Ligat ha'Al 2013/14

Ligat ha'Al 2013/14
master	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Champions League qualification	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Europa League qualification	Hapoel Be'er Scheva Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona Hapoel Tel Aviv
Cup winners	Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona
Relegated	Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Ironi HaScharon
Teams	14th
Games	182
Gates	606  (ø 3.33 per game)
Top scorer	Eran Zahavy (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
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Liga Leumit 2013/14 ↓

The Ligat ha'Al 2013/14 was the 15th season since its introduction under that name in 1999 and the 72nd season of the highest Israeli division in men's football . It started on August 24, 2013 and ended on May 17, 2014.

The defending champion was Maccabi Tel Aviv .

Teams

Hapoel Akko MS Ashdod Hapoel Beer Sheva Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona Maccabi Petach Tikwa Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ironi HaScharon Bnei Sachnin Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv

Location of the venues for the clubs of the Ligat ha'Al 2013/14

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Hapoel Akko	Acre	Akko Municipal Stadium	05,000
MS Ashdod	Ashdod	HaYud Alef Stadium	07,800
Hapoel Beer Sheva	Beer Sheva	Arthur Vasermil Stadium	13,000
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	14.002
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium	14.002
Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Teddy stadium	31,733
Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	Kirjat Schmona	Kirjat Shmona Municipal Stadium	05,300
Maccabi Petach Tikwa	Petach Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium 1	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Levita Stadium	05,800
Hapoel Ironi HaScharon	Ramat Hasharon	City Stadium Herzlia 1	08,100
FC Bnei Sachnin	Sachnin	Doha Stadium	08,500
Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	Bloomfield Stadium	14,413
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	Bloomfield Stadium	14,413
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	Bloomfield Stadium	14,413

¹ Maccabi Petach Tikwa and Hapoel Ironi HaScharon play their home games in neutral stadiums, as their own stadiums do not meet the criteria for the highest league.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, a double round was played between all 14 teams. The six best-placed clubs then qualified for the championship round, in which , in addition to the Israeli championship, the international starting positions were played out. The other eight clubs played in the relegation round against relegation to the second-rate league Leumit .

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv (M)	26th	21st	3	2	058:180	+40	66
2.	Hapoel Beer Sheva	26th	18th	5	3	048:190	+29	59
3.	Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	26th	12	8th	6th	038:260	+12	44
4th	Maccabi Haifa	26th	13	5	8th	039:300	+9	44
5.	FC Bnei Sachnin	26th	11	7th	8th	030:250	+5	40
6th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26th	11	6th	9	051:380	+13	39
7th	MS Ashdod	26th	8th	7th	11	028:350	−7	31
8th.	Hapoel Haifa	26th	8th	7th	11	027:340	−7	31
9.	Beitar Jerusalem	26th	8th	6th	12	021:280	−7	30th
10.	Hapoel Akko	26th	6th	9	11	024:370	−13	27
11.	Hapoel Ra'anana (N)	26th	6th	8th	12	020:330	−13	26th
12.	Maccabi Petach Tikwa (N)	26th	5	8th	13	028:450	−17	23
13.	Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	26th	4th	8th	14th	026:390	−13	20th
14th	Hapoel Ironi HaScharon	26th	5	5	16	021:520	−31	20th

Placement criteria: 1. Points - 2. Goal difference - 3. Wins - 4. Goals scored - 5. Direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 6. Play-off

Participation in the championship round

Participation in the relegation round

(M)	reigning Israeli champion
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

2013/14
Beitar Jerusalem		2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 4	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2
Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	0-0		2: 4	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	2: 4	0: 2
FC Bnei Sachnin	0-0	0: 1		2: 1	1-0	0: 4	2-0	2-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	0: 2
MS Ashdod	1-0	1-0	0-0		0-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	4: 5	2: 1	3-0	3: 2	2-0	0-0
Hapoel Akko	0-0	3: 2	0: 2	1: 1		1: 2	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	4: 3	1: 1	1: 3	0: 2
Hapoel Beer Sheva	2-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1		1-0	0-0	2-0	0: 2	0-0	3: 1	3-0	3: 2
Hapoel Haifa	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 3		1: 1	0: 4	2-0	3-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 3
Hapoel Ra'anana	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	3-0	1: 3	1-0	0: 2		1: 4	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 3	4-0	0-0		1: 1	3-0	2: 4	3: 1	2: 3
Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 2		4: 1	2: 1	0-0	3: 1
Hapoel Ironi HaScharon	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 3	1: 1	0: 4	0: 2	1: 3	0: 5	0: 2		1: 2	2-0	0: 3
Maccabi Haifa	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1		1-0	0: 3
Maccabi Petach Tikwa	1: 3	2: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	3: 3	3: 3	0: 3		0: 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-0	1-0	4: 1	2-0	5-0	3: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	3-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 2

