2004–05 Israeli Premier League

The 2004–05 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their second consecutive title and ninth overall. It took place from the first match on 21 August 2004 to the final match on 28 May 2005.

Israeli Premier League
Season2004–05
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
9th title
RelegatedHapoel Haifa
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Top goalscorerRoberto Colautti (19)

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The two teams relegated were Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

Teams and Locations
Locations of the 2004–05 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2004-05 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2003-04 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2003-04 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Haifa were promoted as champions of the 2003-04 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Nazareth Illit were promoted as runners up. Hapoel Haifa returned to the top flight after an absence of two seasons, while Hapoel Nazareth Illit made their debut in the top flight.

Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2003-04 season.

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium021,600
Bnei YehudaBloomfield Stadium015,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium014,002
Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Sakhnin[A]
Hapoel Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium013,000
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium07,800
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium06,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Nazareth IllitGreen Stadium04,000

^ The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Vasermil Stadium
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Sakhnin		 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva		 F.C. Ashdod
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Green Stadium

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 33 21 8 4 66 27 +39 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 16 12 5 47 24 +23 60 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 F.C. Ashdod 33 15 5 13 48 44 +4 50
4 Beitar Jerusalem 33 13 8 12 46 44 +2 47 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 33 12 10 11 46 46 0 46
6 Bnei Yehuda 33 12 8 13 40 46 −6 44
7 Hapoel Petah Tikva 33 11 9 13 41 46 −5 42
8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 10 10 13 32 42 −10 40 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 10 9 14 30 34 −4 39
10 Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 6 17 40 51 −11 36
11 Hapoel Haifa (R) 33 9 8 16 36 44 −8 35 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (R) 33 7 11 15 33 57 −24 32
Source: Table
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup.

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HBS HHA HNI HPT HTA MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0
Bnei Sakhnin 4–1 — 0–1 2–1 4–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 3–0 — 0–4 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2
F.C. Ashdod 2–3 2–2 4–3 — 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Hapoel Haifa 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 4–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 — 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 — 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 — 0–1 2–2 3–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–1 1–0 5–0 6–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 3–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 — 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HBS HHA HNI HPT HTA MHA MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–0 — — 0–1 — 3–3 — — — 4–2 3–2
Bnei Sakhnin — — 2–4 2–0 — — — 2–0 0–1 3–2 — —
Bnei Yehuda 1–1 — — 0–1 — — — 2–1 4–0 2–2 — —
F.C. Ashdod 1–2 — — — — 1–1 4–2 — 1–1 4–0 — 0–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva — 1–1 2–1 2–0 — — — 1–4 — 1–1 — —
Hapoel Haifa 2–0 4–0 0–2 — 6–1 — — — 1–0 — — —
Hapoel Nazareth Illit — 2–0 3–0 — 1–0 1–2 — 3–1 — — 1–3 —
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2 — — 1–3 — 1–0 — — 1–1 1–1 — 4–4
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 — — — 3–1 — 0–0 — — — 1–0 1–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–2 — — — — 2–1 3–0 — 3–2 — 2–2 3–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva — 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 — 1–1 — — — —
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 2–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–3 2–0 — — — 1–3 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Roberto Colautti Maccabi Haifa 19
2 Israel Lior Asulin Beitar Jerusalem 15
3 Israel Shay Holtzman F.C. Ashdod 14
4 Brazil José Duarte Hapoel Nazareth Illit 13
Israel Idan Tal Maccabi Haifa 13
6 Israel Shlomi Arbeitman Hapoel Petah Tikva 12
Israel Avi Nimni Beitar Jerusalem 12
8 Nigeria Ngoy Alumeida Bnei Sakhnin 10
Brazil Gustavo Boccoli Maccabi Haifa 10
Russia Stanislav Dubrovin Maccabi Petah Tikva 10
Israel Moshe Biton Bnei Yehuda 10

See also


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