2012–13 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League

Season	2012–13
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.

Structural changes

There were three structural changes:^[6]

• Only fourteen teams competed in this season, reducing from sixteen teams.
• The top playoff were contested by six teams which were played against each other twice, and the bottom playoff was contested by eight teams which were played against each other once.
• There were two relegated teams, and two promoted team from Liga Leumit.

Teams

F.C. Ashdod

Bnei Sakhnin

Hapoel Haifa

Hapoel Ramat Gan

Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Netanya

Beitar Jerusalem

Hapoel Acre

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda

Ironi Ramat HaSharon

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League

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.

Stadia and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
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	8,200
Hapoel Acre	Acre	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Toto–Winner Be'er Sheva Stadium	16,000
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]	13,800
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.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Gaydamak, ArcadiArcadi Gaydamak	Cohen, EliEli Cohen (b. 1951)	Ben Shushan, AmitAmit Ben Shushan	Diadora	Eldan
Bnei Sakhnin	Khalaila, ShaherShaher Khalaila	Balbul, MarcoMarco Balbul	Khalaila, KhaledKhaled Khalaila	Lotto	Bank Leumi
Bnei Yehuda	Damaio, MosheMoshe Damaio	Kashtan, DrorDror Kashtan	Edri, KfirKfir Edri	Puma	Strauss
F.C. Ashdod	Ben-Zaken, JackyJacky Ben-Zaken	Mizrahi, YossiYossi Mizrahi	Revivo, DavidDavid Revivo	Nike	Sektor Town
Hapoel Acre	Weitzman, TzionTzion Weitzman	Naim, YuvalYuval Naim	Goresh, DavidDavid Goresh	Nike	Shahaf Security
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Barkat, AlonaAlona Barkat	Levy, ElishaElisha Levy	Iluz, AviatarAviatar Iluz	Kappa	Mobli, Dell
Hapoel Haifa	Katz, YoavYoav Katz	Klinger, NirNir Klinger	Tartazky, EyalEyal Tartazky	Diadora	Hatama Security
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Arkin, NirNir Arkin	Cohen, EliEli Cohen (b. 1961)	Ben Ami, TamirTamir Ben Ami	Puma	Avi Sofer
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ramon, HaimHaim Ramon	David, FreddyFreddy David	Badir, WalidWalid Badir	Kappa	Bonnie Hatichon, Shlomo Sixt
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Sheratzky, IzzyIzzy Sheratzky	Bakhar, BarakBarak Bakhar	Rochet, AdrianAdrian Rochet	Lotto	Ituran
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Moldavsky, BoazBoaz Moldavsky	Tabak, BennyBenny Tabak	Nir, GalGal Nir	Lotto	—
Maccabi Haifa	Shahar, Ya'akovYa'akov Shahar	Benado, ArikArik Benado	Katan, YanivYaniv Katan	Nike	Honda, Herbalife
Maccabi Netanya	Baladev, KobiKobi Baladev	Atar, ReuvenReuven Atar	Saba'a, AchmadAchmad Saba'a	Diadora	Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Goldhar, MitchellMitchell Goldhar	García, ÓscarÓscar García	Yeini, SheranSheran Yeini	Under Armour	Nivea

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Final position
Hapoel Acre	Eli Cohen (b. 1961)	End of contract	13 May 2012[7]	10th (11–12)	Shimon Edri	28 May 2012[8]	14th
Hapoel Haifa	Tal Banin	End of contract	13 May 2012[9]	12th (11–12)	Nir Klinger	23 May 2012[10]	9th
Maccabi Netanya	Reuven Atar	End of contract	13 May 2012[11]	4th (11–12)	Tal Banin	13 May 2012[12]	12th
Bnei Yehuda	Yossi Abukasis	End of contract	13 May 2012[13]	3rd (11–12)	Dror Kashtan	13 May 2012[13]	5th
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Ran Ben Shimon	End of contract	13 May 2012[14]	1st (11–12)	Gili Landau	13 May 2012[14]	7th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Nir Levine	End of contract	13 May 2012	6th (11–12)	Óscar García	22 May 2012[15]	1st
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Yehoshua Feigenbaum	End of contract	13 May 2012	11th (11–12)	Nissan Yehezkel	14 May 2012[16]	6th
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Guy Levy	End of contract	13 May 2012	13th (11–12)	Elisha Levy	16 May 2012[17]	10th
Maccabi Haifa	Elisha Levy	End of contract	16 May 2012[11]	5th (11–12)	Reuven Atar	16 May 2012[11]	13th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Nissan Yehezkel	Sacked	2 September 2012[18]	6th	Beni Tabak (joint manager) Meni Koretski (joint manager)	4 September 2012[19]	5th
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Nitzan Shirazi	Stepped down for health reasons	27 September 2012[20]	3rd	Yossi Abukasis	27 September 2012[20]	3rd
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Gili Landau	Sacked	3 October 2012[21]	7th	Barak Bakhar (caretaker)	3 October 2012[21]	4th
Maccabi Haifa	Reuven Atar	Sacked	13 November 2012[22]	13th	Arik Benado^[C]	17 November 2012[23]	2nd
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Freddy David	Sacked	28 November 2012[24]	13th	Eli Cohen (b. 1961)	28 November 2012[24]	12th
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Meni Koretski (joint manager)	Resigned	12 January 2013[25]	5th	Benny Tabak (sole manager)	12 January 2013[25]	6th
Hapoel Acre	Shimon Edri	Sacked	31 January 2013[26]	14th	Yuval Naim	31 January 2013[24]	11th
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Yossi Abukasis	Sacked	16 February 2013[27]	3rd	Freddy David	18 February 2013[28]	3rd
Bnei Sakhnin	Shlomi Dora	Sacked	10 March 2013[29]	12th	Marco Balbul	11 March 2013[30]	13th
Maccabi Netanya	Tal Banin	Sacked	18 March 2013[31]	12th	Reuven Atar	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]

