2017–18 in Israeli football

The 2017–18 season is the 70th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 92nd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Premier League	Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Acre	Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Marmorek	Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Sha'arayim
Liga Alef	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Yaniv Nordia Jerusalem	Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel F.C. Karmiel Safed Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah
Liga Bet	Bnei HaGolan VeHaGalil Maccabi Nujeidat Maccabi Bnei Reineh Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Shimshon Kafr Qasim Ironi Beit Dagan AS Ashdod Hapoel Yeruham Tzeirei Tamra ^{[nb 1]} Maccabi Ironi Tamra ^{[nb 2]}	Beitar Haifa Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Ironi Yafa Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Beitar Yavne Maccabi Segev Shalom
Ligat Nashim (women)	Bnot Sakhnin	Hapoel Ra'anana

IFA competitions

League competitions

2017–18 Israeli Premier League

Template:2017–18 Israeli Premier League Championship Round table Template:2017–18 Israeli Premier League Relegation Round table

2017–18 Ligat Nashim

Template:2017–18 Israeli Women's Premier League table

Cup competitions

2017–18 Israel State Cup

9 May 2018

Hapoel Haifa	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Jerusalem
Plakuschenko 28' Scheimann 105' Turgeman 120'	Report	Varenne 29'

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Referee: Liran Liany

2017–18 Israeli Women's Cup

23 May 2018

19:45

F.C. Ramat HaSharon	3–2 (a.e.t.)	F.C. Kiryat Gat
Tabatha 7', 100' Shahaf 30'	Report	46' Efraim 74' Schulmann

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Referee: Meitar Shemesh

2017–18 Toto Cup Al

14 December 2017

21:00

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Report	Kjartansson 83'

HaMoshava Stadium

Referee: Menashe Mashiah

2017 Israel Super Cup

10 August 2017

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–2	Bnei Yehuda
Ghadir 20' Pekhart 57' Taha 74' Nwakaeme 79'	Report	Buzaglo 53' (pen.) Kandil 67'

Netanya, Netanya

Attendance: 6,350

Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

International Club Competitions

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5–3	Honvéd	2–1	3–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–3 Template:Agr	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	1–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–2 Template:Agr	Maribor	2–1	0–1

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–0	Tirana	2–0	3–0
Beitar Jerusalem	7–3	Vasas	4–3	3–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beitar Jerusalem	1–5	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	0–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1	KR	3–1	2–0
Trenčín	1–3	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Panionios	1–0	1–0
Bnei Yehuda	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2	1–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rheindorf Altach	2–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	2–2

Group stage

Group A

Template:2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group A table

Group G

Template:2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group G table

UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 6

Template:2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Group 9 table

UEFA Youth League

First round (Champions Path)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brodarac	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	1–0

National Teams

National team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G table

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers
2 September 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	North Macedonia	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa	0–1
5 September 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	Italy	Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia	0–1
6 October 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	Liechtenstein	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	1–0	Tibi
9 October 2017	2018 World Cup Qual.	Spain	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem	0–1
24 March 2018	Friendly	Romania	Netanya Stadium, Netanya	1–2	Hemed
7 September 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nat. League	Albania	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
11 September 2018	Friendly	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast
11 October 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nat. League	Scotland	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
14 October 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nat. League	Albania	Turner Stadium, Beersheba
20 November 2018	2018–19 UEFA Nat. League	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Women's National Team

2019 Women's World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	8	0	0	25	2	+23	24	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Austria	8	5	1	2	19	7	+12	16
3	Finland	8	3	1	4	9	13	−4	10
4	Serbia	8	2	1	5	5	13	−8	7
5	Israel	8	0	1	7	0	23	−23	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]
19 October 2017	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Serbia	Čukarički Stadium, Belgrade	0–2
23 October 2017	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Spain	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–6
23 November 2017	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Austria	Bundesstadion Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf	0–2
26 November 2017	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Finland	Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki	0–4
22 January 2018	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Finland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–0
10 April 2018	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Serbia	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–1
7 June 2018	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Spain	La Condomina, Murcia	0–2
12 June 2018	2019 Women's World Cup qual.	Austria	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	0–6

U-21 National team

2019 European U-21 qualifying round (Group 5)

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers
31 August 2017	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Azerbaijan	Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre	3–1	Barshazki, Peretz, Plakuschenko
5 September 2017	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Norway	Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen	0–0
9 October 2017	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Republic of Ireland	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin	0–4
9 November 2017	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Kosovo	Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari, Mitrovica	4–0	Nachmias, Weissman, Dasa, Cohen
14 November 2017	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Germany	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	2–5	Barshazki, Weissman
22 March 2018	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Germany	Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig	0–3
27 March 2018	2019 U-21 Euro qual.	Norway	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	1–3	Own goal

U-19 National team

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	5	0	+5	9	Elite round
2	Kosovo	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6	Elite round
3	Israel	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result^[1]	Scorers
3 October 2017	2018 U-19 Euro qual. round	Lithuania	Sportplatz Bürgerau, Saalfelden	1–0	Shua
6 October 2017	2018 U-19 Euro qual. round	Kosovo	Waldstadion Mittersill, Mittersill	1–2	Almog
9 October 2017	2018 U-19 Euro qual. round	Austria	Steinbergstadion, Leogang	0–2

U-19 Women's National team

2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	Elite round
2	Serbia	Elite round
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	Israel

First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent
12 September 2017	2018 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Finland
15 September 2017	2018 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Serbia
12 September 2017	2018 U-19 Women's Euro qual. round	Bosnia and Herzegovina

U-17 National team

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	Elite round
2	Turkey	Elite round
3	Israel	Elite round if among four best third-placed teams
4	Armenia

First match(es) will be played: 13 October 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2017–18 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent
13 October 2017	2018 U-17 Euro qual. round	Turkey
16 October 2017	2018 U-17 Euro qual. round	Czech Republic
19 October 2017	2018 U-17 Euro qual. round	Armenia

U-17 Women's National team

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	Elite round
2	Russia	Elite round
3	Croatia	Elite round if best third-placed team
4	Israel

First match(es) will be played: 19 October 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2017–18 results

Date	Competition	Opponent
19 October 2017	2018 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Sweden
22 October 2017	2018 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Russia
19 October 2017	2018 U-17 Women's Euro qual. round	Croatia

Notes

^ Tzeirei Tamra was promoted as the best placed runner-up in the northern divisions to replace F.C. Karmiel/Safed, which folded during the season.
^ Maccabi Ironi Tamra was promoted as the second best placed runner-up to fill a vacancy after Hapoel Daliyat al Karmel F.C. and Maccabi Daliyat al Karmel F.C. merged.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Israel's score written first

[TzT-1] Tzeirei Tamra was promoted as the best placed runner-up in the northern divisions to replace F.C. Karmiel/Safed, which folded during the season.

[mit-2] Maccabi Ironi Tamra was promoted as the second best placed runner-up to fill a vacancy after Hapoel Daliyat al Karmel F.C. and Maccabi Daliyat al Karmel F.C. merged.

[score-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Israel's score written first

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