Season 2016–17 Matches played 161 | Start date August 20, 2016 Goals scored 348 | |
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Biggest home win Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–0 Hapoel Tel AvivHapoel Be'er Sheva 5–0 Maccabi Petah TikvaMaccabi Haifa 5-0 Hapoel AshkelonHapoel Be'er Sheva 5-0 F.C. Ashdod People also search for | ||
The 2016–17 Israeli Premier League is the eighteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 75th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2016 and will end in May 2017. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are the defending champions.
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Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were relegated to the 2016–17 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted after finishing the 2015–16 Liga Leumit in the top two places.
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team. All Hapoel Tel Aviv foreign players were released due to budget cuts.
Regular season results
Updated to games played on 27 February 2017.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.
Source: Israel Football Association
Top scorers
As of 21 January 2017Source: [1]