Ligat Nashim


Ligat Nashim is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998.

Format

The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division, titled Women's Premier League, comprising 9 teams, and the second division, titled Women's Leumit League, comprising a variable number of teams, depending on registration. In 2015, a third division was created, named Mama-Foot League at first, and changed to Women's Artzit League in 2016. The third division is contested in smaller pitches, over two halves of 15 minutes each and with unlimited substitutions and the winner does not promote to the second division.
Between 2007–08 and 2010–11 the league was made of one division of 12 teams in a round-robin tournament with the top club winning the championship, with a deciding play-off match to decide the winner if the two teams were tied, as was the case in 2009–10. In 2010–11 the IFA re-introduced a second division that previously existed in 2006–07.
Since 2011, the participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule, followed by a championship playoff contested by the four top teams, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The bottom teams play each other once to avoid relegation, with the bottom club dropping to the second division.
The second division is played as a double round-robin schedule, each team playing its opponents four times, with the top club promoting to the top division.

Champions

A women's football league was organized in late 1998 and started playing during October 1998. In 2003–04 the league was abandoned in mid-season and was never completed.
SeasonFirst DivisionSecond DivisionThird Division
1998–99Maccabi Haifa
1999–2000ASA Tel Aviv University
2000–01Hapoel Tel Aviv
2001–02Maccabi Haifa
2002–03Maccabi Holon
2003–04League abandoned
2004–05Maccabi Holon
2005–06Maccabi Holon
2006–07Maccabi HolonIroni Bat Yam
2007–08Maccabi Holon
2008–09Maccabi Holon
2009–10ASA Tel Aviv University
2010–11ASA Tel Aviv UniversityHapoel Be'er Sheva
2011–12ASA Tel Aviv UniversityF.C. Ramat HaSharon
2012–13ASA Tel Aviv UniversityF.C. Kiryat Gat
2013–14ASA Tel Aviv UniversityMaccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik
2014–15ASA Tel Aviv UniversityMaccabi Be'er ShevaBnot Meitav Tel Aviv
2015–16F.C. Ramat HaSharonBnot Netanya F.C.Bnot Meitav Tel Aviv
2016–17F.C. Kiryat GatHapoel Ra'ananaBnot Ironi Modi'in
2017–18F.C. Kiryat GatHapoel Be'er ShevaMaccabi Bnot Or Avika
2018–19ASA Tel Aviv UniversityMaccabi Bnot Emek HeferHapoel Bnot Arabe

Total championships