2016–17 Israeli Premier League

The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League was the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.

Israeli Premier League
Season2016–17
Dates20 August 2016 – 20 May 2017
ChampionsHapoel Be'er Sheva
RelegatedHapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Champions LeagueHapoel Be'er Sheva
Europa LeagueMaccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda
Matches played240
Goals scored524 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerViðar Örn Kjartansson
(19 goals)
Biggest home winMaccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 F.C. Ashdod
Biggest away winHapoel Ashkelon 1–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–4 Beitar Jerusalem
Highest scoringBnei Sakhnin 5–2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Highest attendance27,819 [1]
Maccabi Haifa 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
(22 August 2016)
Lowest attendance600 [2]
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–0 Hapoel Ra'anana
(20 August 2016)
Average attendance6,194 [3]
All statistics correct as of 11 February 2017.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won a back-to-back title, finishing 13 points ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Teams

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A total of fourteen teams were competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Stadia and locations

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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 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 Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya Stadium, Netanya 13,610
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 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 Ra'anana
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
     
Doha Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium Levita Stadium
Bnei Sakhnin Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Kfar Saba
 
   
Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Turner Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Ashkelon Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. Ashdod
       

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem   Eli Tabib   Sharon Mimer   Dan Einbinder Givova
Bnei Sakhnin   Mohammed Abu Yunes   Yossi Abuksis   Khaled Khalaila Givova Scania
Bnei Yehuda   Barak Obramov   Nissan Yehezkel   Hasan Abu Zaid Kappa Landora Group
F.C. Ashdod   Jacky Ben-Zaken   Ran Ben Shimon   Moshe Ohayon Jartazi SeeMe
Hapoel Ashkelon   Municipality of Ashkelon   Yuval Naim   Kobi Ben Hemo Joma Albar
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Alona Barkat   Barak Bakhar   Elyaniv Barda Puma Tadiran
Hapoel Haifa   Yoav Katz   Dani Golan   Oshri Roash Diadora Citrus
Hapoel Kfar Saba   Stav Shaham   Eli Cohen   Hen Dilmoni Macron Trigo
Hapoel Ra'anana   Asher Alon   Haim Silvas   Snir Shuker Umbro ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Nisanov Group   Meni Koretski   Avihai Yadin Nike GETDRIVE
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Izzy Sheratzky   Tomer Kashtan   Ahmed Abed Umbro Ituran
Maccabi Haifa   Ya'akov Shahar   Guy Luzon   Dekel Keinan Nike Honda
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Amos Luzon   Kobi Refua   Naor Peser Macron Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Mitchell Goldhar   Lito Vidigal   Gal Alberman Adidas UNICEF

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.[4]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem   Claudemir   Johan Audel   Antoine Conte   Marcel Heister   Erik Sabo   Jesús Rueda
Bnei Sakhnin   Georginho   Wanderson   Lassina Dao   Abraham Paz
Bnei Yehuda   Pedro Galván   Antonio Mršić   Tijan Jaiteh   Nerijus Valskis   Emilijus Zubas   Marko Jovanović
F.C. Ashdod   Dolly Menga   Sandro Gotal   Karlo Bručić   Lúcio Maranhão   Alan Wigor   Georgi Batyayev
Hapoel Ashkelon   Issoumaila Lingane   David Manga   Josip Ivančić   Mirko Oremuš   Dele Aiyenugba   Branislav Jovanović
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   William Soares   Mihály Korhut   Anthony Nwakaeme   John Ogu   Miguel Vítor   Ovidiu Hoban
Hapoel Haifa   Adilson Bahia   Júlio César   Žarko Korać   Piet Velthuizen   Bruno Pinheiro
Hapoel Kfar Saba   Bruno Andrade   Diogo Kachuba   Mavis Tchibota   Sunny Omoregie   Dušan Matović   Slobodan Simović
Hapoel Ra'anana   Rodgers Kola   Conlyde Luchanga   Emmanuel Mbola
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Ezechiel N'Douassel   Michael Seaton   John Chibuike
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Kassio   Mauricio   Didier Brossou   Jacob Njoku
Maccabi Haifa   Kamil Vacek   Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson   Enis Alushi   Fitim Azemi   Marc Valiente   Gary Kagelmacher
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Allyson   Romário   Mihai Roman   Nenad Adamović   Aitor   Carlos Cuéllar
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Óscar Scarione   Marcelo   Ramon   Viðar Örn Kjartansson   Rúben Micael   Predrag Rajković

