2022–23 Israeli Premier League

The 2022–23 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat ONE ZERO[6] for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 81st season of top-tier football in Israel.

Israeli Premier League
Season2022–23
Dates20 August 2022 – 20 May 2023
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
RelegatedSektzia Ness Ziona
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Champions LeagueMaccabi Haifa
Europa Conference LeagueHapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem
Matches played240
Goals scored634 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerOmer Atzili (21 goals)
Biggest home winHapoel Be'er Sheva 6–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (9 January 2023 (2023-01-09))
Biggest away winHapoel Hadera 0–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv (29 August 2022 (2022-08-29))[1]
Highest scoringBeitar Jerusalem 6–3 Maccabi Netanya (17 December 2022 (2022-12-17))[2]
Longest winning run11 — Maccabi Haifa[i][3]
Longest unbeaten run12 — Hapoel Be'er Sheva[ii]
Longest winless run15 — Ironi Kiryat Shmona[iii]
Longest losing run7 — Sektzia Ness Ziona[iv][4]
Highest attendance30,564
Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem
(20 May 2023)
Total attendance1,998,042 [5]
Average attendance8,325
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023 (2023-05-20).

Teams

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A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Bnei Reineh and Sektzia Ness Ziona were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Bnei Reineh was promoted for the first time in its history, Sektzia Ness Ziona returned after two seasons in the second league.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2022–23 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2021–22 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Members of the 2022–23 season

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Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Hadera Hadera Netanya Stadium[v] 13,610
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
Maccabi Bnei Reineh Reineh Green Stadium[v] 5,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,942
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium 13,610
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Sektzia Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Hamoshava Stadium[v] 11,500
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Teddy Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium Netanya Stadium Green Stadium
         
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva Sektzia Ness Ziona
Sammy Ofer Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Turner Stadium Hamoshava Stadium
   
 
   

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem   Barak Abramov   Yossi Abukasis   Ofir Kriaf Umbro Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin   Fawzi Hameed   Kobi Refua   Beram Kayal Jako Xentra
Ashdod   Jacky Ben Zaken   Ran Ben Shimon   Tom Ben Zaken Nike Radio Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Alona Barkat   Elyaniv Barda   Miguel Vítor Kelme Victory
Hapoel Hadera   Oren Golan   Assaf Nimni   Menashe Zalka Lotto Printer Center
Hapoel Haifa   Yoav Katz   Ronny Levy   Dor Malul Diadora Leos
Hapoel Jerusalem Katamon - fans club   Ziv Arie   Goni Naor Macron Advice
Hapoel Tel Aviv Nisanov Group   Haim Silvas   Dan Einbinder Adidas Hcsra Insurance
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Izzy Sheratzky   Slobodan Drapić   Roi Kahat Kelme Ituran
Maccabi Bnei Reineh   Saeed Basoul   Sharon Mimer   Eyad Hutba Zeus Sport Boneh Renih
Maccabi Haifa   Ya'akov Shahar   Barak Bakhar   Neta Lavi Nike Volvo
Maccabi Netanya   Eyal Segal   Ran Kojok   Aviv Avraham Lotto Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Mitchell Goldhar   Aitor Karanka   Sheran Yeini Fila Israel Canada
Sektzia Ness Ziona   Roy Ankva   Shlomi Dora   Yossi Ginzburg Lotto Almog

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hapoel Hadera   Meni Koretski End of contract 10 May 2022 Pre-season   Nir Berkovic 10 May 2022
Hapoel Hadera   Nir Berkovic Left 16 May 2022   Assaf Nimni 19 May 2022
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Slobodan Drapić End of contract 30 May 2022   Meni Koretski 11 April 2022
Hapoel Haifa   Elisha Levy   Nir Klinger 14 May 2022
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Mladen Krstajić   Vladimir Ivić 19 May 2022
Maccabi Bnei Reineh   Adham Hadiya Sacked 7 September 2022 13th   Sharon Mimer 7 September 2022
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Kobi Refua 18 September 2022 11th   Slobodan Drapić 19 September 2022
Hapoel Haifa   Nir Klinger 23 October 2022 11th   Ronny Levy 23 October 2022
Bnei Sakhnin   Haim Silvas 23 October 2022 11th   Kobi Refua 23 October 2022
Maccabi Netanya   Benyamin Lam Left 23 December 2022 10th   Ran Kojok 23 December 2022
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona   Meni Koretski 23 December 2022 11th   Nir Berkovic 23 December 2022
Sektzia Ness Ziona   Nir Berkovic 23 December 2022 13th   Shlomi Dora 3 January 2023
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Vladimir Ivić 3 January 2023 2nd   Aitor Karanka 3 January 2023
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Slobodan Drapić 9 January 2023 11th   Haim Silvas 9 January 2023
Hapoel Hadera   Assaf Nimni Sacked 9 January 2023 10th   Meni Koretski 9 January 2023
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona   Nir Berkovic 11 February 2023 13th   Slobodan Drapić 12 February 2023

