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{{Infobox football league season
|competition= [[Israeli Premier League]]
|season=2000–01
|winners=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] <br> 6th title
|relegated= [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] <br> [[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Hapoel Tzafririm Holon]]
|league topscorer= [[Avi Nimni]] (25)
|matches= 
|total goals= 
|prevseason=[[1999–2000 Israeli Premier League|1999–2000]]
|nextseason=[[2001–02 Israeli Premier League|2001–02]]
}}
The '''2000–01 Israeli Premier League season''' had [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] win the title, while [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] and [[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]] were relegated.

The regular season took place from the first match on 12 August 2000 to the final match on 22 April 2001.
The table was then divided into two groups, the upper and lower, which had six teams each. Then each team played the other five in their group once. The second stage was held between 27 April 2001 and 26 May 2001.

One team from [[Liga Leumit]] was promoted at the end of the previous season: [[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Hapoel Tzafririm Holon]]. The three teams relegated were: [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]], [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]] and [[Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]].

==Final table==
First 6 teams played in the top playoffs while the last 6 teams played in the bottom playoffs.
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR

|team1=MHA|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|team2=HTA|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|team3=HHA|name_HHA=[[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
|team4=MTA|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|team5=BEI|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|team6=HPT|name_HPT=[[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
|team7=MNE|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|team8=MPT|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|team9=HIR|name_HIR=[[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]]
|team10=ASH|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|team11=BnY|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|team12=TZH|name_TZH=[[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]]

|win_MHA=24|draw_MHA=10|loss_MHA=4|gf_MHA=68|ga_MHA=28|status_MHA=C
|win_HTA=21|draw_HTA=12|loss_HTA=5|gf_HTA=55|ga_HTA=29
|win_HHA=20|draw_HHA=11|loss_HHA=7|gf_HHA=59|ga_HHA=38
|win_MTA=19|draw_MTA=11|loss_MTA=8|gf_MTA=73|ga_MTA=33
|win_BEI=18|draw_BEI=9|loss_BEI=11|gf_BEI=49|ga_BEI=42
|win_HPT=12|draw_HPT=10|loss_HPT=16|gf_HPT=58|ga_HPT=66
|win_MNE=13|draw_MNE=10|loss_MNE=15|gf_MNE=63|ga_MNE=61
|win_MPT=13|draw_MPT=8|loss_MPT=17|gf_MPT=43|ga_MPT=52
|win_HIR=11|draw_HIR=8|loss_HIR=19|gf_HIR=41|ga_HIR=61
|win_ASH=10|draw_ASH=8|loss_ASH=20|gf_ASH=44|ga_ASH=57
|win_BnY=8|draw_BnY=9|loss_BnY=21|gf_BnY=38|ga_BnY=64|status_BnY=R
|win_TZH=4|draw_TZH=4|loss_TZH=30|gf_TZH=25|ga_TZH=85|status_TZH=R

|adjust_points_BEI=-1
|note_BEI=Deducted 1 point.

|split6=yes
|note_header_res=Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

|col_CL2=green1|text_CL2=Qualification for the [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|Champions League second qualifying round]]
|result1=CL2
|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for the [[2001–02 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|UEFA Cup qualifying round]]
|result2=UC
|col_IC1=#ccccff|text_IC1=Qualification for the [[2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup#First round|Intertoto Cup first round]]
|result3=IC1
|col_UCb=blue1|text_UCb=Qualification for the [[2001–02 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|UEFA Cup qualifying round]]
|note_res_UCb=Maccabi Tel Aviv won the [[Israel State Cup|Israeli State Cup]].
|result4=UCb
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[2001–02 Liga Leumit|Liga Leumit]]
|result11=R|result12=R
|update=complete|source=
}}

==Results==

=== First and second round ===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BEI|team2=BnY|team3=ASH|team4=HHA|team5=HPT
|team6=HTA|team7=IRZ|team8=MHA|team9=MNE|team10=MPT
|team11=MTA|team12=TZH

|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|match_MHA_HTA=0–0
|match_MHA_BEI=0–0
|match_MHA_HHA=0–3
|match_MHA_MTA=0–0
|match_MHA_HPT=3–2
|match_MHA_MNE=1–0
|match_MHA_MPT=4–1
|match_MHA_IRZ=3–0
|match_MHA_ASH=4–1
|match_MHA_BnY=3–2
|match_MHA_TZH=3–2

|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|match_HTA_MHA=1–1
|match_HTA_BEI=0–1
|match_HTA_HHA=1–3
|match_HTA_MTA=2–1
|match_HTA_HPT=2–2
|match_HTA_MNE=1–0
|match_HTA_MPT=3–2
|match_HTA_IRZ=3–0
|match_HTA_ASH=2–0
|match_HTA_BnY=2–1
|match_HTA_TZH=3–0

