The season began in August 2019 and concluded in July 2020 after a suspension of 75 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to the 2019–20 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League in the bottom two places.

This marked the return of Ness Ziona to the top division after 51 years of absence.

Hapoel Ra'anana The number of foreign players is restricted to six per team, while only five can be registered to a game.

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games) Due to 2 teams that play in the Sammy Ofer Stadium qualified to this round, and in order to insure that all the last games of this round, can be played in the same time (for purity reasons), the order of the games, has been changed, affecting fixtures 33, 35 and 36.