Season | 2012–13 |
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Dates | 25 August 2012 – 20 May 2013 |
Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv 2nd Premier League title 19th Israeli title overall |
Relegated | Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Ramat Gan |
Champions League | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Second qualifying round) |
Europa League | Hapoel Ramat Gan (Third qualifying round) Maccabi Haifa (Second qualifying round) Hapoel Tel Aviv (Second qualifying round) |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 608 (2.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Eliran Atar (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Maccabi Haifa 6–0 Ironi Ramat HaSharon |
Biggest away win | Bnei Sakhnin 0–4 Ironi Ramat HaSharon |
Highest scoring | Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–2 Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Acre 4–4 Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya 3–5 Bnei Yehuda |
Longest winning run | 8 games Maccabi Tel Aviv[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Maccabi Tel Aviv[1] |
Longest winless run | 16 games Hapoel Acre[2] |
Longest losing run | 6 games Hapoel Acre[2] |
Highest attendance | 33,000 – Ironi Ramat HaSharon 0–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (22 April 2013)[3] |
Lowest attendance | 150 Ironi Ramat HaSharon 3–1 Hapoel Acre[4] |
Average attendance | 4,916[5] |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The 2012–13 Israeli Premier League was the fourteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 71st season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 20 May 2013. Ironi Kiryat Shmona were the defending champions, having won their first Premier League title last season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv secured the title with a 2–0 win against Ironi Ramat HaSharon on 22 April 2012. This was their 19th Israeli league title, this win gave Maccabi Tel Aviv a 13-point advantage over the second-place team Maccabi Haifa with four more rounds to go.
There were three structural changes:[6]
A total of fourteen teams competed in the league, including thirteen sides from the 2011–12 season and one promoted team from the 2011–12 Liga Leumit.
Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2012–13 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2011–12 season in the bottom three places. Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated after 21 straight seasons, Hapoel Petah Tikva after four years consecutively and Hapoel Rishon LeZion after just one year on the top division.
Hapoel Ramat Gan were promoted to the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League after beating Hapoel Bnei Lod in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit promotion playoff. They last played in the top division in the 2010–11 Season.
Club | Home City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 21,600 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | Ramat Gan | Ramat Gan Stadium[A] | 41,583 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Ramat HaSharon | Grundman Stadium | 4,300 |
Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium[B] | 13,610 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 14,413 |
^A: The club plays its home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.
^B: While Netanya Stadium was under construction. Maccabi Netanya hosted their home games in Ramat Gan Stadium until 6 October 2012.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Final position |
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Hapoel Acre | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012[7] | 10th (11–12) | ![]() |
28 May 2012[8] | 14th |
Hapoel Haifa | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012[9] | 12th (11–12) | ![]() |
23 May 2012[10] | 9th |
Maccabi Netanya | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012[11] | 4th (11–12) | ![]() |
13 May 2012[12] | 12th |
Bnei Yehuda | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012[13] | 3rd (11–12) | ![]() |
13 May 2012[13] | 5th |
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012[14] | 1st (11–12) | ![]() |
13 May 2012[14] | 7th |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012 | 6th (11–12) | ![]() |
22 May 2012[15] | 1st |
Ironi Ramat HaSharon | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012 | 11th (11–12) | ![]() |
14 May 2012[16] | 6th |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ![]() |
End of contract | 13 May 2012 | 13th (11–12) | ![]() |
16 May 2012[17] | 10th |
Maccabi Haifa | ![]() |
End of contract | 16 May 2012[11] | 5th (11–12) | ![]() |
16 May 2012[11] | 13th |
Ironi Ramat HaSharon | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 September 2012[18] | 6th | ![]() ![]() |
4 September 2012[19] | 5th |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Stepped down for health reasons | 27 September 2012[20] | 3rd | ![]() |
27 September 2012[20] | 3rd |
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 October 2012[21] | 7th | ![]() |
3 October 2012[21] | 4th |
Maccabi Haifa | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 November 2012[22] | 13th | ![]() |
17 November 2012[23] | 2nd |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | ![]() |
Sacked | 28 November 2012[24] | 13th | ![]() |
28 November 2012[24] | 12th |
Ironi Ramat HaSharon | ![]() |
Resigned | 12 January 2013[25] | 5th | ![]() |
12 January 2013[25] | 6th |
Hapoel Acre | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 January 2013[26] | 14th | ![]() |
31 January 2013[24] | 11th |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 February 2013[27] | 3rd | ![]() |
18 February 2013[28] | 3rd |
Bnei Sakhnin | ![]() |
Sacked | 10 March 2013[29] | 12th | ![]() |
11 March 2013[30] | 13th |
Maccabi Netanya | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 March 2013[31] | 12th | ![]() |
19 March 2013[32] | 14th |
^C Arik Benado was acted as caretaker manager for eight days until his appointment as manager on 25 November 2012.[33]
In bold: Players that join the club mid-season
In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season
The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;
2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 59 | Qualification for the championship round |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 49 | |
3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 43 | |
4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 42 | |
5 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 38 | |
6 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 37 | |
7 | F.C. Ashdod | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation round |
8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 33 | |
9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 30 | |
10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | |
11 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 27 | |
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 26 | |
13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 25 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 24 |
Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | BnS | ASH | HAC | HBS | HHA | HRG | HTA | IKS | IRH | MHA | MNE | MTA |
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Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Bnei Yehuda | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Hapoel Acre | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
Hapoel Haifa | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 |
Maccabi Haifa | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Maccabi Netanya | 2–3 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):[34]
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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 |
7–14 8–13 9–12 10–11 |
7–8 13–9 12–10 14–11 |
8–14 9–7 10–13 11–12 |
8–9 7–10 13–11 14–12 |
9–14 10–8 11–7 12–13 |
9–10 8–11 7–12 14–13 |
10–14 11–9 12–8 13–7 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 58 | |
4 | Bnei Yehuda | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 55 | |
5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 53 | |
6 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 40 |
Home \ Away | BnY | HTA | IKS | IRH | MHA | MTA |
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Bnei Yehuda | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–0 | — | 2–2 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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7 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 43 | |
8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 41 | |
9 | Hapoel Haifa | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 39 | |
10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 | |
11 | Hapoel Acre | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 37 | |
12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 37 | |
13 | Maccabi Netanya (R) | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |
14 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 30 | Europa League qualifying and relegation to Liga Leumit[a] |
Home \ Away | BEI | BnS | ASH | HAC | HBS | HHA | HRG | MNE |
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Beitar Jerusalem | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — |
Hapoel Acre | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — | — |
Hapoel Haifa | 3–1 | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | — | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 0–0 |
Maccabi Netanya | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | — | — | — |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 |
2 | ![]() |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Hapoel Acre | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 |
5 | ![]() |
Maccabi Haifa | 11 |
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Beitar Jerusalem | 11 | |
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Bnei Yehuda | 11 | |
8 | ![]() |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 10 |
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Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | |
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Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 | |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 | |
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Maccabi Netanya | 10 | |
Total | 680 | ||
Average per game | 2.53 |
Source: Israel Football Association
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | 3–1[35] | 15 September 2012 |
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Hapoel Acre | Bnei Sakhnin | 5–1[36] | 15 September 2012 |
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Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4–1[37] | 26 November 2012 |
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Hapoel Ramat Gan | Hapoel Acre | 3–0[38] | 1 December 2012 |
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Bnei Yehuda | Maccabi Netanya | 5–3[39] | 9 February 2013 |
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Maccabi Haifa | Ironi Ramat HaSharon | 6–0[40] | 2 April 2013 |
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Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–1[41] | 20 April 2013 |
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