1977–78 Liga Dalet

The 1977–78 Liga Dalet season saw 102 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Gimel.

Bnei Tarshiha, Hapoel Bu'eine, Hapoel Kafr Manda, Hapoel Muawiya, Hapoel Pardesiya, Hapoel Amishav, Beitar Yavne and Hapoel Bnei Shimon won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Gimel.

Over the summer, 14 further clubs were promoted to Liga Gimel due to vacancies created in the upper leagues.

Galilee Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bnei Tarshiha	24	14	4	6	59	31	+28	32	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Beitar Ma'alot	24	13	6	5	55	30	+25	32
3	Hapoel Jadeidi	24	13	4	7	64	37	+27	30
4	Maccabi Kafr Sumei	24	12	5	7	55	36	+19	29
5	Hapoel Bnei Mazra'a	24	10	7	7	38	34	+4	27
6	Hapoel Yarka	24	10	6	8	48	43	+5	26
7	Hapoel Julis	24	10	3	11	33	36	−3	23
8	Maccabi Julis	24	9	5	10	32	40	−8	23
9	Hapoel Deir al-Asad	24	9	4	11	50	64	−14	22
10	Hapoel Kisra	24	7	4	13	34	48	−14	18
11	Maccabi Mazra'a	24	5	8	11	29	46	−17	18
12	Hapoel Mi'ilya	24	6	5	13	31	61	−30	17
13	Maccabi Kafr Bi'ina	24	5	5	14	34	56	−22	15

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Bay Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Bu'eine	26	19	5	2	72	27	+45	43	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Hapoel Bnei Rameh	26	19	3	4	76	28	+48	41
3	Maccabi Tur'an	26	17	7	2	65	27	+38	41
4	Maccabi Tamra	26	19	2	5	94	40	+54	40
5	Hapoel Bnei Majd al-Krum	26	12	5	9	42	43	−1	29
6	Maccabi Tzofei Sakhnin	25	10	8	7	39	43	−4	28
7	Hapoel Mashhad	26	12	3	11	39	45	−6	27
8	HaTzair Tamra	26	10	4	12	44	45	−1	24
9	Maccabi Majd al-Krum	26	10	2	14	46	48	−2	18
10	Maccabi HaShalom Arraba	26	7	4	15	58	78	−20	18
11	Hapoel Deir Hanna	26	7	1	18	38	69	−31	15
12	Beitar Tur'an	26	6	3	17	32	76	−44	15
13	Hapoel Kabul	26	5	2	19	24	54	−30	12
14	Beitar Kafr Kanna	26	3	3	20	22	70	−48	7

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Maccabi Majd al-Krum had 4 points deducted.
Beitar Kafr Kanna had 2 points deducted.

Haifa Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Kafr Manda	22	18	1	3	69	23	+46	37	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Hakoah Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	22	16	3	3	54	22	+32	35
3	Hapoel Bnei Kababir	22	16	0	6	73	29	+44	32
4	Al-Ittihad Shefa-'Amr	22	12	6	4	47	28	+19	30
5	Haifa Football Club	22	13	2	7	63	35	+28	28
6	Hapoel Bir al-Maksur	22	9	4	9	40	30	+10	20
7	Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra	22	6	7	9	52	50	+2	19
8	Hapoel Emek Tamra	22	8	2	12	24	48	−24	18
9	Hapoel Basmat Tab'un	22	5	2	15	17	37	−20	12
10	Beitar Bnei Hujeirat	22	4	3	15	14	52	−38	11
11	Hapoel Bnei Hujeirat	22	3	5	14	24	72	−48	9
12	Beitar Bir al-Maksur	22	3	1	18	14	61	−47	7

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Hapoel Bir al-Maksur and Hapoel Bnei Hujeirat had 2 points deducted.

Samaria Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Muawiya	24	18	2	4	67	18	+49	38	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Hapoel Bir al-Jaish	24	15	6	3	77	28	+49	36
3	Hapoel Musmus	24	12	8	4	65	35	+30	32
4	Hapoel Poria-Neve Oved	24	13	5	6	67	42	+25	31
5	Hapoel Bnei Daburiyya	24	11	9	4	55	35	+20	31
6	Hapoel Tzfon Nazareth	24	12	6	6	67	40	+27	30
7	Beitar Ein Mahil	24	10	6	8	52	44	+8	26
8	Hapoel Sha'ul Afula	24	9	4	11	49	52	−3	20
9	Hapoel Kafr Misr	24	8	2	14	44	60	−16	18
10	Hapoel Menahemia	24	7	2	15	39	79	−40	16
11	Hapoel Bnei Nein	24	5	5	14	31	71	−40	15
12	Hapoel Kafr Salem	24	3	3	18	35	100	−65	9
13	Maccabi Afula Illit	24	2	4	18	28	72	−44	8

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Haposl Sha'ul Afula had 2 points deducted.

Sharon Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Pardesiya	24	19	4	1	71	22	+49	42	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	F.C. Tel Mond	24	15	7	2	65	26	+39	37
3	Hapoel Qalansawe	24	13	6	5	52	26	+26	32
4	Hapoel Elyachin	24	14	3	7	63	27	+36	31
5	Hapoel Caesarea	24	14	5	5	56	26	+30	31
6	Hapoel Jatt	24	9	6	9	55	54	+1	24
7	Hapoel 'Ara	24	8	4	12	33	41	−8	20
8	Haposl Ahituv	24	9	1	14	37	50	−13	19
9	Beitar Or Akiva	24	6	6	12	35	50	−15	18
10	Hapoel Barta'a	24	5	6	13	28	55	−27	16
11	Maccabi Kfar Yona	24	6	1	17	28	69	−41	13
12	Hapoel Ein Sahala	24	5	3	16	36	88	−52	13
13	Hapoel Arara	24	4	4	16	22	47	−25	12

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Haposl Caesarea had 2 points deducted.

