See also the list of champions.
Israeli League 1949/50
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 24 21 1 2 103-18 +85 43 champions
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 24 17 3 4 59-12 +47 37
3. Hapoel Haifa 24 16 4 4 53-30 +23 36
4. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 23 15 3 5 62-31 +31 33
5. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 24 13 5 6 91-46 +45 31
6. Beitar Tel-Aviv 23 12 2 9 57-41 +16 26
7. Maccabi Haifa 24 12 1 11 60-49 +11 25
8. Maccabi Rehovot 24 11 2 11 53-41 +12 24
9. Maccabi Netanya 24 7 3 14 42-73 -31 17
10. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 24 8 0 16 47-64 -17 16
11. Hapoel Rishon-Lezion 24 6 2 16 28-63 -35 14
12. Maccabi Rishon-Lezion 24 3 2 19 21-117 -96 8
13. Maccabi Nes-Ziona 24 0 0 24 7-98 -91 0 relegated
NB: the match Hapoel Petah-Tikva vs Beitar Tel-Aviv (which finished 2-3)
was annulled and no points or goals were awarded to either club
Number of Goals: 683
Number of Games: 155
Goals per Game: 4.41
League A 1951/52 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 18 2 2 89-18 +71 38 champions 2. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 12 6 4 65-23 +42 30 3. Hapoel Haifa 22 14 1 7 46-26 +20 29 4. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 10 7 5 38-20 +18 27 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 9 7 6 31-22 + 9 25 6. Maccabi Rehovot 22 8 7 7 35-37 - 2 23 7. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 7 7 8 39-41 - 2 21 8. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 7 3 12 37-46 - 9 17 9. Maccabi Netanya 22 6 5 11 36-46 -10 17 10. Maccabi Haifa 22 6 5 11 33-53 -20 17 11. Hapoel Rishon-Lezion 22 5 6 11 22-52 -30 16 relegated 12. Maccabi Rishon-Lezion 22 1 2 19 13-100 -87 4 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Hapoel Balfuria Top Scorer: Yehoshua Glazer (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 27 goals Number of Goals: 484 Number of Games: 132 Goals per Game: 3.67
League A 1953/54 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 16 6 0 59-11 +48 38 champions 2. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 13 6 3 51-21 +30 32 3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 12 3 7 55-25 +30 27 4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 9 7 6 35-18 +17 25 5. Maccabi Rehovot 22 6 9 7 30-33 - 3 21 6. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 8 4 10 31-35 - 4 20 7. Maccabi Netanya 22 7 5 10 23-36 -13 19 8. Maccabi Haifa 22 8 3 11 25-52 -27 19 9. Hapoel Haifa 22 7 4 11 26-37 -11 18 10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 22 8 1 13 27-38 -11 17 11. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 7 3 12 23-42 -19 17 12. Hapoel Balfuria 22 4 3 15 20-57 -37 11 No relegations Promoted: Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Hadera Top Scorer: Eliezer Spiegel (Maccabi Petah-Tikva) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 405 Number of Games: 132 Goals per Game: 3.07
Liga Leumit 1954/55 1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 26 18 4 4 68-23 +45 40 champions 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 26 17 4 5 84-28 +56 38 3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 26 12 9 5 49-23 +26 33 4. Maccabi Netanya 26 13 7 6 54-43 +11 33 5. Beitar Tel-Aviv 26 12 5 9 64-47 +17 29 6. Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54-41 +13 28 7. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 26 10 7 9 37-41 - 4 27 8. Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49-48 + 1 26 9. Hapoel Haifa 26 9 6 11 40-55 -15 24 10. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 26 10 3 13 35-41 - 6 23 11. Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 5 13 37-59 -22 21 play-off 12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 26 6 6 14 38-46 - 8 18 play-off 13. Hapoel Hadera 26 7 2 17 36-53 -17 16 relegated 14. Hapoel Balfuria 26 3 2 21 32-129 -97 8 relegated Top Scorer: Nisim Elmaliah (Beitar Tel-Aviv) - 30 goals Number of Goals: 677 Number of Games: 182 Goals per Game: 3.72 Promotion/relegation play-off 1. Maccabi Jaffa 3 2 1 0 8- 2 + 6 5 promoted 2. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 3 1 2 0 5- 3 + 2 4 3. Hapoel Kiriat Haim 3 1 1 1 5- 7 - 2 3 4. Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 0 3 3- 9 - 6 0 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Jaffa
Liga Leumit 1955/56
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 13 6 3 47-16 +31 32 champions
2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 12 5 5 54-28 +26 29
3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 12 5 5 49-29 +20 29
4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 10 7 5 47-34 +13 27
5. Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 51-29 +22 25
6. Hapoel Haifa 22 9 4 9 32-39 - 7 22
7. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 10 0 12 42-44 - 2 20
8. Maccabi Netanya 22 9 2 11 31-44 -13 20
9. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 9 0 13 28-42 -14 18
10. Maccabi Jaffa 22 6 5 11 39-48 - 9 17 play-off
11. Maccabi Rehovot 22 6 1 15 25-64 -39 13 relegated
12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 22 3 6 13 20-48 -28 12 relegated
Promotion/Relegation Play-Off:
Maccabi Jaffa - Hakoah Tel-Aviv 1-0 3-1
Top Scorers: Avraham Levi (Beitar Tel-Aviv) - 16 goals
Michael Michaelov (Beitar Tel-Aviv) - 16 goals
Number of Goals: 465
Number of Games: 132
Goals per Game: 3.52
Liga Leumit 1956/57 1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 18 13 2 3 41-19 +22 28 champions 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 18 10 4 2 42-25 +17 24 3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 18 10 3 5 36-20 +16 23 4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 18 8 5 5 27-26 + 1 21 5. Maccabi Haifa 18 8 3 7 34-27 + 7 19 6. Beitar Tel-Aviv 18 6 3 9 29-40 -11 15 7. Maccabi Netanya 18 6 2 10 20-27 - 7 14 8. Hapoel Haifa 18 7 0 11 22-38 -16 14 9. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 18 4 4 10 23-32 - 9 12 10. Maccabi Jaffa 18 4 2 14 19-39 -20 10 No relegations Promoted: Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Kfar-Saba Top Scorer: Avraham Ginzburg (Hapoel Haifa) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 293 Number of Games: 90 Goals per Game: 3.26 Promotion play-off 1. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 3 2 1 0 7- 3 + 4 5 promoted 2. Hapoel Jerusalem 4 4- 3 + 1 4 promoted 3. Hapoel Hadera 4 4- 4 0 4 4. Hakoah Tel-Aviv 4 4- 4 0 4 5. Maccabi Rehovot 3 0 1 2 0- 5 - 5 1
Liga Leumit 1957/58 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 13 9 0 50-12 +38 35 champions 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 15 4 3 50-21 +29 34 3. Maccabi Haifa 22 12 3 7 42-24 +18 27 4. Maccabi Netanya 22 5 11 6 21-23 - 2 21 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 6 8 8 29-40 -11 20 6. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 6 8 8 21-33 -12 20 7. Hapoel Haifa 22 7 5 10 33-32 + 1 19 8. Maccabi Jaffa 22 8 3 11 24-34 -10 19 9. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 8 3 11 30-51 -21 19 10. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 6 6 10 20-28 - 8 18 11. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 7 3 12 30-37 - 7 17 12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 22 6 3 13 30-45 -15 15 No Promotions/relegations Top Scorer: Rafi Levi (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 14 goals Number of Goals: 380 Number of Games: 132 Goals per Game: 2.88
Liga Leumit 1958/59 1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 15 3 4 49-18 +31 33 champions 2. Hapoel Haifa 22 13 5 4 46-23 +23 31 3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 13 4 5 38-19 +19 30 4. Maccabi Haifa 22 14 1 7 47-24 +23 29 5. Maccabi Jaffa 22 10 4 8 33-28 + 5 24 6. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 10 3 9 27-30 - 3 23 7. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 6 7 9 29-32 - 3 19 8. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 6 7 9 26-36 -10 19 9. Maccabi Netanya 22 7 5 10 22-36 -14 19 10. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 5 6 11 17-32 -15 16 11. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 2 9 11 20-47 -27 13 12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 22 3 2 17 21-50 -29 8 relegated Promoted: Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv Top Scorer: Aharon Amar (Maccabi Haifa) - 17 goals Number of Goals: 375 Number of Games: 132 Goals per Game: 2.84