|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|match_BEI_MHA=0–0
|match_BEI_HTA=1–0
|match_BEI_HHA=3–1
|match_BEI_MTA=1–0
|match_BEI_HPT=3–1
|match_BEI_MNE=2–0
|match_BEI_MPT=1–0
|match_BEI_IRZ=2–0
|match_BEI_ASH=2–1
|match_BEI_BnY=0–0
|match_BEI_TZH=2–1

|name_HHA=[[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
|match_HHA_MHA=0–2
|match_HHA_HTA=2–2
|match_HHA_BEI=1–1
|match_HHA_MTA=2–2
|match_HHA_HPT=1–0
|match_HHA_MNE=1–0
|match_HHA_MPT=3–3
|match_HHA_IRZ=2–0
|match_HHA_ASH=0–0
|match_HHA_BnY=2–0
|match_HHA_TZH=2–0

|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|match_MTA_MHA=0–3
|match_MTA_HTA=0–1
|match_MTA_BEI=2–0
|match_MTA_HHA=0–0
|match_MTA_HPT=1–0
|match_MTA_MNE=0–0
|match_MTA_MPT=0–1
|match_MTA_IRZ=10–1
|match_MTA_ASH=1–1
|match_MTA_BnY=1–0
|match_MTA_TZH=6–2

|name_HPT=[[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
|match_HPT_MHA=1–3
|match_HPT_HTA=1–1
|match_HPT_BEI=2–2
|match_HPT_HHA=2–0
|match_HPT_MTA=3–1
|match_HPT_MNE=1–2
|match_HPT_MPT=2–1
|match_HPT_IRZ=1–1
|match_HPT_ASH=3–3
|match_HPT_BnY=5–1
|match_HPT_TZH=3–0

|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|match_MNE_MHA=1–2
|match_MNE_HTA=0–2
|match_MNE_BEI=0–2
|match_MNE_HHA=0–3
|match_MNE_MTA=0–0
|match_MNE_HPT=3–2
|match_MNE_MPT=2–0
|match_MNE_IRZ=3–1
|match_MNE_ASH=2–2
|match_MNE_BnY=2–1
|match_MNE_TZH=1–0

|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|match_MPT_MHA=1–0
|match_MPT_HTA=0–1
|match_MPT_BEI=2–2
|match_MPT_HHA=4–1
|match_MPT_MTA=2–1
|match_MPT_HPT=0–3
|match_MPT_MNE=2–2
|match_MPT_IRZ=3–0
|match_MPT_ASH=2–1
|match_MPT_BnY=1–1
|match_MPT_TZH=1–0

|name_IRZ=[[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]]
|match_IRZ_MHA=0–1
|match_IRZ_HTA=1–3
|match_IRZ_BEI=0–1
|match_IRZ_HHA=1–3
|match_IRZ_MTA=1–1
|match_IRZ_HPT=2–0
|match_IRZ_MNE=2–1
|match_IRZ_MPT=2–2
|match_IRZ_ASH=2–1
|match_IRZ_BnY=0–1
|match_IRZ_TZH=3–0

|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|match_ASH_MHA=0–2
|match_ASH_HTA=0–4
|match_ASH_BEI=0–1
|match_ASH_HHA=1–2
|match_ASH_MTA=1–2
|match_ASH_HPT=0–2
|match_ASH_MNE=0–3
|match_ASH_MPT=2–0
|match_ASH_IRZ=0–1
|match_ASH_BnY=2–0
|match_ASH_TZH=6–1

|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|match_BnY_MHA=1–2
|match_BnY_HTA=0–0
|match_BnY_BEI=2–2
|match_BnY_HHA=3–2
|match_BnY_MTA=0–1
|match_BnY_HPT=1–1
|match_BnY_MNE=1–4
|match_BnY_MPT=2–1
|match_BnY_IRZ=0–2
|match_BnY_ASH=3–2
|match_BnY_TZH=0–2

|name_TZH=[[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]]
|match_TZH_MHA=0–2
|match_TZH_HTA=0–0
|match_TZH_BEI=0–1
|match_TZH_HHA=0–2
|match_TZH_MTA=0–6
|match_TZH_HPT=0–3
|match_TZH_MNE=0–3
|match_TZH_MPT=1–2
|match_TZH_IRZ=2–2
|match_TZH_ASH=0–2
|match_TZH_BnY=0–0

|update=complete|source=
}}

=== Third round ===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BEI|team2=BnY|team3=ASH|team4=HHA|team5=HPT
|team6=HTA|team7=IRZ|team8=MHA|team9=MNE|team10=MPT
|team11=MTA|team12=TZH