Dan Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Amishav	24	19	4	1	82	35	+47	42	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Beitar Hod HaSharon	24	20	1	3	79	21	+58	41	Promoted to Liga Gimel
3	Beitar Rosh HaAyin	24	16	4	4	61	26	+35	36
4	Hapoel Afeka	24	16	2	6	56	20	+36	34
5	Maccabi Kafr Qasim	24	15	3	6	70	33	+37	33
6	M.M. Givat Shmuel	24	9	4	11	54	45	+9	22
7	Maccabi Bnei Tira	24	6	6	12	43	58	−15	18
8	Maccabi Montefiore	24	5	8	11	38	56	−18	18
9	Maccabi Tayibe	24	8	2	14	42	67	−25	18
10	Beitar Kiryat Ono	24	6	4	14	33	49	−16	16
11	Beitar Ganei Tikva	24	7	1	16	30	75	−45	15
12	Hapoel Yarhiv	24	4	3	17	39	70	−31	11
13	Beitar Ezra	24	2	2	20	37	102	−65	6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Central Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beitar Yavne	26	19	5	2	81	26	+55	43	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Ironi Ramla	26	20	2	4	121	32	+89	42	Promoted to Liga Gimel
3	Hapoel Bnei Ayish	26	18	5	3	63	30	+33	41
4	Hapoel Zikhronot	26	18	2	6	97	45	+52	38
5	Beitar Beit Shemesh	26	18	2	6	76	39	+37	38
6	Hapoel Mazkeret Batya	26	15	6	5	68	30	+38	36
7	Hapoel Tahanat Rakevet Lod	26	9	6	11	49	70	−21	24
8	Hapoel Vatikei Azor	26	7	9	10	59	74	−15	23
9	Bnei Kfar Gabirol	26	8	4	14	66	64	+2	20
10	Maccabi Tahanat Rakevet Lod	26	8	3	15	48	48	0	17
11	Hapoel Markus Be'er Ya'akov	26	5	3	18	43	136	−93	13
12	Hapoel Antonio Jaffa	26	5	2	19	34	72	−38	8
13	Maccabi Sde Uziyah	26	3	2	21	36	109	−73	6
14	Maccabi Gan Yavne	26	1	3	22	15	74	−59	5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

Maccabi Tahanat Rakevet Lod and Maccabi Sde Uziyah had 2 points deducted.
Hapoel Antonio Jaffa had 4 points deducted.

South Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Bnei Shimon	18	14	2	2	53	13	+40	30	Promoted to Liga Gimel
2	Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon	28	23	3	2	53	32	+21	49	Promoted to Liga Gimel
3	Hapoel Beit Shikma	18	12	2	4	57	16	+41	26
4	Hapoel Pa'amei Tashaz	18	9	3	6	42	30	+12	21
5	Hapoel Klahim	18	7	2	9	40	44	−4	16
6	Hapoel Al-Qrenawi	18	6	3	9	30	40	−10	15
7	Hapoel Sde Tzvi	18	6	1	11	33	40	−7	13
8	Hapoel Talmei Bilu	18	5	1	12	28	56	−28	11
9	Hapoel Al-Hoquq	18	2	4	12	23	52	−29	8
10	Hapoel Al-Ubra	18	1	1	16	12	51	−39	3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

References[edit]

Memo no. 188 IFA (in Hebrew)

v t e Liga Gimel
Upper Galilee	Bnei Maghar Hapoel Mi'ilya Hapoel Nahef F.C. Beit Jann Hapoel Fassuta Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Shlomi Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Tzeirei Sakhnin
Lower Galilee	Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Kiryat Ata Bnei Kafr Yasif F.C. Kabul F.C. Kafr Yasif Hapoel Bnei Dir al-Asad Hapoel Ironi Ibli'in Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin Tzeirei Kafr Manda
Jezreel	Beitar Umm al-Fahm Bnei Daburiyya Bnei Umm al-Fahm F.C. Kafr Kama F.C. Mash'ad Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido Hapoel Reineh Hapoel Tzeirei Nazareth Maccabi Ironi Barta'a Tzeirei Iksal
Samaria	Beitar Pardes Hanna F.C. Kababir F.C. Kiryat Haim F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Or Akiva F.C. Karmel Haifa Hapoel Bnei Jasr a-Zarqa Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt Hapoel Kiryat Haim Maccabi Barkai Tzeirei Haifa Tzofey Haifa
Sharon	Beitar Kfar Saba Beitar Mate Binyamin Beitar Tubruk Bnei Jaljulia Bnei Tira F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Bnei Zemer F.C. Giv'at Shmuel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Ironi Ariel Hapoel 1928 Kfar Saba Hapoel Oranit Hapoel Pardesiya Ironi Rosh HaAyin Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
Tel Aviv	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Bnei Herzliya Bnei Yehud Dizengoff Tel Aviv Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel F.C. Tel Aviv Hakoah Gil Ramat Gan Hapoel Neve Golan Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel Maccabi Hashikma Ramat Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Maccabi Yehud-Monosson Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan
Central	Ashdod City Beitar Gan Yavne Beitar Gedera Bnei Ramla Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim F.C. Be'er Ya'akov F.C. Rishon LeZion Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Tirat Shalom Ihud Tzeirei Abu Gush Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov Maccabi Bnei Abu Gush Macccabi Kiryat Ekron Tzeirei Lod
South	Bnei Yeruham F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Meitar Hapoel Bnei Kuseife Hapoel Rahat Maccabi Ashkelon Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Hura Otzma Be'er Sheva Tzeirei Rahat
Seasons (fifth tier)	1958–59 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Seasons (sixth tier)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

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