2012–13 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season 2012–13
Matches played 296
Goals scored 712 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer Omer Golan
Itzik Cohen
(18 goals each)
Biggest home win Maccabi Petah Tikva 7–0 Hapoel Ashkelon
Biggest away win 3 goals difference (11 games)
Highest scoring Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–4 Hapoel Ashkelon

The 2012–13 Liga Leumit was the fourteen season since its introduction in 1999 and the 71st season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 24 August 2012 and ended on 20 May 2013.[1]

A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2011–12 season, one promoted team from the 2011–12 Liga Alef and three relegated teams from the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2011–12 season

Structural changes

There were five structural changes:[2]

Team changes

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.

Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, and Maccabi Petah Tikva were directly relegated to the 2012–13 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League season in the bottom three places.

Ironi Bat Yam, Hapoel Herzliya, and Maccabi Be'er Sheva were all relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last three league places. They were replaced by Maccabi Yavne who were promoted to the 2012–13 Liga Leumit after beating Hapoel Asi Gilboa on away goals rule (0–0 away, 2–2 home) in the 2011–12 Liga Alef promotion playoff.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 6,500
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000
Hapoel Ashkelon Sala Stadium 10,000
Hapoel Bnei Lod Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 6,500[A]
Hapoel Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600
Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,500
Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000
Hapoel Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana Levita Stadium 5,500[A]
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100
Maccabi Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm Ilut Stadium 4,932[A]
Maccabi Yavne Yavne Municipal Stadium 4,000
Sektzia Nes Tziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500

^ ^ ^ The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 17 8 5 52 22 +30 59 Top Playoff
2 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 15 9 6 38 23 +15 54
3 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 13 10 7 39 26 +13 49
4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 13 8 9 38 35 +3 47
5 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 11 12 7 35 28 +7 45
6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 10 12 8 36 32 +4 42
7 Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 11 9 31 29 +2 41
8 Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 9 12 9 30 30 0 39
9 Maccabi Yavne 30 10 8 12 38 42 4 38 Bottom Playoff
10 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 30 9 9 12 29 33 4 36
11 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 7 12 11 29 37 8 33
12 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 30 9 8 13 35 49 14 0331
13 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 8 7 15 36 41 5 31
14 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 30 7 9 14 34 50 16 30
15 Hapoel Ashkelon 30 7 9 14 30 48 18 30
16 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 9 8 13 32 37 5 0262

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 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were deducted two points for violation of the budgetary control authority regulations.[3]
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted nine points for entering administration.[4]
(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 BTR HAR HASHBLHJEHKSHNIHPTHRAHRLMANMHEMPTMUFMYASNT
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 02 11 11 14 22 21 01 11 20 13 10 02 31 21 31
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 11 11 00 20 11 23 11 13 13 30 00 03 02 22 02
Hapoel Ashkelon 20 14 21 02 32 01 01 01 12 03 02 01 10 10 30
Hapoel Bnei Lod 22 11 11 11 22 03 01 00 30 03 31 01 10 11 13
Hapoel Jerusalem 31 30 11 00 21 10 00 00 21 00 10 11 01 22 11
Hapoel Kfar Saba 11 12 20 02 01 02 32 10 11 20 10 01 21 01 13
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 32 01 11 00 31 10 00 10 00 21 00 21 00 51 20
Hapoel Petah Tikva 21 21 44 01 31 03 01 11 21 10 51 02 02 21 12
Hapoel Ra'anana 42 10 31 10 11 12 22 31 11 10 21 01 11 42 21
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 31 30 00 00 21 41 13 10 02 11 00 13 20 31 11
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 13 41 13 23 10 00 00 23 00 01 11 51 12 30 21
Maccabi Herzliya 30 23 21 21 10 00 30 23 21 00 00 11 00 31 21
Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 12 70 01 11 01 20 00 10 11 32 31 30 40 00
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 20 20 11 01 12 11 12 01 11 22 10 00 14 12 11
Maccabi Yavne 00 50 20 10 12 21 10 00 20 21 40 00 22 01 01
Sektzia Nes Tziona 11 03 11 13 00 10 00 11 02 11 30 01 00 13 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.

