2015–16 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Relegated	Hapoel Acre Maccabi Netanya
Champions League	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Europa League	Maccabi Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa
Top goalscorer	Eran Zahavi (35 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Maccabi Haifa
Biggest away win	Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-4 Bnei Sakhnin
Highest scoring	Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5-2 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Average attendance	6,953 ^[2]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 21 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Israeli Premier League was the seventeenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 74th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2015 and ended in May 2016. Hapoel Be'er Sheva became champion after 40 years without winning a main national competition, interrupting the sequence of three consecutive titles of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams are competing in the league, including twelve sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted teams from the 2014–15 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Petah Tikva and F.C. Ashdod were relegated to the 2015–16 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv and Hapoel Kfar Saba were promoted after finishing the 2014–15 Liga Leumit in the top two places.

Stadia and locations

Beitar Jerusalem ^[3]	Bnei Yehuda ^[4]	Bnei Sakhnin ^[5]	Hapoel Ironi Acre ^[6]
Teddy Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium	Doha Stadium	Acre Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 34,000	Capacity: 14,413	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 5,000

Hapoel Be'er Sheva ^[7]	Hapoel Haifa ^[8]	Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda 2015–16 Israeli Premier League (Israel)
Turner Stadium	Sammy Ofer Stadium
Capacity: 16,100	Capacity: 30,820

Hapoel Kfar Saba ^[9]	Hapoel Ra'anana ^[10]
Levita Stadium	Netanya Stadium
Capacity: 5,800	Capacity: 13,800

Hapoel Tel Aviv ^[11]	Ironi Kiryat Shmona ^[12]
Bloomfield Stadium	Ironi Stadium
Capacity: 14,413	Capacity: 5,300

Maccabi Haifa ^[13]	Maccabi Netanya ^[14]	Maccabi Petah Tikva ^[15]	Maccabi Tel Aviv ^[16]
Sammy Ofer Stadium	Netanya Stadium	HaMoshava Stadium	Bloomfield Stadium
Capacity: 30,820	Capacity: 13,800	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 14,413

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Beitar Jerusalem	Tabib, EliEli Tabib	Drapić, SlobodanSlobodan Drapić	Matović, DušanDušan Matović	Puma	itrader
Bnei Sakhnin	Abu Yunes, MohammedMohammed Abu Yunes	Abukasis, YossiYossi Abukasis	Khalaila, KhaledKhaled Khalaila	Umbro	Toyga
Bnei Yehuda	Damaio, MosheMoshe Damaio	Mizrahi, YossiYossi Mizrahi	Baldout, AssiAssi Baldout	Macron	Azrieli Group
Hapoel Ironi Acre	Barshishat, YehudaYehuda Barshishat	Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora	Mishaelof, MosheMoshe Mishaelof	Macron	Azrieli Group
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Barkat, AlonaAlona Barkat	Bakhar, BarakBarak Bakhar	Barda, ElyanivElyaniv Barda	Kappa	Mobli
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Shaham, StavStav Shaham	Mimer, SharonSharon Mimer	Dilmoni, HenHen Dilmoni	Lotto
Hapoel Haifa	Katz, YoavYoav Katz	Ben Margi, MeirMeir Ben Margi	Roash, OshriOshri Roash	Diadora	Hatama
Hapoel Ra'anana	Alon, AsherAsher Alon	Silvas, HaimHaim Silvas	Shuker, SnirSnir Shuker	Umbro	ME Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Fans, The RedThe Red Fans	Guttman, EliEli Guttman	Harush, ArielAriel Harush	Puma	Fujicom
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Sheratzky, IzzyIzzy Sheratzky	Dora, ShlomiShlomi Dora	Raly, OzOz Raly	Puma	Ituran
Maccabi Haifa	Shahar, Ya'akovYa'akov Shahar	Levy, RonnyRonny Levy	Benayoun, YossiYossi Benayoun	Nike	Honda
Maccabi Netanya	Segev, EliEli Segev	Koretski, MeniMeni Koretski	Levy, EranEran Levy	Joma	Burgus Burger Bar
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Luzon, AmosAmos Luzon	Ben Shimon, RanRan Ben Shimon	Peser, NaorNaor Peser	Macron	Panorama North
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Goldhar, MitchellMitchell Goldhar	Bosz, PeterPeter Bosz	Zahavi, EranEran Zahavi	Adidas

