2005–06 Israeli Premier League

The 2005–06 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their third consecutive title. It took place from the first match on 26 August 2005 to the final match on 14 May 2006.

Israeli Premier League
Season2005–06
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
10th title
RelegatedHapoel Nazareth Illit
Bnei Sakhnin
Top goalscorerShay Holtzman (18)

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Netanya. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Haifa (C) 33 23 6 4 65 25 +40 75 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 16 11 6 51 25 +26 59 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Beitar Jerusalem 33 17 7 9 51 33 +18 58
4 Bnei Yehuda 33 14 7 12 37 41 4 49
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 12 8 13 37 38 1 44 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 11 11 11 35 37 2 44
7 Maccabi Netanya 33 11 8 14 40 45 5 41
8 F.C. Ashdod 33 9 12 12 46 47 1 39
9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 33 9 10 14 38 50 12 37
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 33 8 10 15 30 41 11 34
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit (R) 33 8 10 15 25 47 22 34 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Bnei Sakhnin (R) 33 5 10 18 28 54 26 25
Source: futbol24.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup and finished in the 2nd place, then the 4th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2006–2007 UEFA Cup and the 5th-positioned team being awarded entry to the Intertoto Cup.

First round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 1
Hapoel Nazareth Illit2-1F.C. Ashdod
Beitar Jerusalem0-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa4-1Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 2
Maccabi Haifa3-2Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda2-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya2-3Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Bnei Sakhnin0-1F.C. Ashdod
Round 3
Beitar Jerusalem0-1Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod4-3Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-0Bnei Yehuda
Round 4
Maccabi Haifa1-0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-2Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Bnei Sakhnin0-2Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya3-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda2-1F.C. Ashdod
Round 5
Beitar Jerusalem3-2Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod0-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-3Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-2Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Nazareth Illit1-3Maccabi Netanya
Round 6
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Beitar Jerusalem0-2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv3-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa2-1Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Netanya1-1F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin0-3Bnei Yehuda
Round 7
Bnei Yehuda3-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-2Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Nazareth Illit2-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod1-2Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-2Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-2Maccabi Netanya
Round 8
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-2F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin1-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem4-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Haifa2-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya0-1Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv3-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 9
Bnei Yehuda0-1Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod2-3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Nazareth Illit1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-0Bnei Sakhnin
Round 10
Maccabi Haifa2-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv3-1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-0Bnei Yehuda
Bnei Sakhnin2-2Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-2Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Round 11
Bnei Yehuda2-3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya1-3Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod5-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-3Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Nazareth Illit3-2Bnei Sakhnin

Second round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 12
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-3Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Sakhnin2-2Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Yehuda0-4Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod2-1Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Round 13
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-3Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem1-1Maccabi Netanya
F.C. Ashdod1-2Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Nazareth Illit2-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 14
Bnei Sakhnin2-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa3-0Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya1-0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva3-1F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda1-1Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Round 15
Hapoel Tel Aviv0-0Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem2-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-0Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-2Maccabi Netanya
F.C. Ashdod2-0Bnei Yehuda
Round 16
Bnei Sakhnin0-0Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-3Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa1-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya1-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda2-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 17
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-6Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Yehuda2-1Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod2-2Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 18
Maccabi Haifa4-0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin2-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem1-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-2Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Netanya0-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 19
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-0Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Nazareth Illit1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda1-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva3-1Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod2-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 20
Beitar Jerusalem0-1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Haifa1-0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Netanya3-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv4-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Bnei Sakhnin1-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 21
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-3Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda1-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya0-0Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Nazareth Illit1-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 22
Beitar Jerusalem2-2Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa2-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva3-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-2F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Bnei Sakhnin1-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit

Third round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 23
Beitar Jerusalem1-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-0Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Haifa1-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya3-1F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda2-2Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-1Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Round 24
Bnei Sakhnin0-3Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Haifa0-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-0Bnei Yehuda
Round 25
Beitar Jerusalem1-0Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod0-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-3Maccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda2-0Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Netanya2-3Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 26
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Haifa4-0Bnei Yehuda
Bnei Sakhnin1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba3-1Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-2F.C. Ashdod
Round 27
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-1Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem0-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda0-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod0-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya1-1Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 28
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem3-0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa2-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Bnei Sakhnin0-3F.C. Ashdod
Round 29
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod1-1Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda0-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Nazareth Illit2-1Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 30
Maccabi Haifa4-0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Bnei Yehuda1-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem4-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-2Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin1-4Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 31
Maccabi Netanya2-1Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-0Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Nazareth Illit1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-2Maccabi Haifa
Round 32
Beitar Jerusalem0-2Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-0Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Tel Aviv3-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Haifa2-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv3-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda2-1F.C. Ashdod
Round 33
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-2Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Nazareth Illit0-1Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya1-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Sakhnin2-2Maccabi Haifa

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Shay Holtzman F.C. Ashdod 18
2 Roberto Colautti Maccabi Haifa 13
3 Gustavo Boccoli Maccabi Haifa 12
Lior Asulin Beitar Jerusalem 12
5 Toto Tammuz Hapoel Petah Tikva 11
Omer Golan Maccabi Petah Tikva 11
Yossi Shivhon Hapoel Petah Tikva 11
8 Papi Kimoto Maccabi Netanya 10
Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv 10
10 Ibezito Ogbonna Hapoel Tel Aviv 9
Alain Masudi Maccabi Netanya 9
Michael Zandberg Maccabi Haifa 9

See also

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