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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
are the winners of the highest league in Israeli football
Football in Israel
Football is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate. Israel will be hosting the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2013....
, which is currently the Israeli Premier League. The league is contested on a round robin
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. Having won the 2010–11
2010–11 Israeli Premier League
The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions....
competition, Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
are the incumbent champions.
Following the creation of the Eretz Israel Football Association
Israel Football Association
The Israel Football Association , also known as IFA, is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes the football leagues, Israeli Premier League, Israeli State Cup, Toto Cup and the Israeli national football team. The association is based in Ramat Gan...
in August 1928, the first nationwide football championship in the British Mandate for Palestine, the Palestine League
Palestine League
The Palestine League is a former association football league featuring teams from the British Mandate for Palestine. The inaugural title was won by a team representing the British Police, who finished the season unbeaten. They also won the Palestine Cup that season and completed a double...
, began in November 1931. The Palestine League's last edition was played during the 1946–47
1946–47 Palestine League
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season, and since then the national championship has been played under four names: the Israeli League, from 1949 to 1950; Liga Alef
Liga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...
, between 1951 and 1954; Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
, from 1954 to 1999; and finally, since 1999, the Israeli Premier League.
In all, Maccabi Tel Aviv hold the record for most championships, with 18 titles; they are also the only Israeli club to have never been relegated
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
from the top division. The next most successful teams are Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, with 13 and 12 titles respectively. Together with Beitar Jerusalem, who have won six championships, they are the only sides to have won the Israeli Premier League since its inception in 1999; due in part to this, these four teams are sometimes described as Israel's "Big Four
Big Four (Israeli football)
The "Big Four" is a nickname in the Israeli association football for the four biggest football clubs in Israel.The "Big Four" consists of Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in addition they are also the only teams who won an Israeli Premier League title.Since the...
". While Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv have always been major players in the league championship, the consistent success of Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem has been a relatively recent phenomenon, both clubs having won their first title during the 1980s. The longest run of successive titles is five, won by Hapoel Petah Tikva between the 1958–59 and 1962–63 seasons.
Champions
Key| Champions also won the Israeli State Cup Israel State Cup The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup... during the same season (Palestine Cup before 1948) |
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| Champions also won the League Cup Toto Cup The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit.... during the same season (began play in 1984) |
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Palestine League (1931–47)
The inaugural Palestine LeaguePalestine League
The Palestine League is a former association football league featuring teams from the British Mandate for Palestine. The inaugural title was won by a team representing the British Police, who finished the season unbeaten. They also won the Palestine Cup that season and completed a double...
title was won by British Police
Palestine Police Force
The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration...
, who finished the season unbeaten and also won the Palestine Cup to complete the country's first double. Except for Jerusalem-based British Police's initial victory, only clubs from Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
won the title during the Mandate period; Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv won five and four championships respectively. Because of violent conflicts in the British Mandate for Palestine, the competition's scheduling was inconsistent and in some seasons no national championship was held.
- Full league standings and top scorer details not known at this time.
Palestine League seasons from 1931 to 1947 Season Winner (number of titles) Notes 1931–32 1931–32 Palestine LeagueThe 1931–32 Palestine League was the fourth season of league football in the British Mandate of Palestine, and the first played in an autumn-spring format. The championship was won by British Police, who finished the season unbeaten.-League table:...British Police Palestine Police ForceThe Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration...
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Israeli League (1949–50)
Following Israel's independence in 1948, the association dropped "Eretz" from its name and the cup was renamed the Israel State CupIsrael State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
. The league championship was held as the "Israeli League" for one season, in 1949–50; Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Third place | Top scorer | Notes | |
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| Player | Goals | |||||
| 1949–50 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (5) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 25 | – |
| 1950–51 | – | |||||
Liga Alef (1951–54)
A new top division, Liga AlefLiga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...