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Beitar Jerusalem	Nikita Rukavytsya	Claudemir	Arsenio Valpoort	Dušan Matović	Jesús Rueda
Bnei Sakhnin	Eldar Hasanović	Georginho	Diogo Kachuba	Wanderson	Abraham Paz
Bnei Yehuda	Pedro Galván	Antonio Mršić	Thierry Doubai	Dele Aiyenugba	Jude Nworuh
Hapoel Acre	Dylan Seys	Boris Kopitović	Samuel Gilmore	Lanry Kahinda	Branislav Jovanović
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	William Soares	Anthony Nwakaeme	John Ogu	Ovidiu Hoban
Hapoel Haifa	Dmitriy Baga	Marijan Antolovic	Tadas Kijanskas	Žarko Korać	Bruno Pinheiro
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Mavis Tchibota	Dino Škvorc	Yiannis Papadopoulos	Hugo López
Hapoel Ra'anana	Dejan Radonjić	Mamadou Thiam	Rene Mihelič	Evans Kangwa	Emmanuel Mbola
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Cauê	Hamza Barry	Loukas Vyntra	Nemanja Nikolić	Claudiu Bumba
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Luis Gutiérrez	Bruno	Kassio	Rokas Stanulevičius	Austin Amutu
Maccabi Haifa	Romário	Glynor Plet	Ludovic Obraniak	Vladimir Stojković	Marc Valiente
Maccabi Netanya	Issoumaila Lingane	Nemanja Petrović	Milan Smiljanić	Andriy Mischenko
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Allyson	Joachim Mununga	Xavier Tomas	Aitor Monroy	Rade Prica
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haris Medunjanin	Nosa Igiebor	Orlando Sá	Predrag Rajković	Carlos García

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Barak Bakhar	Sacked	14 May 2015	Pre-season	Salah Hasarma	30 May 2015
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Elisha Levy	End of contract	30 May 2015		Barak Bakhar	30 May 2015
Maccabi Haifa	Marco Balbul	End of contract	30 May 2015		Ronny Levy	30 May 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Eli Cohen	End of contract	30 May 2015		César Mendiondo	30 May 2015
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Pako Ayestarán	End of contract	30 May 2015		Jokanović, SlavišaSlaviša Jokanović	15 June 2015
Maccabi Netanya	Ronny Levy	End of contract	30 May 2015		Shlomi Dora	21 June 2015
Beitar Jerusalem	Guy Levy	End of contract	7 June 2015		Slobodan Drapić	7 June 2015
Hapoel Akko	Shlomi Dora	Sacked	21 June 2015		Yaron Hochenboim	28 June 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv	César Mendiondo	Sacked	3 September 2015	12th	Walid Badir (caretaker)	3 September 2015
Maccabi Netanya	Shlomi Dora	Sacked	2 November 2015	14th	Reuven Atar	6 November 2015
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Walid Badir (caretaker)	End of caretaker time	5 November 2015	13th	Guy Levy	5 November 2015
Bnei Yehuda	Yossi Abukasis	Sacked	8 December 2015	9th	Yossi Mizrahi	9 December 2015
Bnei Sakhnin	Eli Cohen	Sacked	18 December 2015	12th	Yossi Abukasis	19 December 2015
Hapoel Haifa	Tal Banin	Sacked	21 December 2015	10th	Meir Ben Margi	21 December 2015
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Slaviša Jokanović	Signed By Fulham	27 December 2015	2nd	Javier Pereira Megía (caretaker)	27 December 2015
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Felix Naim	Sacked	3 January 2016	13th	Sharon Mimer	11 January 2016
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Javier Pereira Megía (caretaker)	End of caretaker time	4 January 2016	2nd	Peter Bosz	4 January 2016
Maccabi Netanya	Reuven Atar	Sacked	10 January 2016	14th	Menahem Koretski	20 January 2016
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Guy Levi	Sacked	19 January 2016	11th	Eli Guttman	19 January 2016
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Salah Hasarma	Sacked	13 February 2016	10th	Shlomi Dora	14 February 2016

