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2022–23 Israeli Premier League

The2022–23Israeli Premier League,also known asLigat ONE ZERO[6]for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 81st season of top-tier football inIsrael.

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 Sheva6–0Hapoel Tel Aviv(9 January 2023(2023-01-09))
Biggest away winHapoel Hadera0–6Maccabi Tel Aviv(29 August 2022(2022-08-29))[1]
Highest scoringBeitar Jerusalem6–3Maccabi 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 Haifa5–0Hapoel 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 the2021–22 seasonand two promoted teams from the2021–22 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Bnei ReinehandSektzia Ness Zionawere promoted from the2021–22 Liga Leumit.Maccabi Bnei Reinehwas promoted for the first time in its history,Sektzia Ness Zionareturned after two seasons in the second league.

Hapoel Nof HaGalilandMaccabi Petah Tikvawere relegated to the2022–23 Liga Leumitafter finishing the2021–22 Israeli Premier Leaguein the bottom two places.

Members of the 2022–23 season

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Locations of the 2022–23 Israeli Premier League teams

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 theChampionship 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 theRelegation 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 theChampions 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 theEuropa 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 theEuropa 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 toLiga 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 the2022–23 Israel State Cupwinners.
  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. ^abcThe team play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.[citation needed]
  6. ^abTeam played last season in Liga Leumit.

References

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  1. ^"Hapoel Hadera vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–6".soccerway.Retrieved29 August2022.
  2. ^"Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Netanya 6–3".soccerway.Retrieved17 December2022.
  3. ^"Maccabi Haifa – Matches".soccerway.Retrieved18 September2022.
  4. ^"Sektzia Ness Ziona – Matches".Retrieved13 September2022.
  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).Retrieved29 May2022.
  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).Retrieved20 September2021.
  8. ^"Ligat Ha'Al 2022/2023 – Relegation Round".Soccerway.Retrieved22 April2023.
  9. ^ab"League ONE ZERO stats".football.co.il.12 April 2017.Retrieved2 September2022.
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