Ligat ha'Al

This article is about the soccer league. The basketball league of the same name can be found under Ligat ha'Al (basketball) , the handball league of the same name under Ligat ha'Al (handball) .

Ligat ha'Al
Association	Israel Football Association
First edition	1999
Teams	14th
master	Maccabi Tel Aviv (23)
Record champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (23)
Current season	2019/20
Website	www.football.co.il
Qualification for	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
↓ Liga Leumit (II)

The Ligat ha'Al ( Hebrew ליגת העל), currently officially named after the sponsor Ligat Toto ( Hebrew ליגת טוטו), is the top division in Israeli football. The name Ligat ha'Al can be roughly translated into German as Oberliga , sometimes the term Superliga is also used. Due to a change of sponsors, the league changed its name several times, it was already called Ligat Pelephone or currently Ligat Toto .

history

The Ligat ha'Al was founded in 1999 by the Israel Football Association as part of a reorganization of the league system. It replaced the League Leumit as the top division, which became the second division. Participants in the first 1999/2000 season were the 13 best of the previous year plus the champions of the Artzit league, which had been second-rate up to then . The following year there were three relegated teams with only one promoted team to reduce the number of teams to twelve.

For the 2009/10 season there was an increase to 16 clubs, but this was again reduced to 14 for the 2012/13 season . For this purpose, at the end of the 2011/12 season, as an exception, three teams relegated to the Le'umit league and only one promoted.

competition

mode

Since the 2012/13 season, the Israeli championship has been played with 14 clubs. After the 26 game days of the regular season, the league is divided into a championship and a relegation round.

The championship round of the top six teams will be played in a second round. The clubs start with the full number of points from the main round. The first in the table after the ten days of the championship round are the Israeli champions and take part in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League . The following two teams will take part in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League , as will the cup winners .

The last eight teams in the main round play a relegation round, in which each player only plays against each other once. Here, too, the number of points from the preliminary round is carried over. In addition, the four best-placed clubs are slightly preferred as they get one more home game than the other four. The two last-placed teams in the end are relegated to the second-class Le'umit league and are replaced by the two best-placed teams there.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is currently limited to five per team.

sponsor

The Ligat ha'Al has been supported by sponsors since 2002. The official name of the Israeli Premier League depends on the sponsor:

• 2002–2004: Pelephone (Ligat Pelefon ליגת פלאפון)
• Since 2005: Toto Organization (Ligat Toto ליגת טוטו)

Television rights

The Charlton Group has held the broadcast rights to the Ligat ha'Al since 2004. The games are shown on a pay-per-view basis . A major game is broadcast on free television on Mondays. There is also a summary of the games on Saturday.

Teams 2019/20

The following clubs will take part in the 2019/20 season:

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Master) Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Beer Sheva Maccabi Netanya Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv (Cup Winner) Hapoel Hadera Beitar Jerusalem

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona Hapoel Haifa MS Ashdod Hapoel Kfar Saba (promoted) Sektzia Nes Tziona (climber)

master

The Israeli championship has been held since 1932. Since 1948 as Ligat A , since 1999 as Ligat ha'Al .

Before Israeli independence

• 1932: British Police
• 1934: Hapoel Tel Aviv (every game was won)
• 1935: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• 1936: Maccabi Tel Aviv
• 1937: Maccabi Tel Aviv
• 1940: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• 1941: Maccabi Tel Aviv
• 1943: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• 1947: Maccabi Tel Aviv

Israeli championship

1949/50: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1951/52: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1953/54: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1954/55: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1955/56: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1956/57: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1957/58: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1958/59: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1959/60: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1960/61: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1961/62: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1962/63: Hapoel Petach Tikwa 1963/64: Hapoel Ramat Gan 1964/65: Hakoah Ramat Gan 1965/66: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1966/68: Maccabi Tel Aviv

1968/69: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1969/70: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1970/71: Maccabi Netanja 1971/72: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1972/73: Hakoah Ramat Gan 1973/74: Maccabi Netanja 1974/75: Hapoel Be'er Scheva 1975/76: Hapoel Be'er Scheva 1976/77: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1977/78: Maccabi Netanja 1978/79: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1979/80: Maccabi Netanja 1980/81: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1981/82: Hapoel Kfar Saba 1982/83: Maccabi Netanja 1983/84: Maccabi Haifa

1984/85: Maccabi Haifa 1985/86: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1986/87: Beitar Jerusalem 1987/88: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1988/89: Maccabi Haifa 1989/90: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 1990/91: Maccabi Haifa 1991/92: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1992/93: Beitar Jerusalem 1993/94: Maccabi Haifa 1994/95: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1995/96: Maccabi Tel Aviv 1996/97: Beitar Jerusalem 1997/98: Beitar Jerusalem 1998/99: Hapoel Haifa

Since 1999 as Ligat ha'Al

1999/00  : Hapoel Tel Aviv 2000/01  : Maccabi Haifa 2001/02  : Maccabi Haifa 2002/03  : Maccabi Tel Aviv 2003/04  : Maccabi Haifa 2004/05  : Maccabi Haifa 2005/06  : Maccabi Haifa 2006/07  : Beitar Jerusalem 2007/08  : Beitar Jerusalem 2008/09  : Maccabi Haifa 2009/10  : Hapoel Tel Aviv 2010/11  : Maccabi Haifa

2011/12  : Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona 2012/13  : Maccabi Tel Aviv 2013/14  : Maccabi Tel Aviv 2014/15  : Maccabi Tel Aviv 2015/16  : Hapoel Be'er Scheva 2016/17  : Hapoel Be'er Scheva 2017/18  : Hapoel Be'er Scheva 2018/19  : Maccabi Tel Aviv

Championships

society	title
Maccabi Tel Aviv	22nd
Hapoel Tel Aviv	13
Maccabi Haifa	12
Beitar Jerusalem	6th
Hapoel Petach Tikwa	6th
Maccabi Netanya	5
Hapoel Beer Sheva	5
Hakoah Ramat Gan	2
British police	1
Hapoel Haifa	1
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1
Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	1
Hapoel Ramat Gan	1
Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	1

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 25. ( 21 ) Poland ( league , cup )) - coefficient: 19.250 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 26. ( 23 ) Azerbaijan ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 19,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 27. ( 18 ) Israel ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 18,625 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 28. ( 24 ) Bulgaria ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 17,500 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 29. ( 20 ) Romania ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,950 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Israeli Championship on rsssf.com
• Ligat ha'Al on Soccerway.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .