Ligat Nashim
Founded | 1998 |
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Country | ![]() |
Confederation | UEFA |
Divisions | 2 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Level on pyramid | 1+2 |
Domestic cup(s) | Israeli Women's Cup |
International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League |
Current champions | F.C. Ramat HaSharon (1st title) (2015–16) |
Most championships | ASA Tel Aviv University (7 titles) |
Website | Official |
Current: 2015–16 |
Ligat Nashim (Hebrew: ליגת נשים, lit. Women's League) is the Israeli women's football league. It has been run by the Israel Football Association since 1998.
Format
The league is divided into two divisions, with the top division (Ligat Nashim Rishona, lit. "First Women's League") comprising 8 teams, and the second division (Ligat Nashim Shniya, lit. "Second Women's League") comprising a variable number of teams, depending on registration.
Between 2007–08 and 2010–11 the league was made of one division of 12 teams in a round-robin tournament with the top club winning the championship, with a deciding play-off match to decide the winner if the two teams were tied, as was the case in 2009–10. In 2010–11 the IFA re-introduced a second division that previously existed in 2006–07.
Since 2011, the participating clubs first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 14 matches. Following this, the top four teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The bottom four teams play each other twice to avoid relegation, with the bottom club dropping to the second division. The second division is played as a conventional round-robin schedule, with the top club promoting to the top division.
Champions
A women's football league was organized in late 1998 and started playing during October 1998.[1] In 2003–04 the league was abandoned in mid-season and was never completed.[2][3]
Total championships
Club | Titles |
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ASA Tel Aviv University | 7 |
Maccabi Holon | 6 |
Maccabi Haifa | 2 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv, F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 1 |
References
- ^ Women's Football History Avraham Kochen, Women's Football in Israel (via Internet Archive) Template:He icon
- ^ Iche Menache At the End of Ligat Nashim: It's a Year We'd Rather Forget Lior Weitz, 1 June 20014, walla.co.il Template:He icon
- ^ Women: If There's No League, At Least There's the Cup Lior Weitz, 17 May 2004, walla.co.il Template:He icon
- ^ "ASA Tel Aviv won the League of Women" (in Hebrew). football.org.il. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
External links
- Ligat Nashim Rishona Israel Football Association
- women.soccerway.com; Standings & results