Liga Leumit 1959/60 1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 14 3 5 65-29 +36 31 champions 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 12 6 4 52-35 +17 30 3. Hapoel Haifa 22 10 6 6 46-24 +22 26 4. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 9 7 6 28-27 + 1 25 5. Maccabi Haifa 22 7 10 5 42-30 +12 24 6. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 10 4 8 26-23 + 3 24 7. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 22 9 1 12 34-51 -17 19 8. Maccabi Netanya 22 8 3 11 30-47 -17 19 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 6 5 11 25-38 -13 17 10. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 6 5 11 14-26 -12 17 11. Maccabi Jaffa 22 5 6 11 23-36 -13 16 12. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 22 7 2 13 31-50 -19 16 relegated Promoted: Shimshon Tel-Aviv Top Scorer: Rafi Levi (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 19 goals Number of Goals: 416 Number of Games: 132 Goals per Game: 3.15
Liga Leumit 1960/61
1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 16 4 2 48-15 +33 36 champions
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 14 2 6 38-20 +18 30
3. Hapoel Haifa 22 12 5 5 44-25 +19 29
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 12 2 8 34-29 + 5 26
5. Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 40-33 + 7 25
6. Maccabi Jaffa 22 10 3 9 27-28 - 1 23
7. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 9 3 10 29-26 + 3 21
8. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 22 6 8 8 18-29 -11 20
9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 6 4 12 23-31 - 8 16
10. Maccabi Netanya 22 6 2 14 19-33 -14 14
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 22 4 5 13 20-38 -18 13
12. Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 5 1 16 17-50 -33 11 relegated
Promoted: Hapoel Tiberias
Top Scorers: Shlomo Levi (Hapoel Haifa) - 15 goals
Zharia Ratzabi (Hapoel Petah-Tikva) - 15 goals
Number of Goals: 357
Number of Games: 132
Goals per Game: 2.70
Liga Leumit 1961/62
1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 12 4 6 35-19 +16 28 champions
2. Maccabi Jaffa 22 10 6 6 33-29 + 4 26
3. Hapoel Tiberias 22 11 3 8 43-31 +12 25
4. Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 45-34 +11 25
5. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 22 9 6 7 32-29 + 3 24
6. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 8 7 7 26-25 + 1 23
7. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 10 3 9 31-35 - 4 23
8. Hapoel Haifa 22 8 6 8 34-27 + 7 22
9. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 22 8 6 8 24-28 - 4 22
10. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 5 7 10 22-34 -12 17
11. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 5 6 11 14-30 -16 16
12. Maccabi Netanya 22 4 5 13 23-41 -18 13 relegated
Promoted: Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
Top Scorers: Shlomo Levi (Hapoel Haifa) - 16 goals
Itzhak Nizri (Hapoel Tiberias) - 16 goals
Number of Goals: 362
Number of Games: 132
Goals per Game: 2.74
Liga Leumit 1962/63
1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 22 13 6 3 38-17 +21 32 champions
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22 9 9 4 31-16 +15 27
3. Maccabi Jaffa 22 10 4 8 35-24 +11 24 [*]
4. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 22 9 6 7 32-33 - 1 24
5. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 22 9 4 9 30-33 - 3 22
6. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 9 3 10 21-24 - 3 21
7. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 22 7 7 8 22-26 - 4 21
8. Hapoel Tiberias 22 8 4 10 26-29 - 3 20
9. Maccabi Haifa 22 7 5 10 36-41 - 5 19
10. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 22 5 8 9 20-31 -11 18
11. Hapoel Haifa 22 6 5 11 20-26 - 6 17
12. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 22 6 5 11 19-30 -11 17 [*] relegated [**]
[*] Maccabi Petah-Tikva - Maccabi Jaffa was awarded a 0-0 loss against both teams,
because of bribe suspicion (originally ended 3-1); because of this, the
table shows two more losses than wins.
[**] Maccabi Petah-Tikva finally remained in the Leumit after the Israeli FA
decided to enlarge the Leumit for the 1963/64 season.
Promoted: Hapoel Ramat-Gan, Hapoel Lod, Maccabi Shearaim
Top Scorer: Zharia Ratzabi (Hapoel Petah-Tikva) - 12 goals
Number of Goals: 330
Number of Games: 132
Goals per Game: 2.50
Liga Leumit 1963/64
1. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 28 17 6 5 52-33 +19 40 champions
2. Maccabi Jaffa 28 15 9 4 51-26 +25 39
3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 28 15 8 5 50-29 +21 38
4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 28 12 10 6 48-34 +14 34
5. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 28 13 5 10 40-32 + 8 31
6. Hapoel Haifa 28 11 7 10 41-31 +10 29
7. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 28 12 4 12 46-39 + 7 28
8. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 28 11 5 12 36-41 - 5 27
9. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 28 7 10 11 44-46 - 2 24
10. Hapoel Tiberias 28 10 4 14 41-52 -11 24
11. Maccabi Shearaim 28 10 4 14 29-44 -15 24
12. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 28 8 7 13 36-46 -10 23
13. Maccabi Haifa 28 8 7 13 31-47 -16 23
14. Hapoel Jerusalem 28 6 8 14 27-46 -19 20
15. Hapoel Lod 28 5 6 17 17-43 -26 16 relegated
Note: Before the beginning of the season the Israeli FA decided to
return Maccabi Petah-Tikva to the Leumit due to suspicion of
corruption in 1962/63 season.
Promoted: Beitar Tel-Aviv, Maccabi Netanya
Top Scorer: Israel Ashkenazi (Maccabi Jaffa) - 21 goals
Number of Goals: 589
Number of Games: 210
Goals per Game: 2.80
NB: Bnei Nazareth were promoted from the third to the second division
after beating Beitar Kiryat Shmona 8-0 in May 1964.
Liga Leumit 1964/65
1. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 13 11 6 42-24 +18 37 champions
2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 15 7 8 54-42 +12 37
3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 15 6 9 48-30 +18 36
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 14 5 11 46-31 +15 33
5. Hapoel Haifa 30 12 8 10 48-38 +10 32
6. Maccabi Shearaim 30 12 7 11 28-32 - 4 31
7. Maccabi Netanya 30 14 3 13 46-56 -10 31
8. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 30 12 6 12 34-34 0 30
9. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 9 12 9 38-39 - 1 30
10. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 10 9 11 39-42 - 3 29
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 9 10 11 48-48 0 28
12. Maccabi Jaffa 30 11 6 13 44-49 - 5 28
13. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 10 11 32-39 - 7 28
14. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 10 7 13 33-39 - 6 27
15. Maccabi Haifa 30 8 8 14 42-44 - 2 24 relegated
16. Hapoel Tiberias 30 6 7 17 34-69 -35 19 relegated
Promoted: Hapoel Mahane-Yehuda, Hapoel Beer-Sheva
Top Scorers: Israel Ashkenazi (Maccabi Jaffa) - 18 goals
Itzhak Mizrahi (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv) - 18 goals
Number of Goals: 656
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 2.73
Liga Leumit 1965/66
1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 12 14 4 36-23 +13 38 Asian Champions Cup
2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 14 6 10 45-29 +16 34
3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 10 14 6 42-29 +13 34
4. Maccabi Netanya 30 13 8 9 49-35 +14 34
5. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 30 12 10 8 40-32 + 8 34
6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 12 8 10 37-31 + 6 32
7. Hapoel Haifa 30 12 8 10 31-32 - 1 32
8. Hapoel Mahane-Yehuda 30 11 9 10 36-38 - 2 31
9. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 9 12 9 37-34 + 3 30
10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 9 10 11 31-38 - 7 28
11. Maccabi Jaffa 30 9 10 11 33-41 - 8 28
12. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 10 11 29-40 -11 28
13. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 9 12 21-25 - 4 27
14. Maccabi Shearaim 30 10 7 13 33-40 - 7 27
15. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 7 9 14 26-43 -17 23 relegated
16. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 5 10 15 21-37 -16 20 relegated
Promoted: Maccabi Haifa, SK Nes-Ziona
Top Scorers: Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel-Aviv) - 17 goals
Mordehay Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) - 17 goals
Number of Goals: 547
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 2.28
Liga Leumit 1966/68
The league was played during 2 seasons.
