Football league season
The 2018–19 Liga Leumit was the 20th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 77th season of second-tier football in Israel .
A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season , the two promoted teams from 2017–18 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2017–18 Israeli Premier League .
Team changes
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera were promoted to the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League .
Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Acre were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League .
Maccabi Herzliya , and Ironi Nesher were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2017–18 Liga Alef , Sektzia Ness Ziona (from South Division) and Hapoel Iksal (from North Division).
Overview
Stadia and locations
2018–19 Liga Leumit (Israel)
Club
Home City
Stadium
Capacity
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Tel Aviv and Ramla Ramla Municipal Stadium 2,000
Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Afula Afula Afula Illit Stadium 3,000
Hapoel Ashkelon Ashkelon Sala Stadium 5,250
Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 3,000
Hapoel Iksal Iksal Ilut Stadium [A] 4,932
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot Ramla Municipal Stadium [A] 2,000
Hapoel Nazareth Illit Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 13,370
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932
Sektzia Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500
^A
Regular season
^ Hapoel Petah Tikva had twelve points deducted for financial offences and failing to pay players wages between March and June 2018.[ 1] [ 2]
Results
Source:
Liga Leumit IFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Top Playoff table
Source:
[citation needed Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(P) Promoted
Top Playoff results
Source:
[citation needed Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation playoff
Bottom Playoff table
Source:
[citation needed Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Hapoel Petah Tikva had twelve points deducted for financial offences and failing to pay players wages between March and June 2018.[ 3] [ 4]
Bottom Playoff results
Source:
[citation needed Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team \ Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Sektzia Ness Ziona 3
9
10
7
5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
5
5
6
7
5
6
4
5
7
6
5
6
5
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
Hapoel Kfar Saba 5
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
2
1
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 5
8
5
6
4
4
3
3
3
5
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
2
4
2
2
2
4
3
5
5
5
4
4
Hapoel Afula 5
5
3
2
3
3
5
4
4
3
5
5
5
6
7
7
6
7
7
5
6
5
4
2
3
6
6
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
Hapoel Ashkelon 1
5
7
5
7
5
4
5
5
4
2
4
3
3
3
4
5
6
5
6
7
4
5
6
5
4
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
6
6
Beitar Tel Aviv 14
10
6
9
11
8
8
7
7
10
6
6
6
7
6
5
4
4
4
7
4
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
Hapoel Ramat Gan 9
11
13
13
13
14
15
12
12
12
11
10
8
8
10
13
10
10
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Hapoel Bnei Lod 15
15
15
15
14
12
13
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
15
15
13
11
12
11
10
9
9
Hapoel Petah Tikva 16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
14
12
11
10
11
11
10
12
10
12
11
12
10
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 3
4
8
8
8
9
7
10
10
11
13
11
12
13
12
12
13
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
13
11
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
11
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9
13
12
11
10
11
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
11
12
8
10
10
10
10
10
9
10
12
12
12
12
15
15
14
12
13
12
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 5
7
9
10
9
10
11
11
11
7
10
12
10
10
9
9
11
8
10
11
11
11
11
11
12
13
12
13
13
14
15
13
14
13
14
14
13
Hapoel Acre 9
3
4
4
6
7
9
8
8
8
8
8
11
12
11
10
9
9
9
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
9
9
10
10
11
14
11
10
13
11
14
Hapoel Marmorek 9
12
11
12
12
13
12
13
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
13
14
10
13
15
15
15
15
Hapoel Iksal 13
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
13
13
11
13
11
12
13
11
12
12
13
13
14
13
14
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
Source: IFA
Source: [1] [permanent dead link ]
The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Acre, faced 2018–19 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner Maccabi Herzliya in a two-legged tie. The matches took place on 26 and 29 May 2019.
Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.
See also
References
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups European competitions Transfers Related to national team
Clubs Stadiums Seasons
1937–1955 Liga Alef Liga Artzit Liga Leumit
