Summary
The Ligat ha'Al (ISR1), or officially the Ligat TOTO Winner, is the top football league in Israel's football system. At completion of the 2024-2025 regular season, the top 6 teams participate in the ISR1 Championship Round and the bottom 8 teams participate in the ISR1 Relegation Round. Championship Round results determine how the teams qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2024-2025 ISR1 Championship Round team
- 2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2024-2025 ISR1 Championship Round teams
The winner of the 2024-2025 Israel State Cup, typically a ISR1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2025-2026 UEFA Europa League.
Leagues Pyramid - Israel
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| ISR1 | Ligat ha'Al | 14 |
| ISR2 | Liga Leumit | 16 |
| ISR3 | Liga Alef | 34 |
| ISR4 | Liga Bet | 64 |
| ISR5 | Liga Gimel | 128 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Regular 23 Aug 2024 - 10 Mar 2025 | Champ/Releg Rounds 15 Mar 2025 - 25 May 2025 | 14: ISR1 (12), ISR2 (2) | |
Season Format
The ISR1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each ISR1 team plays the other 13 ISR1 teams in Home-Away matches for a total of 26 league matches. The second stage consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, the top six teams play each other twice (10 more matches) to determine final rankings for 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League and 2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League placements. In the Relegation Round, the bottom eight teams play each other a 3rd time (7 more matches) to determine the relegation placements. Total points are for all 33 matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) matches won, (3) goals scored, (4) head-to-head points, (5) head-to-head goal difference, (6) head-to-head goals scored, then (7) a playoff.
Playoffs
Not applicable.
Relegation
At the end of the 2024-2025 ISR1 Regulation Round, the 7th and 8th place ISR1 Relegation Round teams will be relegated directly to the ISR2, and the 1st and 2nd place ISR2 teams will be promoted to the 2025-2026 ISR1.
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2nd Stage
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | 31 | 22 -6-3 | 70 | - | 63 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 11 -4-1 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 11 -2-2 | 35 | 25 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 20 -7-3 | 67 | - | 67 | 30 | 37 | 16 | 10 -4-2 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 10 -3-1 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 15 -8-7 | 52 | - | 57 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 7 -2-5 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 8 -6-2 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | 30 | 14 -8-8 | 50 | - | 53 | 41 | 12 | 14 | 7 -5-2 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 7 -3-6 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa FC | 31 | 13 -6-12 | 45 | - | 43 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 8 -1-6 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 5 -5-6 | 20 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya FC | 30 | 11 -5-14 | 38 | - | 42 | 46 | -4 | 15 | 6 -3-6 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 5 -2-8 | 17 | 19 | 27 | -8 |
| Relegation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maccabi Bnei Raina FC | 30 | 11 -5-14 | 38 | - | 33 | 39 | -6 | 16 | 5 -3-8 | 18 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 14 | 6 -2-6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | 30 | 9 -10-11 | 37 | - | 37 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 7 -5-4 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 2 -5-7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | -9 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 30 | 11 -4-15 | 37 | - | 30 | 46 | -16 | 16 | 7 -2-7 | 23 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 14 | 4 -2-8 | 14 | 13 | 24 | -11 |
| 4 | Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC | 30 | 9 -6-15 | 32 | - | 25 | 43 | -18 | 14 | 5 -3-6 | 18 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 | 4 -3-9 | 15 | 14 | 26 | -12 |
| 5 | Ironi Tiberias FC | 30 | 7 -10-13 | 31 | - | 25 | 41 | -16 | 15 | 5 -5-5 | 20 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 15 | 2 -5-8 | 11 | 8 | 23 | -15 |
| 6 | FC Ashdod | 30 | 7 -9-14 | 30 | - | 43 | 52 | -9 | 15 | 3 -5-7 | 14 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 15 | 4 -4-7 | 16 | 26 | 29 | -3 |
| 7 | Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | 30 | 8 -6-16 | 30 | - | 30 | 49 | -19 | 15 | 3 -5-7 | 14 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 15 | 5 -1-9 | 16 | 14 | 28 | -14 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera FC | 30 | 3 -12-15 | 21 | - | 26 | 52 | -26 | 14 | 1 -4-9 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 16 | 2 -8-6 | 14 | 16 | 27 | -11 |
2025-2026 UEFACL 2025-2026 UEFAECL Relegation to ISR2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st Stage