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 60 30 18 12 88-50 +38 78 champions
2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 60 27 21 12 72-48 +24 75
3. Hapoel Haifa 60 27 16 17 72-47 +25 70
4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 60 24 21 15 80-55 +25 69
5. Maccabi Haifa 60 26 15 19 55-43 +12 67
6. Hapoel Jerusalem 60 24 18 18 66-55 +11 66
7. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 60 20 24 16 54-49 + 5 64
8. Maccabi Netanya 60 20 20 20 82-68 +14 60
9. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 60 21 18 21 71-62 + 9 60
10. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 60 22 16 22 66-78 -12 60
11. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 60 15 24 21 65-69 - 4 54
12. Maccabi Jaffa 60 17 19 24 50-59 - 9 53
13. Maccabi Shearaim 60 14 24 22 49-72 -23 52
14. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 60 14 23 23 65-80 -15 51
15. Hapoel Mahane-Yehuda 60 13 23 24 51-82 -31 49 relegated
16. SK Nes-Ziona 60 8 16 36 54-123 -69 32 relegated
Promoted: Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Beitar Jerusalem
Top Scorer: Mordehay Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) - 38 goals
(15 goals in 1967, 23 goals in 1968)
Number of Goals: 1040
Number of Games: 480
Goals per Game: 2.17
Liga Leumit 1968/69 1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 19 6 5 55-21 +34 44 Asian Champions Cup 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 18 7 5 45-23 +22 43 3. Maccabi Netanya 30 16 9 5 71-32 +39 41 4. Hapoel Haifa 30 11 15 4 34-16 +18 37 5. Maccabi Haifa 30 13 7 10 36-35 + 1 33 6. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 10 11 9 39-31 + 8 31 7. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 9 10 11 34-40 - 6 28 8. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 11 5 14 36-38 - 2 27 9. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 8 10 12 27-30 - 3 26 10. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 8 10 12 30-40 -10 26 11. Maccabi Jaffa 30 10 6 14 28-41 -13 26 12. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 8 10 12 29-45 -16 26 13. Beitar Jerusalem 30 6 14 10 24-42 -18 26 14. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 7 14 37-48 -11 25 15. Maccabi Shearaim 30 7 9 14 32-44 -12 23 relegated 16. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 30 5 8 17 11-42 -31 18 relegated Promoted: Beitar Tel-Aviv, Maccabi Petah-Tikva Top Scorer: Mordehay Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) - 25 goals Number of Goals: 568 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.37
Liga Leumit 1969/70 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 15 9 6 51-21 +30 39 Asian Champions Cup 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 13 13 4 48-24 +24 39 3. Maccabi Haifa 30 10 13 7 29-24 + 5 33 4. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 10 11 9 35-27 + 8 31 5. Beitar Jerusalem 30 10 10 10 29-29 0 30 6. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 10 10 10 35-37 - 2 30 (GD 34-37?) 7. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 8 14 8 25-28 - 3 30 8. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 6 17 7 21-26 - 5 29 9. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 8 13 9 28-34 - 6 29 (GD 28-33?) 10. Hapoel Haifa 30 7 14 9 19-18 + 1 28 11. Maccabi Netanya 30 7 14 9 29-30 - 1 28 12. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 7 14 9 32-37 - 5 28 13. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 7 14 9 27-32 - 5 28 14. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 6 15 9 24-28 - 4 27 15. Maccabi Jaffa 30 7 12 11 17-29 -12 26 relegated 16. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 10 5 15 24-49 -25 25 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Holon Top Scorer: Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel-Aviv) - 15 goals Number of Goals: 473 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 1.97
Liga Leumit 1970/71 1. Maccabi Netanya 30 20 7 3 44-18 +26 47 champions 2. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 12 12 6 31-25 + 6 36 3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 15 5 10 35-30 + 5 35 4. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 11 12 7 26-17 + 9 34 5. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 13 7 10 26-24 + 2 33 6. Hapoel Haifa 30 9 13 8 32-25 + 7 31 7. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 10 10 10 39-32 + 7 30 8. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 9 12 9 26-25 + 1 30 9. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 8 13 9 30-24 + 6 29 10. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 8 13 9 33-35 - 2 29 11. Beitar Jerusalem 30 8 10 12 35-36 - 1 26 12. Maccabi Haifa 30 6 14 10 20-26 - 6 26 13. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 7 12 11 19-29 -10 26 14. Hapoel Hadera 30 6 13 11 21-28 - 7 25 15. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 8 9 13 30-39 - 9 25 relegated 16. Hapoel Holon 30 4 10 16 20-54 -34 18 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Jaffa, Hapoel Beer-Sheva Top Scorer: Eli Ben-Rimoz (Hapoel Jerusalem) - 20 goals Number of Goals: 467 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 1.95
Liga Leumit 1971/72 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 18 9 3 45-20 +25 45 champions 2. Beitar Jerusalem 30 16 9 5 36-15 +21 41 3. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 15 9 6 48-27 +21 39 4. Maccabi Netanya 30 15 7 8 44-29 +15 37 5. Maccabi Jaffa 30 13 11 6 34-21 +13 37 6. Hapoel Haifa 30 14 8 8 37-18 +19 36 7. Maccabi Haifa 30 10 11 9 31-33 - 2 31 8. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 10 11 30-32 - 2 28 9. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 6 15 9 26-32 - 6 27 10. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 9 8 13 21-31 -10 26 11. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 8 9 13 24-37 -13 25 12. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 7 11 12 25-39 -14 25 13. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 7 10 13 27-37 -10 24 14. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 9 5 16 25-39 -14 23 15. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 5 9 16 17-41 -24 19 relegated 16. Hapoel Hadera 30 3 11 16 13-32 -19 17 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Petah-Tikva, Hapoel Marmorek Top Scorer: Yehuda Shaharabani (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan) - 21 goals Number of Goals: 483 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.01
Liga Leumit 1972/73 1. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 16 10 4 41-20 +21 42 champions 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 14 9 7 45-34 +11 37 3. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 13 10 7 30-19 +11 36 4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 8 17 5 31-23 + 8 33 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 11 10 9 41-35 + 6 32 6. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 7 17 6 31-27 + 4 31 7. Hapoel Haifa 30 9 12 9 31-28 + 3 30 8. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 8 14 8 24-25 - 1 30 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 9 12 9 39-41 - 2 30 10. Maccabi Jaffa 30 10 9 11 35-33 + 2 29 11. Maccabi Haifa 30 8 13 9 29-36 - 7 29 12. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 8 12 10 26-26 0 28 13. Maccabi Netanya 30 8 10 12 28-39 -11 26 14. Beitar Jerusalem 30 8 9 13 21-34 -13 25 15. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 7 10 13 36-46 -10 24 relegated 16. Hapoel Marmorek 30 5 8 17 25-47 -22 18 relegated Promoted: Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, Hapoel Hadera Top Scorer: Moshe Romano (Beitar Tel-Aviv) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 513 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.14
Liga Leumit 1973/74 1. Maccabi Netanya 30 13 11 6 32-19 +13 37 champions 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 12 11 7 36-18 +18 35 3. Beitar Jerusalem 30 12 10 8 27-26 + 1 34 4. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 11 10 9 35-31 + 4 32 5. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 11 10 9 31-31 0 32 6. Hapoel Haifa 30 12 8 10 31-44 -13 32 7. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 13 8 34-25 + 9 31 8. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 10 11 9 31-26 + 5 31 9. Maccabi Jaffa 30 7 16 7 29-29 0 30 10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 6 16 8 21-24 - 3 28 11. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 6 16 8 21-25 - 4 28 12. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 6 16 8 21-31 -10 28 13. Hapoel Hadera 30 6 15 9 24-32 - 8 27 14. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 7 12 11 25-24 + 1 26 15. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 7 12 11 36-41 - 5 26 play-off 16. Maccabi Haifa 30 9 5 16 33-41 - 8 23 play-off Promotion/Relegation play-off: 1. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 5 4 0 1 14- 6 + 8 8 2. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 5 4 0 1 10- 4 + 6 8 promoted 3. Hapoel Marmorek 5 2 1 2 7- 6 + 1 5 4. Maccabi Haifa 5 2 0 3 7- 8 - 1 4 relegated 5. Hapoel Acre 5 2 0 3 8-10 - 2 4 6. Maccabi Shearaim 5 0 1 4 5-17 -12 1 Promoted: Shimshon Tel-Aviv Top Scorer: Beni Alon (Hapoel Haifa) - 15 goals Number of Goals: 467 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 1.95
Liga Leumit 1974/75
1. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 15 10 5 34-19 +15 40 champions
2. Maccabi Netanya 30 14 9 7 39-29 +10 37
3. Hapoel Haifa 30 12 11 7 38-26 +12 35
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 14 7 9 26-19 + 7 35
5. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 14 5 11 30-25 + 5 33
6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 12 7 11 32-25 + 7 31
7. Hapoel Hadera 30 9 13 8 30-26 + 4 31
8. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 10 9 11 23-23 0 29
9. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 11 7 12 32-33 - 1 29
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 9 11 10 30-34 - 4 29
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 9 10 11 27-29 - 2 28
12. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 9 10 11 33-36 - 3 28
13. Maccabi Jaffa 30 11 6 13 28-34 - 6 28
14. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 8 12 10 26-33 - 7 28 relegated [*]
15. Beitar Jerusalem 30 9 8 13 23-27 - 4 26 relegated [*]
16. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 2 9 19 12-45 -33 13 relegated [*]
[*] Those teams finally remained in the Leumit after the Israeli FA decided
that the Leumit would have 18 teams in the 1975/76 season.
