Founded | 1998 |
---|---|
Country | Israel |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 8 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
International cup(s) | UEFA Futsal Cup |
Current champions | ASA Ben-Gurion University (2013–14) |
Website | Futsal Israel (in Hebrew) |
The Israeli Futsal League is the premier futsal league in Israel it is organized by Israel Football Association. The League winner qualify to the UEFA Futsal Cup.
A national futsal league was first organized informally in the early 1990s, building upon the success of the Israel national futsal team in the 1989 and 1992 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship. [1] In 1998, a semi-professional league was organized with the IFA, which ran for two seasons, in 1999 and 2000, and was re-organized as a professional league, sponsored by Coca-Cola, which was called "5X5 Coca-Cola League". [2] [3] This league ran for three seasons, two (winter and summer) in 2003 and one in 2004. During this period there was an attempt to organize a Women's Futsal League, which ran for two seasons.. [4] In 2006 the league was re-organized, this time under the name "Israeli Futsal League", and with better cooperation with the IFA. [5] Starting from 2004 league champions competed in the UEFA Futsal Cup, with the best achievement coming from Hapoel Ironi Rishon, who qualified for the Elite round in both 2008 and 2009
Season | Winner |
---|---|
Futsal League | |
1999 | Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv |
2000 | Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv |
5X5 Coca-Cola League | |
2002–03 (winter) | HaShalom Beer Sheva |
2003 (summer) | HaShalom Beer Sheva |
2004 | Beitar Jerusalem (futsal) |
Israeli Futsal League | |
2005–06 | HaShalom Beer Sheva |
2006–07 | Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion (futsal) |
2007–08 | Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion (futsal) |
2008–09 | Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv |
2009–10 | Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv |
2010–11 | ASA Ben-Gurion University |
2011–12 | Maccabi Nahlat Itzhak Tel Aviv |
2012–13 | ASA Ben-Gurion University |
2013–14 | ASA Ben-Gurion University |
2014–15 | ASA Ben-Gurion University |
For a single season, in 2010, the IFA arranged a cup competition for futsal club, which was played after the league was completed, between October and December 2012. The winner of the competition was Yanshufei Agudat Sport Tel Aviv, who have beaten Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion (futsal) 8–7 in the final, and completed the double for the season. [6]
The Israeli Premier 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.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. is an Israeli football club based in the city of Rishon LeZion, which currently plays in Liga Leumit, Israel's second football division. Home matches are hosted at the Haberfeld Stadium. In 1991, the club changed its name to Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion, and in June 2008 the name was switched back to Hapoel Rishon LeZion following a change in ownership.
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club are currently members of the Israeli Premier League and play at the Ironi Stadium. They won their first league title in 2011–12.
The 2008–09 Liga Artzit season started on 5 September 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009.
Barak Bakhar is an Israeli former football player and manager of Hapoel Beer Sheva.
The 2009–10 Israeli Noar Leumit League was the sixteenth season since its introduction in 1994. It is the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18–20. It began on 14 August 2009 and ended on 29 May 2010.
The 1941–42 Palestine League was the ninth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Shlomi Avisidris is an Israeli footballer. Avisidris is the only footballer who played in all leagues in his country.
The 2013–14 Israel State Cup was the 75th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 60th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. It began in August 2013, while the final was held in Ramat Gan Stadium on 7 May 2014.
The 2014–15 Israel State Cup was the 76th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 61st after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 2006–07 Ligat Nashim was the ninth season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association.
The 2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup was the 13th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.
The 1999–2000 Toto Cup Al was the 16th season of the third-most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the first edition to be played with both Israeli Premier League and Liga Leumit clubs.
The 2007–08 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 2nd season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 8th overall. The regular season started on 20 November 2007 and was concluded on 7 April 2008. The championship playoffs began on 8 April 2008 with semi-finals series and concluded with the championship final series from 17–24 April.
The 2008–09 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 3rd season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 9th overall. The regular season started on 16 December 2008 and was concluded on 31 March 2009. The championship playoffs began on 7 April 2009 with semi-finals series and concluded with the championship final series from 6–14 May.
The 2009–10 season of the Israeli Futsal League was the 4th season of top-tier futsal under the Israel Football Association and 10th overall. The regular season started on 24 February 2010 and was concluded on 7 April 2010. The championship playoffs began on 14 April 2010 with semi-finals series and concluded with the championship final series, played on 11 and 12 May.
The 2017 Israeli Basketball League Cup, for sponsorships reasons the Winner League Cup, was the 12th edition of the pre-season tournament of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Igor Nesterenko is an Israeli-Ukrainian professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli National League.
The 2018–19 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 59th edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association.
The 2019–20 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 60th edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association.