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.[7]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem   Danilo Asprilla   Sergei Borodin   Miguel Silva   Ion Nicolaescu   Trazié Thomas   Fred Friday   Grigori Morozov
Bnei Sakhnin   Ante Puljić   Ange-Freddy Plumain   Nicolao Dumitru   Fabian Sporkslede
Ashdod   Abdul Zakaria Mugees   Nenad Cvetković   Timothy Awany   Montari Kamaheni   Ebenezer Mamatah   Elton Acolatse   David Cuperman
  Jordan Sebban
Hapoel Be'er Sheva   Eugene Ansah   Hélder Lopes   André Martins   Patryk Klimala   Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov   Adrian Păun   Mariano Bareiro
  Tom Amos
Hapoel Hadera   Steven Alfred   Klemen Šturm   Philip Ipole   Samy Bourard   Jonathan Cissé   Albert Ejupi
Hapoel Haifa   Mohammed Kamara   Aleksandar Šćekić   Carnejy Antoine   Denis Polyakov   Constantinos Soteriou   Arvydas Novikovas
Ironi Kiryat Shmona   Senin Sebai   Džiugas Bartkus   Ivan Bakhar   Marlon   Gian
Hapoel Jerusalem   Adebayo Adeleye   Ondřej Bačo   Yao Eloge Koffi   William Togui   Jordan Botaka   Cédric Franck Don   Awaka Ashta
Hapoel Tel Aviv   Godfried Roemeratoe   Aleksandar Boljević   Pablo González   Alen Ožbolt   Emilijus Zubas   Hrvoje Ilić   Antoine Conte
Maccabi Bnei Reineh   Márk Koszta   Gustavo Marmentini   Lukas Spendlhofer   Sambinha   Richard Boateng   Anicet Abel
Maccabi Haifa   Tjaronn Chery   Dylan Batubinsika   Daniel Sundgren   Pierre Cornud   Frantzdy Pierrot   Abdoulaye Seck   Josh Cohen
  Mavis Tchibota
  Nikita Rukavytsya
  Ali Mohamed
Maccabi Netanya   Boris Enow   Plamen Galabov   Patrick Twumasi   Nassim Ouammou   Stanislav Bilenkyi   Igor Zlatanović
Maccabi Tel Aviv   Enric Saborit   André Geraldes   Đorđe Jovanović   Parfait Guiagon   Derrick Luckassen   Rareș Ilie   Daniel Tenenbaum
  Joris van Overeem
Sektzia Ness Ziona   Ari Moura   Cristian Battocchio   Levan Kutalia   Muhammed Usman Edu   Stephane Acka   Yoni Stoyanov

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 Maccabi Haifa 26 20 2 4 51 24 +27 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 18 4 4 52 19 +33 58
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 15 7 4 53 15 +38 52
4 Maccabi Netanya 26 10 7 9 33 38 −5 37
5 Hapoel Jerusalem 26 9 9 8 30 26 +4 36
6 Ashdod 26 9 9 8 32 30 +2 36
7 Beitar Jerusalem 26 9 4 13 38 47 −9 31 Transfer to the Relegation round
8 Hapoel Haifa 26 6 12 8 25 28 −3 30
9 Bnei Sakhnin 26 7 9 10 26 30 −4 30
10 Hapoel Hadera 26 6 11 9 26 41 −15 29
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 6 9 11 28 42 −14 27
12 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 26 5 9 12 23 42 −19 24
13 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 3 12 11 27 39 −12 21
14 Sektzia Ness Ziona 26 3 8 15 23 46 −23 17
Source: 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.

Regular season results

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Home \ Away MHA HBS MTA MNE HJE ASH BEI HHA BnS HAH HTA IKS MBR SNZ
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 5–0 1–1
Maccabi Netanya 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0 1–4 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Ashdod 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Beitar Jerusalem 1–4 0–5 2–2 6–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 3–2
Hapoel Haifa 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Bnei Sakhnin 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0
Hapoel Hadera 1–1 0–3 0–6 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–3
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2
Sektzia Ness Ziona 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–3 0–2 3–3
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 MHA HBS MTA HJE MNE ASH
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 36 27 3 6 76 34 +42 81[a] Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 1–0 3–1 5–0 4–1 2–1
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 36 24 5 7 65 29 +36 74[b] Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 21 10 5 69 23 +46 73 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
4 Hapoel Jerusalem 36 12 9 15 38 44 −6 45 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–1
5 Maccabi Netanya 36 12 9 15 44 58 −14 45 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0
6 Ashdod 36 11 10 15 41 46 −5 43 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–2
Source: 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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted.[why?]
  2. ^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva had 3 points deducted.[why?]