Promoted: Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Ramat-Amidar
Top Scorer: Moshe Romano (Beitar Tel-Aviv) - 17 goals
Number of Goals: 461
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 1.92
Liga Leumit 1975/76
1. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 34 14 14 6 40-29 +11 42 Intertoto
2. Beitar Jerusalem 34 12 16 6 48-32 +16 40 Intertoto
3. Hapoel Haifa 34 13 12 9 30-24 + 6 38
4. Maccabi Netanya 34 14 9 11 58-39 +19 37
5. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 34 11 14 9 35-27 + 8 36
6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 34 10 16 8 44-36 + 8 36
7. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 34 13 9 12 38-34 + 4 35
8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 34 12 11 11 37-36 + 1 35
9. Maccabi Haifa 34 10 15 9 28-27 + 1 35
10. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 34 12 11 11 28-28 0 35
11. Maccabi Jaffa 34 10 15 9 28-30 - 2 35
12. Beitar Tel-Aviv 34 12 11 11 28-33 - 5 35
13. Hapoel Jerusalem 34 12 10 12 39-39 0 34
14. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 34 10 14 10 30-34 - 4 34
15. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 34 10 13 11 27-28 - 1 33 relegated
16. Hapoel Hadera 34 6 13 15 20-44 -24 25 relegated
17. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 34 6 12 16 26-48 -22 24 relegated
18. Maccabi Ramat-Amidar 34 6 11 17 24-40 -16 23 relegated
Note: Before the beginning of the season the Israeli FA decided to
enlarge the league to 18 teams. Thus the teams that were
relegated in the 1974/75 season (Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Jaffa,
Maccabi Petah-Tikva) remained in the Leumit.
Promoted: Hapoel Yehud, Hapoel Acre
Top Scorer: Oded Mahnes (Maccabi Netanya) - 21 goals
Number of Goals: 608
Number of Games: 306
Goals per Game: 1.99
Liga Leumit 1976/77 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 16 10 4 47-26 +21 42 Intertoto 2. Maccabi Jaffa 30 15 9 6 29-17 +12 39 Intertoto 3. Beitar Jerusalem 30 12 9 9 35-23 +12 33 4. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 13 7 10 32-26 + 6 33 5. Maccabi Netanya 30 12 9 9 40-34 + 6 33 6. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 9 14 7 38-30 + 8 32 7. Hapoel Yehud 30 9 14 7 22-22 0 32 8. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 10 11 9 33-32 + 1 31 9. Hapoel Haifa 30 9 11 10 26-24 + 2 29 10. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 8 12 10 24-25 - 1 28 11. Hapoel Acre 30 8 12 10 33-39 - 6 28 12. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 7 13 10 25-29 - 4 27 13. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 9 12 26-31 - 5 27 14. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 6 13 11 37-41 - 4 25 relegated 15. Maccabi Haifa 30 7 10 13 25-42 -17 24 relegated 16. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 5 7 18 20-51 -31 17 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Hadera Top Scorer: Viki Peretz (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 17 goals Number of Goals: 492 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.05
Liga Leumit 1977/78
1. Maccabi Netanya 26 15 8 3 50-21 +29 38 Intertoto
2. Beitar Jerusalem 26 12 9 5 32-14 +18 33
3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 26 12 8 6 44-29 +15 32 Intertoto
4. Hapoel Yehud 26 9 11 6 20-17 + 3 29
5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 26 9 8 9 43-32 +11 26
6. Hapoel Jerusalem 26 9 8 9 27-22 + 5 26
7. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 26 8 10 8 23-25 - 2 26
8. Beitar Tel-Aviv 26 7 12 7 23-26 - 3 26
9. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 26 8 10 8 26-30 - 4 26
10. Maccabi Jaffa 26 6 12 8 31-38 - 7 24
11. Hapoel Hadera 26 9 6 11 32-41 - 9 24
12. Hapoel Haifa 26 8 7 11 19-29 -10 23
13. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 26 4 11 11 19-32 -13 19 relegated
14. Hapoel Acre 26 2 8 16 15-48 -33 12 relegated
Promoted: Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Maccabi Petah-Tikva,
Hapoel Rishon-Lezion
Top Scorer: David Lavi (Maccabi Netanya) - 17 goals
Number of Goals: 404
Number of Games: 182
Goals per Game: 2.22
Liga Leumit 1978/79
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 18 8 4 47-16 +31 44 champions
2. Beitar Jerusalem 30 14 12 4 50-23 +27 40
3. Maccabi Netanya 30 12 12 6 47-33 +14 36 Intertoto
4. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 8 17 5 28-21 + 7 33
5. Hapoel Haifa 30 9 13 8 27-24 + 3 31
6. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 9 13 8 27-30 - 3 31
7. Maccabi Jaffa 30 12 7 11 38-42 - 4 31
8. Hapoel Yehud 30 8 13 9 25-25 0 29
9. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 11 10 31-33 - 2 29
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 9 11 10 38-41 - 3 29
11. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 8 11 11 30-30 0 27
12. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 8 11 11 30-35 - 5 27
13. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 8 11 11 25-46 -21 27
14. Hapoel Hadera 30 10 5 15 35-44 - 9 25 relegated
15. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 5 13 12 18-26 - 8 23 relegated
16. Hapoel Rishon-Lezion 30 4 10 16 19-46 -27 16 [*] relegated
[*] 2 points deducted (?)
