2003–04 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Maccabi Haifa ; 8th title
Relegated	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth ; Maccabi Netanya
Top goalscorer	Shay Holtzman; Ofir Haim (16)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Israeli Premier League season was held between 13 September 2003 and 22 May 2004. For the first time, there were two Israeli Arab clubs in the top division; Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Bnei Sakhnin.

Maccabi Haifa won the title, whilst Nazareth and Maccabi Netanya were relegated. Bnei Sakhnin (who qualified for Europe by winning the State Cup) became the first Arab club to spend more than a single season in the top flight.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa (C)	33	19	6	8	54	25	+29	63	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	16	9	8	35	22	+13	57	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	16	8	9	49	35	+14	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	16	7	10	48	36	+12	55	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	13	10	10	48	37	+11	49
6	Bnei Yehuda	33	12	9	12	34	42	−8	45
7	F.C. Ashdod	33	11	9	13	47	49	−2	42
8	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	11	9	13	46	52	−6	42
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	10	9	14	32	42	−10	39
10	Bnei Sakhnin	33	8	11	14	31	38	−7	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
11	Maccabi Netanya (R)	33	8	7	18	28	52	−24	31	Relegated to Liga Leumit
12	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth^[a] (R)	33	8	6	19	40	62	−22	27	Relegated to Liga Leumit

Source: futbol24.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Deducted 3 points

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shay Holtzman	F.C. Ashdod	16
1	Ofir Haim	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	16
3	Assi Tubi	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	13
	Manor Hassan	Hapoel Petah Tikva	13
	Omer Golan	Maccabi Petah Tikva	13
6	Tomislav Erceg	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
7	Mate Baturina	Bnei Yehuda	11
7	Ibezito Ogbonna	Hapoel Tel Aviv	11
9	Lior Asulin	Bnei Sakhnin	10
9	Gustavo Boccoli	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	10

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '03 '04 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '03 '04 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '03 '04 Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Lithuania '03 '04 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia '03 '04 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '03 '04 France Germany Iceland '03 '04 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Final table

Top goal scorers

See also