started play with the 1951–52 season. It became the second tier of Israeli football in 1954–55, when it was superseded as the top flight by Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
. Maccabi Tel Aviv won both of the championships held under this name.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Third place | Player | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Top scorer) | ||||||
| 1951–52 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (6) | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 24 | – |
| 1952–53 | – | |||||
| 1953–54 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (7) | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Petah Tikva | (Maccabi Petah Tikva) | 16 | – |
Liga Leumit (1954–99)
The inaugural Liga Leumit season, 1954–55, ended with the championship leaving Tel Aviv for the first time since the first league season, 1931–32; Hapoel Petah Tikva finished the season top of the league while Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv came in second and third place respectively. Hapoel Petah Tikva then finished in second place three times in a row, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning two of the next three titles and Hapoel Tel Aviv one, before starting a record run of five successive championship victories. Hapoel Petah Tikva's run of five consecutive titles between the 1958–59 and 1962–63 seasons remains unmatched today. Two Ramat Gan clubs, Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hakoah Ramat Gan, then claimed a title each before Hapoel Tel Aviv took the title back to Tel Aviv at the end of the 1965–66 season. In the 1966–68 season, often referred to as the "double season", the sixteen teams played each other twice at home and twice away during a season lasting two years.During the 1970s and 1980s, six teams won their first championships; Maccabi Netanya took four titles between 1970 and 1980 while Hapoel Be'er Sheva won two back-to-back in 1974–75 and 1975–76. Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
, Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv all won their first titles during the 1980s. After Bnei Yehuda's victory in 1989–90, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem dominated the remainder of the top-flight Liga Leumit era, winning every title except the last; the 1998–99 championship was won by first-time victors Hapoel Haifa.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Third place | Player | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Top scorer) | ||||||
| 1954–55 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (1) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Beitar Tel Aviv) | 30 | – |
| 1955–56 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Beitar Tel Aviv) Michael Michaelov (Beitar Tel Aviv) |
16 | – | |
| 1956–57 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Haifa) | 16 | – | |
| 1957–58 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
(Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 14 | – | |
| 1958–59 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (2) | Hapoel Haifa | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
17 | – |
| 1959–60 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (3) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 19 | – |
| 1960–61 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (4) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | (Hapoel Haifa) Zharia Ratzabi (Hapoel Petah Tikva) |
15 | – |
| 1961–62 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (5) | Maccabi Jaffa | Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Tiberias F.C. Hapoel Tiberias was a football club based in Tiberias, Israel. The club spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s, and made its last appearance in the top flight in 1988.-History:... |
(Maccabi Haifa) Itzhak Nizri (Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Tiberias F.C. Hapoel Tiberias was a football club based in Tiberias, Israel. The club spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s, and made its last appearance in the top flight in 1988.-History:... ) |
16 | – |
| 1962–63 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (6) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Jaffa | (Hapoel Petah Tikva) | 12 | – |
| 1963–64 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (1) | Maccabi Jaffa | Hapoel Petah Tikva | (Maccabi Jaffa) | 21 | – |
| 1964–65 | Hakoah Ramat Gan (1) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Jaffa) Itzhak Mizrahi (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) |
18 | – |
| 1965–66 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Petah Tikva | (Shimshon Tel Aviv) Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler is a former Israeli footballer. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 caps.In 2005, he was voted the 105th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest... (Maccabi Netanya) |
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| 1966–68 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (10) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Netanya) | 38 | |
| 1968–69 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Netanya | (Maccabi Netanya) | 25 | – | |
| 1969–70 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (11) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
(Shimshon Tel Aviv) | 15 | – |
| 1970–71 | Maccabi Netanya (1) | Shimshon Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Jerusalem) | 20 | – |
| 1971–72 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (12) | Beitar Jerusalem | Hakoah Ramat Gan | (Hakoah Ramat Gan) | 21 | – |