|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|match_MHA_HTA=1–1
|match_MHA_BEI=3–0
|match_MHA_HHA=null
|match_MHA_MTA=null
|match_MHA_HPT=null
|match_MHA_MNE=null
|match_MHA_MPT=1–0
|match_MHA_IRZ=0–0
|match_MHA_ASH=null
|match_MHA_BnY=5–0
|match_MHA_TZH=4–1

|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|match_HTA_MHA=null
|match_HTA_BEI=null
|match_HTA_HHA=0–1
|match_HTA_MTA=null
|match_HTA_HPT=2–0
|match_HTA_MNE=null
|match_HTA_MPT=3–2
|match_HTA_IRZ=null
|match_HTA_ASH=null
|match_HTA_BnY=1–0
|match_HTA_TZH=2–0

|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|match_BEI_MHA=null
|match_BEI_HTA=1–2
|match_BEI_HHA=2–3
|match_BEI_MTA=0–1
|match_BEI_HPT=0–1
|match_BEI_MNE=4–0
|match_BEI_MPT=null
|match_BEI_IRZ=null
|match_BEI_ASH=0–0
|match_BEI_BnY=null
|match_BEI_TZH=null

|name_HHA=[[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
|match_HHA_MHA=1–1
|match_HHA_HTA=null
|match_HHA_BEI=null
|match_HHA_MTA=0–0
|match_HHA_HPT=null
|match_HHA_MNE=0–0
|match_HHA_MPT=4–0
|match_HHA_IRZ=null
|match_HHA_ASH=null
|match_HHA_BnY=null
|match_HHA_TZH=2–0

|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|match_MTA_MHA=1–2
|match_MTA_HTA=2–2
|match_MTA_BEI=null
|match_MTA_HHA=null
|match_MTA_HPT=null
|match_MTA_MNE=2–1
|match_MTA_MPT=1–0
|match_MTA_IRZ=null
|match_MTA_ASH=null
|match_MTA_BnY=1–0
|match_MTA_TZH=3–2

|name_HPT=[[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
|match_HPT_MHA=2–3
|match_HPT_HTA=null
|match_HPT_BEI=null
|match_HPT_HHA=0–0
|match_HPT_MTA=1–2
|match_HPT_MNE=2–1
|match_HPT_MPT=null
|match_HPT_IRZ=null
|match_HPT_ASH=null
|match_HPT_BnY=null
|match_HPT_TZH=1–3

|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|match_MNE_MHA=0–1
|match_MNE_HTA=0–1
|match_MNE_BEI=null
|match_MNE_HHA=null
|match_MNE_MTA=null
|match_MNE_HPT=null
|match_MNE_MPT=0–0
|match_MNE_IRZ=1–1
|match_MNE_ASH=null
|match_MNE_BnY=2–2
|match_MNE_TZH=0–1

|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|match_MPT_MHA=null
|match_MPT_HTA=null
|match_MPT_BEI=1–2
|match_MPT_HHA=null
|match_MPT_MTA=null
|match_MPT_HPT=5–1
|match_MPT_MNE=null
|match_MPT_IRZ=1–0
|match_MPT_ASH=0–3
|match_MPT_BnY=1–1
|match_MPT_TZH=null

|name_IRZ=[[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]]
|match_IRZ_MHA=null
|match_IRZ_HTA=2–3
|match_IRZ_BEI=0–2
|match_IRZ_HHA=3–0
|match_IRZ_MTA=1–3
|match_IRZ_HPT=0–1
|match_IRZ_MNE=null
|match_IRZ_MPT=null
|match_IRZ_ASH=0–1
|match_IRZ_BnY=null
|match_IRZ_TZH=null

|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|match_ASH_MHA=0–0
|match_ASH_HTA=0–0
|match_ASH_BEI=null
|match_ASH_HHA=0–2
|match_ASH_MTA=1–5
|match_ASH_HPT=4–0
|match_ASH_MNE=0–1
|match_ASH_MPT=null
|match_ASH_IRZ=null
|match_ASH_BnY=null
|match_ASH_TZH=null

|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|match_BnY_MHA=null
|match_BnY_HTA=null
|match_BnY_BEI=2–4
|match_BnY_HHA=1–1
|match_BnY_MTA=null
|match_BnY_HPT=1–2
|match_BnY_MNE=null
|match_BnY_MPT=null
|match_BnY_IRZ=1–2
|match_BnY_ASH=2–0
|match_BnY_TZH=null