Promoted: Hapoel Petah-Tikva, Maccabi Ramat-Amidar, Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
Top Scorers: Oded Mahnes (Maccabi Netanya) - 18 goals
Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) - 18 goals
Number of Goals: 515
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 2.15
Liga Leumit 1979/80 1. Maccabi Netanya 30 19 8 3 53-23 +30 46 Intertoto 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 10 16 4 28-19 + 9 36 3. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 11 10 9 33-24 + 9 32 4. Hapoel Yehud 30 10 12 8 26-24 + 2 32 5. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 9 14 7 33-35 - 2 32 Intertoto 6. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 10 11 9 33-28 + 5 31 7. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 10 11 9 30-26 + 4 31 8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 11 8 11 32-34 - 2 30 9. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 8 12 10 21-34 -13 28 10. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 7 13 10 28-27 + 1 27 11. Maccabi Ramat-Amidar 30 6 15 9 21-20 + 1 27 12. Hapoel Haifa 30 8 11 11 22-33 -11 27 13. Maccabi Jaffa 30 7 12 11 33-35 - 2 26 14. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 7 12 11 27-36 - 9 26 relegated 15. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 7 12 11 27-39 -12 26 relegated 16. Beitar Jerusalem 30 4 15 11 15-25 -10 23 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Rishon-Lezion, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Ramat-Gan Top Scorers: David Lavi (Maccabi Netanya) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 462 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 1.93
Liga Leumit 1980/81 1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 13 12 5 50-30 +20 38 Intertoto 2. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 11 13 6 38-27 +11 35 3. Maccabi Jaffa 30 12 10 8 43-35 + 8 34 4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 12 9 9 49-39 +10 33 5. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 11 11 8 32-26 + 6 33 6. Hapoel Rishon-Lezion 30 9 14 7 25-18 + 7 32 7. Hapoel Yehud 30 9 14 7 24-18 + 6 32 8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 10 12 8 33-33 0 32 9. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 13 8 30-25 + 5 31 10. Maccabi Netanya 30 9 12 9 31-30 + 1 30 Intertoto 11. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 9 12 9 30-32 - 2 30 12. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 7 15 8 25-29 - 4 29 13. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 9 10 11 34-36 - 2 28 14. Hapoel Haifa 30 8 10 12 30-44 -14 26 relegated 15. Maccabi Ramat-Amidar 30 7 11 12 21-30 - 9 25 relegated 16. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 30 3 6 21 15-58 -43 12 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Haifa, Beitar Tel-Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem Top Scorers: Herzel Fitusi (Maccabi Petah-Tikva) - 22 goals Number of Goals: 510 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.13
Liga Leumit 1981/82 1. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 17 8 5 45-28 +17 42 Intertoto 2. Maccabi Netanya 30 17 7 6 63-29 +34 41 Intertoto 3. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 13 9 8 34-30 + 4 35 4. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 14 6 10 43-38 + 5 34 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 9 13 8 32-25 + 7 31 6. Beitar Jerusalem 30 9 12 9 37-36 + 1 30 7. Maccabi Haifa 30 9 12 9 32-32 0 30 8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 10 10 10 26-32 - 6 30 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 9 11 10 35-35 0 29 10. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 8 13 9 24-26 - 2 29 11. Maccabi Jaffa 30 9 11 10 32-36 - 4 29 12. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 7 14 9 25-32 - 7 28 13. Hapoel Yehud 30 6 16 8 17-26 - 9 28 14. Hapoel Rishon-Lezion 30 8 10 12 28-32 - 4 26 relegated 15. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 5 14 11 22-32 -10 24 relegated 16. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 3 8 19 13-39 -26 14 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Lod, Maccabi Yavne, Hapoel Ramat-Gan Top Scorers: Oded Mahnes (Maccabi Netanya) - 26 goals Number of Goals: 508 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.12
Liga Leumit 1982/83 1. Maccabi Netanya 30 18 7 5 54-31 +23 61 Intertoto 2. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 12 11 7 35-27 + 8 47 Intertoto 3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 11 13 6 33-23 +10 46 4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 13 7 10 33-26 + 7 46 5. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 10 11 9 27-23 + 4 41 6. Maccabi Haifa 30 8 14 8 31-31 0 38 7. Hapoel Lod 30 7 15 8 33-28 + 5 36 8. Beitar Jerusalem 30 7 15 8 34-33 + 1 36 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 8 12 10 25-30 - 5 36 10. Maccabi Yavne 30 7 15 8 25-31 - 6 36 11. Hapoel Yehud 30 8 12 10 18-26 - 8 36 12. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 7 15 8 26-35 - 9 36 13. Maccabi Jaffa 30 6 15 9 22-24 - 2 33 14. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 30 6 15 9 15-21 - 6 33 relegated 15. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 8 7 15 29-44 -15 31 relegated 16. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 6 12 12 33-40 - 7 30 relegated Note: From this season 3 points were awarded for win. Promoted: Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan, Beitar Tel-Aviv, Maccabi Ramat-Amidar Top Scorers: Oded Mahnes (Maccabi Netanya) - 22 goals Number of Goals: 473 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 1.97
Liga Leumit 1983/84 1. Maccabi Haifa 30 16 9 5 48-28 +20 57 champions 2. Beitar Jerusalem 30 15 11 4 45-27 +18 56 Intertoto 3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 12 11 7 40-27 +13 47 4. Maccabi Netanya 30 11 9 10 52-49 + 3 42 Intertoto 5. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 10 11 9 41-34 + 7 41 6. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 11 7 12 41-40 + 1 40 7. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 11 6 13 34-37 - 3 39 8. Hapoel Lod 30 9 11 10 31-39 - 8 38 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 8 13 9 26-26 0 37 10. Maccabi Jaffa 30 8 13 9 34-39 - 5 37 11. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 10 7 13 29-38 - 9 37 12. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 8 12 10 36-35 + 1 36 13. Maccabi Yavne 30 9 9 12 26-34 - 8 36 14. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 8 10 12 27-36 - 9 34 relegated 15. Maccabi Ramat-Amidar 30 7 11 12 31-42 -11 32 relegated 16. Hapoel Yehud 30 7 10 13 28-38 -10 31 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Petah-Tikva, Hapoel Kfar-Saba Top Scorers: David Lavi (Maccabi Netanya) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 569 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.37
Liga Leumit 1984/85 1. Maccabi Haifa 30 20 5 5 57-20 +37 65 Intertoto 2. Beitar Jerusalem 30 17 9 4 52-27 +25 60 Intertoto 3. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 13 10 7 29-20 + 9 49 4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 13 9 8 45-31 +14 48 5. Hapoel Haifa 30 11 11 8 30-26 + 4 44 6. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 11 10 9 30-27 + 3 43 7. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 9 15 6 34-23 +11 42 8. Maccabi Netanya 30 9 11 10 53-40 +13 38 9. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 9 11 10 31-32 - 1 38 10. Maccabi Yavne 30 8 12 10 34-38 - 4 36 11. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 6 15 9 26-33 - 7 33 12. Maccabi Jaffa 30 8 9 13 30-40 -10 33 13. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 6 14 10 26-30 - 4 32 14. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 7 10 13 28-43 -15 31 relegated 15. Hapoel Lod 30 5 8 17 15-55 -40 23 relegated 16. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 30 2 13 15 17-52 -35 19 relegated Promoted: Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Shearaim Top Scorers: David Lavi (Maccabi Netanya) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 537 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.24
Liga Leumit 1985/86 1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 17 8 5 52-26 +26 59 Intertoto 2. Maccabi Haifa 30 16 9 5 47-18 +29 57 Intertoto 3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 16 9 5 48-27 +21 57 4. Beitar Jerusalem 30 15 7 8 48-33 +15 52 5. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 12 10 8 27-19 + 8 46 6. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 11 9 10 41-34 + 7 42 7. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 11 7 12 34-41 - 7 40 8. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 10 9 11 24-24 0 39 9. Maccabi Netanya 30 11 6 13 34-35 - 1 39 10. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 9 11 10 32-38 - 6 38 11. Maccabi Yavne 30 9 10 11 21-32 -11 37 12. Maccabi Jaffa 30 9 9 12 24-34 -10 36 13. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 9 8 13 42-44 - 2 35 14. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 8 6 16 31-45 -14 30 relegated 15. Hapoel Haifa 30 6 6 18 24-60 -36 24 relegated 16. Maccabi Shearaim 30 4 10 16 22-41 -19 22 relegated Promoted: Beitar Netanya , Beitar Tel-Aviv, Hapoel Lod Top Scorers Uri Malmilian (Beitar Jerusalem) 14 Doron Rabinzon (Maccabi Petah-Tikva) 14 Zahi Armeli (Maccabi Haifa) 13 Nir Levin (Hapoel Petah-Tikva) 13 Moti Ivanir (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) 12 Eli Cohen (Hapoel Tel-Aviv) 11 Roni Rosenthal (Maccabi Haifa) 11 Gidon Simon (Hapoel Kfar-Saba) 11 David Lavi (Maccabi Netanya) 10 Moshe Selecter (Maccabi Haifa) 9 Moshe Sinay (Hapoel Tel-Aviv) 9 Number of Goals: 551 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.30
