# 2018–19 Israeli Premier League

The 2018–19 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Japanika for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 77th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 25 August 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019. Hapoel Be'er Sheva were the defending champions.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted teams from the 2017–18 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Akko and Hapoel Ashkelon were relegated to the 2018–19 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Hapoel Tel Aviv were promoted as the winners of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This ends the team's one-year absence from the top division.
Hapoel Hadera were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2017–18 Liga Leumit. This marked the return of Hadera to the top division after 39 years of 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 Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | 16,126 |
| Hapoel Hadera | Hadera | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | 13,610 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan | 13,370 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | 11,500 |
| 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 |
| HaMoshava Stadium | Netanya Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium |
| Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Hadera Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa |
| Doha Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | Ramat Gan Stadium |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Ra'anana |
| Teddy Stadium | Turner Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | F.C. Ashdod |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Moshe Hogeg | Nir Klinger | Idan Vered | Givova | Appli Check |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Mohammed Abu Yunes | Amir Turgeman | Khaled Khalaila | Joma | Scania |
| Bnei Yehuda | Barak Abramov | Yossi Abukasis | Itzik Azuz | Kappa | HAP |
| F.C. Ashdod | Jacky Ben-Zaken | Avi Bohbot | Tom Ben Zaken | Nike | —— |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Alona Barkat | Barak Bakhar | Maor Melikson | Puma | Tadiran |
| Hapoel Haifa | Yoav Katz | Haim Silvas | Gil Vermouth | Joma | BOGART |
| Hapoel Hadera | Oren Golan | Niso Avitan | Menashe Zalka | Lotto | —— |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Izzy Sheratzky | Shimon Hadri | Eden Shamir | Kappa | Ituran |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Asher Alon | Meni Koretski | Snir Shuker | Givova | ME Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Itzik and Sharon Nisanov | Kobi Refua | Orel Dgani | Macron | Arkia |
| Maccabi Haifa | Ya'akov Shahar | Marco Balbul | Neta Lavi | Nike | Volvo |
| Maccabi Netanya | Eyal Segal | Slobodan Drapić | Dani Amos | Lotto | Kesrei Thofa |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Amos Luzon | Murad Magomedov | Naor Peser | Macron | Panorama North |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Mitchell Goldhar | Vladimir Ivić | Sheran Yeini | —— | PenguinPickUp |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Antoine Conte | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Anthony Annan | Afonso Taira | Mihai Voduț | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Alban Pnishi | George Akpabio | Shuaibu Ibrahim | Emmanuel Mbola | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | Ismaila Soro | Emilijus Zubas | Mavis Tchibota | Fejsal Mulić | Jakub Sylvestr | Carlos Cuéllar |
| F.C. Ashdod | Issoumaila Lingane | Romain Habran | Johan Martial | Leonard Owusu | Seybou Koita | Filip Knežević |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Kevin Tapoko | Nigel Hasselbaink | John Ogu | Miguel Vítor | Erik Sabo | |
| Hapoel Haifa | Ernestas Šetkus | Radu Gînsari | Risto Mitrevski | Gabriel Tamaș | Rasmus Sjöstedt | |
| Hapoel Hadera | Lúcio | Nathan Oduwa | Austin Ejide | David Mateos | George Fochive | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Valon Ahmedi | Marcus Diniz | Hadji Barry | Džiugas Bartkus | Jorge Morcillo | Levi Garcia |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ariel Ngueukam | Mirko Oremuš | Martin Zeman | Teddy Mézague | Eugene Ansah | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Marvin Peersman | Caio Alves | Claudemir | Emmanuel Boateng | Nerijus Valskis | |
| Maccabi Haifa | Allyson | Ernest Mabouka | Georges Mandjeck | Manuel Iturra | Etiënne Reijnen | Kerim Frei |
| Maccabi Netanya | Jahmir Hyka | Branko Vrgoč | Tim Heubach | Fatos Bećiraj | Ali Mohamed | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Tomáš Sivok | Franck-Yves Bambock | Kpehi Didier Brossou | Armando Cooper | Issa Cissokho | Anton Bratkov |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Chikeluba Ofoedu | Jair Amador | Uroš Nikolić | Predrag Rajković | Enric Saborit | |
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 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Benny Ben Zaken | | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Guy Luzon | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Tal Banin | | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Benny Ben Zaken | |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yossi Mizrahi | | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Blagoja Milevski | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Sharon Mimer | | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Elisha Levy | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Jordi Cruyff | Left | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Vladimir Ivić | 1 June 2018 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Guy Luzon | Sacked | 22 October 2018 | 13th | Nir Klinger | 30 October 2018 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Nir Klinger | Left | 25 October 2018 | 11th | Sharon Mimer | 31 October 2018 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Fred Rutten | Left | 1 November 2018 | 8th | Eli Guttman | 8 November 2018 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Benny Ben Zaken | Sacked | 5 November 2018 | 14th | Amir Turgeman | 18 November 2018 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Blagoja Milevski | Sacked | 13 November 2018 | 13th | Yuval Naim | 23 November 2018 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Kobi Refua | Sacked | 25 November 2018 | 12th | Ofir Haim | 26 November 2018 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Eli Guttman | Retired | 3 December 2018 | 11th | Itay Mordechai (caretaker) | 3 December 2018 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Itay Mordechai (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 19 December 2018 | 10th | Marco Balbul | 19 December 2018 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Haim Silvas | Sacked | 30 December 2018 | 10th | Tomer Kashtan | 30 December 2018 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Ofir Haim | Sacked | 6 January 2019 | 12th | Kobi Refua | 6 January 2019 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Elisha Levy | Sacked | 6 January 2019 | 9th | Murad Magomedov (caretaker) | 6 January 2019 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Murad Magomedov (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 20 January 2019 | 9th | Guy Luzon | 20 January 2019 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Benny Ben Zaken | Sacked | 20 January 2019 | 13th | Giorgi Daraselia | 23 January 2019 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yuval Naim | Sacked | 26 January 2019 | 14th | Avi Bohbot | 19 February 2019 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Giorgi Daraselia | Sacked | 5 March 2019 | 14th | Juan Carlos (caretaker) | 5 March 2019 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Juan Carlos (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 26 March 2019 | 14th | Eldad Shavit | 26 March 2019 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Sharon Mimer | Sacked | 14 April 2019 | 10th | Haim Silvas | 17 April 2019 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Tomer Kashtan | Sacked | 6 May 2019 | 12th | Shimon Hadri | 6 May 2019 |

