The 2014–15 Israeli Premier League is the sixteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 73rd season of top-tier football in Israel. It began in the end of August 2014 and ended in May 2015. Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions, having won their third Premier League title, and 20th championship last season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv became champions for the 21st time and 3rd consecutive time, and completed the first-ever treble in Israeli football, after winning the Cup and Toto Cup as well.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted team from the 2013–14 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon and Bnei Yehuda were relegated to the 2014–15 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2013–14 season in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted after finishing the 2013–14 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Stadia and locations Club Home City 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 Acre Acre Acre Stadium 5,000 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500 Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Netanya StadiumThe club play their home games at a neutral venue due to their own ground not meeting the league's requirements. 13,610 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300 Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950Maccabi Netanya Netanya Netanya Stadium 13,610 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 14,413
Beitar JerusalemHapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivIroni Kiryat ShmonaTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumKiryat Shmona StadiumMaccabi NetanyaHapoel Haifa Maccabi HaifaMaccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah TikvaNetanya Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium HaMoshava StadiumF.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel AcreYud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumVasermil StadiumAcre Stadium
Personnel and sponsorship
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsorBeitar Jerusalem Puma itraderBnei Sakhnin Umbro ToygaF.C. Ashdod Nike Hapoel Acre Macron Azrieli GroupHapoel Be'er Sheva Kappa MobliHapoel Haifa Diadora HatamaHapoel Petah Tikva Lotto Hapoel Ra'anana Umbro ME Tel AvivHapoel Tel Aviv Umbro FujicomIroni Kiryat Shmona Puma IturanMaccabi Haifa Nike HondaMaccabi Netanya Joma Burgus Burger BarMaccabi Petah Tikva Macron Panorama NorthMaccabi Tel Aviv Adidas
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentMaccabi Haifa Arik BenadoSacked14 April 2014 Pre-season Aleksandar Stanojević1 May 2014Beitar Jerusalem Ronny LevySacked10 May 2014 Meni Koretski10 May 2014Hapoel Haifa Shlomi DoraEnd of contract14 May 2014 Reuven Atar14 May 2014Hapoel Acre Sacked Hapoel Tel Aviv Ran Ben ShimonSacked26 May 2014 Asi Domb27 May 2014Hapoel Ra'anana Meni KoretskiResigned Haim SilvasMaccabi Tel Aviv Signed by Basel28 May 2014 Óscar García2 June 2014Maccabi Petah Tikva Yetav LuzonResigned11 June 2014 Ran Ben Shimon12 June 2014Bnei Sakhnin Marco BalbulEnd of contract19 June 2014 Guy Levy19 June 2014Maccabi Tel Aviv Óscar GarcíaResigned26 August 2014 Pako Ayestarán26 August 2014Bnei Sakhnin Guy LevySacked5 December 2014 13th Eli Cohen 5 December 2014 Maccabi Haifa Aleksandar StanojevićResigned28 December 20144th Marco Balbul28 December 2014Hapoel Acre Resigned5 January 201514th 8 January 2015Maccabi Netanya Yossi MizrahiResigned14 January 201512th Ronny Levy14 January 2015Beitar Jerusalem Meni KoretskiSacked30 January 201510th Guy Levy30 January 2015Hapoel Tel Aviv Asi DombSacked30 January 20158th Eli Cohen30 January 2015Hapoel Petah Tikva Ido Bar-OnSacked7 February 201513th Meni Koretski7 February 2015Hapoel Haifa Reuven AtarSacked16 February 201512th Tal Banin16 February 2015