Second round

Championship round

The clubs in places 1-6 after the preliminary round then played for the championship. The results of all 26 preliminary round matches were broadcast and another double round was played between the six teams.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv (M)	36	26th	6th	4th	076:300	+46	84
2.	Hapoel Beer Sheva	36	20th	8th	8th	056:330	+23	68
3.	Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	36	18th	10	8th	059:380	+21	64
4th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	36	16	10	10	072:470	+25	58
5.	Maccabi Haifa	36	15th	8th	13	049:460	+3	53
6th	FC Bnei Sachnin	36	13	8th	15th	037:470	−10	47

Placement criteria: 1. Points - 2. Goal difference - 3. Wins - 4. Goals scored - 5. Direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 6. Play-off

Israeli champions and participation in the second qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League

Israeli Cup winner and participation in the third qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League

(M)	reigning Israeli champion

Crosstab

2013/14
FC Bnei Sachnin		0-0	1: 3	1: 4	0: 2	2: 1
Hapoel Beer Sheva	2-0		1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	3-0	1: 2		4: 2	4-0	3: 1
Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona	2-0	3-0	1: 1		1-0	2: 2
Maccabi Haifa	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 3		2: 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	4: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0

Relegation round

The clubs in places 7-14 after the preliminary round then played against relegation. The results of all 26 preliminary round games were broadcast and only a single round was played between the eight teams. The four best-placed clubs in the preliminary round received one more home game than the other four. After the end of the round, the teams were relegated to ranks 13 and 14 in the second-class Leumit league .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
7th	Beitar Jerusalem	33	12	6th	15th	031:320	−1	42
8th.	MS Ashdod	33	10	9	14th	035:450	−10	39
9.	Hapoel Ra'anana (N)	33	9	11	13	031:400	−9	38
10.	Hapoel Akko	33	8th	12	13	030:420	−12	36
11.	Hapoel Haifa	33	9	7th	17th	030:450	−15	34
12.	Maccabi Petach Tikwa (N)	33	8th	9	16	039:570	−18	33
13.	Hapoel Ironi HaScharon	33	9	6th	18th	029:590	−30	33
14th	Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	33	7th	10	16	032:450	−13	31

Placement criteria: 1. Points - 2. Goal difference - 3. Wins - 4. Goals scored - 5. Direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 6. Play-off

Relegation to the Leumit league

(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

2013/14
Beitar Jerusalem		-	-	1-0	0: 2	-	4-0	3-0
Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	1-0		1: 1	-	-	1: 3	-	-
MS Ashdod	-	-		1-0	4: 1	-	0: 1	0: 5
Hapoel Akko	-	1: 1	-		1-0	1: 1	1: 2	-
Hapoel Haifa	1-0	0: 1	-	-		0: 2	0: 1	-
Hapoel Ra'anana	0: 2	-	1: 1	-	-		-	4: 2
Maccabi Petach Tikwa	-	1-0	-	-	0-0	:		4: 1
Hapoel Ironi HaScharon	-	0: 1	-	-	0-0	-	4: 1

Goalscorer lists

Preliminary round

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Omer Damari	Hapoel Tel Aviv	21st
02.	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18th
03.	Rade Prica	Maccabi Tel Aviv	11
	Alon Turgeman	Maccabi Haifa
05.	Žarko Korać	Hapoel Haifa	10
06th	Mohammed Calibat	FC Bnei Sachnin	09
	Glynor Plet	Hapoel Beer Sheva
08th.	Maor Buzaglo	Hapoel Beer Sheva	08th
	Dovev Gabay	Hapoel Beer Sheva
10.	Amir Agaiev	Bne Jehuda Tel Aviv	07th
	Barak Badash	Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona
	Elyaniv Barda	Hapoel Beer Sheva
	Barak Itzhaki	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	David Manga	Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona
	Rayo	Maccabi Haifa
	Kenny Seif	Hapoel Ironi HaScharon
	Itay Shechter	Hapoel Tel Aviv

Web links

• Table on soccerway.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Games soccerway.com
2. ↑ List of goalscorers soccerway.com