2012–13 Israeli Premier League

The 2012–13 Israeli Premier League was the fourteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 71st season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 20 May 2013. Ironi Kiryat Shmona were the defending champions, having won their first Premier League title last season.

Israeli Premier League
Season2012–13
Dates25 August 2012 – 20 May 2013
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
2nd Premier League title
19th Israeli title overall
RelegatedMaccabi Netanya
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Champions LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
(Second qualifying round)
Europa LeagueHapoel Ramat Gan
(Third qualifying round)
Maccabi Haifa (Second qualifying round)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Second qualifying round)
Matches played240
Goals scored608 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerEliran Atar (22 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 6–0 Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Biggest away winBnei Sakhnin 0–4 Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Highest scoringMaccabi Tel Aviv 6–2 Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Acre 4–4 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya 3–5 Bnei Yehuda
Longest winning run8 games
Maccabi Tel Aviv[1]
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Maccabi Tel Aviv[1]
Longest winless run16 games
Hapoel Acre[2]
Longest losing run6 games
Hapoel Acre[2]
Highest attendance33,000 – Ironi Ramat HaSharon 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (22 April 2013)[3]
Lowest attendance150
Ironi Ramat HaSharon 3–1 Hapoel Acre[4]
Average attendance4,916[5]

Maccabi Tel Aviv secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Ramat HaSharon on 22 April 2012. This was their 19th Israeli league title, this win gave Maccabi Tel Aviv a 13-point advantage over the second-place team Maccabi Haifa with four more rounds to go.

Structural changes

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There were three structural changes:[6]

  • Only fourteen teams competed in this season, reducing from sixteen teams.
  • The top playoff were contested by six teams which were played against each other twice, and the bottom playoff was contested by eight teams which were played against each other once.
  • There were two relegated teams, and two promoted team from Liga Leumit.

Teams

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A total of fourteen teams competed in the league, including thirteen sides from the 2011–12 season and one promoted team from the 2011–12 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2012–13 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2011–12 season in the bottom three places. Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated after 21 straight seasons, Hapoel Petah Tikva after four years consecutively and Hapoel Rishon LeZion after just one year on the top division.

Hapoel Ramat Gan were promoted to the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League after beating Hapoel Bnei Lod in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit promotion playoff. They last played in the top division in the 2010–11 Season.

Stadia and locations

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Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
F.C. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002
Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium[A] 41,583
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium[B] 13,610
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413

^ A: The club plays its home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.
^ B: While Netanya Stadium was under construction. Maccabi Netanya hosted their home games in Ramat Gan Stadium until 6 October 2012.

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Acre
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Kiryat Shmona Stadium Acre Stadium
       
Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Netanya Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
HaMoshava Stadium
Grundman Stadium
       
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Vasermil Stadium
 
 
 

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem   Arcadi Gaydamak   Eli Cohen (b. 1951)   Amit Ben Shushan Diadora Eldan
Bnei Sakhnin   Shaher Khalaila   Marco Balbul   Khaled Khalaila Lotto Bank Leumi
Bnei Yehuda   Moshe Damaio   Dror Kashtan   Kfir Edri Puma Strauss
F.C. Ashdod   Jacky Ben-Zaken   Yossi Mizrahi   David Revivo Nike Sektor Town
Hapoel Acre   Tzion Weitzman   Yuval Naim   David Goresh Nike Shahaf Security
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Alona Barkat   Elisha Levy   Aviatar Iluz Kappa Mobli, Dell
Hapoel Haifa   Yoav Katz   Nir Klinger   Eyal Tartazky Diadora Hatama Security
Hapoel Ramat Gan   Nir Arkin   Eli Cohen (b. 1961)   Tamir Ben Ami Puma Avi Sofer
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Haim Ramon   Freddy David   Walid Badir Kappa Bonnie Hatichon, Shlomo Sixt
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Izzy Sheratzky   Barak Bakhar   Adrian Rochet Lotto Ituran
Ironi Ramat HaSharon   Boaz Moldavsky   Benny Tabak   Gal Nir Lotto
Maccabi Haifa   Ya'akov Shahar   Arik Benado   Yaniv Katan Nike Honda, Herbalife
Maccabi Netanya   Kobi Baladev   Reuven Atar   Achmad Saba'a Diadora Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Mitchell Goldhar   Óscar García   Sheran Yeini Under Armour Nivea

