# 2021–22 Israeli Premier League

The 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season since its introduction in 1999 and the 80th season of top-tier football in Israel.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Hapoel Jerusalem returned to the top flight after an absence of 15 and 21 years respectively.
Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2021–22 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2020–21 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| 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 | 13,610 |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | 30,942 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Nof HaGalil | Green Stadium | 5,200 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
| 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 | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
| Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem | Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Nof HaGalil |
| Teddy Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | Green Stadium |
| Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Hadera | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Netanya Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium |
| F.C. Ashdod | Bnei Sakhnin | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Yud-Alef Stadium | Doha Stadium | Turner Stadium |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kobi Refua | End of contract | 30 May 2021 | Pre-season | Amir Nussbaum | 31 May 2021 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Yossi Mizrahi | Caretaking spell over | 2 June 2021 | Pre-season | Erwin Koeman | 2 June 2021 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Raymond Atteveld | Sacked | 29 September 2021 | 14 | Benyamin Lam | 4 October 2021 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Patrick van Leeuwen | Sacked | 26 October 2021 | 12 | Barak Yitzhaki (Temporary) | 26 October 2021 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Amir Nussbaum | Sacked | 8 November 2021 | 14 | Slobodan Drapić | 9 November 2021 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Erwin Koeman | Left | 1 December 2021 | 11 | Yossi Mizrahi | 10 December 2021 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Barak Yitzhaki | Caretaking spell over | 9 December 2021 | 4 | Mladen Krstajić | 9 December 2021 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Nir Klinger | Sacked | 19 December 2021 | 7 | Kobi Refua | 19 December 2021 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Guy Luzon | Left | 28 December 2021 | 14 | Nir Klinger | 29 December 2021 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Yaron Hochenboim | Sacked | 5 January 2022 | 13 | Shay Barda | 5 January 2022 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sharon Mimer | Sacked | 18 January 2022 | 6 | Haim Silvas | 19 January 2022 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Yossi Mizrahi | Left | 26 January 2022 | 11 | Gal Cohen (Temporary) | 26 January 2022 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Gal Cohen | Caretaking spell over | 3 February 2022 | 11 | Yossi Abukasis | 3 February 2022 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Ronny Levy | Sacked | 1 March 2022 | 2 | Elyaniv Barda | 1 March 2022 |

### 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 | Non-visa player |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Josua Mejías | Richmond Boakye | Kamso Mara | Gleofilo Vlijter | | | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Ari Moura | Ante Puljić | Odah Marshall | Ibrahima Conté | Fahad Bayo | Fabian Sporkslede | Gaëtan Varenne Abdallah Jaber |
| F.C. Ashdod | Montari Kamaheni | Lawrence Ofori | Nenad Cvetković | Timothy Awany | Dimitrios Diamantakos | Martin Atemengue | Kenny Saief |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Danilo Asprilla | Eugene Ansah | Davide Petrucci | Hélder Lopes | André Martins | Gustavo Marmentini | Mariano Bareiro Nikita Rukavytsya |
| Hapoel Hadera | Jonathan Cissé | Ivaylo Markov | Steven Alfred | Muhammed Usman | | | |
| Hapoel Haifa | Saikou Touray | Alen Ožbolt | Matija Ljujić | Izuchuckwu Anthony | | | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Morgan Ferrier | Džiugas Bartkus | Július Szöke | | | | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Yao Eloge Koffi | Ondřej Bačo | Eduardo Guerrero | Adebayo Adeleye | William Agada | Bright Enobakhare | Awaka Eshata |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Guti | David Tweh | John Ogu | Stefan Marinovic | Luwagga Kizito | Ernest Mabouka | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Marko Janković | Farley Rosa | Mohamed Kalil Traoré | Ernestas Šetkus | Siyanda Xulu | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Bohdan Sarnavskyi |
| Maccabi Haifa | Mickaël Alphonse | José Rodriguez | Godsway Donyoh | Ali Mohamed | Bogdan Planić | Tjaronn Chery | Josh Cohen Mavis Tchibota Ryan Strain |
| Maccabi Netanya | Plamen Galabov | Boris Enow | Patrick Twumasi | Zlatan Šehović | Igor Zlatanović | Parfait Guiagon | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Marcus Diniz | Adi Mehremić | James Adeniyi | Ion Nicolaescu | Lameck Banda | | Nico Olsak Marco Wolff Daniel Joulani |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Stipe Perica | Brandley Kuwas | Josué Sá | Enric Saborit | Đorđe Jovanović | André Geraldes | Daniel Tenenbaum |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 36 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 8 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 33 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 30 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 10 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 27 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 11 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 23 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 21 | Transfer to the Relegation round |
| 14 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 20 | Transfer to the Relegation round |

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | MHA | HBS | MTA | BnS | MNE | HTA | HAH | IKS | HHA | ASH | HJE | BEI | MPT | HNG |
| Maccabi Haifa | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — | 4–0 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Matches 9–18
* ↑ Matches 1–16
* ↑ Matches 6–21
* ↑ Matches 8–20
* 1 2 Matches 12–17
* ↑ The match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem originally ended 1–1. However, Beitar was awarded a 3–0 victory after Hapoel ineligibly fielded 6 foreign players during the match (a team is allowed to field at most 5 foreign players in a match).

### Results 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 Haifa | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Bnei Sakhnin | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Maccabi Netanya | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D |
| Hapoel Hadera | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W |
| Hapoel Haifa | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| F.C. Ashdod | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Beitar Jerusalem | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L |

## 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 | MHA | HBS | MTA | MNE | HTA | BnS |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 49 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.
| Team ╲ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Maccabi Haifa | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Maccabi Netanya | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | L |
| Bnei Sakhnin | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L |

## 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 | IKS | HAH | ASH | BEI | HHA | HJE | MPT | HNG |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 | | | | | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 42 | | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | | |
| 9 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 39 | | 1–3 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 37 | | 3–3 | | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | |
| 12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 33 | | | | | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | | 4–3 | | | 0–0 | | | 0–4 |
| 14 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | | | |

### Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round :
| Team ╲ Round | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | D | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Hapoel Hadera | W | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| F.C. Ashdod | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Beitar Jerusalem | D | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Hapoel Haifa | D | D | W | L | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | L | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | D | D | L | W | D | L | W |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | L | D | L | W | L | L | W |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Omer Atzili | Maccabi Haifa | 20 |
| 2 | Dean David | Maccabi Haifa | 15 |
| 2 | Itamar Shviro | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 15 |
| 2 | Stipe Perica | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 |
| 5 | Igor Zlatanović | Maccabi Netanya | 12 |
| 6 | Alen Ožbolt | Hapoel Haifa | 11 |
| 6 | Alon Turgeman | Hapoel Haifa | 11 |
| 8 | Nikita Rukavytsya | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 |
| 8 | Ramzi Safouri | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 |
| 10 | Guy Melamed | Bnei Sakhnin | 9 |
| 10 | Dolev Haziza | Maccabi Haifa | 9 |
| 10 | Tjaronn Chery | Maccabi Haifa | 9 |
| 10 | Đorđe Jovanović | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 |
Source, as of 17 May 2022:

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
| Alen Ožbolt | Hapoel Haifa | Beitar Jerusalem | 5–1 (H) | 29 January 2022 | 20 |
| Omer Atzili$^4$ | Maccabi Haifa | F.C. Ashdod | 6–0 (H) | 7 February 2022 | 21 |