|name_TZH=[[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]]
|match_TZH_MHA=null
|match_TZH_HTA=null
|match_TZH_BEI=1–0
|match_TZH_HHA=null
|match_TZH_MTA=null
|match_TZH_HPT=null
|match_TZH_MNE=null
|match_TZH_MPT=1–5
|match_TZH_IRZ=0–2
|match_TZH_ASH=0–1
|match_TZH_BnY=2–4

|update=complete|source=
}}

=== Fourth round ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
====Upper Group====
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BEI|team2=HHA|team3=HPT|team4=HTA|team5=MHA
|team6=MTA

|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|match_MHA_HTA=null
|match_MHA_HHA=1–3
|match_MHA_MTA=0–2
|match_MHA_BEI=null
|match_MHA_HPT=4–0

|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|match_HTA_MHA=1–0
|match_HTA_HHA=null
|match_HTA_MTA=1–1
|match_HTA_BEI=1–0
|match_HTA_HPT=null

|name_HHA=[[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
|match_HHA_MHA=null
|match_HHA_HTA=2–0
|match_HHA_MTA=null
|match_HHA_BEI=1–0
|match_HHA_HPT=null

|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|match_MTA_MHA=null
|match_MTA_HTA=null
|match_MTA_HHA=4–0
|match_MTA_BEI=7–0
|match_MTA_HPT=2–0

|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|match_BEI_MHA=0–2
|match_BEI_HTA=null
|match_BEI_HHA=null
|match_BEI_MTA=null
|match_BEI_HPT=null

|name_HPT=[[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
|match_HPT_MHA=null
|match_HPT_HTA=1–1
|match_HPT_HHA=null
|match_HPT_MTA=null
|match_HPT_BEI=4–4
|match_MHA_MTA_note=The game was abandoned after Maccabi Haifa's leading goal for 3–2 against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 82nd minute, after the local fans stormed the pitch. 41 people were injured. The game was rated 0–2.

|update=complete|source=
}}
{{col-2}}
====Lower Group====
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BnY|team2=ASH|team3=IRZ|team4=MNE|team5=MPT
|team6=TZH

|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|match_MNE_MPT=6–1
|match_MNE_IRZ=null
|match_MNE_ASH=null
|match_MNE_BnY=null
|match_MNE_TZH=1–1

|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|match_MPT_MNE=null
|match_MPT_IRZ=null
|match_MPT_ASH=2–1
|match_MPT_BnY=null
|match_MPT_TZH=null

|name_IRZ=[[Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Ironi Rishon LeZion]]
|match_IRZ_MNE=4–4
|match_IRZ_MPT=2–0
|match_IRZ_ASH=null
|match_IRZ_BnY=0–1
|match_IRZ_TZH=2–0

|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|match_ASH_MNE=3–5
|match_ASH_MPT=null
|match_ASH_IRZ=0–0
|match_ASH_BnY=3–1
|match_ASH_TZH=1–0

|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|match_BnY_MNE=0–1
|match_BnY_MPT=1–2
|match_BnY_IRZ=null
|match_BnY_ASH=null
|match_BnY_TZH=1–0

|name_TZH=[[Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.|Tzafririm Holon]]
|match_TZH_MNE=null
|match_TZH_MPT=2–3
|match_TZH_IRZ=null
|match_TZH_ASH=null
|match_TZH_BnY=null

|update=complete|source=
}}
{{col-end}}

==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Avi Nimni]]
|Maccabi Tel-Aviv
|align="center"|25
|- 
|align="center"|2
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Motti Kakoun]]
|Hapoel Petah Tikva
|align="center"|19
|- 
|rowspan="3" align="center"|3
|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Viorel Tănase]]
|Maccabi Netanya
|align="center"|14
|- 
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Liron Vilner]]
|Maccabi Netanya
|align="center"|14
|- 
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Itzik Zohar]]
|Maccabi Netanya
|align="center"|14
|- 
|rowspan="3" align="center"|6
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yossi Benayoun]]
|Maccabi Haifa
|align="center"|13
|- 
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Rafi Cohen (footballer, born 1974)|Rafi Cohen]]
|Maccabi Haifa
|align="center"|13
|- 
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Amir Turgeman]]
|Hapoel Haifa
|align="center"|13
|- 
|rowspan="2" align="center"|9
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Alon Mizrahi]]
|Beitar Jerusalem
|align="center"|12
|- 
|{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Klimenti Tsitaishvili]]
|Ironi Rishon LeZion
|align="center"|12
|}

==See also==
*[[2000–01 Toto Cup Al]]

{{Ligat ha'Al}}
{{2000–01 in Israeli football}}
{{2000–01 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Israeli Premier League}}
[[Category:Israeli Premier League seasons]]
[[Category:2000–01 in European association football leagues|Israel]]
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