2017–18 Israeli Premier League
The 2017–18 Israeli Premier League, also known as Ligat Winner for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 76th season of top-tier football in Israel. It begins on 19 August 2017 and ended in 21 May 2018.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga Leumit.Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were relegated to the 2017–18 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.
Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre were promoted after finishing the 2016–17 Liga Leumit in the top two places. Both returned to league after one-year absence.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | |
| Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva | |
| F.C. Ashdod | Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Stadium | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Ashkelon | Sala Stadium | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Be'er Sheva | Turner Stadium | |
| Hapoel Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Netanya Stadium, Netanya | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Maccabi Netanya | Netanya | Netanya Stadium | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Netanya Stadium, Netanya |
| Netanya Stadium | HaMoshava Stadium | Sammy Ofer Stadium | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Petah Tikva | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa | |
| Acre Stadium | Doha Stadium | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | |
| Hapoel Acre | Bnei Sakhnin | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | |
| Sala Stadium | Teddy Stadium | Turner Stadium | Yud-Alef Stadium |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Beitar Jerusalem | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | F.C. Ashdod |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Beitar Jerusalem |  | | | Givova | Brown Hotels |
| Bnei Sakhnin | | | | Givova | Scania |
| Bnei Yehuda | | | | Kappa | HAP |
| F.C. Ashdod | | | | Nike | SeeMe |
| Hapoel Acre | | | | Kappa | Landora Group |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | | | | Lotto | Albar |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | | | | Puma | Tadiran |
| Hapoel Haifa | | | | Diadora | |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | | | | Givova | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | | | | Umbro | Ituran |
| Maccabi Haifa | |  | | Nike | Honda |
| Maccabi Netanya | | | | Lotto | Kesrei Thofa |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | | | | Macron | Panorama North |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |  |  Jordi Cruyff | | — |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Beitar Jerusalem |  Claudemir | Georginho |  Antoine Conte |  Marcel Heister |  Erik Sabo | Jakub Sylvestr |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Wanderson |  Antonio Mršić | Jordan Faucher |  Akpan David Udoh |  Abraham Paz | |
| Bnei Yehuda |  Mavis Tchibota |  Nerijus Valskis | Emilijus Zubas | |||
| F.C. Ashdod | Mauricio |  Viktor Genev | Karlo Bručić |  Blessing Eleke | ||
| Hapoel Acre |  Dylan Damraoui | Mohamadou Sissoko | Aliko Bala | Bruno Ibeh | Peter Onyekachi | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon |  David Manga | Mirko Oremuš |  Vladimir Dvalishvili | Dele Aiyenugba |  Branislav Jovanović | Milan Smiljanić |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva |  Tomáš Pekhart |  Mihály Korhut | Anthony Nwakaeme | John Ogu |  Miguel Vítor | Isaac Cuenca |
| Hapoel Haifa | Josip Ivančić | Ernestas Šetkus |  Risto Mitrevski |  Radu Gînsari |  Gabriel Tamaș |  Rasmus Sjöstedt |
| Hapoel Ra'anana |  Guillermo Vizcarra |  Mohamed Aly Camara |  Nemanja Nikolić |  Emmanuel Mayuka | Emmanuel Mbola | |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Marcus Diniz |  Didier Brossou | Nigel Hasselbaink | Afonso Taira | Miloš Radivojević | Carlos Cuéllar |
| Maccabi Haifa | Allyson | Caio | Georgi Kostadinov |  Ernest Mabouka |  Stefanos Athanasiadis | Etiënne Reijnen |
| Maccabi Netanya | Leandro Ribeiro | Branko Vrgoč | Tim Heubach | Alhassane Keita |  Ali Mohamed |  Didier Kougbenya |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Elivelto | Romário | Tomáš Sivok | Johan Martial | Grégory Tadé | Richard Soumah |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv |  Viðar Örn Kjartansson |  Cristian Battocchio |  Jean-Sylvain Babin | Predrag Rajković | José Rodríguez |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Regular season
Regular season table
Regular season results
Positions by round
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hapoel Acre | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Source:
Championship round
Key numbers for pairing determinationChampionship round table
| 2017–18 Israeli Premier League champions |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5th title |
Championship round results
Positions by round
Source:| 2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round | |
| 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
| 2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
Relegation round
Key numbers for pairing determinationRelegation round table
Relegation round results
Positions by round
Source:| Relegation to 2018–19 Liga Leumit |
Season statistics
Top scorers
Source:Hat-tricks
Top Assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Eran Levy | Maccabi Netanya | 11 |
| 2 | Nigel Hasselbaink | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 |
| 2 | Maor Melikson | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 9 |
| 4 | Sintayehu Sallallich | Maccabi Haifa | 8 |
| 4 | Firas Mugrabi | Bnei Sakhnin | 8 |
| 4 | Oren Biton | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 8 |
| 4 | Idan Vered | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 |
| 8 | 3 different players | 3 different teams | 5 |
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