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 – 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation HHA BEI BnS HTA MBR HAH IKS SNZ
7 Hapoel Haifa 33 9 14 10 35 35 0 41 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
8 Beitar Jerusalem 33 13 4 16 52 58 −6 40[a] Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[b] 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1
9 Bnei Sakhnin 33 8 13 12 39 44 −5 37 4–3 0–1 2–2 2–3
10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 9 10 14 37 51 −14 36[c] 1–2 2–2 2–1
11 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 33 8 11 14 32 54 −22 35 0–4 1–1 1–3
12 Hapoel Hadera 33 7 13 13 35 53 −18 34 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2
13 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (R) 33 5 17 11 40 49 −9 32 Relegation to Liga Leumit 3–2 2–2 1–1
14 Sektzia Ness Ziona (R) 33 5 10 18 31 56 −25 25 1–3 1–1 1–2
Source: 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.[8]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Beitar Jerusalem had 3 points deducted.[why?]
  2. ^ Beitar Jerusalem qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2022–23 Israel State Cup winners.
  3. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv had 1 point deducted.[why?]

Results by round

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The table lists the results of teams in each round
Team ╲ Round27282930313233
Hapoel HaifaDLWDWLW
Beitar JerusalemWWLWWLL
Hapoel Tel AvivLWLLWDW
Bnei SakhninDDWDLLD
Maccabi Bnei ReinehDDWWLWL
Hapoel HaderaLDDLLWL
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaDDDDWDW
Sektzia Ness ZionaWLLDLWD
Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Relegation Round – Matches".
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 21 May 2023[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa 21
2   Eran Zahavi Maccabi Tel Aviv 20
3   Danilo Asprilla Beitar Jerusalem 17
4   Đorđe Jovanović Maccabi Tel Aviv 15
  Ion Nicolaescu Beitar Jerusalem
  Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya
7   Guy Melamed Bnei Sakhnin 12
  Itamar Shviro Ironi Kiryat Shmona
9   Rotem Hatuel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 11
  Alen Ožbolt Hapoel Tel Aviv
  Guy Badash Hapoel Jerusalem

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
  Igor Zlatanović Maccabi Netanya Beitar Jerusalem 4–1 (H) 20 August 2022
  Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya 4–1 (H) 27 August 2022
  Ion Nicolaescu (4) Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Netanya 6–3 (H) 17 December 2022
  Márk Koszta Maccabi Bnei Reineh Sektzia Ness Ziona 3–2 (H) 4 March 2023
  Omer Atzili Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Haifa 4–1 (H) 6 March 2023

(4) - Scored 4 goals

Discipline

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As of 21 May 2023[9]

Player

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Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 90
    • Maccabi Netanya
  • Most red cards: 8
    • Sektzia Ness Ziona
    • Bnei Sakhnin

Average attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Maccabi Haifa 519,057 30,564 24,753 28,837 +14.2%
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 375,570 27,642 11,743 20,865 +15.4%
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 220,708 15,114 7,438 12,262 +8.7%
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 14,776 24,119 6,791 11,367 −0.9%
5 Beitar Jerusalem 191,717 21,632 4,071 11,277 +49.1%
6 Maccabi Netanya 119,217 12,960 3,484 7,012 +0.3%
7 Hapoel Haifa 23,114 26,900 779 4,889 +20.7%
8 Hapoel Jerusalem 82,874 18,755 592 4,604 +23.6%
9 Bnei Sakhnin 52,164 5,656 1,135 3,068 −9.8%
10 Ashdod 52,801 6,497 600 2,933 +145.4%
11 Sektzia Ness Ziona 40,377 10,358 127 2,524 n/a[vi]
12 Hapoel Hadera 42,093 8,820 401 2,476 −0.3%
13 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 34,535 5,202 772 2,158 +63.0%
14 Maccabi Bnei Reineh 29,444 4,769 766 1,840 n/a[vi]
League total 1,991,447 30,564 127 8,438 +41.5%

Updated to games played on 20 May 2023
Source: [1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Matches 8–18
  2. ^ Matches 4–15
  3. ^ Matches 2–16
  4. ^ Matches 20–26
  5. ^ a b c The team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.[citation needed]
  6. ^ a b Team played last season in Liga Leumit.

References

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  1. ^ "Hapoel Hadera vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–6". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Netanya 6–3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Maccabi Haifa – Matches". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Sektzia Ness Ziona – Matches". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Premier League: Season attendance" (in Hebrew). football.co.il. 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ Lipkin, Gidi (31 March 2022). "ONE ZERO League: A new sponsor for the Israeli football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (20 June 2016). "The players' organization and the league administration have decided: move on to six foreigners in the Premier League". Walla! sports (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Ligat Ha'Al 2022/2023 – Relegation Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b "League ONE ZERO stats". football.co.il. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2022.