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team. All Hapoel Tel Aviv foreign players were released due to budget cuts.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Shlomi Dora End of contract 16 May 2016 Pre-season   Motti Ivanir 18 May 2016
Bnei Yehuda   Yossi Mizrahi   Arik Benado 24 May 2016
Maccabi Petah Tikva   Dani Golan   Kobi Refua 31 May 2016
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Peter Bosz Signed by Ajax 24 May 2016   Shota Arveladze 16 June 2016
Beitar Jerusalem   Slobodan Drapić End of contract 1 June 2016   Ran Ben Shimon 4 June 2016
Maccabi Haifa   Ronny Levy Sacked 27 July 2016   René Meulensteen 9 August 2016
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Eli Guttman Became a sports director 20 September 2016 12th   Guy Luzon 20 September 2016
Bnei Yehuda   Arik Benado Sacked 24 October 2016 13th   Nissan Yehezkel 24 October 2016
Hapoel Haifa   Eli Cohen Sacked 11 December 2016 11th   Dani Golan 11 December 2016
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Shota Arveladze Sacked 2 January 2017 2nd   Lito Vidigal 11 February 2017
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Guy Luzon Resign 11 January 2017 14th   Meni Koretski 11 January 2017
Hapoel Kfar Saba   Sharon Mimer Sacked 23 January 2017 12th   Eli Cohen 25 January 2017
Maccabi Haifa   René Meulensteen Sacked 13 February 2017 7th   Guy Luzon 13 February 2017
Beitar Jerusalem   Ran Ben Shimon Sacked 5 February 2017 5th   Sharon Mimer 6 February 2017
F.C. Ashdod   Ronny Awat Became assistant coach 14 February 2017 10th   Ran Ben Shimon 14 February 2017

Regular season

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Regular season table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 18 5 3 54 13 +41 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 5 4 45 19 +26 56
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 13 9 4 36 23 +13 48
4 Beitar Jerusalem 26 10 10 6 34 27 +7 40
5 Bnei Sakhnin 26 10 9 7 26 26 0 39
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 10 8 8 30 25 +5 38
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 9 8 9 35 33 +2 35 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Hapoel Haifa 26 8 4 14 29 36 −7 28
9 F.C. Ashdod 26 6 10 10 15 26 −11 28
10 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 7 7 12 14 29 −15 28
11 Bnei Yehuda 26 5 10 11 20 32 −12 25
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 4 9 13 17 34 −17 21
13 Hapoel Ashkelon 26 3 9 14 15 39 −24 18
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv[a] 26 5 11 10 18 26 −8 17
Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted nine points for entering administration.[5]


Regular season results

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Home \ Away ASH BEI BnS BnY HAS HBS HHA HKS HRA HTA IKS MHA MPT MTA
F.C. Ashdod 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2
Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0
Bnei Sakhnin 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–0 0–1 0–3
Bnei Yehuda 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–0
Hapoel Ashkelon 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–5 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–4
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–2 0–1 0–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–2
Maccabi Haifa 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 5–0 3–0 0–2 0–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship round

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C, Q) 36 26 7 3 73 18 +55 85 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Q) 36 22 6 8 61 28 +33 72 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Beitar Jerusalem (Q) 36 16 12 8 53 36 +17 60
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 36 15 11 10 42 34 +8 56
5 Bnei Sakhnin 36 13 9 14 32 46 −14 48
6 Maccabi Haifa 36 12 9 15 34 41 −7 45
Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated


