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Ligat ha'Al

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2018-2019

Location

Israel

Abbreviation

ISR1

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Summary

The Ligat ha'Al (ISR1), or Ligat Winner, is the top football league in Israel's football system. At completion of the 2018-2019 regular season, the top 6 teams participate in the ISR1 Championship Round. Championship Round results determine how the teams qualify for the following non-league play:

2019-2020 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2018-2019 ISR1 team
2019-2020 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2018-2019 ISR1 teams

The winner of the 2018-2019 Israel State Cup, typically a ISR1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2019-2020 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Israel

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
ISR1	Ligat ha'Al	14
ISR2	Liga Leumit	16
ISR3	Liga Alef	32
ISR4	Liga Bet	64
ISR5	Liga Gimel	108

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 24 Aug 2018 - 11 Mar 2019	Champ/Releg Rounds 16 Mar 2019 - 25 May 2019		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 2019-2020 UEFA Champions League and 2019-2020 UEFA Europa 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 2018-2019 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 2019-2020 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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	27 -8-1	89	-	77	17	60	18	14 -3-1	45	41	7	34	18	13 -5-0	44	36	10	26
2	Maccabi Haifa	36	16 -10-10	58	-	46	41	5	18	7 -4-7	25	24	25	-1	18	9 -6-3	33	22	16	6
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC	36	15 -10-11	55	-	48	46	2	18	9 -5-4	32	24	19	5	18	6 -5-7	23	24	27	-3
4	Maccabi Netanya FC	36	15 -8-13	53	-	45	47	-2	18	7 -3-8	24	18	22	-4	18	8 -5-5	29	27	25	2
5	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FC	36	14 -9-13	51	-	56	41	15	18	5 -6-7	21	24	23	1	18	9 -3-6	30	32	18	14
6	Hapoel Hadera FC	36	12 -6-18	42	-	43	59	-16	18	7 -2-9	23	23	29	-6	18	5 -4-9	19	20	30	-10
Relegation
1	Beitar Jerusalem FC	33	11 -10-12	43	-	43	43	0	16	4 -6-6	18	21	22	-1	17	7 -4-6	25	22	21	1
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	9 -15-9	42	-	40	30	10	17	7 -6-4	27	28	16	12	16	2 -9-5	15	12	14	-2
3	Hapoel Ra'anana AFC	33	8 -15-10	39	-	29	38	-9	17	7 -5-5	26	20	20	0	16	1 -10-5	13	9	18	-9
4	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	33	9 -11-13	38	-	34	35	-1	17	5 -6-6	21	18	17	1	16	4 -5-7	17	16	18	-2
5	Hapoel Haifa FC	33	8 -13-12	37	-	44	47	-3	17	2 -9-6	15	21	27	-6	16	6 -4-6	22	23	20	3
6	FC Ashdod	33	10 -7-16	37	-	34	54	-20	16	6 -4-6	22	17	22	-5	17	4 -3-10	15	17	32	-15
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva FC	33	8 -12-13	36	-	33	51	-18	16	2 -8-6	14	15	22	-7	17	6 -4-7	22	18	29	-11
8	Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC	33	5 -12-16	27	-	27	50	-23	16	2 -6-8	12	10	24	-14	17	3 -6-8	15	17	26	-9
UEFACL UEFAEL UEFAEL (Israel State Cup Winner) Relegation

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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	20 -6-0	66	-	57	12	45	13	11 -2-0	35	33	4	29	13	9 -4-0	31	24	8	16
2	Maccabi Haifa	26	12 -8-6	44	-	34	27	7	13	5 -3-5	18	17	17	0	13	7 -5-1	26	17	10	7
3	Maccabi Netanya FC	26	12 -7-7	43	-	34	29	5	13	6 -3-4	21	13	11	2	13	6 -4-3	22	21	18	3
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC	26	10 -9-7	39	-	36	32	4	13	7 -5-1	26	21	11	10	13	3 -4-6	13	15	21	-6
5	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FC	26	10 -7-9	37	-	39	25	14	13	5 -4-4	19	18	13	5	13	5 -3-5	18	21	12	9
6	Hapoel Hadera FC	26	9 -6-11	33	-	30	41	-11	13	6 -2-5	20	17	19	-2	13	3 -4-6	13	13	22	-9
7	Hapoel Haifa FC	26	7 -11-8	32	-	42	37	5	13	2 -7-4	13	21	22	-1	13	5 -4-4	19	21	15	6
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	6 -13-7	31	-	26	23	3	13	5 -5-3	20	17	11	6	13	1 -8-4	11	9	12	-3
9	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	7 -9-10	30	-	25	28	-3	13	4 -5-4	17	15	15	0	13	3 -4-6	13	10	13	-3
10	Hapoel Ra'anana AFC	26	6 -12-8	30	-	20	30	-10	13	6 -4-3	22	14	13	1	13	0 -8-5	8	6	17	-11
11	Beitar Jerusalem FC	26	7 -8-11	29	-	32	37	-5	13	3 -5-5	14	15	18	-3	13	4 -3-6	15	17	19	-2
12	Maccabi Petah Tikva FC	26	6 -10-10	28	-	26	40	-14	13	2 -7-4	13	14	16	-2	13	4 -3-6	15	12	24	-12
13	FC Ashdod	26	5 -7-14	22	-	20	42	-22	13	4 -4-5	16	12	18	-6	13	1 -3-9	6	8	24	-16
14	Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC	26	4 -9-13	21	-	21	39	-18	13	2 -5-6	11	8	19	-11	13	2 -4-7	10	13	20	-7
Championship Round Relegation Round