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | 26 | 18 -6-2 | 58 | -2 | 52 | 18 | 34 | 13 | 9 -4-0 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 9 -2-2 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 -6-3 | 57 | - | 56 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 8 -3-2 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 -3-1 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 14 -6-6 | 47 | -1 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 -1-4 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 7 -5-2 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | 26 | 13 -7-6 | 46 | - | 48 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 -5-1 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 6 -2-5 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa FC | 26 | 12 -5-9 | 41 | - | 39 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 8 -1-4 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 4 -4-5 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya FC | 26 | 11 -4-11 | 37 | - | 39 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 6 -2-5 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 -2-6 | 17 | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| 7 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 10 -4-12 | 34 | - | 28 | 38 | -10 | 13 | 6 -2-5 | 20 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 13 | 4 -2-7 | 14 | 13 | 22 | -9 |
| 8 | Maccabi Bnei Raina FC | 26 | 9 -4-13 | 31 | - | 27 | 35 | -8 | 13 | 4 -2-7 | 14 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 13 | 5 -2-6 | 17 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | 26 | 7 -9-10 | 30 | - | 29 | 32 | -3 | 14 | 5 -5-4 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 -4-6 | 10 | 10 | 18 | -8 |
| 10 | Ironi Tiberias FC | 26 | 6 -9-11 | 27 | - | 20 | 36 | -16 | 13 | 5 -4-4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 1 -5-7 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | 26 | 6 -6-14 | 24 | - | 22 | 44 | -22 | 13 | 2 -5-6 | 11 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 13 | 4 -1-8 | 13 | 11 | 26 | -15 |
| 12 | Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC | 26 | 6 -6-14 | 23 | -1 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 13 | 4 -3-6 | 15 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 13 | 2 -3-8 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 |
| 13 | FC Ashdod | 26 | 5 -7-14 | 22 | - | 35 | 48 | -13 | 13 | 2 -4-7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 13 | 3 -3-7 | 12 | 23 | 27 | -4 |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera FC | 26 | 3 -11-12 | 20 | - | 23 | 42 | -19 | 13 | 1 -4-8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 13 | 2 -7-4 | 13 | 13 | 18 | -5 |
Championship Round Relegation Round | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
 | Maccabi Netanya FC | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
 | Maccabi Bnei Raina FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Netanya Stadium |
 | FC Ashdod | Doha Stadium (Sakhnin) |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | Netanya Stadium |
| Maccabi Haifa | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
| Hapoel Haifa FC | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
 | FC Ashdod | HaMoshava Stadium |
| Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| Hapoel Hadera FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
 | Ironi Tiberias FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| Maccabi Netanya FC | Doha Stadium (Sakhnin) |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | Bloomfield Stadium |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| Hapoel Jerusalem FC | Netanya Stadium |
| Maccabi Bnei Raina FC | Doha Stadium (Sakhnin) |
| Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Yud-Alef Stadium |
Results
| 21 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 02 | Ironi Tiberias FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 41 | Hapoel Hadera FC | Yud-Alef Stadium |
| 12 | Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC | HaMoshava Stadium |
| 12 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
| 11 | Maccabi Haifa | Bloomfield Stadium |
| 31 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | Netanya Stadium |
| 22 | Hapoel Haifa FC | Netanya Stadium |
| 03 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
| 01 | Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC | Netanya Stadium |
| 01 | Hapoel Haifa FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 12 | FC Ashdod | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 20 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 02 | Maccabi Petah Tikva FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 41 | Maccabi Netanya FC | Bloomfield Stadium |
| 13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
| 01 | Beitar Jerusalem FC | Netanya Stadium |
| 02 | Maccabi Haifa | Sammey Ofer Stadium |
| 03 | Maccabi Bnei Raina FC | Municipal Stadium (Reine) |
| 11 | Hapoel Jerusalem FC | Yud-Alef Stadium |