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 66 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | BnY | ASH | HAH | HBS | HHA | HRA | HTA | MNE | IKS | MHA | MPT | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 3–2 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |
Source:

### 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 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## 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 |
Due to 3 teams that play in the Netanya stadium qualifying to this round, and in order to insure that all the last games of this round, can be played in the same time(for purity reasons), the order of the games, has been changed. Affecting fixtures 33,35 and 36.
Rounds :
| 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
| 6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5 | 6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4 | 2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6 | 3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6 |

### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 77 | 17 | +60 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 53 | |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 42 | |
* ↑ Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Israel State Cup.
* 2018–19 Israeli Premier League champions
* Maccabi Tel Aviv 22nd title

### Championship round results

| Home \ Away | BnY | HAH | HBS | MHA | MNE | MTA |
| Bnei Yehuda | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 2–3 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* 2018–19 UEFA Champions League First 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 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 42 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 37 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 36 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin (R) | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

### Relegation round results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | ASH | HHA | HRA | HTA | IKS | MPT |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | — | — | — | 4–1 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| F.C. Ashdod | — | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 3–2 | — |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–0 | — | — | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | — | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | — | — | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | — |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Relegation to 2019–20 Liga Leumit

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ben Sahar | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 |
| 2 | Fatos Bećiraj | Maccabi Netanya | 13 |
| 2 | Lúcio | Hapoel Hadera | 13 |
| 4 | Yarden Shua | Bnei Yehuda / Maccabi Haifa | 12 |
| 4 | Eliran Atar | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12 |
| 6 | Mavis Tchibota | Bnei Yehuda | 11 |
| Omer Atzili | Maccabi Tel Aviv | | 11 |
| 8 | Guy Melamed | Hapoel Be'er Sheva / Maccabi Netanya | 10 |
| 9 | Nikita Rukavytsya | Maccabi Haifa | 9 |
| 9 | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Hapoel Hadera / Beitar Jerusalem | 9 |
| 9 | Shlomi Azulay | Bnei Sakhnin | 9 |
| 12 | 6 different players | 3 different teams | 8 |
Source: (Hebrew)

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round | Reference |
| Matan Hozez | Hapoel Haifa | Bnei Sakhnin | 4–0 | 19 January 2019 | 19 | |