Israel Clubs Ranked - 1960/61 to 2024/25

Israel's football is strongest among clubs from Tel Aviv.  I've added point for success which is described as follows. In the Premier League, the top four are rewarded with 6, 3, 2 and 1. The Cup is 4 and 2 points for the finalists only. 

Going back to the 1960-61 season (when it was called the Liga Leumit), the Premier League's most successful clubs are shown to the left. 

The term Maccabi associated with clubs has historical roots to do with Jewish pride, resilliance and success as is Beitar. Hapoel is to do with labourers.

The cup has similar teams to the league at the top of the rankings although knock out competitions tend to produce more upset results.

While Maccabi Tel Aviv has won the league for the last two years, the last two cup winners have been Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. 

All put together, the clubs are below. The grand total is shown for each club, divided into regions with a ranking number (Rk), which gives their place compared to all the other clubs. 

The 'Isr' columns are for domestic points only. 'Tot' includes that plus European success, but there hasn't been any that would reach the level of points awarded. So they are both the same. Israel was zoned with the Asian region but some nations refused to play their clubs. That made and results meaningless so are not included here. Israel was eventually allowed to compete in Europe.  

As for regions, I've divided the country into three zones. Tel Aviv is the most successful with 48% of the points awarded. Any teams north of Tel Aviv are classified as North and they have gained 32% of the total. Finally clubs to the south of Tel Aviv have 20%. 

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