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	20	4	2	48	17	+31	64	Qualification to Championship round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19	4	3	59	20	+39	61
3	Beitar Jerusalem	26	15	6	5	38	19	+19	51
4	Maccabi Haifa	26	10	8	8	33	25	+8	38
5	Bnei Sakhnin	26	10	6	10	32	25	+7	36
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	10	6	10	29	31	−2	36
7	Bnei Yehuda	26	9	6	11	27	35	−8	33	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	8	6	12	23	30	−7	30
9	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	7	8	11	19	31	−12	29
10	Hapoel Acre	26	8	5	13	18	36	−18	29
11	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	6	10	10	25	31	−6	28
12	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	6	9	11	17	31	−14	27
13	Hapoel Haifa	26	5	10	11	27	37	−10	25
14	Maccabi Netanya	26	1	8	17	10	37	−27	11

Source: Israel Football Association, Soccerway
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.^[17]

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away	Beitar Jerusalem !BEI	Bnei Sakhnin !BnS	Bnei Yehuda !BnY	Hapoel Acre !HAC	Hapoel Be'er Sheva !HBS	Hapoel Haifa !HHA	Hapoel Kfar Saba !HKS	Hapoel Ra'anana !HRA	Hapoel Tel Aviv !HTA	Ironi Kiryat Shmona !IKS	Maccabi Haifa !MHA	Maccabi Netanya !MNE	Maccabi Petah Tikva !MPT	Maccabi Tel Aviv !MTA
Beitar Jerusalem !Beitar Jerusalem		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Bnei Sakhnin !Bnei Sakhnin	1–3		2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2
Bnei Yehuda !Bnei Yehuda	2–1	0–2		0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1
Hapoel Acre !Hapoel Acre	1–3	2–2	0–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva !Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–2	0–1
Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–4	2–0	0–3	0–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Hapoel Ra'anana !Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–2		0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1		0–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona !Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1
Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	0–2	0–0	0–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1		1–0	4–0	0–2
Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–3		0–0	1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–4	3–2	4–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	3–1

Updated to games played on 7 March 2016.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):^[18]

Rounds
27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4	1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4	2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5	1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5	3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1	6 – 1 5 – 2 4 – 3	2 – 1 3 – 5 4 – 6	6 – 2 1 – 3 5 – 4	3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 6	6 – 3 2 – 4 1 – 5

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (C)	36	25	8	3	66	24	+42	83	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	36	24	9	3	76	24	+52	81	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Beitar Jerusalem^{[lower-alpha 1]}	36	18	6	12	46	37	+9	58	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Maccabi Haifa	36	14	11	11	45	42	+3	53	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Bnei Sakhnin	36	13	9	14	46	40	+6	48
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	36	11	9	16	38	48	−10	42

↑ Beitar Jerusalem deducted two points because of racial slurs by their fans.^[19]
↑ Maccabi Haifa qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Israel State Cup.

Championship round results

Home ╲ Away	Beitar Jerusalem !BEI	Bnei Sakhnin !BnS	Hapoel Be'er Sheva !HBS	Hapoel Ra'anana !HRA	Maccabi Haifa !MHA	Maccabi Tel Aviv !MTA
Beitar Jerusalem !Beitar Jerusalem		0–3	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–2
Bnei Sakhnin !Bnei Sakhnin	2–0		1–4	1–1	0–1	0–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva !Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	3–1		0–0	1–1	1–1
Hapoel Ra'anana !Hapoel Ra'anana	1–2	2–3	1–4		3–0	1–1
Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–0		0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	6–0

Updated to games played on 21 May 2016.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):^[18]

Rounds
27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd
7 – 11 8 – 13 9 – 12 10 – 14	7 – 8 13 – 9 12 – 10 11 – 14	8 – 11 9 – 7 10 – 13 14 – 12	8 – 9 7 – 10 13 – 14 11 – 12	9 – 11 10 – 8 14 – 7 12 – 13	9 – 10 8 – 14 7 – 12 11 – 13	10 – 11 14 – 9 12 – 8 13 – 7

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	13	7	13	34	35	−1	46
8	Bnei Yehuda	33	13	7	13	37	43	−6	46
9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	10	12	11	30	37	−7	42
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	9	11	13	23	37	−14	38
11	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	8	12	13	32	39	−7	36
12	Hapoel Haifa	33	7	13	13	38	48	−10	34
13	Hapoel Acre (R)	33	9	7	17	27	48	−21	34	Relegation to Liga Leumit
14	Maccabi Netanya (R)	33	1	9	23	14	50	−36	12	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Relegation round results

