2026–27 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season2026–27
Dates22 August 2026 – 22 May 2027
Matches5
Goals15 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerIsrael Dor Peretz (3)
Biggest home winMaccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan (22 August 2026)
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (22 August 2026)
Ironi Tiberias 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (22 August 2026)
Biggest away winHapoel Jerusalem 2–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (23 August 2026)
Highest scoringHapoel Jerusalem 2–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (23 August 2026)
2027–28 →
All statistics correct as of 24 August 2026.

The 2026–27 Israeli Premier League (also known as Ligat TOTO Winner[1] for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season since the introduction of the Israeli Premier League in 1999 and the 85th season of top-tier football in Israel.

Teams

The league consists of fourteen teams; twelve sides from the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2025–26 Liga Leumit; Maccabi Petah Tikva[2] and Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim.[3] Maccabi Petah Tikva return after a single season meanwhile Hapoel Ramat Gan after 13 years. They replaced the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League bottom two teams, Maccabi Bnei Reineh[4] and F.C. Ashdod[5] who were relegated to the 2026–27 Liga Leumit.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Bnei Sakhnin Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Be'er Sheva Turner Stadium 16,126
Hapoel Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Rehovot Stadium 6,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Netanya Stadium[6] 13,610
Ironi Tiberias Tiberias Barel Stadium 5,200
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium 30,950
Maccabi Netanya Netanya Miriam Stadium 13,610
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem		 Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa		 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya
Ironi Kiryat Shmona		 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva		 Bnei Sakhnin
Miriam Stadium, Netanya HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva Doha Stadium, Sakhnin
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ironi Tiberias Hapoel Ramat Gan
Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva Barel Stadium, Nof HaGalil Rehovot Stadium, Rehovot

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Abramov Israel Almog Cohen Israel Yarden Shua —— Geshem Holdings
Bnei Sakhnin Israel Khaled Dokhi Israel Yossi Abukasis Israel Maroun Gantous Jako Jenno
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Alona Barkat Israel Ran Kojok Israel Miguel Vítor Umbro Victory
Hapoel Haifa Israel Yoav Katz Israel Haim Silvas Israel Dor Malul Reebok Ahuza
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Yotam Karmon Israel Lior Zada Israel Omer Agvadish Legea Allon Ventures
Hapoel Petah Tikva Israel Almog Portman Israel Omer Peretz Israel Omer Katz Lotto Mivne Group
Hapoel Ramat Gan Israel Avi Yehiel Israel Messay Dego Israel Dudu Twito Umbro Maoz Daniel
Hapoel Tel Aviv Brazil Edmond M. Safra Israel Elyaniv Barda Republic of the Congo Fernand Mayembo Nike IBI Investment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel Izzy Sheratzky Israel Shay Barda Israel Ariel Sheratzky Reebok Ituran
Ironi Tiberias Israel Arie Kalmanzon Israel Alon Ziv Israel Ido Sharon (caretaker) Reebok Masada Armour
Maccabi Haifa Israel Ya'akov Shahar Israel Barak Bakhar Curaçao Kenji Gorré Adidas Volvo
Maccabi Netanya United States Ross Kestin Israel Ronny Levy Israel Karem Jaber Lotto Remilk
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Avraham Luzon Israel Ziv Arie Israel Mohammed Hindy Umbro Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv Canada Mitchell Goldhar Scotland Kenny Miller Israel Dor Peretz Puma Pelephone

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel Noam Shoham End of Contract 27 May 2026 Pre-Season Israel Ziv Arie 27 May 2026 [7]
Beitar Jerusalem Israel Barak Yitzhaki 31 May 2026 Israel Almog Cohen 31 May 2026 [8]
Ironi Tiberias Israel Eliran Hudeda Suspended 5 July 2026 Israel Alon Ziv 17 August 2026 [9]

