2004–05 Ligat Nashim

The 2004–05 Ligat Nashim is the seventh season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. The league began on 26 January 2005, following a Supreme Court ruling which ordered Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Limor Livnat to introduce measures to equal funding for women football clubs.[1]

Ligat Nashim Rishona
Season2004–05
Matches played187
Goals scored1,370 (7.33 per match)

The league was won by Maccabi Holon, its second title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup.

League format

With a record number of 19 teams registered to play, the league was split into two divisions, Northern and Southern. Following a single round of play, the top four teams in each division progressed to the Championship Group, which was played as double round-robin tournament, while the rest of the teams were placed in the bottom group, which was played as a single round-robin tournament. For the second phase, all points gathered by the teams in the first phase was erased and both groups started with a clean slate.

Regular season results

Northern Division

With 9 teams in the division, teams played 8 matches in the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ASA Tel Aviv University 8 8 0 0 91 3 +88 24 Championship Group
2 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 8 6 1 1 48 7 +41 19
3 Bnot Haifa 8 6 0 2 55 14 +41 18
4 Bnot Hadar Yosef 8 4 1 3 37 17 +20 13
5 Bnot Tiv'on 8 4 0 4 44 18 +26 12 Bottom Group
6 Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva 8 2 2 4 29 22 +7 8
7 Bnot Sakhnin 8 2 2 4 21 25 −4 8
8 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik 8 1 0 7 14 60 −46 3
9 Bnot Beit She'an 8 0 0 8 1 174 −173 0
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Southern Division

With 10 teams in the division, teams played 9 matches in the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Holon 9 9 0 0 121 0 +121 27 Championship Group
2 Ironi Jerusalem 9 8 0 1 55 16 +39 24
3 Hapoel Marmorek 9 7 0 2 50 12 +38 21
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 9 6 0 3 46 20 +26 18
5 Ironi Bat Yam 9 5 0 4 23 20 +3 15 Bottom Group
6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9 4 0 5 19 26 −7 12
7 Beitar Jerusalem 9 2 0 7 13 34 −21 6
8 Bnot Kiryat Gat 9 2 0 7 13 54 −41 6
9 Ironi Ariel 9 2 0 7 4 71 −67 6
10 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 9 0 0 9 0 91 −91 0
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Playoff results

Championship group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Holon 14 14 0 0 120 5 +115 42 Qualification to UEFA Women's Cup
2 ASA Tel Aviv University 14 12 0 2 70 10 +60 36
3 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 14 7 1 6 26 37 −11 22
4 Hapoel Marmorek 14 4 4 6 19 49 −30 16
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14 4 3 7 29 53 −24 15
6 Ironi Jerusalem 14 4 3 7 29 53 −24 15
7 Bnot Haifa 14 2 2 10 11 61 −50 8
8 Bnot Hadar Yosef 14 2 1 11 10 63 −53 7
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Bottom group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ironi Bat Yam 10 10 0 0 73 10 +63 30
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 10 9 0 1 54 8 +46 27
3 Bnot Tiv'on 10 8 0 2 72 11 +61 24
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 10 6 0 4 43 21 +22 18
5 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 10 6 0 4 35 30 +5 18
6 Maccab Tzur Shalom Bialik 10 4 1 5 38 27 +11 13
7 Bnot Sakhnin 10 4 1 5 31 33 −2 13
8 Ironi Kiryat Gat 10 3 1 6 28 48 −20 10
9 Beitar Jerusalem 10 2 1 7 8 43 −35 7
10 Bnot Beit She'an 10 1 0 9 11 88 −77 3
11 Ironi Ariel 10 0 0 10 3 77 −74 0
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References
  1. 2005 Women's League Women's Football in Israel (in Hebrew)
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