Israeli Premier League
Club Position in 2018-19 First season in the Israeli Premier League Number of seasons in the Israeli Premier League First season of current spell in Israeli Premier League Top division titles Last top division title
Beitar Jerusalem 7th 1999-2000 21st 1999-2000 6 2007-2008
Bnei Yehuda 5th 1999-2000 19th 2015-2016 1 1989-1990
F.C . Ashdod 12th 2009-2010 7th 2013-2014 0 Never
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3rd 2001-2002 15th 2009-2010 5 2017-2018
Hapoel Haifa 11th 1999-2000 15th 2009-2010 1 1998-1999
Hapoel Hadera 6th 2018-2019 2nd 2018-2019 0 Never
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1st Liga Leumit 2019-2020 7th 2019-2020 1 1981-1982
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10th 2003-2004 12th 2007-2008 1 2011-2012
Hapoel Ra'anana 9th 2009-2010 8th 2013-2014 0 Never
Hapoel Tel Aviv 8th 1999-2000 20th 2018-2019 14 2009-2010
Maccabi Haifa 2nd 1999-2000 21st 1999-2000 12 2010-2011
Maccabi Netanya 4th 2003-2004 18th 2014-2015 5 1982-1983
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1st 1999-2000 21st 1999-2000 22 2018-2019
Sektzia Nes Tziona 2nd Liga Leumit 1999-2000 1st 1999-2000 0 Never
Clubs -- Members for 2019–20
F.C . AshdodHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel HaderaHapoel Haifa Maccabi HaifaHapoel Kfar SabaBeitar JerusalemIroni Kiryat ShmonaMaccabi NetanyaHapoel Ra'ananaBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivSektzia Nes Tziona Locations of the 2019–20 Israeli Premier League teams The following 14 clubs will compete in the Israeli Premier League during the 2019–20 season .
The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat Ha`Al, lit. The Super League), officially The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange League () for sponsorship purposes, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League - the state's league of Israel. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season. Five matches are played on Saturdays, with one match played on Sundays and the last one on Mondays. The competition formed on 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked 23rd in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, ahead of the Belarusian Premier League and Kazakhstan Premier League. Since 1923, a total of 14 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League. Of the twenty-eight clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, seven have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (three times), Hapoel Tel Aviv (twice), Maccabi Haifa (seven times), Maccabi Tel Aviv (five times), and Ironi Kiryat Shmona (once). The current champions are Maccabi Tel Aviv, who won the 2018-19 season.