Home ╲ Away	Bnei Yehuda !BnY	Hapoel Acre !HAC	Hapoel Haifa !HHA	Hapoel Kfar Saba !HKS	Hapoel Tel Aviv !HTA	Ironi Kiryat Shmona !IKS	Maccabi Netanya !MNE	Maccabi Petah Tikva !MPT
Bnei Yehuda !Bnei Yehuda		3–1			2–4	1–0		1–2
Hapoel Acre !Hapoel Acre			2–3			1–1	4–1	1–3
Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	1–1			0–0			2–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	0–0			0–3	2–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv		1–0	3–3					0–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona !Ironi Kiryat Shmona			2–1		1–1		2–0
Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	0–1			1–1	0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva			2–1	0–1		2–0	2–1

Updated to games played on 16 May 2016.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. Note that Championship round teams will play in 36 matchdays, and the Relegation round teams will compete in only 33 matches.

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Team \ Round
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2	7	3	2	7	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Beitar Jerusalem	8	10	9	12	10	5	7	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Maccabi Haifa	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	13	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Bnei Sakhnin	10	13	13	9	6	9	6	7	8	9	10	7	7	10	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	9	7	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Hapoel Ra'anana	7	3	6	3	4	8	5	3	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Maccabi Petah Tikva	5	1	1	1	1	2	4	6	6	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7
Bnei Yehuda	1	6	10	5	11	12	8	8	7	6	7	9	9	7	7	7	8	10	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8
Hapoel Tel Aviv	9	12	12	8	5	6	9	10	13	10	12	10	10	8	11	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	4	7	10	12	13	11	9	12	12	8	11	11	11	9	12	13	12	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	13	5	5	7	9	4	3	4	4	4	6	6	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	11	11
Hapoel Haifa	4	9	8	11	8	10	12	13	9	11	13	13	13	12	10	9	9	8	9	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12
Hapoel Ironi Acre	11	8	4	6	3	7	10	11	10	8	9	12	12	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	13	13	13	13
Maccabi Netanya	12	11	11	13	13	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: Israel Football Association

	2016–17 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
	2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016–17 Liga Leumit

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	35
2	Nikita Rukavytsya	Beitar Jerusalem	14
	Shlomi Azulay	Bnei Sakhnin
	Elyaniv Barda	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
5	Evans Kangwa	Hapoel Ra'anana	11
	Pedro Joaquín Galván	Bnei Yehuda
	Anthony Nwakaeme	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Mahran Lala	Hapoel Haifa
9	Eliran Atar	Maccabi Haifa	10
	Ofir Mizrahi	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
	Tal Ben Haim	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Source: Israel Football Association

Attendances

Pos	Team	Average	Change
1	Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	20,826	n/a^†
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva !Hapoel Be'er Sheva	15,941	n/a^†
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	11,915	n/a^†
4	Beitar Jerusalem !Beitar Jerusalem	10,416	n/a^†
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	9,375	n/a^†
6	Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	4,572	n/a^†
7	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	4,241	n/a^†
8	Bnei Yehuda !Bnei Yehuda	3,642	n/a^†
9	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	3,462	n/a^†
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	2,968	n/a^†
11	Bnei Sakhnin !Bnei Sakhnin	2,805	n/a^†
12	Hapoel Ra'anana !Hapoel Ra'anana	2,305	n/a^†
13	Hapoel Acre !Hapoel Acre	1,958	n/a^†
14	Ironi Kiryat Shmona !Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1,800	n/a^†
	League total	7,479	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 4 June 2016
Source: Official club websites and

References

↑ "Top league scorers in 2015/2016 season". IFA. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
↑ "Average home attendance in 2015/2016 season". walla.co.il. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
↑ Beitar Jerusalem Vanue
↑ Bnei Yehuda Vanue
↑ Bnei Sakhnin Vanue
↑ Hapoel Acre Vanue
↑ Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vanue
↑ Hapoel Haifa Vanue
↑ Hapoel Kfar Saba Vanue
↑ Hapoel Ra'anana Vanue
↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv Vanue
↑ Ironi Kiryat Shmona Vanue
↑ Maccabi Haifa Vanue
↑ Maccabi Netanya Vanue
↑ Maccabi Petah Tikva Vanue
↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv Vanue
↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
1 2 "The full fixture list" (PDF) (in Hebrew).
↑ Ben Ziv, Guy (10 May 2016). "Two points deducted from Beitar for racial crys" (in Hebrew). ONE.
↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ "Ligat ha'AL 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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