Liga Leumit 1986/87 1. Beitar Jerusalem 30 19 9 2 59-27 +32 66 Intertoto 2. Bnei-Yahuda Tel-Aviv 30 11 18 1 37-25 +12 51 Intertoto 3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 12 11 7 43-25 +18 47 4. Hapoel Lod 30 11 12 7 35-21 +14 45 5. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 30 10 15 5 33-20 +13 45 6. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 11 12 7 29-21 + 8 45 7. Maccabi Netanya 30 12 8 10 30-30 0 44 8. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 11 9 10 44-40 + 4 42 9. Maccabi Haifa 30 9 12 9 35-28 + 7 39 10. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 9 11 10 31-30 + 1 38 11. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 7 15 8 20-19 + 1 36 12. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 6 16 8 20-22 - 2 34 13. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 7 13 10 33-39 - 6 34 14. Maccabi Yavne 30 6 12 12 28-35 - 7 30 relegated 15. Maccabi Jaffa 30 4 10 16 23-48 -25 22 relegated 16. Beitar Netanya 30 3 1 26 22-92 -70 10 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Tsafririm Holon Top Scorers: Eli Yani (Hapoel Kfar-Saba) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 522 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.18
Liga Leumit 1987/88 Championship Playoff 1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 19 9 5 43-23 +20 66 champions 2. Maccabi Netanya 33 16 12 5 56-35 +21 60 3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 13 13 7 33-22 +11 52 4. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 33 13 11 9 35-33 + 2 50 Intertoto 5. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 12 10 11 47-41 + 6 46 6. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 11 12 10 33-31 + 2 45 7. Beitar Tel-Aviv 33 9 13 11 38-40 - 2 40 8. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 33 9 13 11 32-34 - 2 40 Relegation Playoff 9. Maccabi Haifa 31 13 8 10 56-33 +23 47 10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 31 11 11 9 28-23 + 5 44 11. Beitar Jerusalem 31 10 9 12 38-42 - 4 39 Intertoto 12. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 31 8 12 11 43-43 0 36 13. Hapoel Lod 31 3 9 19 17-69 -52 18 relegated 14. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 31 3 8 20 19-49 -30 17 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Tiberias Top Scorer: Zahi Armeli (Maccabi Haifa) - 25 goals Number of Goals: 518 Number of Games: 225 Goals per Game: 2.30
Liga Leumit 1988/89 Championship Playoff 1. Maccabi Haifa 31 15 14 2 49-19 +30 57 [**] champions 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 31 15 11 5 36-20 +16 54 [**] Intertoto 3. Maccabi Netanya 31 14 10 7 36-33 + 3 52 4. Beitar Tel-Aviv 31 13 9 9 34-27 + 7 48 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 31 11 10 10 22-29 - 7 43 6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 31 9 13 9 28-25 + 3 40 Relegation Playoff 7. Hapoel Jerusalem 33 12 11 10 28-27 + 1 46 [*] 8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 11 11 11 44-44 0 42 [**] 9. Beitar Jerusalem 33 12 6 15 42-44 - 2 42 Intertoto 10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 10 11 12 33-38 - 5 41 11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 8 14 11 31-29 + 2 38 12. Hapoel Tiberias 33 9 5 19 31-52 -21 32 relegated 13. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 33 7 9 17 30-39 - 9 28 [**] relegated 14. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 8 8 17 33-51 -18 28 [***] relegated [*] 1 point deducted because of violation of budget rules. [**] 2 points deducted because of violation of budget rules. [***] 4 points deducted because of violation of budget rules. Promoted: Hapoel Ramat-Gan Top Scorer: Beni Tabak (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 477 Number of Games: 225 Goals per Game: 2.12
Liga Leumit 1989/90 Championship Playoff 1. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 32 17 11 4 48-24 +24 62 Intertoto 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 32 16 10 6 40-21 +19 58 3. Maccabi Haifa 32 14 8 10 40-29 +11 50 Intertoto 4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 32 14 6 12 48-44 + 4 48 5. Beitar Tel-Aviv 32 10 8 14 35-46 -11 38 6. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 32 10 6 16 28-41 -13 36 Relegation Playoff 7. Maccabi Netanya 32 9 12 11 31-31 0 39 8. Hapoel Jerusalem 32 9 12 11 29-35 - 6 39 9. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 32 8 14 10 29-33 - 4 38 10. Beitar Jerusalem 32 10 8 14 20-25 - 5 38 11. Hapoel Ramat-Gan 32 8 12 12 24-34 -10 36 relegated 12. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 32 7 13 12 23-32 - 9 34 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Tsafririm Holon, Hapoel Tel-Aviv Top Scorer: Uri Malmilian (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 395 Number of Games: 192 Goals per Game: 2.06
Liga Leumit 1990/91 Championship Playoff 1. Maccabi Haifa 32 22 5 5 56-28 +28 71 Intertoto 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 32 20 10 2 63-27 +36 70 Intertoto 3. Beitar Tel-Aviv 32 14 8 10 47-40 + 7 50 4. Maccabi Netanya 32 10 10 12 41-39 + 2 40 5. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 32 9 11 12 43-53 -10 38 6. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 32 6 15 11 34-39 - 5 33 Relegation Playoff 7. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 32 13 8 11 32-31 + 1 47 8. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 32 10 11 11 41-40 + 1 41 9. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 32 9 11 12 35-42 - 7 38 10. Hapoel Jerusalem 32 9 11 12 31-38 - 7 38 11. Beitar Jerusalem 32 8 4 20 25-46 -21 28 relegated 12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 32 6 8 18 30-55 -25 26 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Petah-Tikva Top Scorer: Nir Levin (Hapoel Petah-Tikva) - 20 goals Number of Goals: 478 Number of Games: 192 Goals per Game: 2.49
Liga Leumit 1991/92 Championship Playoff 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 32 23 6 3 82-29 +53 75 Champions League 2. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 32 19 5 8 68-44 +24 62 3. Maccabi Haifa 32 14 6 12 51-43 + 8 48 4. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 32 11 10 11 34-35 - 1 43 Cup Winners Cup, Intertoto 5. Beitar Tel-Aviv 32 11 6 15 43-47 - 4 39 6. Maccabi Netanya 32 8 11 13 32-46 -14 35 Intertoto Relegation Playoff 7. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 32 15 6 11 46-41 + 5 51 8. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 32 11 8 13 38-35 + 3 41 9. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 32 11 8 13 35-38 - 3 41 10. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 32 10 10 12 40-43 - 3 40 11. Maccabi Yavne 32 8 9 15 36-50 -14 33 relegated 12. Hapoel Jerusalem 32 6 5 21 27-81 -54 23 relegated Promoted: Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa Top Scorer: Alon Mizrahi (Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv) - 20 goals Number of Goals: 532 Number of Games: 192 Goals per Game: 2.77
Liga Leumit 1992/93 1. Beitar Jerusalem 33 22 5 6 64-38 +26 71 Champions League, Intertoto 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 18 8 7 74-36 +38 62 Intertoto 3. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 17 5 11 66-57 + 9 56 4. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 15 9 9 52-36 +16 54 5. Maccabi Haifa 33 12 11 10 55-46 + 9 47 Cup Winners Cup 6. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 33 13 5 15 49-49 0 44 7. Hapoel Haifa 33 11 7 15 42-51 - 9 40 8. Maccabi Netanya 33 11 6 16 35-57 -22 39 9. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 10 8 15 52-64 -12 38 10. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 9 11 13 43-55 -12 38 11. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 10 6 17 41-44 - 3 36 play-off 12. Beitar Tel-Aviv 33 6 7 20 28-68 -40 25 relegated Promotion/Relegation Play-Off: Maccabi Jaffa - Hapoel Petah-Tikva 0-3 Hapoel Petah-Tikva - Maccabi Jaffa 2-1 Promoted: Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod, Hapoel Kfar-Saba Top Scorer: Alon Mizrahi (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv) - 26 goals Number of Goals: 601 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 3.04
Liga Leumit 1993/94 1. Maccabi Haifa 39 28 11 0 97-27 +70 95 Champions League 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 39 27 7 5 80-36 +44 88 Cup Winners Cup 3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 39 18 11 10 54-38 +16 65 UEFA Cup, Intertoto 4. Beitar Jerusalem 39 19 7 13 75-66 + 9 64 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 39 16 6 17 61-59 + 2 54 6. Maccabi Netanya 39 13 10 16 64-71 - 7 49 Intertoto 7. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 39 12 12 15 53-56 - 3 48 8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 39 11 14 14 37-46 - 9 47 9. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 39 13 8 18 55-67 -12 47 10. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 39 11 12 16 43-68 -25 45 11. Maccabi Herzliya 39 10 11 18 41-53 -12 41 12. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 39 9 11 19 53-57 - 4 38 13. Hapoel Haifa 39 7 13 19 39-80 -41 34 play-off 14. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 39 7 11 21 36-64 -28 32 relegated Promotion/Relegation Play-Off: Hapoel Haifa - Shimshon Tel-Aviv 0-1 Shimshon Tel-Aviv - Hapoel Haifa 0-3 Promoted: Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion, Hapoel Beit-Shean, Beitar Tel-Aviv Top Scorers: Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa) - 28 goals Number of Goals: 788 Number of Games: 273 Goals per Game: 2.89
Liga Leumit 1994/95
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 19 6 5 59-27 +32 63 Champions League
2. Maccabi Haifa 30 17 7 6 68-34 +34 58 Cup Winners Cup
3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 14 8 8 54-39 +15 50 UEFA Cup
4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 10 15 5 40-32 + 8 45 UEFA Cup
5. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 12 8 10 42-36 + 6 44 [*] Intertoto
6. Beitar Jerusalem 30 12 8 10 42-36 + 6 44 [*] Intertoto
7. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 30 13 5 12 56-56 0 44
8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 7 14 9 40-41 - 1 35
9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30 7 13 10 39-44 - 5 34
10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 8 10 12 43-49 - 6 34
11. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 10 4 16 43-60 -17 34
12. Hapoel Beit-Shean 30 8 10 12 30-50 -20 34
13. Hapoel Haifa 30 8 9 13 45-51 - 6 33
14. Maccabi Herzliya 30 8 9 13 30-49 -19 33
15. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 30 7 11 12 42-52 -10 32 relegated
16. Maccabi Netanya 30 7 9 14 33-50 -17 30 relegated
[*] tie-breaker: Hapoel Petah-Tikva beat Beitar Jerusalem 1-0 at home, drew 0-0 away.
