2016–17 Ligat Nashim

The 2016–17 Ligat Nashim is the 19th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. League schedule began on 8 November 2016.[1] The defending champions are F.C. Ramat HaSharon, having won the title the previous season.

Israeli Women's Premier League
Season2016–17

Prior to the beginning of the season the two divisions were renamed, Ligat Nashim Rishona becoming Women's Premier League and Ligat Nashim Shniya becoming Women's Leumit League.

In the premier league, F.C. Kiryat Gat won its first championship while Bnot Sakhnin relegated. Hapoel Ra'anana won Women's Liga Leumit and was promoted to the top division.

Premier League

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F.C. Kiryat Gat 16 14 1 1 58 8 +50 43 Qualification for the Championship round
2 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 16 11 2 3 37 7 +30 35
3 ASA Tel Aviv University 16 11 2 3 41 19 +22 35
4 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 16 10 1 5 41 17 +24 31
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 16 8 1 7 36 17 +19 25
6 Maccabi Holon 16 6 2 8 30 42 −12 20 Qualification for the Relegation round
7 Youth Academy 16 5 1 10 20 21 −1 16
8 Bnot Netanya 16 1 1 14 6 50 −44 4
9 Bnot Sakhnin 16 0 1 15 5 93 −88 1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Play-off.[2]

2nd-3rd place match

As F.C. Ramat HaSharon and ASA Tel Aviv finished level on points, a match was arranged to set the placing of each team at the end of regular seasons, in order to determine the two teams' order of matches. The match was played on 7 March 2017, and was abandoned at the 55th minute, with Ramat HaSharon leading 5–0, as ASA appeared to the match with only 11 players and four of them had to leave the pitch due to injuries. Therefore, Ramat HaSharon was placed second and ASA third.[3]

Championship round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F.C. Kiryat Gat (C) 24 18 3 3 74 17 +57 57 Qualification for the Champions League
2 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 24 15 2 7 51 18 +33 47
3 ASA Tel Aviv University 24 14 3 7 56 38 +18 45
4 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 24 14 2 8 54 32 +22 44
5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 24 10 3 11 41 26 +15 33
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Play-off.[4]
(C) Champion.

Relegation round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Maccabi Holon 22 10 3 9 42 52 −10 33
7 Youth Academy 22 10 2 10 43 23 +20 32
8 Bnot Netanya 22 2 1 19 13 62 −49 7
9 Bnot Sakhnin (R) 22 1 1 20 9 115 −106 4 Relegation to Liga Leumit
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Play-off.[5]
(R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Dovrat Bendel F.C. Kiryat Gat 26
2 Shakira Duncan Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 21
3 Moara Maccabi Holon 19
4 Daniela Ugarte Hapoel Petah Tikva 16
5 Arava Shahaf F.C. Ramat HaSharon 15

Leumit League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Ra'anana (C, P) 20 15 3 2 43 11 +32 48 Promotion to Women's Premier League
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 20 12 3 5 55 25 +30 39
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 20 12 1 7 58 30 +28 37
4 Bnot Eilat 20 8 0 12 33 64 −31 24
5 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 20 4 2 14 25 55 −30 14
6 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik 20 3 3 14 27 56 −29 12
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2017. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Play-off.[6]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
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References
  1. A Farce: Only Two Matches Played in Women's League Tom Nahum, 8 November 2016, One (in Hebrew)
  2. "Championship Regulations" (PDF) (in Hebrew). IFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, File 97617 football.org.il, 8 March 2017 (in Hebrew)
  4. "Championship Regulations" (PDF) (in Hebrew). IFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  5. "Championship Regulations" (PDF) (in Hebrew). IFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. "Championship Regulations" (PDF) (in Hebrew). IFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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