1986–87 Liga Leumit

The 1986–87 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their first title. Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Netanya (in their first, and to date only season in the top division) were all relegated to Liga Artzit. Eli Yani of Hapoel Kfar Saba was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

Format changes

On 1 September 1986 the IFA board confirmed a proposal through which the number of teams in Liga Leumit would decrease to 14 teams. For this season three teams would relegate to Liga Artzit (as it was in previous seasons), and only one team would be promoted to Liga Leumit.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jerusalem	30	19	9	2	59	27	32	66	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
2	Bnei Yehuda	30	11	18	1	37	25	12	51	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
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 Be'er 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 to Liga Artzit
15	Maccabi Jaffa	30	4	10	16	23	48	-25	22
16	Beitar Netanya	30	3	1	26	22	92	-70	10

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

^ 3 Teams Will Be Relegated from the Leumit and Only One Team Will Advance from the Artzit Ma'ariv, 2 September 1986, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon

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Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup Toto Cup Leumit Artzit Lilian Cup
Related to national team	Results 1987 U-16 Euro Qual.
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v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88