Ligat Nashim Rishona
Season2015–16
Matches played102
Goals scored653 (6.4 per match)
Top goalscorerTiffany Cameron (35)

The 2015–16 Ligat Nashim was the 18th season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association. First division matches were due to begin on 3 November 2015,[1] but were delayed to start on 10 November. The defending champions are ASA Tel Aviv University, having won the title the previous season.

On 22 May 2016, in the penultimate match of the season, F.C. Ramat HaSharon secured the title, Its first ever, by defeating title rival F.C. Kiryat Gat 1–0.[2][3] By winning, FC Ramat HaSharon qualified to 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. At the bottom, Maccabi Be'er Sheva was relegated to Ligat Nashim Shniya.

In the second division, Bnot Netanya F.C. won the league and was promoted to the top division.[4]

Ligat Nashim Rishona

Regular season

Teams play 16 matches in the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 16 14 0 2 73 11 +62 42 Championship Group
2 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 16 12 2 2 96 12 +84 38
3 F.C. Kiryat Gat 16 11 2 3 84 17 +67 35
4 ASA Tel Aviv University 16 11 2 3 80 28 +52 35
5 Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva 16 6 4 6 57 32 +25 22
6 Youth Academy 16 6 1 9 43 27 +16 19 Relegation Group
7 Maccabi Holon 16 4 1 11 38 45 −7 13
8 Bnot Sakhnin 16 1 0 15 16 91 −75 3
9 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 16 1 0 15 10 234 −224 3
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2016. Source: IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd decision match
Home \ Away ASA BNS KGT RHS HPT MBS HLN MKH YTH
ASA Tel Aviv 13–2 4–2 0–6 6–0 26–0 3–0 0–8 3–0
Bnot Sakhnin 1–6 0–3 1–7 1–7 8–0 0–1 0–6 1–4
F.C. Kiryat Gat 0–1 11–0 3–1 3–3 18–0 4–2 3–0 4–0
F.C. Ramat HaSharon 2–2 13–0 1–1 7–0 17–1 9–1 0–1 3–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 3–0 1–4 0–2 17–0 2–0 0–7 0–0
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–12 3–0 0–20 0–19 0–22 1–12 2–9 1–17
Maccabi Holon 0–2 5–1 0–3 1–4 1–1 14–0 0–4 0–5
Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 6–1 6–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 12–1 4–0 1–0
Youth Academy 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 11–0 2–1 0–4
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

Teams play eight more games, for a total of 24.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F.C. Ramat HaSharon 24 18 4 2 112 17 +95 58 Qualification to Champions League
2 F.C. Kiryat Gat 24 16 2 6 105 31 +74 50
3 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 24 16 1 7 84 26 +58 49
4 ASA Tel Aviv University 24 12 4 8 84 45 +39 40
5 Hapoel Ironi Petah Tikva 24 9 5 10 73 49 +24 32
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2016. Source: IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd decision match
Home \ Away ASA KGT RHS HPT MKH
ASA Tel Aviv 0–3 0–0 1–4 1–0
F.C. Kiryat Gat 4–0 0–1 6–3 1–0
F.C. Ramat HaSharon 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 5–3 0–3 3–0
Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 5–2 1–2 2–4 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Youth Academy 22 11 2 9 78 28 +50 35
2 Maccabi Holon 22 7 2 13 67 49 +18 23
3 Bnot Sakhnin 22 3 2 17 46 105 −59 11
4 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 22 1 0 21 11 310 −299 3 Relegation to Ligat Nashim Shniya
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2016. Source: IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd decision match
Home \ Away BNS MBS HLN YTH
Bnot Sakhnin 14–1 0–0 1–1
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 0–14 0–9 0–11
Maccabi Holon 4–1 16–0 0–2
Youth Academy 8–0 12–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Canada Tiffany Cameron F.C. Ramat HaSharon 35
2 Israel Eden Avital ASA Tel Aviv University 27
3 Israel Adva Twil F.C. Ramat HaSharon 25
4 Israel Shira Elinav Youth Academy 22
5 Israel Arava Shahaf F.C. Ramat HaSharon 21
6 Israel Coral Hazan Youth Academy 20
7 Israel Vered Cohen F.C. Kiryat Gat 18
8 Israel Nura Abu Shanab Hapoel Petah Tikva 17
9 United States Blake Stockton Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 16
Israel Walaa Hussein Maccabi Holon
Paraguay Fany Gauto Maccabi Holon

Ligat Nashim Shniya

Ligat Nashim Shniya
Matches played37
Goals scored205 (5.54 per match)

As 5 teams registered to the second division, the participating clubs play each of their opponents four times for a total of 16 matches for each club. At the end of the season, the top placed team will be promoted to the top division.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bnot Netanya 16 15 0 1 76 6 +70 45 Promotion to Ligat Nashim Rishona
2 Maccabi Kfar Saba 16 10 1 5 59 25 +34 31
3 Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik 16 6 3 7 35 37 −2 21
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 16 6 2 8 34 55 −21 20
5 Bnot Eilat 16 0 0 16 10 91 −81 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2016. Source: IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd decision match

Results

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Hadar Shem Tov Maccabi Kfar Saba 16
Israel Shaked Elimelech Maccabi Kfar Saba
3 Israel Ortal Shoval Maccabi Kfar Saba 14
Israel Rinat Tamam Bnot Netnaya
5 Israel Dana Nissenboim Bnot Netnaya 11

References

  1. ↑ Player's Year of Birth, Registration Dates and League Opening Dates 2015–16 IFA, 3 June 2015 (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ We Have a Championship! Sharon Yonatan, 26 May 2016, Local (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Ramat HaSharon Celebrated a Championship Shiri Aljam, 26 May 2016, One (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ Ladies, History! Or Boker, 28 April 2016, Netanya Net (in Hebrew)
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