2020–21 Israeli Premier League


The 2020–21 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for sponsorship reasons, is the twenty one season since its introduction in 1999 and the 79th season of top-tier football in Israel. The season began on 8 August 2020 and will conclude on 22 May 2021.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted teams from the 2019–20 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Petah Tikva were promoted as the winners of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as the Runner-ups of the 2019–20 Liga Leumit. the two teams comes back just one year after their relegation.
Hapoel Ra'anana and Sektzia Nes Tziona were relegated to the 2020–21 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2019–20 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemJerusalemTeddy Stadium
Bnei SakhninSakhninDoha Stadium
Bnei YehudaTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
F.C. AshdodAshdodYud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Be'er ShevaBe'er ShevaTurner Stadium
Hapoel HaderaHaderaNetanya Stadium
Hapoel HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Hapoel Kfar SabaKfar SabaLevita Stadium
Hapoel Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Stadium
Maccabi HaifaHaifaSammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi NetanyaNetanyaNetanya Stadium
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah TikvaHaMoshava Stadium
Maccabi Tel AvivTel AvivBloomfield Stadium

Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Turner Stadium
Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Netanya Stadium
Sammy Ofer Stadium
HaMoshava Stadium
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninIroni Kiryat Shmona
Yud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumKiryat Shmona Stadium
Hapoel Kfar Saba--
Levita Stadium--
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Personnel and sponsorship

Foreign players

The number of foreign players were restricted to six per team, while only five could have been registered to a game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Ali Mohamed Diogo Verdasca
Bnei Sakhnin Ikouwem Utin
Bnei Yehuda Gaira Joof Yussif Moussa Pedro Campos
F.C. Ashdod Montari Kamaheni Samuel Alabi Timothy Awany Nenad Cvetković Fahad Bayo
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Haifa Jasmin Burić William Agade
Hapoel Kfar Saba George Fochive
Hapoel Hadera Yaya Meledje Gustavo Marmentini Rodrigue Bongongui
Hapoel Tel Aviv Emmanuel Boateng Ernestas Šetkus Levan Kutalia Armando Cooper Omar Browne
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Lúcio Maranhão
Maccabi Haifa Ernest Mabouka Saikou Touray Yanic Wildschut Tjaronn Chery Trent Sainsbury Nikita Rukavytsya1
Josh Cohen 2
Maccabi Netanya Kevaughn Frater
Maccabi Petah Tikva Marcus Diniz
Maccabi Tel Aviv Enric Saborit Eduardo Guerrero Andreas Gianniotis
Nick Blackman2

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
The following do not fill a Visa position:

1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status;

2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry;

3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

Managerial changes

Regular season

Regular season table


Regular season results

Positions by round

Statistics