Playoffs

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

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th
1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
1 – 2
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 5
2 – 8
3 – 1
4 – 7
5 – 6
1 – 4
2 – 3
7 – 5
8 – 6
3 – 8
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 7
1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
8 – 7
4 – 8
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
9 – 16
10 – 15
11 – 14
12 – 13
9 – 10
14 – 12
15 – 11
16 – 13
10 – 16
11 – 9
12 – 15
13 – 14
9 – 12
10 – 11
15 – 13
16 – 14
11 – 16
12 – 10
13 – 9
14 – 15
9 – 14
10 – 13
11 – 12
16 – 15
12 – 16
13 – 11
14 – 10
15 – 9

Top Playoff

Top Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva (P) 37 21 10 6 66 29 +37 73 Promotion to Israeli Premier League
2 Hapoel Ra'anana (P) 37 20 10 7 56 33 +23 70
3 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 37 19 10 8 48 30 +18 67
4 Hapoel Jerusalem 37 15 12 10 48 39 +9 57
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 37 15 8 14 45 48 3 53
6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 11 15 11 44 43 +1 48
7 Maccabi Herzliya 37 10 14 13 33 39 6 44
8 Hapoel Bnei Lod 37 10 13 14 37 42 5 43

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 HBL HJE HNIHPTHRAHRLMHEMPT
Hapoel Bnei Lod 12 31 00
Hapoel Jerusalem 13 21 24
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 10 20 13 20
Hapoel Petah Tikva 32 03 12 20
Hapoel Ra'anana 31 21 21 21
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 22 10 00
Maccabi Herzliya 03 12 11
Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 10 30 22

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
9 Maccabi Yavne 37 13 10 14 48 52 4 49
10 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 37 13 8 16 49 47 +2 47
11 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 37 12 10 15 46 59 13 0441
12 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 37 10 11 16 39 44 5 41
13 Hapoel Ashkelon 37 10 11 16 38 57 19 41
14 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (O) 37 9 13 15 45 58 13 40 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Sektzia Nes Tziona (R) 37 7 16 14 33 47 14 37 Relegation to Liga Alef
16 Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) 37 10 11 16 37 45 8 0322

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 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were deducted two points for violation of the budgetary control authority regulations.[3]
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba were deducted nine points for entering administration.[4]
(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 BTR HAR HASHKSMANMUFMYASNT
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 21 23 11
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 11 21 32 21
Hapoel Ashkelon 01 11 10
Hapoel Kfar Saba 11 12 02
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 00 21 41
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 30 12 12 11
Maccabi Yavne 14 21 00 32
Sektzia Nes Tziona 11 11 00 02

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.

Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla faced 2012–13 Liga Alef promotion winner Beitar Kfar Saba. Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, the winner on aggregate kept its spot in the 2013–14 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 24 and 27, 2013.

24 May 2013
16:00 UTC+3
Beitar Kfar Saba 1 – 1 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla
Revivo  53' Report  30' Ben Shushan
Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

28 May 2013
19:30 UTC+3
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 3 – 1 Beitar Kfar Saba
Amos  14', 58'
Soltan  78'
Report  40' Deri
Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Eli Hacmon

Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla won 4–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Omer Golan Maccabi Petah Tikva 18
Israel Itzik Cohen Hapoel Jerusalem 18
3 State of Palestine Ahmad Abu Nahyeh Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 13
Senegal Mamadou Thiam Hapoel Ra'anana 13
5 Israel Oren Nissim Maccabi Yavne 12
Israel Kobi Hassan Hapoel Ra'anana 12
Israel Timor Avitan Maccabi Yavne 12
8 Israel Dani Preda Maccabi Petah Tikva 11
Israel Ran Rol Hapoel Nazareth Illit 11
Democratic Republic of the Congo Alain Masudi Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 11
Ivory Coast Serge Ayeli Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 11
Total 712
Average per game 2.41

Source: Israel Football Association

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Israel Ida, MaorMaor Ida Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon 3–1[5] 14 September 2012
Israel Golan, OmerOmer Golan Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Ashkelon 7–0[6] 22 December 2012
Israel Malkin, EranEran Malkin Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Bnei Lod 3–0[7] 12 February 2013
Israel Cohen, ItzikItzik Cohen Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Jerusalem 3–0[8] 5 April 2013
Israel Blumstein, GilGil Blumstein Hapoel Ashkelon Beitar Tel Aviv 3–2[9] 4 May 2013

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

See also

References

  1. "The Petah Tikva derby in the sixth round". ONE. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. "No longer for halving of points in Liga Leumit". Maariv. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were deducted two points" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Hapoel Kfar Saba entered administration". ONE. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Hapoel Ashkelon 1–4 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan". Israel Football Association. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Maccabi Petah Tikva 7–0 Hapoel Ashkelon". Israel Football Association. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–3 Hapoel Nazareth Illit". Israel Football Association. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–3 Hapoel Jerusalem". Israel Football Association. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Beitar Tel Aviv 2–3 Hapoel Ashkelon". Israel Football Association. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  10. "Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1–3 Hapoel Rishon LeZion". Israel Football Association. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  11. 1 2 "Maccabi Yavne 0–0 Maccabi Herzliya". Israel Football Association. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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