Foreign players


The number of foreign players were restricted to eight per team.[10]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Non-visa player
Beitar Jerusalem Ghana Eugene Ansah Ghana Nana Antwi Colombia Brayan Carabalí Cameroon Boris Enow Georgia (country) Luka Gadrani Nigeria Johnbosco Kalu Portugal Miguel Silva Cape Verde Aílson Tavares
Bnei Sakhnin Romania Raul Bălbărău Angola Carlitos Guadeloupe Dimitri Cavaré Ghana Mathew Cudjoe Guinea-Bissau Saná Gomes Romania Daniel Paraschiv Lithuania Modestas Vorobjovas
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Portugal Pedro Amador Senegal Djibril Diop Jamaica Javon East Brazil Lucas Ventura Brazil João Victor Serbia Igor Zlatanović Bulgaria Yoni Stoyanov
Argentina Marco Wolff
Hapoel Haifa Nigeria William Agada Mali Cheick Keita Serbia Ivan Kričak Senegal Arial Mendy Croatia Dario Župarić
Hapoel Jerusalem Nigeria Sani Abdulsalam Moldova Vitalie Damașcan Nigeria Andrew Idoko Ivory Coast Daniel Koudougou Ghana Zuberu Sharani Ivory Coast Christ Tiéhi United States Guy Bar
Hapoel Petah Tikva Ivory Coast Boni Amian Bolivia Diego Arroyo Ghana Edmond Asante Cape Verde Clé Democratic Republic of the Congo Karim Kimvuidi France Franck Rivollier Zambia Chipyoka Songa
Hapoel Ramat Gan Nigeria Christopher Boniface Brazil Luan Campos Ghana Fard Ibrahim Portugal Jota Serbia Srđan Mijailović Cameroon Marius Noubissi Brazil Márcio Silva
Hapoel Tel Aviv Ghana Emmanuel Boateng Brazil Chico Guadeloupe Marcus Coco Brazil Falcão Bulgaria Andrian Kraev Republic of the Congo Fernand Mayembo Ghana Douglas Owusu Portugal Xande Silva
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Azerbaijan Rufat Abdullazade Brazil Talles Costa Serbia Nemanja Ljubisavljević Senegal Amadou Sagna Angola Alex Sola Peru Adrián Ugarriza Serbia Nikola Đurković
Brazil Daniel Tenenbaum
Ironi Tiberias Czech Republic Ondřej Bačo The Gambia Mansour Badjie Ivory Coast Chriso The Gambia Néné Gbamblé Armenia Artur Miranyan Guinea-Bissau Sambinha Ukraine Daniel Joulani
Maccabi Haifa Belgium Jelle Bataille Angola Manuel Benson Brazil Bruninho Ivory Coast Cédric Don Suriname Nigel Lonwijk United States Andrija Novakovich Brazil Pedrão Brazil Wenderson Tsunami France Pierre Cornud
Curaçao Kenji Gorré
Niger Ali Mohamed
United States Kenny Saief
Maccabi Netanya France Wylan Cyprien Brazil Matheus Davó Georgia (country) Saba Khvadagiani Mali Bakary Konaté Ivory Coast Aziz Ouattara Portugal Samu Russia Grigori Morozov
Maccabi Petah Tikva Colombia José Cortés Cyprus Pavlos Korrea Ghana Samuel Owusu Montenegro Marko Rakonjac Guinea Ibrahima Soumah England Kyle Spence
Maccabi Tel Aviv Venezuela Kervin Andrade Netherlands Tyrese Asante Serbia Kristijan Belić Guinea Mohamed Ali Camara Moldova Ion Nicolaescu Mali Issouf Sissokho Slovenia Ester Sokler Cape Verde Hélio Varela

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 3 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
4 Bnei Sakhnin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Maccabi Netanya 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Beitar Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Hapoel Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
13 Hapoel Jerusalem 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 0
14 Ironi Tiberias 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 −3[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2026. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Ironi Tiberias had 6 points deducted As a result of the dual contracts scandal from the previous season, Ironi Tiberias were deducted eight points from the 2025–26 season and a further six points from the current 2026–27 season. [11]

Regular season results

Home \ Away BEI BnS HBS HHA HJE HPT HRG HTA IKS ITI MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 29 Aug
Bnei Sakhnin 7 Sep — 29 Aug
Hapoel Be'er Sheva — 2 Sep 7 Sep
Hapoel Haifa — 30 Aug
Hapoel Jerusalem — 5 Sep 2–5
Hapoel Petah Tikva 29 Aug —
Hapoel Ramat Gan 29 Aug —
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 Sep 7 Sep —
Ironi Kiryat Shmona — 29 Aug
Ironi Tiberias 1–0 —
Maccabi Haifa 5 Sep 2–1 —
Maccabi Netanya 0–0 7 Sep —
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 5 Sep —
Maccabi Tel Aviv 31 Aug —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2026. Source: "Ligat Ha'Al – Matches".
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Dor Peretz Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
2 Brazil Bruninho Maccabi Haifa 2
3 Nine players 1

References

  1. ↑ Lipkin, Gidi (3 July 2024). "Toto Winner - the sponsor of the Premier League in football". One (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Did it: Maccabi Petah Tikva returned to the Premier League". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 20 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "After 13 years: Hapoel Ramat Gan promoted to the Premier League". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 25 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Reineh relegated: "This season - one big nightmare." Reuven is expected to stay". walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 11 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "After 10 consecutive seasons in the Premier League: MS Ashdod was relegated to the national team". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Temporarily, Due the Gaza war the team play their home games at a neutral venue
  7. ↑ "Officially: Ziv Arie was appointed coach of Maccabi Petah Tikva". sports5.co.il (in Hebrew). 27 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "A huge surprise: Almog Cohen was appointed Beitar's coach, Barak Itzhaki left". sports5.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ironi Tiberias: Alon Ziv appointed as head coach". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 17 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Association confirmed: to share 8 foreigners in the Premier League". Sport 5 sports (in Hebrew). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "The saga has come to an end: Ironi Tiberias' plea agreement has been finalized". sport1 (in Hebrew). 1 April 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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