2010–11 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season 2010–11
Champions Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Promoted Ironi Ramat HaSharon
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Relegated Maccabi Ironi Jatt
Ahva Arraba
Matches played 276
Goals scored 638 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Oren Nissim (18)

The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.[1]

A total of sixteen teams were contested in the league, including twelfth sides from the 2009–10 season, two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Alef and two relegated teams from the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2009–10 season

Team changes

Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Ashkelon were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two top places.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Capacity
Ahva Arraba Doha Stadium 8,500
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 6,500
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000
Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 2,000
Hapoel Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100
Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,500
Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000
Hapoel Ra'anana Levita Stadium 5,500[A]
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000
Ironi Bat Yam Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 3,100
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932
Maccabi Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100
Maccabi Ironi Jatt Ilut Stadium 4,932[A]
Sektzia Nes Tziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500

^A The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 20 6 4 49 27+22 66 Top Playoff
2 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 30 17 9 4 48 24+24 60
3 Maccabi Herzliya 30 15 8 7 33 15+18 53
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 15 7 8 49 26+23 52
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 12 10 8 35 21+14 46
6 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 12 10 8 27 19+8 46
7 Hapoel Herzliya 30 13 7 10 41 34+7 46 Middle Playoff
8 Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 11 12 7 33 26+7 45
9 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 9 7 14 40 422 34
10 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 11 9 10 41 37+4 0331
11 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 30 7 11 12 29 389 32 Bottom Playoff
12 Ironi Bat Yam 30 5 14 11 23 3613 29
13 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 30 5 9 16 28 4820 24
14 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 9 5 16 31 4312 0232
15 Maccabi Ironi Jatt 30 3 10 17 22 5937 19
16 Ahva Arraba 30 5 8 17 19 5334 0133

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
1Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted nine for entering administration.[2]
2Hapoel Nazareth Illit were docked nine points for entering administration.
3Ahva Arraba were docked one point due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year and nine points for entering administration.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away AHV BTA HARHBLHHEHKSHNIHRAIBYIRHHRLMANMBSMHEMIJSNT
Ahva Arraba 04 32 12 11 00 11 02 04 32 13 02 11 03 10 01
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 40 13 04 22 12 40 00 25 12 12 01 22 02 32 20
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 12 02 00 12 00 30 01 16 00 13 04 20 00 11 11
Hapoel Bnei Lod 10 11 21 03 01 31 21 00 01 02 21 12 00 20 00
Hapoel Herzliya 10 10 40 13 13 10 00 32 11 13 41 00 10 02 01
Hapoel Kfar Saba 31 21 31 11 31 21 12 21 01 32 00 10 10 30 21
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 12 01 32 41 10 02 10 02 10 01 30 40 02 12 01
Hapoel Ra'anana 60 02 11 12 02 22 00 20 20 10 40 21 01 00 00
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 00 20 10 11 31 12 00 30 20 23 20 00 10 21 01
Ironi Bat Yam 10 11 22 31 12 03 12 02 20 11 15 00 00 00 02
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 11 11 10 00 10 40 21 11 00 11 11 30 04 51 20
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 20 00 20 11 12 22 31 03 00 11 11 21 02 50 21
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 10 21 11 00 03 20 22 12 02 00 21 11 12 40 11
Maccabi Herzliya 31 20 01 00 10 01 02 00 20 11 01 21 10 11 11
Maccabi Ironi Jatt 00 13 10 03 00 13 11 00 26 00 01 12 24 12 00
Sektzia Nes Tziona 00 20 21 00 11 01 30 01 20 00 03 10 10 01 40

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.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
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
7 – 10
8 – 9
7 – 8
10 – 9
8 – 10
9 – 7


11 – 16
12 – 15
13 – 14
11 – 12
15 – 13
16 – 14
12 – 16
13 – 11
14 – 15
11 – 14
12 – 13
16 – 15
13 – 16
14 – 12
15 – 11

Top playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Kfar Saba started with 33 points, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 30, Maccabi Herzliya with 27, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 26, Hapoel Ra'anana with 23 and Sektzia Nes Tziona started with 23.