2016–17 Israeli Premier League champions


Hapoel Be'er Sheva
4th title

Championship round results

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Home \ Away BEI BnS HBS MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin 1–5 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0
Maccabi Haifa 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games)

Rounds
27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
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

Relegation round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 10 9 14 44 48 −4 39
8 Hapoel Haifa 33 10 7 16 39 46 −7 37
9 F.C. Ashdod 33 7 15 11 22 32 −10 36
10 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 9 9 15 22 40 −18 36
11 Bnei Yehuda (Q) 33 8 11 14 26 39 −13 35 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
12 Hapoel Ashkelon 33 7 11 15 24 42 −18 32
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) 33 7 10 16 23 40 −17 31 Relegation to Liga Leumit
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv[b] (R) 33 8 14 11 29 34 −5 29
Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bnei Yehuda qualified for the Europa League Second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Israel State Cup
  2. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv were deducted nine points for entering administration.[7]


Relegation round results

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Home \ Away ASH BnY HAS HHA HKS HRA HTA IKS
F.C. Ashdod 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1
Bnei Yehuda 2–1 1–0 0–2
Hapoel Ashkelon 0–0 1–0 2–1
Hapoel Haifa 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 1–0 0–2
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 0–0 2–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 1–4 2–3 2–3
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.

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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 6 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Beitar Jerusalem 6 9 9 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Bnei Sakhnin 8 5 8 11 11 13 10 6 8 9 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Maccabi Haifa 5 8 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4 3 5 7 6 7 7 10 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Hapoel Haifa 10 7 10 6 4 4 6 7 9 11 9 10 11 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8
F.C. Ashdod 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 10 11 10 10 10 9 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
Hapoel Ra'anana 11 13 12 14 12 11 8 8 10 6 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 9 11 8 10 10 10
Bnei Yehuda 9 10 11 8 10 9 13 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 13 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 9 11 11 11 11
Hapoel Ashkelon 2 2 4 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 12
Hapoel Kfar Saba 14 12 7 10 7 8 11 11 7 8 12 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 13
Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 11 14 12 13 12 9 9 11 12 11 9 9 10 10 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 14

Source: [1][permanent dead link]

2017–18 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation to 2017–18 Liga Leumit

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 20 May 2017
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Viðar Örn Kjartansson Maccabi Tel Aviv 19
2   Tal Ben Haim Maccabi Tel Aviv 15
3   Anthony Nwakaeme Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14
  Ben Sahar Hapoel Be'er Sheva
  Itay Shechter Beitar Jerusalem
6   Idan Vered Beitar Jerusalem 11
7   Gidi Kanyuk Maccabi Petah Tikva 10
  Eli Elbaz Hapoel Kfar Saba
9   Mahran Lala Hapoel Haifa 9
  Guy Melamed Maccabi Petah Tikva

Source: [2]

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Issoumaila Lingane Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Haifa 3–2 20 August 2016 [8]
  Yuval Avidor Bnei Sakhnin Ironi Kiryat Shmona 5–2 16 January 2017
  Viðar Örn Kjartansson Maccabi Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–0 18 February 2017 [9]

Attendances

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Football clubs with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:[10]

Team Home average
Maccabi Haifa 19,752
Hapoel Beer Sheva 14,082

References

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  1. ^ "Premier League: Maccabi Haifa defeated Hapoel haifa 0 : 3" (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Premier League: Irony Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Raanana separated in 0: 0" (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Average home attendance in 2016/2017 season". walla.co.il. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (20 June 2016). "Moving to six foreigners in the Premier League" (in Hebrew). Walla! Sports.
  5. ^ "Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer club heading for bankruptcy". The Times of Israel. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Ligat ha'AL 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer club heading for bankruptcy". The Times of Israel. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Hapoel Ashkelon 3 – 2 Hapoel Haifa". 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 – 0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona". 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ "EFS Attendances".
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