| 1972–73 | Hakoah Ramat Gan (2) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Jerusalem | (Beitar Tel Aviv) | 18 | – |
| 1973–74 | Maccabi Netanya (2) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Beitar Jerusalem | (Hapoel Haifa) | 15 | – |
| 1974–75 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1) | Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Haifa | (Shimshon Tel Aviv) | 17 | – |
| 1975–76 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2) | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Netanya) | 21 | – |
| 1976–77 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (13) | Maccabi Jaffa | Beitar Jerusalem | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 17 | – |
| 1977–78 | Maccabi Netanya (3) | Beitar Jerusalem | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Netanya) | 16 | – |
| 1978–79 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (14) | Beitar Jerusalem | Maccabi Netanya | (Maccabi Netanya) Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) |
18 | – |
| 1979–80 | Maccabi Netanya (4) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Shimshon Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Netanya) | 18 | – |
| 1980–81 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | Maccabi Jaffa | (Maccabi Petah Tikva) | 22 | – | |
| 1981–82 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (1) | Maccabi Netanya | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Netanya) | 26 | – |
| 1982–83 | Maccabi Netanya (5) | Shimshon Tel Aviv | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | (Maccabi Netanya) | 22 | – |
| 1983–84 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (1) |
Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Netanya) | 16 | – |
| 1984–85 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (2) |
Beitar Jerusalem | Shimshon Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Netanya) | 18 | – |
| 1985–86 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (10) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Beitar Jerusalem) Doron Rabinzon (Maccabi Petah Tikva) |
14 | – |
| 1986–87 | Beitar Jerusalem (1) | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Kfar Saba) | 16 | – |
| 1987–88 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (11) | Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
25 | – |
| 1988–89 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (3) |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Maccabi Netanya | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 18 | – |
| 1989–90 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
(Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 16 | – |
| 1990–91 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (4) |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Beitar Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Petah Tikva) | 20 | – |
| 1991–92 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (15) | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
(Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) | 20 | – |
| 1992–93 | Beitar Jerusalem (2) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) | 26 | – |
| 1993–94 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (5) |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
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| 1994–95 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (16) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) Amir Turgeman Amir Turgeman Amir Turgeman is a former Israeli international football player. He currently plays for Amidar/Ramat Gan. While playing for Ironi Ashdod during the 1994/95 season, Turgeman scored seventeen league goals and shared the golden boot award with Ashdod native and Maccabi Haifa striker, Haim... (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. , commonly known as Ironi Ashdod, was an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. In 1999, it merged with local rivals Hapoel Ashdod to create F.C. Ashdod.-History:... ) |
17 | – |
| 1995–96 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (17) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
Beitar Jerusalem | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
26 | – |
| 1996–97 | Beitar Jerusalem (3) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | (Hapoel Petah Tikva) | 21 | – |
| 1997–98 | Beitar Jerusalem (4) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
18 | – |
| 1998–99 | Hapoel Haifa (1) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
(Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 21 | – |
Israeli Premier League (1999–present)
When the Israeli Premier League became the top division of Israeli football in 1999–2000, Liga Leumit became the second division. Since then, only four clubs have won the title; Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem. These teams are sometimes referred to as the "Big FourBig Four (Israeli football)
The "Big Four" is a nickname in the Israeli association football for the four biggest football clubs in Israel.The "Big Four" consists of Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in addition they are also the only teams who won an Israeli Premier League title.Since the...
" of Israeli football. Having won seven titles in the league's 12 seasons, the most successful club during this period is Maccabi Haifa; during the same period Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv have won two championships each while Maccabi Tel Aviv have added only one to their total. Although Hapoel Tel Aviv have only finished top of the league twice since 1999 – in 1999–2000 and ten years later in 2009–10
2009–10 Israeli Premier League
The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round....