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Final position
Hapoel Acre   Eli Cohen (b. 1961) End of contract 13 May 2012[7] 10th (11–12)   Shimon Edri 28 May 2012[8] 14th
Hapoel Haifa   Tal Banin End of contract 13 May 2012[9] 12th (11–12)   Nir Klinger 23 May 2012[10] 9th
Maccabi Netanya   Reuven Atar End of contract 13 May 2012[11] 4th (11–12)   Tal Banin 13 May 2012[12] 12th
Bnei Yehuda   Yossi Abukasis End of contract 13 May 2012[13] 3rd (11–12)   Dror Kashtan 13 May 2012[13] 5th
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Ran Ben Shimon End of contract 13 May 2012[14] 1st (11–12)   Gili Landau 13 May 2012[14] 7th
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Nir Levine End of contract 13 May 2012 6th (11–12)   Óscar García 22 May 2012[15] 1st
Ironi Ramat HaSharon   Yehoshua Feigenbaum End of contract 13 May 2012 11th (11–12)   Nissan Yehezkel 14 May 2012[16] 6th
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Guy Levy End of contract 13 May 2012 13th (11–12)   Elisha Levy 16 May 2012[17] 10th
Maccabi Haifa   Elisha Levy End of contract 16 May 2012[11] 5th (11–12)   Reuven Atar 16 May 2012[11] 13th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon   Nissan Yehezkel Sacked 2 September 2012[18] 6th   Beni Tabak (joint manager)
  Meni Koretski (joint manager)
4 September 2012[19] 5th
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Nitzan Shirazi Stepped down for health reasons 27 September 2012[20] 3rd   Yossi Abukasis 27 September 2012[20] 3rd
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Gili Landau Sacked 3 October 2012[21] 7th   Barak Bakhar (caretaker) 3 October 2012[21] 4th
Maccabi Haifa   Reuven Atar Sacked 13 November 2012[22] 13th   Arik Benado[C] 17 November 2012[23] 2nd
Hapoel Ramat Gan   Freddy David Sacked 28 November 2012[24] 13th   Eli Cohen (b. 1961) 28 November 2012[24] 12th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon   Meni Koretski (joint manager) Resigned 12 January 2013[25] 5th   Benny Tabak (sole manager) 12 January 2013[25] 6th
Hapoel Acre   Shimon Edri Sacked 31 January 2013[26] 14th   Yuval Naim 31 January 2013[24] 11th
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Yossi Abukasis Sacked 16 February 2013[27] 3rd   Freddy David 18 February 2013[28] 3rd
Bnei Sakhnin   Shlomi Dora Sacked 10 March 2013[29] 12th   Marco Balbul 11 March 2013[30] 13th
Maccabi Netanya   Tal Banin Sacked 18 March 2013[31] 12th   Reuven Atar 19 March 2013[32] 14th

^C Arik Benado was acted as caretaker manager for eight days until his appointment as manager on 25 November 2012.[33]

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa Foreign Former Players
Beitar Jerusalem   Darío Fernández   Dino Škvorc   Dominik Glavina   Dzhabrail Kadiyev   Zaur Sadayev   Steven Cohen2
Bnei Sakhnin   Pieter Mbemba   Imoro Lukman   Yero Bello   Aleksandar Davidov   Arafat Djako   Maxime Josse
  Joël Damahou
Bnei Yehuda   Pedro Galván   Ádám Hrepka   Kęstutis Ivaškevičius   Dele Aiyenugba   Nenad Marinković
F.C. Ashdod   Dimitar Makriev   Paty Yeye Lenkebe   Juwon Oshaniwa   Stefan Šćepović   Sandi Arčon   William Owusu
  Efe Ambrose
Hapoel Acre   Dimaku Fidelis   Branislav Jovanović   Nebojša Marinković   Nemanja Arsenijević   Srđa Knežević   Leo
  Imoro Lukman
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Bojan Marković   William Soares   Patrick Osiako   Austin Ejide   William Njobvu   Ryan Adeleye2
Hapoel Haifa   Stefan Denković   Vladimir Gluščević   Dušan Brković   Danilo Nikolić   Touvarno Pinas   Tvrtko Kale2   Fabian Stoller
Hapoel Ramat Gan   David Manga   Djibril Sidibé   Bernard Itoua   Dorin Goga   Miran Burgić   Carlos Chacana2   Miroslav Pejić
  Anton Arkhipov
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Apoula Edel   Eric Djemba-Djemba   Savo Pavićević   Tiago Costa   David Rochela   Bruno Coutinho
  John Paintsil
  Nikola Petković
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   David Solari   Osei Mawuli   Darko Tasevski   Dušan Matović   Bryan Gerzicich1   Roni Porokara
  László Lencse
Ironi Ramat HaSharon   Adrián Fernández   Savity Lipenia   Udo Fortune   Marko Anđelković   Hugo López   Cadu
  Yordan Miliev
  Hristijan Kirovski
Maccabi Haifa   Edin Cocalić   Bojan Šaranov   Dino Ndlovu   Andriy Pylyavskyi   Daniel Haber2   Joël Damahou
In bold: Players that join the club mid-season

