1999–2000 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League 1999–2000 Hapoel Tel Aviv 11th title Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Herzliya Hapoel Jerusalem Assi Tubi (27) 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Israeli Premier League season was the first in its history. The league had been formed to replace the former top division, Liga Leumit, which became the country's second tier. Before the season started promoted club was Maccabi Netanya. Ironi Ashdod and Liga Alef side Hapoel Ashdod were merged into F.C. Ashdod. The season took place from the first match on 14 August 1999 to the final match on 27 May 2000. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title, teams relegated were Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem. Final table main WDL QR HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MHA Maccabi Haifa HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva BEI Beitar Jerusalem MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv HHA Hapoel Haifa ASH F.C. Ashdod HIR Ironi Rishon LeZion MNE Maccabi Netanya BnY Bnei Yehuda HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba MHE Maccabi Herzliya HJE Hapoel Jerusalem 26 7 6 76 28 C 22 10 7 86 35 23 5 11 77 52 18 6 15 50 47 15 14 10 61 54 18 8 13 66 42 13 18 8 53 36 13 13 13 48 49 10 13 16 41 65 10 11 18 53 71 9 13 17 37 64 8 14 17 40 56 R 9 8 22 33 73 R 6 6 27 33 82 R -4 Maccabi Tel Aviv had four points deducted as Kfir Edri tested positive for Ephedrine.לא סמים לזה סוף Avino'am Porat, 23 June 2015, Ynet heTabak Avraham 4 August 1999 "בכירים במכבי ת"א התעלמו בכוונה מהשימוש בסמים ותכשירים ממריצים" https://infocenters.co.il/ifa/multimedia/pdf/newspapers/maariv/1999/08/m08-04-1999.pdf 4 "Maccabi Tel Aviv Senior Officials Deliberately Ignored the Use of Drugs and Stimulants" Ma'ariv Hebrew Tel Aviv 1 November 2025 green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round UC UC #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegated to Liga Leumit R R R complete Results First and second round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HHA HJE HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–0 Maccabi Haifa 1–0 2–0 5–1 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–1 2–5 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–5 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–4 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 F.C. Ashdod 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–3 0–7 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 Maccabi Netanya 2–5 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 0–6 2–4 1–1 4–1 0–3 2–1 Bnei Yehuda 2–1 0–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 Maccabi Herzliya 0–5 2–5 1–3 0–4 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–2 Hapoel Jerusalem 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–4 complete Third round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HHA HJE HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 null null 2–1 2–1 3–1 null null null null 1–0 2–0 3–0 Maccabi Haifa null 4–1 1–2 null null null 2–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 null null 6–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–3 null null 2–1 2–2 3–1 null null null null 0–1 8–1 4–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–0 null 2–4 null 0–1 0–0 null null null null 1–0 0–1 3–1 Beitar Jerusalem null 3–1 null 1–1 null null 1–1 1–4 2–3 2–1 null null 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv null 3–0 null null 4–1 1–0 null 5–1 2–1 1–2 null null null Hapoel Haifa null 0–4 null null 0–0 null 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 null null 3–0 F.C. Ashdod 0–0 null 2–2 3–2 null 2–4 null null null null 1–1 1–0 2–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–2 null 2–1 1–0 null null null 0–2 null null 2–1 0–1 null Maccabi Netanya 1–1 null 2–4 2–1 null null null 3–1 2–2 4–1 null null null Bnei Yehuda 1–1 null 2–1 1–0 null null null 0–1 1–1 null null 1–0 null Hapoel Kfar Saba null 1–0 null null 1–1 2–2 0–0 null null 1–1 1–1 null null Maccabi Herzliya null 2–4 null null 0–0 0–4 1–1 null null 0–0 null 0–2 null Hapoel Jerusalem null null null null null 2–4 null null 3–1 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Assi TubiMaccabi Petah Tikva272MDA Serghei CleşcencoMaccabi Haifa223ISR Yossi BenayounMaccabi Haifa194ISR Rafi CohenMaccabi Haifa185ISR Ronen HaraziHapoel Tel Aviv17ISR Kobi RefuaBnei Yehuda177ISR Eli AbarbanelHapoel Petah Tikva14ISR Amir TurgemanHapoel Haifa149ISR Nissan KapetaIroni Rishon LeZion13ALB Viktor PaçoBeitar Jerusalem13ISR Niv TalHapoel Petah Tikva13 See also 1999–2000 Toto Cup Al References Israel 1999/2000 RSSSF Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel Category:1999–2000 in Israeli football leagues