The 2016–17 Ligat Nashim is the 19th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. League schedule began on 8 November 2016.A Farce: Only Two Matches Played in Women's League Tom Nahum, 8 November 2016, One The defending champions are F.C. Ramat HaSharon, having won the title the previous season.
Prior to the beginning of the season the two divisions were renamed, Ligat Nashim Rishona becoming Women's Premier League and Ligat Nashim Shniya becoming Women's Leumit League.
In the premier league, F.C. Kiryat Gat won its first championship while Bnot Sakhnin relegated. Hapoel Ra'anana won Women's Liga Leumit and was promoted to the top division.
Premier League Regular season
2nd-3rd place match As F.C. Ramat HaSharon and ASA Tel Aviv finished level on points, a match was arranged to set the placing of each team at the end of regular seasons, in order to determine the two teams' order of matches. The match was played on 7 March 2017, and was abandoned at the 55th minute, with Ramat HaSharon leading 5–0, as ASA appeared to the match with only 11 players and four of them had to leave the pitch due to injuries. Therefore, Ramat HaSharon was placed second and ASA third.Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, File 97617 football.org.il, 8 March 2017
Championship round
Relegation round
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Dovrat BendelF.C. Kiryat Gat262 Shakira DuncanMaccabi Kishronot Hadera213 MoaraMaccabi Holon194 Daniela UgarteHapoel Petah Tikva165 Arava Shahaf F.C. Ramat HaSharon15
Leumit League
References
External links Ligat Nashim Rishona @IFA Ligat Nashim Shniya @IFA