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19	2	5	61	20	+41	59	Top Playoff
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	Bottom Playoff
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

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.

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away

BEI

BnY

BnS

FCA

HAC

HBS

HHA

HRG

HTA

IKS

IRH

MHA

MNE

MTA

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. 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

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 26 games):^[34]

Rounds
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

Top Playoff

Top Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) (Q)	36	25	5	6	78	30	+48	80	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa (Q)	36	19	10	7	62	33	+29	67	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q)	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

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	BnY	HTA	IKS	IRH	MHA	MTA
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

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

Bottom Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	37	47	−10	35	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) (Q)	33	7	9	17	38	46	–8	30	Relegation to Liga Leumit
										2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round^1

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
¹ Hapoel Ramat Gan qualified for the Third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Israel State Cup.
(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	BEI	BnS	FCA	HAC	HBS	HHA	HRG	MNE
Beitar Jerusalem				2–2	1–0		1–2	1–3
Bnei Sakhnin	0–0					0–0	1–0
F.C. 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

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Eliran Atar	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22
2	Shimon Abuhatzira	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	15
3	Ohad Kadousi	Hapoel Acre	14
4	Omer Damari	Hapoel Tel Aviv	13
5	Weaam Amasha	Maccabi Haifa	11
	Avi Reikan	Beitar Jerusalem	11
	Pedro Galván	Bnei Yehuda	11
8	David Manga	Hapoel Ramat Gan	10
	Toto Tamuz	Hapoel Tel Aviv	10
	Dovev Gabay	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	10
	Moanes Dabour	Maccabi Tel Aviv	10
	Achmad Saba'a	Maccabi Netanya	10
Total			680
Average per game			2.53

Source: Israel Football Association

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Atar, EliranEliran Atar	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	3–1[35]	15 September 2012
Kadousi, OhadOhad Kadousi	Hapoel Acre	Bnei Sakhnin	5–1[36]	15 September 2012
Tamuz, TotoToto Tamuz	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–1[37]	26 November 2012
Manga, DavidDavid Manga	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Acre	3–0[38]	1 December 2012
Galván, PedroPedro Galván	Bnei Yehuda	Maccabi Netanya	5–3[39]	9 February 2013
Ndlovu, DinoDino Ndlovu^4	Maccabi Haifa	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	6–0[40]	2 April 2013
Abuhatzira, ShimonShimon Abuhatzira^4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4–1[41]	20 April 2013

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Murad Abu Anza for F.C. Ashdod against Ironi Ramat HaSharon, 8th minute (25 August 2012)^[42]
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Maccabi Haifa 6–0 Ironi Ramat HaSharon (2 April 2013)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Ironi Ramat HaSharon 3–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (24 November 2012)^[43]
  • Maccabi Netanya 3–4 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (29 December 2012)^[44]
  • Maccabi Netanya 3–5 Bnei Yehuda (9 February 2013)^[39]
• Most goals in a match by one player: 4 goals
  • Dino Ndlovu for Maccabi Haifa against Ironi Ramat HaSharon (2 April 2013)^[40]
  • Shimon Abuhatzira for Ironi Kiryat Shmona against Hapoel Tel Aviv (20 April 2013)^[41]

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Bojan Marković for Hapoel Be'er Sheva against Bnei Sakhnin, 9th minute (25 August 2012)^[45]
• Most yellow cards by a player: 13 – Kobi Moyal (Beitar Jerusalem)^[46]
• First red card of the season: Dia Saba for Hapoel Be'er Sheva against Bnei Sakhnin, 89th minute (25 August 2012)^[45]
• Most red cards by a player: 2^[47] –
  • Mohammed Zbidat (Bnei Sakhnin)
  • Elad Gabai (Ironi Kiryat Shmona)

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 17
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Fewest clean sheets: 4
  • Hapoel Ramat Gan^[48]

See also

• 2012–13 Israel State Cup
• 2012–13 Toto Cup Al

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