2001–02 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League 2001–02 Maccabi Haifa 7th title Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Kiryat Gat Kobi Refua (18) 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Haifa win their second consecutive title. It took place from the first match on 25 August 2001 to the final match on 18 May 2002. Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Kiryat Gat. The two teams relegated were Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon. Teams and Locations Israel Locations of the 2002–03 Israeli Premier League teams right 400 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Ashdod left Hapoel Be'er Sheva right Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0.6em left Hapoel Haifa left Maccabi Haifa 0.9em left Maccabi Petah Tikva right Hapoel Petah Tikva 0.9em right Hapoel Tel Aviv left Maccabi Tel Aviv 0.9em left Maccabi Netanya left Israel 31.603413 34.756306 bottom Maccabi Kiryat Gat Twelve teams took part in the 2001-02 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2000-01 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2000-01 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Be'er Sheva were promoted as champions of the 2000-01 Liga Leumit. Maccabi Kiryat Gat were promoted as runners up. Hapoel Be'er Sheva returned to the top flight after an absence of four seasons while Maccabi Kiryat Gat made their debut in the top flight. Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2000-01 season. Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Hapoel Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 15,700Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800Maccabi Kiryat GatA1 [A] Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800Hapoel Petah Tikva Ironi Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 A1A2 The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements. Beitar JerusalemHapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivHapoel Be'er ShevaTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumVasermil Stadium200px200px200pxMaccabi Haifa Hapoel HaifaMaccabi Petah TikvaHapoel Petah TikvaF.C. Ashdod Maccabi Kiryat GatKiryat Eliezer Stadium Petah Tikva Municipal StadiumYud-Alef Stadium200px200px200pxMaccabi NetanyaIroni Rishon LeZionSar-Tov StadiumHaberfeld Stadium200px200px Final table main WDL QR MHA Maccabi Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv ASH F.C. Ashdod HBS Hapoel Be'er Sheva HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva MNE Maccabi Netanya MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva IRZ Ironi Rishon LeZion BEI Beitar Jerusalem HHA Hapoel Haifa MKG Maccabi Kiryat Gat 22 9 2 72 32 C 20 7 6 55 32 15 12 6 43 24 14 7 12 47 52 14 6 13 44 48 13 8 12 39 35 11 7 15 41 44 8 12 13 36 47 10 5 18 39 53 7 12 14 39 49 7 9 17 35 50 R 7 6 20 34 58 R green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round UC blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup. UCb #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit R R complete futbol24.com Results First and second round main FBR BEI ASH HBS HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MKG MNE MPT MTA Maccabi Haifa 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 F.C. Ashdod 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 1–2 1–4 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 6–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 Maccabi Netanya 0–0 3–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 Beitar Jerusalem 2–3 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 Hapoel Haifa 1–2 1–1 0–0 6–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 1–5 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 complete Third round main FBR BEI ASH HBS HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MKG MNE MPT MTA Maccabi Haifa 3–0 null 5–1 3–1 null null 1–1 3–1 null null 0–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv null 1–1 null null 2–1 1–1 null null 2–0 2–1 3–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 null 2–1 4–0 null null 1–0 2–1 null null 1–1 F.C. Ashdod null 4–2 null null 0–1 0–3 null null 1–0 4–0 2–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva null 2–2 null 1–3 null 1–0 null null 3–3 1–0 3–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–5 null 0–0 null 0–1 null 0–1 2–0 null null 3–1 Maccabi Netanya 2–6 null 1–2 null null 3–1 2–0 2–2 null null null Maccabi Petah Tikva null 1–3 null 3–1 0–0 null null 1–1 2–3 null null Ironi Rishon LeZion null 2–0 null 2–2 1–2 null null null 1–0 1–1 null Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 null 0–0 null null 0–1 2–1 null null 3–0 null Hapoel Haifa 0–2 null 1–1 null null 0–1 1–0 2–2 null null null Maccabi Kiryat Gat null null null null null null 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 2–0 complete Top goal scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Kobi RefuaMaccabi Petah Tikva182ISR Shay HoltzmanIroni Rishon LeZion173MDA Serghei CleşcencoHapoel Tel-Aviv144NGR YakubuMaccabi Haifa13CHI Rodrigo GoldbergMaccabi Tel Aviv13ISR Avi NimniMaccabi Tel-Aviv137ISR Assi TubiF.C. Ashdod128ISR Manor HassanBeitar Jerusalem11ISR Itzik ZoharBeitar Jerusalem1110ISR Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva10 See also 2001–02 Toto Cup Al Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel 1