Top playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon (C) (P) 35 19 11 5 55 28+27 38 Promotion to Israeli Premier League
2 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (P) 35 18 8 9 57 31+26 36
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 35 20 9 6 54 36+18 36 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Maccabi Herzliya 35 17 10 8 41 21+20 35
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 35 14 11 10 43 27+16 30
6 Sektzia Nes Tziona 35 13 11 11 31 29+2 27

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top playoff results

Home ╲ Away HKS HRA HRLIRHMHESNT
Hapoel Kfar Saba 03 00 23
Hapoel Ra'anana 11 13
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 14 21
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 10 11 41
Maccabi Herzliya 22 02 20
Sektzia Nes Tziona 02 00

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.

Middle playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Herzliya started with 23 points, Hapoel Bnei Lod with 23, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 17 and Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv started with 17.

Middle playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Hapoel Herzliya 33 15 8 10 46 37+9 30
8 Hapoel Bnei Lod 33 11 13 9 36 31+5 24
9 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 33 12 11 10 46 41+5 22
10 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 33 9 9 15 44 473 19

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Middle playoff results

Home ╲ Away BTA HBL HHEMAN
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 23
Hapoel Bnei Lod 11 23
Hapoel Herzliya 10 11
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 11

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.

Bottom playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Be'er Sheva started with 16 points, Ironi Bat Yam with 15, Hapoel Nazareth Illit with 12, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 12, Maccabi Ironi Jatt with 10 and Ahva Arraba started with 7.

Bottom playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 35 12 7 16 43 463 23
12 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 35 8 14 13 33 429 22
13 Ironi Bat Yam 35 7 15 13 29 5425 22
14 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (O) 35 7 12 16 32 5018 21 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Maccabi Ironi Jatt (R) 35 4 11 20 27 6639 14 Relegation to Liga Alef
16 Ahva Arraba (R) 35 6 8 21 21 6241 10

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Bottom playoff results

Home ╲ Away AHV HAR HNIIBYMIJMBS
Ahva Arraba 03 10
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 21 11 00
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 51 31
Ironi Bat Yam 20 01 21
Maccabi Ironi Jatt 00 31
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 20 00 11

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.

Promotion and Relegation playoff

Promotion playoff

The 3rd-placed Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Petah Tikva. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on May 24 and 27, 2011.

24 May 2011
19:00 UTC+3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 4 – 1 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Luzon  7', 31'
Exbard  22'
Tzarfati  52'
Report  86' Abu Arar
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Asaf Kenan

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed Hakoah Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Alef team Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa. Hakoah Ramat Gan, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.

26 May 2011
17:00 UTC+3
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 1 – 2 Hakoah Ramat Gan
Malka  83' Report  4' Shmaya
 25' Saloniki
New Holon Stadium, Holon
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

31 May 2011
19:45 UTC+3
Hakoah Ramat Gan 1 – 1 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Reps  2' Report  90+5' Hatari
Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Ziv Adler

Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Oren Nissim Ironi Ramat HaSharon 18
2 Israel Murad Abu Anza1 Hapoel Bnei Lod 15
3 Israel Sharon Gormanzo Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 14
Argentina David Gomez Hapoel Rishon LeZion 14
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Alain Masudi Maccabi Herzliya 13
6 Israel Enon Barda Maccabi Be'er Sheva / Hapoel Rishon LeZion 11
Zambia Rodgers Kola Hapoel Rishon LeZion 11
8 Israel Moshe Abutbul Ironi Bat Yam / Ironi Ramat HaSharon 10
9 Israel Raz Cohen Hapoel Ra'anana 9
Israel Yossi Janah Maccabi Ironi Jatt 9
Israel Ran Itzhak Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9
Israel Moti Malka Hapoel Nazareth Illit 9
Brazil Guilherme Weisheimer Ahva Arraba / Maccabi Herzliya 9
Israel Fody Mohamed Hapoel Ra'anana 9
Israel Patrick Doeplah2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 9
Total 638
Average per game 2.31

Source: Israel Football Association

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

See also

References

  1. "Not resting for a moment: The 2011–11 will start in July". . Ynet (in Hebrew) (Yedioth Ahronoth). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  2. "Shimon Edri: Will do everything to stay in the league" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  3. "Budget Control Association: Reduced nine points to Ahva Arraba" (in Hebrew). . Walla!. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ironi Bat Yam 0–2 Sektzia Nes Tziona". Israel Football Association. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  5. "Hapoel Ra'anana 6–0 Ahva Arraba". Israel Football Association. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  6. "Hakoah Ramat Gan 1–6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion". Israel Football Association. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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