Promoted: Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Maccabi Jaffa
Top Scorers: Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa) - 17 goals
Amir Turjeman (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod) - 17 goals
Number of Goals: 706
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 2.94
Liga Leumit 1995/96 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 23 5 2 59-16 +43 74 Champions League 2. Maccabi Haifa 30 19 9 2 74-31 +43 66 UEFA Cup 3. Beitar Jerusalem 30 19 7 4 65-31 +34 64 UEFA Cup 4. Hapoel Haifa 30 19 7 4 66-33 +33 64 Intertoto 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 16 6 8 47-28 +19 54 Intertoto 6. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 13 10 7 43-37 + 6 49 7. Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 6 14 33-37 - 4 36 8. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 7 15 8 31-40 - 9 36 9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30 8 7 15 25-40 -15 31 Cup Winners Cup 10. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 6 11 13 32-36 - 4 29 11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 7 7 16 46-65 -19 28 12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 8 4 18 29-53 -24 28 13. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 30 7 6 17 32-52 -20 27 14. Hapoel Beit-Shean 30 5 11 14 28-49 -21 26 15. Beitar Tel-Aviv 30 6 6 18 30-63 -33 24 relegated 16. Maccabi Jaffa 30 6 5 19 24-53 -29 23 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Taibe, Hapoel Jerusalem Top Scorer: Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa) - 26 goals Number of Goals: 664 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.77
Liga Leumit 1996/97 1. Beitar Jerusalem 30 21 6 3 62-20 +42 69 Champions League 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 18 6 6 57-37 +20 60 UEFA Cup 3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 19 3 8 44-25 +19 60 Cup Winners Cup 4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 14 10 6 39-22 +17 52 Intertoto 5. Maccabi Haifa 30 13 9 8 48-34 +14 48 Intertoto 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 13 7 10 47-34 +13 46 7. Hapoel Haifa 30 12 7 11 34-33 + 1 43 8. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 11 7 12 34-39 - 5 40 9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30 11 7 12 35-47 -12 40 10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 10 8 12 32-40 - 8 38 11. Hapoel Beit-Shean 30 9 7 14 29-34 - 5 34 12. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 7 14 30-41 -11 34 13. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 8 9 13 29-32 - 3 33 14. Maccabi Herzliya 30 9 5 16 19-28 - 9 32 15. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 30 4 9 17 17-43 -26 21 relegated 16. Hapoel Taibe 30 4 3 23 19-66 -47 15 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Ashkelon, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Top Scorer: Moti Kakun (Hapoel Petah-Tikva) - 20 goals Number of Goals: 575 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.40
Liga Leumit 1997/98 1. Beitar Jerusalem 30 20 9 1 71-33 +38 69 Champions League 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 21 5 4 44-16 +28 68 UEFA Cup 3. Hapoel Haifa 30 17 9 4 59-27 +32 60 Intertoto 4. Maccabi Haifa 30 15 7 8 49-34 +15 52 Cup Winners Cup 5. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 12 6 12 41-41 0 42 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 10 9 11 42-35 + 7 39 7. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 10 8 12 39-39 0 38 8. Maccabi Herzliya 30 9 9 12 37-40 - 3 36 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 8 12 10 27-31 - 4 36 10. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30 10 6 14 42-52 -10 36 11. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 8 10 12 35-45 -10 34 12. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 30 8 9 13 39-57 -18 33 13. Hapoel Beit Shean 30 8 7 15 35-51 -16 31 14. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 8 7 15 26-42 -16 31 15. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 30 7 9 14 38-57 -19 30 relegated 16. Hapoel Ashkelon 30 5 6 19 26-50 -24 19 [*] relegated [*] 2 points deducted Promoted: Maccabi Jaffa, Hapoel Tsafririm Holon Top Scorer: Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 650 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 2.71
Liga Leumit 1998/99 1. Hapoel Haifa 30 22 5 3 66-23 +43 71 Champions League 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 30 20 3 7 77-32 +45 63 UEFA Cup 3. Maccabi Haifa 30 19 3 8 62-24 +38 60 Intertoto 4. Beitar Jerusalem 30 17 6 7 67-33 +34 57 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 30 15 7 8 45-26 +19 52 UEFA Cup 6. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 30 13 7 10 54-47 + 7 46 7. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30 12 6 12 58-60 - 2 42 8. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 30 11 6 13 47-66 -19 39 9. Hapoel Jerusalem 30 11 5 14 35-52 -17 38 10. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 30 10 7 13 45-45 0 37 11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 30 10 6 14 43-51 - 8 36 12. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 30 9 9 12 40-49 - 9 36 13. Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 5 15 31-42 -11 35 14. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 30 8 10 12 35-38 - 3 34 relegated 15. Hapoel Beit-Shean 30 5 3 22 25-83 -58 18 relegated 16. Maccabi Jaffa 30 2 4 24 15-73 -58 10 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Netanya Top Scorer: Andrzej Kubica (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 21 goals Number of Goals: 745 Number of Games: 240 Goals per Game: 3.10
Premier League 1999/00
1. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 39 26 7 6 76-28 +48 85 Champions League
2. Maccabi Haifa 39 22 10 7 86-35 +51 76 UEFA Cup
3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 39 23 5 11 77-52 +25 74 Intertoto
4. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 39 18 6 15 50-47 + 3 60
5. Beitar Jerusalem 39 15 14 10 61-54 + 7 59 UEFA Cup
6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 39 18 8 13 66-42 +24 58 [*]
7. Hapoel Haifa 39 13 18 8 53-36 +17 57
8. Ashdod SC 39 13 13 13 48-49 - 1 52
9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion39 10 13 16 41-65 -24 43
10. Maccabi Netanya 39 10 11 18 53-71 -18 41
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 39 9 13 17 37-64 -27 40
12. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 39 8 14 17 40-56 -16 38 relegated
13. Maccabi Herzliya 39 9 8 22 33-73 -40 35 relegated
14. Hapoel Jerusalem 39 6 6 27 33-82 -49 24 relegated
[*] 4 points deducted due to dopping violation in 1998/99 season.
Note: Before the beginning of the season Maccabi Ironi Ashdod merged
with Hapoel Ashdod from League A to Ashdod SC.
