Ligat Ha'al
IsraelLigat Ha'Al 2026/27: Maccabi Haifa top after five straight wins
The Ligat Ha'Al is Israel's top division, and Maccabi Tel Aviv are its most successful club. Fourteen teams play 26 rounds, after which the top six enter a championship group and the bottom eight a relegation group. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are the defending champions after winning the 2025/26 title by three points from Beitar Jerusalem, while Maccabi Tel Aviv's Dor Peretz was the top scorer with 14 goals.
After seven rounds Maccabi Haifa lead with 18 points after a 2-1 win at Maccabi Petah Tikva, their fifth in a row. Maccabi Tel Aviv, still unbeaten and with all three away games won, are two points behind with a game in hand, level with Hapoel Tel Aviv, who have won all four home games and have the best defence, five goals conceded, and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Ironi Kiryat Shmona have lost five in a row and are 13th with three points, and Ironi Tiberias are bottom.
Dor Peretz and Netanya's Matheus Davó lead the scorers with five goals each, and Maccabi Haifa's Bruninho has the most assists, five.
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- Relegation