In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;
2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Regular season

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 19 2 5 61 20 +41 59 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 14 7 5 41 20 +21 49
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 11 10 5 34 25 +9 43
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 12 6 8 33 29 +4 42
5 Bnei Yehuda 26 11 5 10 35 31 +4 38
6 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 26 11 4 11 28 30 −2 37
7 F.C. Ashdod 26 10 5 11 30 30 0 35 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 9 9 36 42 −6 33
9 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 7 9 10 23 35 −12 30
10 Hapoel Haifa 26 6 10 10 28 40 −12 28
11 Maccabi Netanya 26 6 9 11 32 39 −7 27
12 Bnei Sakhnin 26 6 8 12 25 45 −20 26
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 6 7 13 32 39 −7 25
14 Hapoel Acre 26 5 9 12 29 42 −13 24
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Results

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Home \ Away BEI BnY BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA HRG HTA IKS IRH MHA MNE MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–3
Bnei Sakhnin 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–3
F.C. Ironi Ashdod 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–0
Hapoel Acre 2–3 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–4 0–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–1
Hapoel Haifa 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–3
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–4
Maccabi Haifa 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 2–3 3–5 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–2 1–2 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 6–2 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[34]

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
7–14
8–13
9–12
10–11
7–8
13–9
12–10
14–11
8–14
9–7
10–13
11–12
8–9
7–10
13–11
14–12
9–14
10–8
11–7
12–13
9–10
8–11
7–12
14–13
10–14
11–9
12–8
13–7
 

Top Playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 36 25 5 6 78 30 +48 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Haifa 36 19 10 7 62 33 +29 67 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 36 17 7 12 47 45 +2 58
4 Bnei Yehuda 36 16 7 13 50 40 +10 55
5 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 36 14 11 11 45 38 +7 53
6 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 36 12 4 20 31 50 −19 40
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away BnY HTA IKS IRH MHA MTA
Bnei Yehuda 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–4
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–0 3–2 3–2 6–0 2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 F.C. Ashdod 33 12 7 14 38 40 −2 43
8 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 33 10 11 12 32 39 −7 41
9 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 12 12 36 45 −9 39
10 Beitar Jerusalem 33 9 12 12 44 54 −10 39
11 Hapoel Acre 33 8 13 12 39 48 −9 37
12 Bnei Sakhnin 33 8 13 12 31 49 −18 37
13 Maccabi Netanya (R) 33 8 11 14 38 50 −12 35 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) 33 7 9 17 39 48 −9 30 Europa League qualifying and relegation to Liga Leumit[a]
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Ramat Gan qualified for the Europa League third qualifying of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Israel State Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away BEI BnS ASH HAC HBS HHA HRG MNE
Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3
Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–0 1–0
F.C. Ironi Ashdod 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0
Hapoel Acre 1–1 2–1 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Haifa 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–2 1–1 0–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 2–1 0–3
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Eliran Atar Maccabi Tel Aviv 22
2   Shimon Abuhatzira Ironi Kiryat Shmona 15
3   Ohad Kadousi Hapoel Acre 14
4   Omer Damari Hapoel Tel Aviv 13
5   Weaam Amasha Maccabi Haifa 11
  Avi Reikan Beitar Jerusalem 11
  Pedro Galván Bnei Yehuda 11
8   David Manga Hapoel Ramat Gan 10
  Toto Tamuz Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
  Dovev Gabay Hapoel Be'er Sheva 10
  Mu'nas Dabbur Maccabi Tel Aviv 10
  Achmad Saba'a Maccabi Netanya 10
Total 680
Average per game 2.53

Source: Israel Football Association

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Eliran Atar Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa 3–1[35] 15 September 2012
  Ohad Kadousi Hapoel Acre Bnei Sakhnin 5–1[36] 15 September 2012
  Toto Tamuz Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–1[37] 26 November 2012
  David Manga Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre 3–0[38] 1 December 2012
  Pedro Galván Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Netanya 5–3[39] 9 February 2013
  Dino Ndlovu4 Maccabi Haifa Ironi Ramat HaSharon 6–0[40] 2 April 2013
  Shimon Abuhatzira4 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–1[41] 20 April 2013
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

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Discipline

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Clean sheets

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  • Most clean sheets: 17
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • Fewest clean sheets: 4
    • Hapoel Ramat Gan[48]

See also

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