Promoted: Hapoel Tsafririm Holon
Top Scorer: Asi Tubi (Maccabi Petah-Tikva) - 27 goals
Number of Goals: 754
Number of Games: 273
Goals per Game: 2.76
Premier League 2000/01
Upper Group
1. Maccabi Haifa 38 24 10 4 68-28 +40 82 Champions League
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 38 21 12 5 55-29 +26 75 UEFA Cup
3. Hapoel Haifa 38 20 11 7 59-38 +21 71 Intertoto
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 38 19 11 8 73-33 +40 68 UEFA Cup
5. Beitar Jerusalem 38 18 9 11 49-42 + 7 62 [*]
6. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 38 12 10 16 58-66 - 8 46
Lower Group
7. Maccabi Netanya 38 13 10 15 63-61 + 2 49
8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 38 13 8 17 43-52 - 9 47
9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion38 11 8 19 41-61 -20 41
10. Ashdod SC 38 10 8 20 44-57 -13 38
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11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 38 8 9 21 38-64 -26 33 relegated
12. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 38 4 4 30 25-85 -60 16 relegated
[*] 1 point deducted due to budget rules violation
Promoted: Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Maccabi Kiryat-Gat
Topscorer: Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 25 goals
Number of Goals: 612
Number of Games: 226
Goals per Game: 2.71
Premier League 2001/02 1. Maccabi Haifa 33 22 9 2 72-32 +40 75 Champions League 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 20 7 6 55-32 +23 67 UEFA Cup 3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 15 12 6 43-24 +19 57 UEFA Cup 4. Ashdod SC 33 14 7 12 47-52 - 5 49 Intertoto 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 14 6 13 44-48 - 4 48 6. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 13 8 12 40-36 + 4 47 7. Maccabi Netanya 33 11 7 15 41-44 - 3 40 8. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 8 12 13 35-46 -11 36 9. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion33 10 5 18 39-53 -14 35 10. Beitar Jerusalem 33 7 12 14 39-49 -10 33 11. Hapoel Haifa 33 7 9 17 35-50 -15 30 relegated 12. Maccabi Kiryat-Gat 33 7 6 20 34-58 -24 27 relegated Promoted: Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv Top Scorer: Cobi Refua (Maccabi Petah-Tikva) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 524 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 2.65
Premier League 2002/03 1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 22 3 8 66-31 +35 69 Champions League 2. Maccabi Haifa 33 21 6 6 75-42 +33 69 UEFA Cup 3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 19 10 4 53-22 +31 67 UEFA Cup 4. Maccabi Netanya 33 15 9 9 47-36 +11 54 Intertoto 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 15 6 12 56-41 +15 51 6. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 13 11 9 45-37 + 8 50 7. Ashdod SC 33 11 7 15 35-49 -14 40 8. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 11 6 16 41-53 -12 39 9. Beitar Jerusalem 33 10 6 17 46-59 -13 36 10. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 9 7 17 39-63 -24 34 11. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 7 5 21 43-81 -38 23 [*] relegated 12. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion33 4 6 23 35-67 -32 18 relegated [*] 3 points deducted due to double contract with 2001/02 coach (Itzhak Shum) Promoted: Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin Top Scorer: Yaniv Abarjil (Hapoel Kfar-Saba) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 581 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 2.93
Premier League 2003/04 1. Maccabi Haifa 33 19 6 8 54-25 +29 63 Champions League 2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 16 9 8 35-22 +13 57 Champions League 3. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 16 8 9 49-35 +14 56 UEFA Cup 4. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 16 7 10 48-36 +12 55 Intertoto 5. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 13 10 10 48-37 +11 49 6. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 12 9 12 34-42 - 8 45 7. Ashdod SC 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. Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 33 8 11 14 31-38 - 7 35 UEFA Cup 11. Maccabi Netanya 33 8 7 18 28-52 -24 31 relegated 12. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 33 8 6 19 40-62 -22 27 [*] relegated [*] 3 points deducted due to violation of budget rules Promoted: Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Nazrat-Ilit Top Scorer: Ofir Haim (Hapoel Beer-Sheva) - 16 goals Number of Goals: 492 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 2.48
Premier League 2004/05
1. Maccabi Haifa 33 21 8 4 66-27 +39 71 Champions League
2. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 16 12 5 47-24 +23 60 UEFA Cup
3. Ashdod SC 33 15 5 13 48-44 + 4 50 UEFA Cup
4. Beitar Jerusalem 33 13 8 12 46-44 + 2 47 Intertoto
5. Hapoel Nazrat-Ilit 33 12 10 11 46-46 0 46
6. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 12 8 13 40-46 - 6 44
7. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 11 9 13 41-46 - 5 42
8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 10 10 13 32-42 -10 40 UEFA Cup
9. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 10 9 14 30-34 - 4 39
10. Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 33 10 6 17 40-51 -11 36
11. Hapoel Haifa 33 9 8 16 36-44 - 8 35 relegated
12. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 33 7 11 15 33-57 -24 32 relegated
NB: the match Hapoel Haifa vs Beitar Jerusalem (which finished 1-1) was annulled
and awarded as 2-0 win to Hapoel Haifa because Beitar Jerusalem participated
a suspended player.
Promoted: Hapoel Kfar-Saba, Maccabi Netanya
Top Scorer: Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa) - 19 goals
Number of Goals: 503
Number of Games: 197
Goals per Game: 2.55
Premier League 2005/06 1. Maccabi Haifa 33 23 6 4 65-25 +40 75 Champions League 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 16 11 6 51-25 +26 59 UEFA Cup 3. Beitar Jerusalem 33 17 7 9 51-33 +18 58 UEFA Cup 4. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 14 7 12 37-41 - 4 49 UEFA Cup 5. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 12 8 13 37-38 - 1 44 Intertoto 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 11 11 11 35-37 - 2 44 7. Maccabi Netanya 33 11 8 14 40-45 - 5 41 8. Ashdod SC 33 9 12 12 46-47 - 1 39 9. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 9 10 14 38-50 -12 36 10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 8 10 15 30-41 -11 34 11. Hapoel Nazrat-Ilit 33 8 10 15 25-47 -22 34 relegated 12. Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 33 5 10 18 28-54 -26 25 relegated Promoted: Maccabi Herzliya, Hakoah Amidar Ramat-Gan Top Scorer: Shai Holtzman (Ashdod SC) - 18 goals Number of Goals: 483 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 2.44
Premier League 2006/07
1. Beitar Jerusalem 33 19 10 4 52-24 +28 67 Champions League
2. Maccabi Netanya 33 15 12 6 37-25 +12 57 UEFA Cup
3. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 15 11 7 42-28 +14 54 [*] UEFA Cup
4. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 15 9 9 53-40 +13 54 UEFA Cup
5. Maccabi Haifa 33 14 9 10 45-39 + 6 51 Intertoto
6. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 14 8 11 31-27 + 4 50
7. Ashdod SC 33 12 6 15 49-49 0 42
8. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 8 16 9 41-40 + 1 40
9. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 7 14 12 34-50 -16 35
10. Maccabi Herzliya 33 9 7 17 47-55 - 8 34
11. Hakoah Amidar Ramat-Gan 33 6 10 17 32-54 -22 28 relegated
12. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 33 3 10 20 29-61 -32 16 [**] relegated
[*] 2 points deducted
[**] 3 points deducted
NB: Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2 points deducted on May 7, 2007, for double contracts
Hapoel Petah-Tikva 3 points deducted for financial irregularities
Promoted: Hapoel Kiryat-Shmona, Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin
Top Scorer: Yaniv Azran (Ashdod SC) - 15 goals
Number of Goals: 492
Number of Games: 198
Goals per Game: 2.48
Premier League 2007/08 1. Beitar Jerusalem 33 20 7 6 61-23 +38 67 Champions League 2. Maccabi Netanya 33 16 10 7 40-24 +16 58 UEFA Cup 3. Hapoel Kiriat-Shmona 33 15 11 7 43-34 + 9 56 UEFA Cup 4. Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 33 15 10 8 35-29 + 6 55 Intertoto 5. Maccabi Haifa 33 13 8 12 38-27 +11 47 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 11 8 14 43-43 0 41 7. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 12 5 16 35-40 - 5 41 8. Ashdod SC 33 11 6 16 36-52 -16 39 9. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 11 5 17 31-43 -12 38 10. Maccabi Petah-Tikva 33 10 7 16 28-39 -11 37 11. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 9 10 14 37-54 -17 37 relegated 12. Maccabi Herzliya 33 7 9 17 32-51 -19 30 relegated Promoted: Hakoah Amidar Ramat-Gan, Hapoel Petah-Tikva Top Scorer: Samuel Yeboah (Hapoel Kfar-Saba) - 15 goals Number of Goals: 459 Number of Games: 198 Goals per Game: 2.32
Partial source: [Sho 06] (thanks to Elisha Shohat)
With thanks to Natan Tamari (natan_br1@hotmail.com) and Eial Teomy (teo@inter.net.il) for contributing to previous versions of the file; thanks to Dotan Ganor (dotan_g@hotmail.com) for data on 1965/66 and 1984/85; thanks to James Wilson (jamespeterwilson@gmail.com) for data on 2006/07 and 2007/08
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