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The Israeli Premier League, officially Japanika League for sponsorship reasons with the Israeli food-chain Japanika, is an Israeli professional league for association football clubs. It is the highest tier of the professional Israeli football league system. Administrated by the Israel Football Association (IFA), Ligat is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each, totalling 224 matches in the season. Five games are played on Saturdays, with one game played on Sundays and one game on Mondays.

The competition formed on 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked eighteenth in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, ahead of the Cypriot First Division and Rominian's Liga I.

Since 1923, a total of 14 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli football system. Of the twenty-seven clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, seven have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (thrice), Hapoel Tel Aviv (twice), Maccabi Haifa (seven times), Maccabi Tel Aviv (four times), and Ironi Kiryat Shmona (once). The current champions are Hapoel Be'er Sheva, who won the 2017–18 season.

Teams (alphabetical order):

Beitar Jerusalemab

Bnei Sakhnin

Bnei Yehudab

F.C. Ashdod

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Haifab

Hapoel Hadera

Ironi Kiryat Shmona

Hapoel Ra'anana

Hapoel Tel Avivb

Maccabi Haifaab

Maccabi Netanya

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Maccabi Tel Avivab