2018–19 Israeli Premier League

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Israeli Premier League 2018–19
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The 2018–19 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, is the twenty season since its introduction in 1999 and the 77th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season will begin in 25 August 2018 and will conclude in 25 May 2019.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted teams from the 2017–18 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Akko and Hapoel Ashkelon were relegated to the 2018–19 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera were promoted after finishing the 2017–18 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

Beitar Jerusalem	Bnei Yehuda	Bnei Sakhnin	F.C. Ashdod
Teddy Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium	Doha Stadium	Yud-Alef Stadium
Capacity: 31,733	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 8,200
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Hapoel Haifa
Turner Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium
Capacity: 16,126	Capacity: 30,870
Hapoel Hadera	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Netanya Stadium	Ironi Stadium
Capacity: 13,610	Capacity: 5,300
Hapoel Ra'anana	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan Stadium	Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 41,583	Capacity: 11,500
Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sammy Ofer Stadium	Netanya Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium	Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 30,870	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 13,610

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Eli Tabib	Luzon, GuyGuy Luzon	Vered, IdanIdan Vered	Givova
Bnei Sakhnin	Abu Yunes, MohammedMohammed Abu Yunes	Ben Zaken, BennyBenny Ben Zaken	Khalaila, KhaledKhaled Khalaila	Givova
Bnei Yehuda	Obramov, BarakBarak Obramov	Abukasis, YossiYossi Abukasis	Azuz, ItzikItzik Azuz	Kappa	HAP
F.C. Ashdod	Ben-Zaken, JackyJacky Ben-Zaken	Milevski, BlagojaBlagoja Milevski	Tom Ben-Zaken	Nike
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Barkat, AlonaAlona Barkat	Bakhar, BarakBarak Bakhar	Melikson, MaorMaor Melikson	Puma	Tadiran
Hapoel Haifa	Katz, YoavYoav Katz	Klinger, NirNir Klinger		Diadora	BOGART
Hapoel Hadera	Golan, OrenOren Golan	Avitan, NisoNiso Avitan	Zalka, MenasheMenashe Zalka	Lotto
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Sheratzky, IzzyIzzy Sheratzky	Silvas, HaimHaim Silvas		Umbro
Hapoel Ra'anana	Alon, AsherAsher Alon	Koretski, MeniMeni Koretski	Shuker, SnirSnir Shuker	Givova
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Nisanov, Itzik and SharonItzik and Sharon Nisanov	Refua, KobiKobi Refua		Macron	Arkia
Maccabi Haifa	Shahar, Ya'akovYa'akov Shahar	Rutten, FredFred Rutten	Gershon, RamiRami Gershon	Nike	Volvo
Maccabi Netanya	Segal, EyalEyal Segal	Drapić, SlobodanSlobodan Drapić	Levy, EranEran Levy	Lotto
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Luzon, AmosAmos Luzon	Levy, ElishaElisha Levy	Peser, NaorNaor Peser	Macron
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Goldhar, MitchellMitchell Goldhar	Ivić, VladimirVladimir Ivić	Yeini, SheranSheran Yeini	—	PenguinPickUp

Foreign players

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
Beitar Jerusalem	Antoine Conte	Carlos Cuéllar	Jakub Sylvestr	Georginho	Erik Sabo
Bnei Sakhnin	Alban Pnishi	Jordan Faucher	Claudemir	George Akpabio
Bnei Yehuda	Emilijus Zubas	Ismaila Soro
F.C. Ashdod	Karlo Bručić	Viktor Genev	Mauricio Cordeiro	Blessing Eleke	Leonard Owusu
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Anthony Nwakaeme	Giannis Anestis	John Ogu	Julien Cétout	Tomáš Pekhart
Hapoel Haifa	Rasmus Sjöstedt	Radu Gînsari	Ernestas Šetkus	Thanasis Papazoglou	Gabriel Tamaș	Risto Mitrevski
Hapoel Hadera	Semir Bajraktarević	Austin Ejide	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Lúcio Maranhão
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Miloš Radivojević	Marcus Diniz	Nigel Hasselbaink	Afonso Taira	Lucas Serafim	Levi Garcia
Hapoel Ra'anana	Emmanuel Mbola	Nemanja Nikolić	Emmanuel Mayuka	Mirko Oremuš	Martín Alaniz
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Roger Bernardo	Marvin Peersman	Fejsal Mulić	Edvinas Girdvainis
Maccabi Haifa	Allyson	Etiënne Reijnen	Caio Alves	Ernest Mabouka	Michiel Kramer	Georges Mandjeck
Maccabi Netanya	Branko Vrgoč	Didier Kougbenya	Tim Heubach	Ali Mohamed
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tomáš Sivok	Grégory Tadé	Romário Pires	Johan Martial	Elivelto	Didier Brossou
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jair Amador	Enric Saborit	Viðar Kjartansson	Chikeluba Ofoedu	Christian Battocchio	Predrag Rajković

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Beitar Jerusalem	Benny Ben Zaken		1 June 2018	Pre-season	Guy Luzon
Bnei Sakhnin	Tal Banin				Benny Ben Zaken
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jordi Cruyff				Vladimir Ivić
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Sharon Mimer				Elisha Levy

Regular season

Regular season table

Template:2018–19 Israeli Premier League Regular Season table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals

Source:

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists

Source:

External links

• uefa.com

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