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa Foreign Former Players Beitar Jerusalem Claudemir Liviu Antal Dušan Matović César Arzo Žarko Korać Bnie Sakhnin Diogo Kachuba Igor Jovanović Miha Mevlja Ahmad Abu Nahyeh3 Giannis Papadopoulos Milan Bojović Abraham Paz F.C. Ashdod Paty Yeye Lenkebe Aliyu Abubakar Juwon Oshaniwa Yero Bello Aleksandar Davidov Nicolás Falczuk2 David Solari Hapoel Acre Emir Hadžić Juliano Spadacio Giannis Papadopoulos Branislav Jovanović Hamdi Salihi Hapoel Be'er Sheva William Soares Austin Ejide John Ogu Ovidiu Hoban Tomislav Pajović Joakim Askling2 Hapoel Haifa Hamdi Salihi Tosaint Ricketts Přemysl Kovář Tadas Kijanskas Žarko Korać Steven Cohen2 Darío Fernández Osei Mawuli2 Mindaugas Kalonas Hapoel Petah Tikva Gaël Etock Mirko Oremuš Sékou Condé Chimezie Mbah Michael Tukura Tvrtko Kale2 Akaki Khubutia Hapoel Ra'anana Anthony Nwakaeme Mamadou Thiam Emmanuel Mbola Evans Kangwa Pedro Sass Hapoel Tel Aviv Apoula Edel Lucas Sasha Amido Baldé Jürgen Colin Abonime Izogbu Gaël Etock Francis Benjamin Harmony Ikande Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kassio David Manga Mindaugas Panka Touvarno Pinas Rodgers Kola Maccabi Haifa Vladimir Stojković Medo Abraham Paz Míchel Rubén Rayos Edin Cocalić Mohamadou Idrissou Maccabi Netanya Romário Pires Olarenwaju Kayode Cristian Sîrghi Gabriel Giurgiu Dudu Cearense Maccabi Petah Tikva David Solari Daniel Dimov Kostadin Hazurov Ivan Herceg Joachim Mununga Bryan Gerzicich1 Nicolás Falczuk2 Alan Gatagov Maccabi Tel Aviv Nosa Igiebor Nikola Mitrović Carlos García Juan Pablo Rade Prica
Regular season Table
Results
Playoffs Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):
Rounds 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th1 – 62 – 53 – 41 – 25 – 36 – 42 – 63 – 14 – 51 – 42 – 36 – 53 – 64 – 25 – 16 – 15 – 24 – 32 – 13 – 54 – 66 – 21 – 35 – 43 – 24 – 15 – 66 – 32 – 41 – 57 – 118 – 139 – 1210 – 147 – 813 – 912 – 1011 – 148 – 119 – 710 – 1314 – 128 – 97 – 1013 – 1411 – 129 – 1110 – 814 – 712 – 139 – 108 – 147 – 1211 – 1310 – 1114 – 912 – 813 – 7
Top playoff Table
Results
Bottom playoff Table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Eran ZahaviMaccabi Tel Aviv272 Mohammad GhadirBnei Sakhnin163 Maor BuzagloHapoel Be'er Sheva13 Olarenwaju KayodeMaccabi Netanya5 Roi KahatIroni Kiryat Shmona126 Shlomi ArbeitmanHapoel Be'er Sheva11 Hamdi SalihiHapoel Haifa Rodgers KolaIroni Kiryat Shmona Eran LevyMaccabi Netanya Source: Israel Football Association
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Maccabi Haifa 23,439 155,7% 30,200 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 12,958 7,7% 28,000 3 Beitar Jerusalem 9,922 25,1% 23,000 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 8,200 -17,4% 15,000 5 Hapoel Be'er-Sheva 7,711 9,3% 27,000 6 Maccabi Netanya 5,062 62,7% 11,000 7 Hapoel Haifa 4,853 35,9% 23,000 8 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4,576 110,4% 11,000 9 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3,318 23,7% 9,000 10 Hapoel Acre 2,726 10,1% 6,120 11 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2,617 11,7% 5,000 12 Bnei Sakhnin 2,565 -21,4% 7,000 13 Ashdod 2,447 22,6% 5,000 14 Hapoel Ra'anana 1,894 9,0% 5,800
See also 2014–15 Israel State Cup 2014–15 Israel Super Cup 2014–15 Israel Toto Cup
References