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Ligat Toto Winner

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Israel

Abbreviation

ISR1

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Summary

The Ligat ha'Al (ISR1) (aka Ligat TOTO Winner) is the top football league in Israel's football system. At completion of the 2025-2026 Championship Round the following teams qualify for non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 ISR1 Championship Round team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2025-2026 ISR1 Championship Round team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 3rd and 4th place 2025-2026 ISR1 Championship Round teams

The winner of the 2025-2026 Israel State Cup, typically a ISR1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 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 2025 - 7 Mar 2026	Champ/Releg Rounds 15 Mar 2026 - 25 May 2026		14: ISR1 (12), ISR2 (2)

Season Format

The ISR1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each ISR1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 13 ISR1 teams in for a total of 26 league matches per teaqm. The second stage consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, the top six teams play Home/Away matches each other twice (10 more matches) to determine final rankings for 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League and 2026-2027 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 2025-2026 ISR1 Regulation Round, the 7th and 8th place ISR1 Relegation Round teams will be relegated directly to the ISR2.

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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	33	22 -7-4	73	-	71	31	40	16	11 -5-0	38	36	12	24	17	11 -2-4	35	35	19	16
2	Beitar Jerusalem FC	33	21 -8-4	71	-	75	38	37	17	10 -6-1	36	32	16	16	16	11 -2-3	35	43	22	21
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	19 -8-6	65	-	70	38	32	17	11 -3-3	36	36	20	16	16	8 -5-3	29	34	18	16
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	18 -7-8	59	-2	53	31	22	17	14 -1-2	43	33	11	22	16	4 -6-6	18	20	20	0
5	Maccabi Haifa	33	13 -9-11	48	-	56	43	13	16	9 -1-6	28	37	19	18	17	4 -8-5	20	19	24	-5
6	Hapoel Petah Tikva FC	33	9 -10-14	37	-	45	54	-9	16	4 -5-7	17	20	23	-3	17	5 -5-7	20	25	31	-6
Relegation
1	Maccabi Netanya FC	32	13 -6-13	45	-	55	62	-7	17	7 -6-4	27	30	27	3	15	6 -0-9	18	25	35	-10
2	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	32	11 -7-14	40	-	48	50	-2	16	7 -3-6	24	24	20	4	16	4 -4-8	16	24	30	-6
3	Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC	32	8 -10-14	34	-	28	46	-18	17	4 -7-6	19	16	23	-7	15	4 -3-8	15	12	23	-11
4	Ironi Tiberias FC	32	11 -8-13	33	-8	43	56	-13	16	8 -3-5	27	24	24	0	16	3 -5-8	14	19	32	-13
5	Hapoel Haifa FC	32	7 -10-15	31	-	36	51	-15	16	3 -5-8	14	23	31	-8	16	4 -5-7	17	13	20	-7
6	Hapoel Jerusalem FC	32	7 -10-15	31	-	26	41	-15	15	3 -4-8	13	11	20	-9	17	4 -6-7	18	15	21	-6
7	FC Ashdod	32	5 -10-17	25	-	35	60	-25	16	2 -4-10	10	20	36	-16	16	3 -6-7	15	15	24	-9
8	Maccabi Bnei Raina FC	32	6 -4-22	22	-	25	65	-40	15	1 -4-10	7	10	32	-22	17	5 -0-12	15	15	33	-18
2026-2027 UEFACL 2026-2027 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	24	17 -4-3	55	-	54	23	31	12	9 -3-0	30	28	9	19	12	8 -1-3	25	26	14	12
2	Beitar Jerusalem FC	24	15 -6-3	51	-	56	27	29	12	6 -5-1	23	18	10	8	12	9 -1-2	28	38	17	21
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	14 -5-5	47	-	44	26	18	12	11 -0-1	33	25	9	16	12	3 -5-4	14	19	17	2
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	13 -7-4	46	-	50	28	22	12	7 -3-2	24	26	17	9	12	6 -4-2	22	24	11	13
5	Maccabi Haifa	24	10 -9-5	39	-	46	25	21	12	7 -1-4	22	29	14	15	12	3 -8-1	17	17	11	6
6	Hapoel Petah Tikva FC	24	9 -8-7	35	-	40	35	5	12	4 -4-4	16	17	16	1	12	5 -4-3	19	23	19	4
7	Maccabi Netanya FC	24	9 -4-11	31	-	42	53	-11	12	4 -4-4	16	23	25	-2	12	5 -0-7	15	19	28	-9
8	Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin FC	24	7 -8-9	29	-	25	33	-8	12	3 -5-4	14	13	16	-3	12	4 -3-5	15	12	17	-5
9	Ironi Tiberias FC	24	7 -5-12	26	-	30	49	-19	12	5 -2-5	17	17	21	-4	12	2 -3-7	9	13	28	-15
10	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	24	6 -6-12	24	-	34	42	-8	12	3 -3-6	12	16	19	-3	12	3 -3-6	12	18	23	-5
11	Hapoel Haifa FC	24	6 -6-12	24	-	30	40	-10	12	2 -4-6	10	18	23	-5	12	4 -2-6	14	12	17	-5
12	FC Ashdod	24	5 -8-11	23	-	30	47	-17	12	2 -4-6	10	17	27	-10	12	3 -4-5	13	13	20	-7
13	Hapoel Jerusalem FC	24	4 -8-12	20	-	22	35	-13	12	2 -3-7	9	10	18	-8	12	2 -5-5	11	12	17	-5
14	Maccabi Bnei Raina FC	24	3 -2-19	11	-	17	57	-40	12	1 -2-9	5	9	30	-21	12	2 -0-10	6	8	27	-19
Championship Round Relegation Round