacked | 15 October 2017 | 14th | Meni Koretski | 30 October 2017 |
| Hapoel Acre | Shlomi Dora | Sacked | 23 October 2017 | 14th | Eldad Shavit | 25 October 2017 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Guy Luzon | Mutual contract termination | 9 December 2017 | 8th | Rob Maas (caretaker) | 9 December 2017 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Felix Naim | Sacked | 5 January 2018 | 8th | Tal Banin | 18 January 2018 |
| Hapoel Acre | Eldad Shavit | Resign | 16 January 2018 | 14th | Itzik Twizer | 16 January 2018 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Rob Maas (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 24 January 2018 | 10th | Fred Rutten | 24 January 2018 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Yuval Naim | Sacked | 12 February 2018 | 13th | Messay Dego | 14 February 2018 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Amir Turgeman | Sacked | 24 April 2018 | 12th | Yossi Mizrahi (temporary) | 24 April 2018 |

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 54 | −35 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | BnY | ASH | HAS | HBS | HHA | HAC | HRA | MNE | IKS | MHA | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ match originally ended 0-1 loss, while acre fielding 6 foreigners, IFA declared it as a technical loss

### Positions by round

| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hapoel Acre | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Source:

## Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds :
| 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
| 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 | 1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4 | 2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5 | 3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1 | 6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3 | 2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6 | 6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4 | 3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6 | 6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5 |

### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 58 | |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 49 | |
* ↑ Hapoel Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Israel State Cup.
* 2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions
* Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5th title

### Championship round results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | HBS | HHA | MNE | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team/ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Source:
* 2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
* 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
* 2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round

## Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)
Rounds :
| 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
| 7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14 | 11 - 14 12 - 10 13 - 9 7 - 8 | 8 - 11 9 - 7 10 – 13 14 - 12 | 11 - 12 13 - 14 7 - 10 8 - 9 | 9 - 11 10 - 8 14 - 7 12 - 13 | 11 - 13 7 - 12 8 - 14 9 -10 | 10 - 11 14 - 9 12 - 8 13 - 7 |

### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Haifa | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 38 | |
| 12 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 28 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon (R) | 33 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 21 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Hapoel Akko (R) | 33 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 20 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
* ↑ Hapoel Acre were deducted 2 points; 2 were deducted points due to violations of contract rules (reduced from the original 3 point deduction) and another 2 points due fielding 6 foreigners in a match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on fixture 10(was returned on the 20th of December).

### Relegation round results

| Home \ Away | BnS | ASH | HAS | HAC | HRA | IKS | MHA | MPT |
| Bnei Sakhnin | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| F.C. Ashdod | | | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2–0 | | | 0–2 | | | | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–2 | 1–1 | | | | | | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | | | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | | |
| Maccabi Haifa | | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |

### Positions by round

| Team/ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hapoel Acre | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Source:
* Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Leumit

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dia Saba | Maccabi Netanya | 24 |
| 2 | Viðar Kjartansson | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 |
| 3 | Eden Ben Basat | Hapoel Haifa | 12 |
| 3 | Hanan Maman | Hapoel Haifa/Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 12 |
| 3 | Alon Turgeman | Hapoel Haifa | 12 |
| 6 | Ben Sahar | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 |
| 7 | Nikita Rukavytsya | Maccabi Haifa | 10 |
| 7 | Tomáš Pekhart | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 |
| 7 | Shimon Abuhatzira | Hapoel Raanana | 10 |
| 7 | Nick Blackman | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 |
| 7 | Anthony Nwakaeme | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 |
| 7 | Lidor Cohen | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 10 |
| 7 | Omer Atzili | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 |
| 7 | Eran Levy | Maccabi Netanya | 10 |
| 7 | Jordan Faucher | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 |
| 17 | 3 different players | 2 different teams | 9 |
Source: (Hebrew)

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
| Eden Ben Basat | Hapoel Haifa | Beitar Jerusalem | 3–3 (A) | 16 September 2017 | 4 |
| Dia Saba | Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4–0 | 2 October 2017 | 6 |
| Alon Turgeman | Hapoel Haifa | Hapoel Acre | 4–0 | 14 October 2017 | 7 |
| Eliran Atar | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Acre | 5–2 | 29 October 2017 | 9 |
| Dia Saba | Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–1 | 3 April 2018 | 28 |
| Guy Melamed | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Maccabi Netanya | 6–1 | 21 May 2018 | 36 |