2000–01 Israeli Premier League

March 2026 March 2026 Israeli Premier League 2000–01 Maccabi Haifa 6th title Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Avi Nimni (25) 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 Israeli Premier League season had Maccabi Haifa win the title, while Bnei Yehuda and Tzafririm Holon were relegated. The regular season took place from the first match on 12 August 2000 to the final match on 22 April 2001. The table was then divided into two groups, the upper and lower, which had six teams each. Then each team played the other five in their group once. The second stage was held between 27 April 2001 and 26 May 2001. One team from Liga Leumit was promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The three teams relegated were: Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem. Final table First 6 teams played in the top playoffs while the last 6 teams played in the bottom playoffs. main WDL QR MHA Maccabi Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv HHA Hapoel Haifa MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv BEI Beitar Jerusalem HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva MNE Maccabi Netanya MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva HIR Ironi Rishon LeZion ASH F.C. Ashdod BnY Bnei Yehuda TZH Tzafririm Holon 24 10 4 68 28 C 21 12 5 55 29 20 11 7 59 38 19 11 8 73 33 18 9 11 49 42 12 10 16 58 66 13 10 15 63 61 13 8 17 43 52 11 8 19 41 61 10 8 20 44 57 8 9 21 38 64 R 4 4 30 25 85 R -1 Deducted 1 point. yes Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches. green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round UC #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup. UCb red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit R R complete RSSSF Results First and second round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA TZH Maccabi Haifa 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 Hapoel Haifa 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 10–1 1–1 1–0 6–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 5–1 3–0 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 F.C. Ashdod 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 Bnei Yehuda 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–2 Tzafririm Holon 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–6 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 complete RSSSF Third round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HHA HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA TZH Maccabi Haifa 1–1 3–0 null null null null 1–0 0–0 null 5–0 4–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv null null 0–1 null 2–0 null 3–2 null null 1–0 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem null 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 4–0 null null 0–0 null null Hapoel Haifa 1–1 null null 0–0 null 0–0 4–0 null null null 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 2–2 null null null 2–1 1–0 null null 1–0 3–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–3 null null 0–0 1–2 2–1 null null null null 1–3 Maccabi Netanya 0–1 0–1 null null null null 0–0 1–1 null 2–2 0–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva null null 1–2 null null 5–1 null 1–0 0–3 1–1 null Ironi Rishon LeZion null 2–3 0–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 null null 0–1 null null F.C. Ashdod 0–0 0–0 null 0–2 1–5 4–0 0–1 null null null null Bnei Yehuda null null 2–4 1–1 null 1–2 null null 1–2 2–0 null Tzafririm Holon null null 1–0 null null null null 1–5 0–2 0–1 2–4 complete RSSSF Fourth round Upper Group main FBR BEI HHA HPT HTA MHA MTA Maccabi Haifa null 1–3 0–2 null 4–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 null 1–1 1–0 null Hapoel Haifa null 2–0 null 1–0 null Maccabi Tel Aviv null null 4–0 7–0 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 null null null null Hapoel Petah Tikva null 1–1 null null 4–4 The game was abandoned after Maccabi Haifa's leading goal for 3–2 against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 82nd minute, after the local fans stormed the pitch. 41 people were injured. The game was rated 0–2. complete RSSSF Lower Group main FBR BnY ASH IRZ MNE MPT TZH Maccabi Netanya 6–1 null null null 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva null null 2–1 null null Ironi Rishon LeZion 4–4 2–0 null 0–1 2–0 F.C. Ashdod 3–5 null 0–0 3–1 1–0 Bnei Yehuda 0–1 1–2 null null 1–0 Tzafririm Holon null 2–3 null null null complete RSSSF Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Avi NimniMaccabi Tel-Aviv252ISR Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva193ROM Viorel TănaseMaccabi Netanya14ISR Liron VilnerMaccabi Netanya14ISR Itzik ZoharMaccabi Netanya146ISR Yossi BenayounMaccabi Haifa13ISR Rafi CohenMaccabi Haifa13ISR Amir TurgemanHapoel Haifa139ISR Alon MizrahiBeitar Jerusalem12GEO Klimenti TsitaishviliIroni Rishon LeZion12Bleicher Yaniv 2001-09-13 Israel 2000/01 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra01.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20251105011705/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra01.html 2025-11-05 2026-03-18 RSSSF See also 2000–01 Toto Cup Al References Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel 1