– they have won the double on both occasions. This achievement was matched by Beitar Jerusalem in 2007–08.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Third place | Player | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Top scorer) | ||||||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv (12) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | (Maccabi Petah Tikva) | 27 | – | |
| 2000–01 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Haifa | (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 25 | ||
| 2001–02 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Maccabi Petah Tikva) | 18 | – | |
| 2002–03 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (18) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Kfar Saba) Shay Holtzman Shay Holtzman Shay Holtzman is a retired Israeli footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ironi Rishon leZion, F.C. Ashdod and for the Israel... (Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod... ) |
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| 2003–04 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Petah Tikva | (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) Shay Holtzman Shay Holtzman Shay Holtzman is a retired Israeli footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ironi Rishon leZion, F.C. Ashdod and for the Israel... (F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod... ) |
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| 2004–05 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod... |
(Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... ) |
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| 2005–06 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (10) |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Beitar Jerusalem | (F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod... ) |
18 | – |
| 2006–07 | Beitar Jerusalem (5) | Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod... ) |
15 | – |
| 2007–08 | Beitar Jerusalem (6) | Maccabi Netanya | Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club are currently members of the Israeli Premier League and play at the Ironi Stadium... |
(Hapoel Kfar Saba) | 15 | – |
| 2008–09 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (11) |
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14 | – |
| 2009–10 2009–10 Israeli Premier League The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round.... |
Hapoel Tel Aviv (13) | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
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28 | – |
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Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (12) |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | (Hapoel Tel Aviv) | 21 | – |
Total titles won by club
Thirteen clubs have been champions.| Club | Titles | Title-winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 18 | 1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | align="center"|13 | 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2009–10 |
| Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
12 | 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08 | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63 | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1974–75, 1975–76 | |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1964–65, 1972–73 | |
| Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 1989–90 | |
| British Police Palestine Police Force The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration... |
1931–32 | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1998–99 | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1981–82 | |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1963–64 |
Total doubles won by club
Six teams have completed the double by winning the Israeli State CupIsrael State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
during the same season. There have been 14 doubles won in total; the most successful club in this regard is Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have been both league champions and cup winners on six occasions.
| Club | Doubles | Double-winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 1946–47, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1976–77, 1995–96 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1933–34, 1937–38, 1999–2000, 2009–10 |
| Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
1 | 1990–91 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 2007–08 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 1977–78 |
| British Police Palestine Police Force The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration... |
1 | 1931–32 |
Total titles won by city
The 13 title-winning clubs have come from a total of eight cities. The most successful city is Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
.
| City | Number of titles | Title-winning clubs |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
32 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (18), Hapoel Tel Aviv (13), Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1) |
| Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... |
13 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (12), Hapoel Haifa (1) |
| Jerusalem | 7 | Beitar Jerusalem (6), British Police Palestine Police Force The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration... (1) |
| Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately... |
6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (6) |
| Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the... |
5 | Maccabi Netanya (5) |
| Ramat Gan | 3 | Hakoah Ramat Gan (2), Hapoel Ramat Gan (1) |
| Be'er Sheva | 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2) |
| Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Kfar Saba , officially Kfar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2009, Kfar Saba had a total population of 83,600.-History:... |
1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (1) |
Total titles won by district
The Israeli championship has been won by 13 clubs from five districtsDistricts of Israel
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot...
. The most successful district is Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District
The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents...
.
| District | Number of titles | Title-winning clubs |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv Tel Aviv District The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents... |
35 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (18), Hapoel Tel Aviv (13), Hakoah Ramat Gan (2), Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1), Hapoel Ramat Gan (1) |
| Haifa Haifa District Haifa District is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of six administrative districts of Israel, and its capital is Haifa... |
13 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... (12), Hapoel Haifa (1) |
| Center Center District (Israel) The Central District of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. The district capital is Ramla. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. Its population as of 2008 was... |
12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (6), Maccabi Netanya (5), Hapoel Kfar Saba (1) |
| Jerusalem Jerusalem District The Jerusalem District is one of six administrative districts of Israel. The district capital is Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District has a land area of 652 km². The population of 910,300 is 67.8% Jewish and 30.6% Arab... |
7 | Beitar Jerusalem (6), British Police Palestine Police Force The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in the British Mandate for Palestine on 1 July 1920, when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration... (1) |
| South South District (Israel) The Southern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts, and is the largest in terms of land area as well as the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arabah valley. The population of the Southern District is 1,002,400. It is 86% Jewish and 14%... |
2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2) |
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| North North District (Israel) The Northern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included... |
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